In 1935, as soon as our long March left the grassland, we received 400,000 jin of grain and 2,000 jin of salt. Who gave it to us?

In 1935, the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants stepped out of the vast grassland,

This grassland is actually a plateau wetland, looking peaceful,

In fact, when stepping on the hidden danger, the level of the land may be a bottomless swamp.

It's knee-deep, it's deep, and if you fall in, you could die without a partner.

Too much life was left in crossing the grass.

Just come out of the people have not gasp, the military heavy on the "meet" up.

Hu Zongnan and Yang Jiqing stood guard on the main road and waited for orders from the higher authorities.

Always ready to go out and give our army a "head on blow."

But the greatest danger facing the Red Army at this time was not the encirclement of Lao Chiang kai-shek.

Not planes bombing, but eating!

You know what they say, a meal without food makes you hungry.

After a year's journey, the soldiers had eaten up all they could eat,

Until finally, along the way, all the roots and bark have been eaten.

There were even soldiers who started cooking belts and drinking belt soup.

In such a situation of lack of food and clothing, if the rashly attack on the national army,

The consequences were terrible, and the Nationalist party was aware of our difficulties.

Lao Chiang ordered all along the way to clear the fields and fortify the walls. Fortify and gather food.

Ready to take out our army while it's weak.

As they say, there's always a way out, and in this moment of life and death,

Our army struck a windfall in the course of marching

Hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain and salt were delivered directly to our doorstep.

And also under the help of the nobleman, directly opened the door to the north!

What's going on here?

Who gave you this backup?

Let's start at the beginning. In the late 1920s, after the Northern Expedition,

The GNP leaders felt pressure as they watched our party grow stronger.

Could not help but "evil to bravery edge unripe" prepare my party's flame "press out" in the cradle.

Having made up their minds, the Party went out in force, hunting down communists,

They were brutally persecuted and oppressed. My party was caught off guard for a moment,

At that time, not only did we lose a lot of space, we lost a lot of partisans, progressives.

At this time, we also understand a truth, "in order to realize the ideal, we must let farmers make decisions!"

The central leadership hurriedly adjusted the policy, taking the countryside encircling the city as the idea, and established the base area.

By this time, the Japanese army had begun to encroach on the northeast land, but old Chiang released words

"Hustle outside must first secure inside" regardless of the aggressor's hoof, vowed to put our party out in the bud.

Under the correct direction of the central leadership, we have taken measures to divide the whole into parts,

By means of guerrilla operations, the enemy's strength is gradually weakened,

They broke the enemy's iron barrel again and again, which also led to the failure of the Nationalist party four times.

But the national army is unwilling, again assembled heavy troops, ready to start the fifth siege and suppression,

But this time, we have a conflict, the power of the great leader has been transferred to someone else,

The new leader, who knew nothing about tactics, fantasized about using confrontation,

To stop the pace of the National army, on the battlefield, we are weak and strong, constantly pushed back.

Finally, after studying, our party decided to take the way of transfer to avoid its edge.

The long march began.

Twenty-five thousand miles is one of the wonders of human history, and it turns the possible into the impossible,

Many people later recalled, WHEN I stood on the ground, I felt like I was back on earth.

The soldiers who finished their journey did not rest. China is the people's China, and the people are the People of China.

Now rest a little longer, and the enemy's iron hoof will trample a little more on the mountains and rivers.

At that time, the soldiers were presented with only three options,

First, beat back hu Zongnan, the "king of the northwest", and rushed out from the front.

The other is to avoid its edge, around qinghai, through no man's land in the past.

Third, go north directly and break out from Lazikou.

After the meeting, the leader denied the first two routes. At this time, the Red Army was exhausted. If it attacked Hu rashly,

There's a high risk of casualties, and if we cross no man's land,

From top to bottom, from supplies to food and drink supplies are severely inadequate, where is the easy breakthrough,

But the difficulties that followed were surely more dangerous. In response, the leader decided to "Go through La Zi kou! Straight north!"

Lazikou is a gap in the vast Minshan Mountain. Among the mountains, there is a long valley.

There are 100 meters of cliffs on either side, and this terrain, if the enemy ambushes on either side,

It's a natural pocket array. Getting in is easier than getting out.

Chiang kai-shek knew there was no chance of defeat if he took the place early.

After receiving the information that our troops had passed through Lazikou, he immediately telephoned Yang Jiqing,

We asked the other side to set up blockades along the way, and to clear the field and resolutely not allow our troops to pass smoothly.

Yang Jiqing was not a warlord, but a local Tibetan power,

It's a big chieftain, chieftain is a hereditary position, and by the time you get to Chieftain Yang you're in the 19th century.

He is well aware of the national righteousness, to the brutal acts of the Country party is very hate, the country party in the land of China to help zhou Torture,

It left the hereditary chieftain in a state of deep doubt. He knew the Red Army very well, very well,

This is for the people stand up, fight for the people's guard!

Lao Jiang's thousands of calculations did not calculate Yang Toast's heart, if Yang Toast resolutely carry out Lao Jiang's orders,

Then is a heavy blow to our army, guarding the natural danger, our army will no longer rely on, can only be exposed to the network of fire,

But he did not, he pretended to accept the orders of old Chiang kai-shek, but secretly sent his henchmen to contact our party, but also called his troops,

He began to repair the Bridges and roads damaged by the National army, and he also ordered his men not to fire guns,

No looting, no blocking, no fortification!

When our army hurried on to the granary guarded by Yang Tusi, I saw no one guarded, only a lock hanging on the gate.

Since ancient times, grain has always been a must for soldiers. This is why the soldiers and horses have to go first.

Yang Toast's sincerity is a timely help. More than 300, 000 pounds of grain were presented to the public,

What is this concept? At the beginning of the Long March, each soldier could only set out with five or six jin of grain.

And with this help, each soldier can take thirty pounds of food to set out! It greatly replenished the physical strength consumed by fatigue.

The so-called belly food, the heart does not panic, the soldiers who received food heart joy,

After a long journey, the soldiers swept away their fatigue and hurried to Lazikou.

When the deployment received the command of old Jiang, not only Yang Toast, and military division Lu Dachang.

At this point, he did not know what his partner was doing. He was still "single-mindedly" following Chiang's instructions.

He arranged heavy troops and built numerous machine-gun bunkers on a land of several hundred meters in Lazikou.

If the attack, will be very difficult, but the Red Army how afraid of difficulties?

Twenty-five thousand miles of hardship have not stopped their steps, and worse and more dangerous situations have been encountered.

We are made to overcome difficulties!

And now that I have food in my belly, things are much better than before,

Compared to previous battles, this is a "rich war."

The great leader gave the order, "Two days! Two days to get here!"

The Red Fourth Regiment was responsible for the task of shock end,

The "Luding Bridge" was built by this team.

A stormtrooper in the Red Army, so to speak.

The middle of Lazikou is a bridge with a natural barrier.

It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Lu Dachang has deployed numerous firepower on this side of the bridge,

At the beginning, the Red 4th regiment attacked very hard and wiped out the outside enemy at one stroke.

But when they reached the bridge, they were covered by a network of fire,

Five successive attacks were repulsed by heavy machine guns.

Just after the fifth attack failed, a young soldier stood up,

Known as "Yunguichuan" by his comrades, he said he grew up in the mountains,

He was very good at climbing rocks, and he could climb over cliffs where the enemy was unprotected,

Open the way for fellow soldiers. I saw this small soldier the first action, leading two companies of soldiers to climb up.

They wandered over dangerous cliffs, and in coordination with their movements,

A company of soldiers began to attack a local battalion,

At first the fighting was anxious, and the Nationalists were getting impatient,

The captain of the bridge called headquarters several times for reinforcements,

But after a long wait, no reinforcements arrived.

It was early in the morning. The sky was about to break,

And if the men lurking there haven't arrived yet,

They'll be exposed to the first rays of sunlight, and have a high chance of being detected by the enemy.

We had no choice but to organize a strong attack, and as soon as the attack began,

Two flares went up, one for position, the other for attack!

And directly hit the south Korean army in the depth of the ammunition depot.

"Yunguichuan" risked a descent to a low-lying area before dropping the grenade,

Blew up the enemy's pillbox, and he was also found by the enemy, brutally died in the enemy's guns.

The soldiers saw the boy killed, saw the men fall one by one around them,

All killed red eyes, "cry" rushed up, a gas annihilated the troops guarding the bridge.

And directly hit the south Korean army in the depth of the ammunition depot.

If the bridge guards had had support, we would not have won so quickly,

Why didn't they volunteer? The problem lies in Lu Dachang,

It turned out that the Korean army was fighting among itself at that time,

Another military had long seen Lu Dachang "not pleasing to the eye",

At the beginning of the battle he had scattered all his men except one regiment,

If we send this regiment to support them again, we are likely to be wiped out by another Korean army.

Out of la Zikou red Army morale, beat down Lu Dachang home,

He fled without even packing his belongings, and the 100, 000 pounds of grain and 2, 000 pounds of salt he had hidden for years,

All captured and pocketed by our army.

After this stop, old Chiang's hope of stopping the Red Army was completely dashed.

This is also the origin of our military classic "grain and salt".

This is what it means to win the hearts of the people.

It is easy to shake the mountains, but hard to shake the Red army!

This article to pay tribute to the efforts of the new China soldiers!