The Red Army was not afraid of difficult expeditions
(Long March Suite)
Red flag fluttering,
The trumpet sounded,
Apprentices,
Don't go home.
Wang Ming's route is a heinous crime,
Five times the "encirclement and suppression" of the enemy was rampant.
The Red Army is eager to go on the march,
The strategy shifts to the distance.
Men and women, old and young,
Tears stained with clothes, long romance.
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Composed in 1965 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March, the Long March song "The Red Army Is Not Afraid of Difficulties and Difficulties" is a majestic and inspiring song, expressing the Red Army's spirit of defying difficulties and dangers, as well as their relaxed attitude towards the Long March. "Songs of the Long March: The Red Army is Not Afraid of Expeditions and Difficulties" artistically reproduces a number of major historical events during the Red Army's Long March, constitutes a magnificent heroic epic, shapes the glorious image of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and enthusiastically eulogizes the great victory of the Communist Party of China and the people's army.
Mao Zedong once said that the four crossings of the Chishui River were the "proud strokes" of his life. The Battle of the Four Crossings of Chishui was the result of Mao Zedong's command of the Central Red Army to skillfully intersperse itself with the Kuomintang army's heavy forces in light of the changes in the situation, flexibly changing the direction of operations, mobilizing and confusing the enemy, creating fighter planes, annihilating a large number of Kuomintang troops in the movement, firmly grasping the initiative on the battlefield, and winning a decisive victory in the strategic shift.
Mao Zedong used a series of strategies and tactics to achieve victory after victory. For example, in the "anti-encirclement and suppression" battle, such tactics were adopted as "luring the enemy into depth, concentrating troops, and breaking through each one," "striking at the weak enemy first, and annihilating each enemy in a mobile warfare"; in the "four crossings of the Chishui" and "skillfully crossing the Jinsha River," the tactic of "diverting the tiger from the mountain" was used; in the domestic revolutionary war, "mushroom combat" and "movement warfare" were used; in the Huaihai Campaign, the tactic of "catching turtles in an urn" was used; and in the Liaoshen Campaign, the tactic of "closing the door and beating the dog" was used, and so on.
During the Long March, the Red Army crossed a number of snow-capped mountains, such as Jiajin Mountain, Mengbi Mountain, and Min Mountain. These snow-capped mountains are high in altitude, the top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round, the air is thin, and the climate is complex and changeable; the grassland mainly refers to the Maoergai grassland in Songpan, Sichuan, which is full of mud pools and swamps, and is covered by grass vines, which is extremely hidden, and if you are not careful, people and animals may be wiped out.
During the Red Army's Long March, there were enemy killers in front and pursuers in the rear, enemy planes hovered in the air, and Red Army commanders and fighters continued to march and fight, lacking food, clothing, and medicine, and many soldiers, especially the wounded and sick, fell on the snowy mountains and meadows. The snow-capped mountains and meadows are the most difficult part of the Long March.