Eight divisions in the Long March of the Red Army

The first meeting division: the Red 2nd and 6th Armies met in Muhuang, Guizhou

On September 20, 1934, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission instructed the Red 6th Army to "reach the area of Shengxi (present-day Wanshan), Tongren, and Jiangkou from the present area via Qingjiang, Qingxi, and Sixian, and then try to contact the commander of the Second Army." On October 4, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission again telegraphed the Red 6th Army that "the Second Army has occupied the YinJiang River" and should "quickly advance towards the mouth of the river" and move closer to the Red 2nd Army.

According to the instructions of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the Red 6th Army advanced towards Jiangkou. In early October, the Red 6th Army was heavily encircled by Nationalist troops at Ganxi. The 49th Regiment and the 51st Regiment of the 17th Division, under the leadership of Li Da, chief of staff of the regiment, broke through the heavy siege after 9 days and 9 nights of arduous fighting, and on the 15th, first arrived at the river area of the Qiandong base area and rendezvoused with the Red 3rd Army (the red 2nd Army was restored after the rendezvous).

On October 23, the main force of the Red 6th Army reached Muhuang in Yinjiang County, Eastern Qiandong. On the 24th, He Long and Guan Xiangying led the main force of the Red 3rd Army and the first part of the Red 6th Army led by Li Da from Furong Dam and Pot Factory to Muhuang, and the two armies met.

The second meeting division: the anti-Japanese advance team in the north and the Red 10th Army met the division in Chongxi, Jiangxi

In early July 1934, the Kuomintang army began a full-scale offensive into the central area of the Central Soviet Region. The CPC Central Committee and the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided to form an anti-Japanese advance detachment with the Red 7Th Army, go north to the border areas of Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Gansu to develop guerrilla warfare and cooperate with the main forces of the Central Red Army to crush the enemy's fifth "encirclement and suppression." At the same time, it was stipulated that the action plan of the Red 7 Army was as follows: the first step, starting from Ruijin, to the Fujian Minjiang area, the second step to the Lanxi area of Zhejiang Province, and the third step to create base areas in Zhejiang and southern Anhui.

On the evening of July 6, more than 6,000 people of the anti-Japanese advance team formed by the Red 7Th Army, under the leadership of the regimental commander Xun Huaizhou and political commissar Le Shaohua, set out from Ruijin and marched east, passing through Changting, Liancheng, and Yong'an, and entering the central Fujian region.

The anti-Japanese advance detachment successively moved to dozens of counties in Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Gansu provinces, traveling more than 3,200 miles, marching continuously and fighting deep into the enemy's heart. It repelled countless interceptions, pursuits, and "encirclement and suppression" by the enemy.

On October 15 and 21, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission twice telegraphed the anti-Japanese advance team to the north to be transferred to the Fujian-Zhejiang-Gansu district for rectification and replenishment. In accordance with the orders of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the anti-Japanese advance detachment marched north through the mountains between Fuliang and Dexing, passed through the enemy's two blockade lines, entered the Gansu district of Fujian, Zhejiang, and in early November met the Red 10th Army at Chongxi, north of Geyuan, Jiangxi.

The Third Division: The Red First and Fourth Fronts met the Division at Maogong in Sichuan

On June 8, 1935, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Revolutionary Military Commission issued a directive: The basic task of our army is to use all efforts and despite all difficulties to achieve a direct rendezvous with the Four Fronts. On the same day, the Central Red Army occupied Lushan, and then crossed the first snow-capped mountain, Jiajin Mountain, and advanced toward Maogong.

At 1 o'clock on the 10th, the field army command ordered the 2nd Division of the 1st Red Army to continue to advance and capture Maogong on the 12th. On the 11th, the 20th issue of the Red Star newspaper published an article entitled "Rendezvous with the Fourth Front". The article said: "We will be able to shake hands with the Red Fourth Front and meet in the shortest period of time, and the meeting of the two main forces of the Red Army will make our combat strength even stronger and more guaranteed to fight in concert under the unified command of the Central Military Commission." "We will strive for the speedy realization of this great task no matter what."

At 12:00 on June 12, the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Red 1st Army, the vanguard of the Red Front, met the 74th Regiment of the 25th Division of the 9th Army of the Red Fourth Front between Jiajinshan and Dawei.

The Red Fourth Front forwarded a letter from Zhang Guotao, Chen Changhao, and Xu Xiangqian to the Central Committee. The letter said: Our vanguard regiment has already occupied Maogong on the 8th, most of them are marching toward Maogong, and the vanguard troops are marching toward Dawei to build fortifications and guard against the enemy and cover your rendezvous. "Today's meeting greatly boosted morale, and the arduous struggle of the Western Expeditionary Army was greatly admired by the commanders and fighters here."

The Fourth Division: The Red 25th Army and the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army met at Yongping, Shaanxi

In early September 1935, the Red 25th Army entered the Shaanxi-Gansu base area. On the 7th, we arrived at the Leopard River in Bao'an County. Because Wu Huanxian, political commissar of the Red 25Th Army, was killed in the battle of Sipo Village in Jing County, Gansu Province, the Cpc Committee of Eyu and Shaanxi Decided to appoint Xu Haidong as the commander of the army, and Cheng Zihua as the political commissar and acting secretary of the Eyu-Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee. On the 9th, the Red 25th Army arrived at Yongning Mountain in Shaanxi Province and made contact with the Shaanxi-Gansu Party Organization of the COMMUNIST Party.

On September 15, 1935, the Red 25th Army arrived in Yongping Town, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province. On the 16th, Liu Zhidan led the Red 26th and Red 27th Armies to the town of Yongping, and 3 military divisions met.

Fifth Division: Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment and Red 15th Army Division in Ganquan, Shaanxi

On September 18, 1935, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Revolutionary Military Commission led the main force of the Red Army to Hadapu, south of Min County, Gansu. Here, on the basis of the fact that the Red Army and the base areas in northern Shaanxi still exist in newspapers found in the local area, ※※※ Proposed to go to northern Shaanxi.

In accordance with the decision of the Russian Boundary Conference, the main force of the Red Army was officially reorganized here into the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, with Peng Dehuai as commander and political commissar. On September 27, the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment occupied the town of Bangluo in Tongwei County, where the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to formally determine its foothold in northern Shaanxi and defend and expand its base area.

After the meeting, the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment crossed the Liupan Mountains and on October 19 reached the town of Wuqi (present-day Wuqi) in the Shaanxi-Gansu base area.

On October 21, the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment defeated more than 2,000 enemy cavalry in pursuit near the town of Wuqi. The Politburo of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting here and pointed out that the one-year long march had come to an end, and the strategic task in the future was to defend and expand the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Region. The Northern Shaanxi Soviet Region led the national revolution. Shaanxi, Gansu and Jin provinces are important regions for development. After the meeting, an advance team was sent to look for the Red Army and Liu Zhidan in northern Shaanxi.

On November 2, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China led the vanguard of the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment to enter Xiasiwan, Ganquan County, where the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Soviet Government was stationed.

On November 3, a meeting was held to welcome the Central Red Army to northern Shaanxi in the area north of Fu County. On the same day, the Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic decided to establish the Northwest Revolutionary Military Committee of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which announced the restoration of the Red Army and the incorporation of the Red 15th Army into the Red Army.

Peng Dehuai, commander of the Red Army, and Mao Zedong, political commissar. The Red Army consisted of the Red 1Staffe Corps and the Red 15th Army. Subsequently, the headquarters of the Red Army and the Red 1st Army marched from the Xiasiwan area to the Red 15th Army garrison in the Zuopu area south of Ganquan Province.

On 21 November, the Red 1st Army and the Red 15th Army launched an attack on the Nationalist 109th Division advancing to the town of Zhiluo. On the 24th, the town of Zhiluo was captured.

Sixth Division: The Red 2nd and 6th Armies and the Red Fourth Front met in Ganzi, Sichuan

After crossing the snowy mountains, the Red 6th Army arrived in the Area of Jiawa south of Rihwa on June 3, 1936, and joined the Red 32nd Army Division that had come to greet it.

In order to welcome the arrival of the Red 2nd and 6th Armies, the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front specially mobilized and arranged the troops, requiring the troops to vigorously carry out organizational preparations for the Red 2nd and 6th Armies.

The 30th Army of the Red Fourth Front reached Ganzi via Daofu and Luhuo. On June 30, He Long, Ren Bishi, and Guan Xiangying led the 2nd Army to Rongcha near Ganzi to meet the vanguard of the 30th Army of the Red Fourth Front. On July 1, the Red 2nd and 6th Armies gathered in Ganzi.

On July 2, the Red 2nd and 6th Armies and the Red Fourth Front held a celebration meeting in Ganzi, at which Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Ren Bishi spoke.

Seventh Division: The Red First and Fourth Fronts met the Division in Huining, Gansu

On October 7, 1936, the first part of the 4th Army of the Red Fourth Front arrived in Huining to meet the 73rd Division of the Red Front.

On October 8, the 10th Division, the vanguard of the Red Fourth Front, met with the 1st Division of the Red Front at Qingjiangyi in Huining, Gansu, and Jieshipu Division in Longde. On the 9th, the headquarters of the Red Army and the general headquarters of the Red Fourth Front entered Huining City.

On October 10, in order to avoid the attack and harassment of enemy aircraft, the Red First and Fourth Fronts held a celebration meeting at the Huining Confucian Temple at dusk on the 10th. Zhu De, Zhang Guotao, Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao, and Chen Geng attended the meeting. At the meeting, a congratulatory message from the Party Central Committee was read out. Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao, and Chen Geng exchanged congratulations on behalf of the Red Fourth Front and the Red Front.

The Eighth Division: The Red First and Second Fronts met at Jiangtai Fort

The commanders and fighters of the Red Second Front, who were on their way north, heard the news that the First and Fourth Fronts had already met in Huining, and accelerated the speed of the march in order to share the joy of the division at an early date.

On October 22, He Long, commander-in-chief of the Red Second Front, and Ren Bishi, political commissar, led the general headquarters to Longde General Tai fort and met the main force of the Red Front.

He Long, Ren Bishi, Guan Xiangying, Wang Zhen, Zuo Quan, and Nie Rongzhen met here. The Red Army presented 30,000 pieces of ocean, more than 20 cattle, more than 2,000 sheep, tens of thousands of kilograms of grain, 1,000 sets of cotton clothes, tens of thousands of sheepskins, more than 500 pieces of cloth, 20,000 kilograms of wool and 3 sewing machines to the Red Second Front. The two armies held a joint meeting at Jiangtai Fort.

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