Reports by Military Commander Dong Zhentang and Political Commissar Huang Chao on the integration of the Fifth Army and the Thirty-third Army
(11 January 1936 in Danba)
One company: three platoons, 1 company commander, 1 instructor, 1 deputy company commander, 1 deputy instructor, 1 director, 1 clerk, 1 correspondent, 10 cooks, and about 128 full staff.
The direct subordinate units of the First and Fifth Armies were merged on the tenth day of this month. The units directly under the Fifth Army are now organized as follows:
1. Headquarters of the Fifth Army, 2. Political Department of the Fifth Army, 3th Army Security Bureau, 4th Army. Teaching team (currently 162 people in two companies),
5th Army Communications Battalion (Traffic Brigade) (three companies of nine squads of nine nine hundred eighty-one men each, two squads of 18 men per company of short guns, seven squads of rifles of sixty-three men, nine men per squad),
6. Radio team (twelve),
7, division number company (sixty),
8. Cavalry company (four squads of thirty-six men, forty-two horses),
9。 Telephone team (ten machines, about nine wires, a total of 4 shifts of 36 people)
10.Ministry of Supply, 11.Ministry of Health,
12. Artillery Company (2 cannons of 82 guns, 30 rounds of shells, 3 submachine guns, no shells, 1 platoon of engineers, 2 platoons of artillery),
13. Reconnaissance company (27 men in three squads of short guns, 36 men in four squads of long guns, and two light machine guns).
2. In order to exchange combat and work experience, a paper for cadre transfer is attached for approval.
The road from Danba to Jinghua (present-day Jinchuan County) was called "Danjing Dao", which was opened during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. Along the Dajin River, through Jiaju, Xiaobawang, Dabawang, Shuikazi, Badilinka, Baisongtang, and border with Manai Township, Jinghua County, the county is 1 10 miles. Head northwest, cross the river via Chu Si Jia to Le Wu Wai to reach Appeasement, a journey of 210 miles.
In late May of the 24th year of the Republic of China (1 9 3 5), after the 25th Division of the Ninth Army of the Red Fourth Front army captured Maogong, it sent eighty-one regiments of troops down the Xiaojin River to attack Danba in order to eliminate and expel the Zhangzhen Central Regiment of the Kuomintang Twenty-fourth Army stationed in Danba and intercept the Red Army, and then alert and suppress the Kuomintang troops on the Kangding side.
Yang Guolin, a thousand households in the twenty-four villages, sent Ma Lu and Haji (a member of the Shuizi Township Gong village) to Maogong (present-day Xiaojin County) to inquire about the Red Army. Although Ma Jun and Haji were also afraid of the Red Army, as thousands of poor people, they could not help but go. After arriving at Maogong, the two men were afraid to see that Maogong City, which had just been occupied by the Red Army, was in good order and full of jubilation, and the masses were not afraid of the performance of the Red Army, and it was not like the Kuomintang propaganda: "Small knives thrown, old people kick horses, and killing people without blinking.", a hanging heart was solidly laid down.
After listening to the Red Army's propositions and its policy toward minority areas, they firmly believed that the Red Army was a contingent that "fought the rich to help the poor and helped the poor," a savior for the poor, and a friend of the Tibetan people. The two men supported the Party and the Red Army from the bottom of their hearts. After learning the news that the Red Army was going to Danba, he took the initiative to ask to lead the way for the Red Army and serve as a general secretary.
On June 13, the 81st Regiment of the 27th Division of the Red Ninth Army, led by Ma Wei and Haji, came from Maogong shun Xiaojinchuan, and on June 14, broke through the Changshaba defense line and occupied the Ribao Mountain opposite the county seat of Neidanba, Sancha.
Soon after, a Red Army, guided by horses, passed through Zhonglu Township, over Dazhailiangzi, and occupied Suopo Township on the north bank of the Dadu River. Along the way, Ma Wei enthusiastically translated for the Red Army and actively propagated the policies and propositions of the Party and the Red Army.
Danba Jiachu Bridge
Jiachu Bridge, about one kilometer from the county seat of Danba, is the main road for Maogong to enter the county seat of Danba. After the Red Army occupied Maogong, Zhou Chushan (Wenzao), the governor of Danba County of the Kuomintang, ordered the dismantling of the Bridge Slab of the Jiachu Bridge and sent an armed militia regiment to garrison the bridgehead, and then the Regiment of the Zhangzhen Regiment of the Twenty-fourth Army took over the defense, and it was impossible for the Red Army to attack the county town through this Jiachu Bridge Bridge, but it was decided to cross the Dadu River from Suopo and follow the river upstream to attack the county town of Danba.
The Dajin River flows southeast around the city, and there is a rope bridge connecting the north and south banks more than a mile away from the city, and a huge stone stands at the head of the bridge, and a large stone stele is erected on the stone, on which the words "Jiachu Bridge" are engraved. The river under the bridge runs east to Yorish and meets the Xiaojin River, which is called the Dadu River, so Danba is known as the "first city at the source of the Dadu River". The large and small Jinchuan rivers flow through Danba and meet at the edge of Danba City, so history once called Danba the Jinchuan area.
The roads that lead to every gully in the city are full of sheep gut trails, mostly among the cliffs. Opposite the city gate, the Jade Emperor Longyan Road under the White Mountain is carved between the cliffs, and the gorge is narrow and rugged. The inky marks on the rock walls of the roadside that were blackened by fireworks. It is the historical imprint left by the ancients when they dug the rock road with firewood and burned the rock, and poured water to break the rock to open the road. Such remains remain on many of The ancient rock roads of Danba.
That is, from Danba to Maogong, from Danba County, out of the east road, across the Jiachu Bridge, along the Xiaojin River, through Biangu, Yuezha Street, Kabu, passing through Shengqiao, Molonggou, Weng guer Street (now Banfanmen Township station), Lama Temple Street, Taiping Bridge (now Taipingqiao Township Government Station), a pillar to Xiaojin County, Xinge Township, more than 1 20 miles, to Maogong County more than 190 miles. Maogong passes through Rilong Pass, Yuebalang Shanda Guan County to Chengdu.
At that time, the central part of Zhangzhen used local armed militia groups to fortify Changshaba near the county seat of Danba County, and sent troops to garrison Baiya Mountain, Pujiaoding, Songda, Gezong, and other places. The focus was on guarding the passage into the county seat of Danba, the Jiachu Bridge of the Sancha River, and all the bridge slabs were dismantled, while the boatmen of the Suopo ferry port were concentrated in the city. Zhou Wenzao, the governor of Zhangzhen Zhonghe County, took command of the county seat.
On June 14, 1935, the 81st Regiment of the Red Army broke through the Changsha Dam defense line along the Xiaojin River and entered the area around the Sancha River to shoot at the enemy for a long time, forming a situation in which the two armies faced each other across the river. Under the guidance of Ma Jun, the Red Army's speedy detachment crossed the mountain beam from the middle road to Moluo Village via Suopo Dazhai, and forcibly crossed the river on June 22 under the cover of fierce fire and political and military forces at the Zhenbu Lama Temple River Dam on the lower side, using cowhide boats and rafts.
After several small fierce battles, the Red Army, which had just crossed the river, was attacked by enemy troops from Gezong, Pujiaoding, and Songda, and after several small battles, the Red Army, which had crossed the river, had no choice but to retreat in cowhide boats and rafts. In the huidu, a raft was overturned by enemy fire, and the river was wide and deep, and the turbulence was raging, causing dozens of Red Army soldiers to fall into the water and die. The Red Army of the Eighty-first Regiment, which served as a cover, and the guide Ma Hong quickly sneaked into the mountains and moved.