As we all know, at the peak of the Nationalist army's "anti-communism", the Nationalist army launched a sneak attack, and the New Fourth Army could only be forced to break through, which is the famous "Anhui Southern Incident". In this war, the New Fourth Army suffered heavy losses, and it can even be said that it was a devastating blow. At that time, Ye Ting was captured, Xiang Ying was sacrificed, and the team of more than 9,000 people was only left with more than 1,000 people in the end. It is worth noting that these more than a thousand people were brought out by Commander Fu Qiutao. In such a harsh environment, how did he lead the troops to break through successfully? What happened to him?
Fu Qiutao struggled to break through
Like most revolutionaries, Fu Qiutao's family was very poor, and when he was very young, he went to work in the fields with his parents and also went to the landlord's house to supplement the family. Fu Qiutao, who has witnessed too much of the darkness of the old society since he was a child, has been determined to revolutionize and change this dark society since he was a child.
He also took action for the ideals of his childhood, and in 1925, he joined the peasant workers' union and has been working for the revolution ever since, such as the Pingjiang peasant riots in 1927, in which he was very active.
Beginning in 1929, he joined the Communist Party and officially became a revolutionary.
Fu Qiutao
During the Red Army's Long March, Fu Qiutao was appointed director of the Political Department of the Xiang'e-Gansu Military Region, when the large forces of the Red Army had left, leaving them to face enemies who were well armed and several times more numerous than them. Despite this, Fu Qiutao did not give up, and even the enemy's persuasion was fought back one by one.
At that time, faced with this situation of the enemy being outnumbered, Fu Qiutao immediately made a decision and ordered the troops to disperse and turn to guerrilla warfare. In this way, they went all the way and fought all the way, and in the end, the number of people did not decrease, but also increased from a team of more than a thousand people to more than five thousand people.
Subsequently, his guerrillas became a member of the New Fourth Army, and Fu Qiutao also served as deputy commander of the New Fourth Army.
The southern Anhui incident suddenly broke out, hitting our army by surprise, and the situation of the New Fourth Army also became critical. Moreover, due to the difference of opinion among the senior leaders of the New Fourth Army, they missed the best fighter and lost contact with the Central Committee and the Military Department for a time.
After a long battle, Fu Qiutao's troops suffered very serious casualties and were completely besieged by the enemy. After careful consideration, Fu Qiutao decided to go in the direction of southern Jiangsu. Because the terrain of a place to be passed on the way is very dangerous, the local arrangement there is very few manpower, as long as you can pass there, you can successfully break through.
After a bitter battle, some of the fighters finally rushed out, but the enemy also sensed the abnormality on this side and quickly sent reinforcements. It was more difficult for Fu Qiutao and the fighters behind them to get out of trouble, and after the second surprise attack, they successfully broke out of the enemy's encirclement.
Fortunately, the Green Gang helped
However, leaving does not mean safety, along the way, the enemy laid out a very tight blockade line, and the inventory was extremely strict. Fu Qiutao, they were able to break through smoothly because they had the help of the Qing Gang.
Fu Qiutao's relationship with the Qing Gang dates back to when he was in Jiangnan, when he was still fighting guerrilla warfare, and when he faced the bandits, he chose to beat down the bandits, and among the prisoners at that time, one of them was the younger brother of Chen Yugeng, the current leader of the Qing Gang.
Chen Yugeng was still very good to his brother, and after learning that his brother had been arrested, he quickly came to discuss and expressed his willingness to exchange some guns and ammunition for his brother.
Among this group of bandits, his brother did not commit any major crimes, and Chen Yugeng's team was also a force of great importance to the anti-Japanese resistance. As a result, Fu Qiutao released Chen Yugeng's younger brother.
Chen Yugeng did not forget this incident, and after learning that Fu Qiutao's troops were besieged by the Nationalist army, he extended a helping hand to them and arranged for his subordinates to make trouble in front of the checkpoint set up by the enemy army to capture Fu Qiutao, so that the enemy would be distracted. And Fu Qiutao's team could take the opportunity to evade the enemy's search and leave here to continue to walk forward.
The enemy's pursuit and killing had never been broken, and soon after leaving the Qing Gang's territory, Fu Qiutao met the enemy again. Faced with the enemy's large number of troops and high-end weapons, Fu Qiutao could only resist while seeking a safe way to leave.
Fortunately, on their way to retreat, they encountered a large ship, and in a hurry, a battalion commander took out a gun and threatened the boatman.
In addition, in order to avoid the enemy, they changed into enemy clothes, and the boatman misunderstood that they were the army of the Kuomintang, and once wanted to sink the ship and die with them.
It was not until the ship drove out for a while that Fu Qiutao found the boatman and revealed his identity, and the misunderstanding was solved.
Finally, Fu Qiutao evaded the enemy's pursuit by taking the water route and successfully broke through. But at that time, there were only more than a thousand people left in the team of more than 9,000 people.
The reason for the success of the breakout
Fu Qiutao was able to successfully break through and summarize the three reasons.
The first is because he can make his own decisions. At that time, Fu Qiutao's team was the first to be attacked by the enemy, and the battle was extremely fierce, and even the only radio station that could contact the headquarters was damaged during the battle, and Fu Qiutao completely lost contact with the headquarters. Blessed by misfortune, he can completely determine the direction and tactics of the team, and can always improve the battle plan according to the changes in the battle situation.
At the second time, Fu Qiutao chose the method of guerrilla warfare. At that time, Fu Qiutao was faced with a situation in which the enemy was outnumbered, and the weapons and equipment of our army were completely incomparable with those of the other side. At this time, he chose to go into battle lightly, arranging the wounded, women, children and other vulnerable groups to the homes of their fellow villagers nearby, and others also scattered, breaking through the siege in unexpected ways by the enemy.
The third is that our party's army is very popular. Whether it is the leader of the Green Gang or the ordinary boatmen, they are well aware of the style of our party's army and are willing to lend a helping hand to our party, and this time and again, Fu Qiutao and his team have been able to overcome dangers.
Anhui Southern Incident Martyrs Cemetery
The incident in southern Anhui dealt a blow to The Company to a certain extent, but the soldiers of our army were not depressed by the blow. There were many warriors like Fu Qiutao in this battle, who were brave, intelligent, and sworn to the death to stand in front of the people and protect the safety of the people with their own strength. It is also the existence of this spirit that our army can achieve the final victory!
Video link: In the Anhui Southern Incident, the commander of the Third Column, Only Fu Qiutao, escaped to the day, but because of the help of the Qing Gang