In August 1935, the Red Army walked out of the vast meadows with difficulty and ushered in a major event that could be celebrated. However, the Red Army faced a severe dilemma, and Chiang Kai-shek had laid a net waiting to take the Red Army in one fell swoop.
The Red Army was short of materiel, especially ammunition, and urgently needed to rest. The commanders were sad day by day, not knowing where to go and which place to choose as a foothold. Just when the Red Army was in confusion, a baked cake shop owner inadvertently helped the Red Army.
Hadapu is a remote town in Gansu's Dongchang County, and although it is located in a remote location, the transportation is very convenient. In October 1934, the first team of the Red Army's Long March set out from the Duhe River and experienced a long journey of wind and rain and thousands of mountains and rivers. Under difficult conditions, the Red Army finally walked out of the vast grassland in September 1935 and came to the small town of Hadapu in southern Gansu. This force has reached its limit, and its manpower and material resources have reached the point of extreme scarcity.
Shortly after the Red Army arrived at Hadapu, Nie Rongzhen bought a few baked cakes from Yang Jiahua, but because he did not have a suitable paper bag on hand, the owner of the baked cake shop casually wrapped the baked cakes with a piece of newspaper. Nie Rongzhen chewed on the burnt cake, while browsing the contents of the newspaper, he was suddenly attracted by a report. The report conveyed information about the northern Shaanxi base area and Liu Zhidan's Red Army, which made Nie Rongzhen excited. He immediately asked the correspondent to deliver the newspaper to Mao Zedong and the central leadership, and turned around to tell Lin Biao that it was good news.
Soon, Mao Zedong held a meeting of cadres at the Guandi Temple in Hadapu to announce the news of the northern Shaanxi base area. No one thought that an old newspaper handed to the Red Army by a biscuit shop owner would do a big favor.
Through this newspaper, the Red Army learned about the situation in the northern Shaanxi base area, which had an important impact on the fate of the Red Army. Having settled on a foothold, the Red Army was able to take the right strategic action in the face of a serious predicament. The Red Army formulated a series of operational guidelines in Hadapu, and by creating a pretense, successfully confused the enemy, allowed the Red Army to successfully break through the encirclement and continue to march north.
The question of the foothold of the Red Army's Long March has not been resolved. It was not until the newspaper in Hadapu conveyed the news of the northern Shaanxi base area to the Central Red Army that the Red Army found a way forward and accelerated the process of the Long March. At Hadapu, the Red Army was rested and resupplied to reinvigorate. At the same time, the organizational structure of the Red Army was also adjusted and improved, laying a solid foundation for the final victory of the Red Army.
Hadapu played an important role in the Red Army's Long March. With the help of a baked cake shop owner, the Red Army obtained key intelligence and determined the location and strategic direction. This small remote town influenced the fate of the Red Army and the historical course of the Chinese revolution.
The Long March was a journey full of hardships and difficulties, and the Red Army finally completed this great historical mission through firm will and correct strategic decisions. In the Long March of the Red Army, the importance of Hadapu cannot be ignored, it provided rest and supplies for the Red Army, and laid the foundation for the final victory of the Red Army. The spirit of the Red Army and the wisdom of Chairman Mao made the victory of the Long March possible. The Long March of the Red Army is not only a glorious course of the Communist Party of China, but also a monument to the Chinese revolution.
