Northwest Years 西北岁月 Episode 7

In the battle against "encirclement and suppression", Li Erwa died heroically, and Xi Zhongxun was also shot and wounded. He dragged his body forward with difficulty, and finally collapsed outside Li Laoshuan's house. Fortunately, Li Laoshuan and his family sent Xi Zhongxun to Xuejiazhai overnight. Doctor Li checked that Xi Zhongxun had been hit by a dummy bomb, and Liu Zhidan told Doctor Li to cure him no matter what.

The next morning, Du Heng personally came to visit the seriously injured Xi Zhongxun and insisted on leading the troops south to the Weihua area. However, he was opposed by Xi Zhongxun, which made him very disappointed. After Du Heng left Xuejia Village, he convened everyone to announce that Bogu and the Party Central Committee had moved to Ruijin, Jiangxi Province. Under the direct leadership of the Central Committee, the Red Front Army engaged in large-scale corps operations and annihilated Chen Cheng's three divisions, breaking Chiang Kai-shek's fourth encirclement and suppression campaign. , the main force expanded to more than 80,000 people.

Therefore, in Du Heng's view, the ranks of the 26th Army were getting smaller and smaller, and they were stuck in the ravines all day, so he decided to send the main force south as soon as possible to the Weinan area, which is densely populated and rich in products, to create a new base. Liu Zhidan euphemistically expressed that he would continue to rely on the middle section of Qiaoshan to carry out guerrilla warfare, develop and consolidate the revolutionary base areas on the Shaanxi-Gansu border, and then develop southward when the time is ripe.

In addition, Jin Like was entrusted by Xi Zhongxun to convey his opinion that he was also opposed to going south. As a result, Du Heng not only failed to listen to everyone's opinions, but also severely criticized them for being a sectarian and mountain escapeist, and directly characterized all the comrades who raised objections as right-leaning. Liu Zhidan proposed a vote by show of hands, but even though everyone opposed the move south, Du Heng remained firm and insisted on his opinion.

Jin Like then went to see Xi Zhongxun and said goodbye to him. Xi Zhongxun was extremely anxious and believed that going south was not advisable. Going south now was equivalent to a lone expedition to break through the gates of hell. If the situation could not be opened, the consequences would be disastrous. However, Du Heng, as political commissar, had the final say. Jin Like told Xi Zhongxun to be left here to hold on to the base, and left him thirty or forty people and a dozen guns.

On the first seven days of Li Erwa's life, Xi Zhongxun came to the grave with a walking stick. Seeing Li Laoshuan and his wife looking sad with their baby, he felt equally uncomfortable. After this incident, Xi Zhongxun recognized the old couple as his godfather and godmother and stated that he would take care of their lives from now on. The old couple burst into tears.

Gao Gang, the special commissioner of the Provincial Party Committee in Taiyuan, Shaanxi, met with Zhao Boping, the county party secretary, and told him that some strange things happened during the White Army's encirclement and suppression of Zhaojin some time ago. Every time he encountered the main force of the White Army, Wang Taiji's cavalry regiment, every time the opponent They all worked hard but did not contribute, and the soldiers repeatedly picked up weapons and ammunition abandoned by the other party. Therefore, the 26th Red Army suspected that there were comrades in the cavalry regiment.

Zhao Boping told that Wang Taiji was once a student in the first phase of Huangpu, joined the Communist Party during the Great Revolution, and organized and launched the Weihua Uprising with Liu Zhidan and others. Later, the uprising failed, and Wang Taiji was imprisoned in a reactionary prison until Yang Hucheng came forward to bail him out and reuse him. However, the two of them were not sure about Wang Taiji's position for a while, so they wanted to visit Wang Taiji through He Yuchu.

As soon as they finished speaking, He Yuchu suddenly came over. Dai Wang Taiji told them that they must stop Du Heng and Liu Zhidan from going south, otherwise they will inevitably fall into the siege of the Kuomintang and be doomed. On the other side, the 26th Red Army was surrounded by three enemy battalions. Du Heng insisted on ambush in place to defeat the enemy's ambush, but Liu Zhidan believed that he could not stay where he was and must move forward as soon as possible.

Du Heng was timid and wanted to escape, so he secretly ordered Liu Yuesan to get him 500 yuan and prepare a donkey, and left the army with the donkey on the pretext of reporting to his superiors. However, the troops were breaking out of the encirclement every day, and the number of wounded had been reduced by half. They had no food or water, and the situation was critical. Acting political commissar Wang Feng was also angry that Du Heng wanted to kill everyone, and he quickly tried to find a way to escape from the encirclement. At this time, two more enemy battalions came. Liu Zhidan made an emergency deployment and personally led a small team to cover the evacuation of the large troops, and a head-on conflict broke out between the two sides.

The newly appointed Secretary of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Special Committee Qin Wushan came to Xuejia Village, which made Xi Zhongxun very happy, but he did not expect that the other party brought bad news, that is, the 26th Red Army failed to break through successfully, and the large army was completely defeated by the enemy. scattered. Liu Zhidan's life and death are currently unknown. Du Heng left the army alone with funds and went to Xi'an. Xi Zhongxun insisted on sending people to retrieve Liu Zhidan and his comrades. Qin Wushan conveyed the instructions from his superiors to retain the Red 26th Army organization and reorganized the Weibei guerrillas into the Red Army. The Fourth Regiment of the 26th Army, Huang Zixiang serves as the regiment leader and Yang Sen serves as the political commissar.