Author: Mo Guyan
Among the 5 corps of the Red Army that participated in the Long March, the Red 9 Army, which had been established for only one year, was not the main force, not to mention that they suffered heavy losses in the defense of Guangchang, and the 14th Division under their jurisdiction was abolished because there were few left. At the beginning of the Long March, the superiors decided to assign the Red 22nd Division to the Red 9th Army, plus the original Red 3rd Division, barely keeping the regiment's shelf scattered.
The defense of Guangchang in film and television dramas
In the Battle of the Xiangjiang River, the Red 9Th army responsible for covering the flank of the core column suffered heavy losses, but it was much better than the red 8 army that had been revoked. In February 1935, the Red 9th Army was reorganized according to the orders of its superiors, abolished the divisional structure, and was reduced to 3 regiments, and the organs and logistics personnel were greatly reduced, and the company was enriched as much as possible to maintain combat effectiveness.
It was such a partial division of less than 4,000 men that received high praise during the Long March: the chairman praised them as "masters of leading the bull's nose", Vice Chairman Zhou said they were "strategic cavalry", and Luo Fu said that they "wrote a glorious page in the history of the Red Army".
In fact, the Red 9Th Army did not participate in famous battles such as Tucheng, Loushanguan, Zunyi, Lubanchang, Daduhe, etc., and their battle achievements could not be compared with those of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Armies, so what outstanding contributions did they make to gain this reputation?
Only because they completed three "special tasks" when the Red Army was facing a desperate situation.
The film and television drama restores the bloody battle on the Xiangjiang River
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the first mission: to remain north of the Wu River to contain the enemy forces</h1>
After the defeat in the Battle of Luban, the situation of the Red Army was even more sinister than the Battle of the Xiangjiang River, and it seemed that a game of chess had been completely killed, and how to go was a dead end. However, the chairman was confident and commanded the Red Army to first cross the Chishui River from the west of Maotai Town, and three days later, from the pontoon bridge of ErlangTan, he turned back along the old road of Erdu Chishui and began to stage the wonderful drama of the climax of the "Four Crossings of Chishui".
Erlangtan Ferry
The real intention of the Red Army was to cross the Wujiang River south through the middle of Changgan Mountain and Fengxiangba, mobilize the Dian army into Guizhou through pretending to attack Guiyang, seek an opportunity to cross the Jinsha River through Yunnan north and south, and finally achieve the purpose of meeting with the Red Fourth Front army by going around in a big circle.
To achieve this goal, it is necessary to set aside troops to play the role of "suspicious soldiers", confuse and contain the enemy army, so as to ensure that the chairman's brilliant ideas can be realized.
On March 27, Luo Binghui, commander of the Red 9th Army, and He Changgong, the new political commissar of the Red Army, received three urgent telegrams a day, and the commander-in-chief of the Red Army, Zhu De, ordered them to temporarily stay in the area north of the Wujiang River to contain the two columns of Chiang Kai-shek's army, Zhou Hunyuan and Wu Qiwei, to cover the main force's "southward movement in search of maneuver."
This order meant that the Red 9 Army would break away from the large army and make a living under the heavy siege of the enemy army.
After receiving the order, Luo Binghui, known as a "guerrilla expert", commanded the Red 9th Army to operate alone in the area north of the Wujiang River, attracting the strength of 6 divisions of Chiang Kai-shek's army. However, they were also blocked by the enemy's heavy troops on the north bank of the Wu River, and in the case of being unable to cross the river and not receiving instructions from their superiors, the leaders of the Red 9Th Army decided to withdraw from the riverbank on their own, quickly moved to the northeast, and waited for the opportunity.
Despite the very dangerous situation, Luo Binghui would never give up any opportunity to take the initiative to annihilate the enemy. When the Red 9th Army arrived at the drumming field after a day and a night of rapid marching, they chose favorable terrain to set up an ambush, and in one fell swoop defeated 7 regiments of the tailing Qian army in Laomukong, captured more than 1,800 officers and men below the deputy regimental commander of the enemy, and captured more than 1,000 rifles.
This battle was a crucial battle for the Red 9 Army to turn the tide in its own operations. Stranded north of the Wujiang River, they were not only not eaten by the enemy, but instead added more than 300 new recruits between battles, raised 4,000 oceans, and produced more than 800 sets of single clothes.
I am afraid that even Chairman Zhu and President Zhu did not expect this.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the second task: to cover the main force of the Red Army across the Jinsha River</h1>
After completing the cover mission, the Red 9Th army found that the pontoon bridge had been burned by the last batch of troops crossing the river, which meant that they had to find another way to catch up with the large troops.
After crossing the Chishui River four times, the Red Army has decided to march west into Yunnan and seek an opportunity to cross the Jinsha River in the north. In order to achieve this goal, Zhu De called Luo Binghui and He Changgong and clearly asked the Red 9 Army to advance towards Bijie and Dading, and as for which way to go, they were free to choose.
Zhu De deliberately stressed that the 9th Army should not go too fast, "Walk for two or three days and choose a place with complex terrain to circle for one day, so as to confuse the enemy and advance for us." That is to say, the Red 9 Army still has to move independently of the large troops, and the more enemies it attracts, the better.
On April 9, the Red 9th Army marched to western Guizhou, and after half a month of arduous trekking, it finally crossed the Beipan River and advanced west to Longkouchang, Pingyi County, in eastern Yunnan. In the process, the troops were attacked by the enemy while camping and suffered certain losses.
The main force of the Central Red Army was divided into several routes, and this unusual use of troops gave Chiang the illusion that the Red Army had collapsed. He strictly ordered Xue Yue to urge his troops to advance towards the Xuanwei and Weining areas, and to encircle the Qian, Dian, and Sichuan armies on all sides, in an attempt to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Central Red Army in the eastern Yunnan region.
Luo Binghui, commander of the Red Ninth Army
Based on the above situation, the Red Army Command ordered the Red 9Th Army to develop to the Xuanwei and Weining areas in order to attract the enemy to the north. On April 29, the Red 9th Army occupied Xuanwei City without a single shot, and then raised 30,000 oceans to expand the Red Army by about 400 people.
The Red Army skillfully used a series of tricks to mobilize all the warlord troops from all walks of life with a series of dazzling deceptions, creating for itself an excellent opportunity to cross the Jinsha River in the north. The Red 9th Army sought an opportunity to cross the Jinsha River and build fortifications in the northeast of Huidong County to ensure that the main force of the Red Army would all cross the Jinsha River on May 9.
Prior to this, the Red 9Th Army issued a lot of "foreign wealth" when it captured Dongchuan, raising 100,000 oceans in a few days, expanding the red by 1,400 people, and confiscating more than 300 guns and a lot of cloth. It is simply a miracle that such a result can be achieved in an area where the land of life is not ripe.
Oil paintings depicting the red army fighting
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the third task: to cover the main force in the huili recuperation</h1>
After the main force of the Red Army crossed the Jinsha River, it concentrated the Red 3 Corps and the cadre regiments to besiege Huili, and at the same time mobilized the 1st and 5th Armies to block and aid the enemy. At first, the task of the Red 9Th Army was to "destroy ships along the river, block the pursuit of the enemy on the east bank, and cover the main action", but the situation became grim due to the setbacks of the 3rd Army and the cadre regiment attacking Huili City. The command ordered the Red 9Th Army to do its best to block the enemy on the east bank of the Jinsha River "with the conviction and determination to hold on to the river".
The Red 9th Army followed the order to closely monitor the enemy on the opposite bank, and sought an opportunity to annihilate 3 battalions of the Dian Army, and then continued to insist on resisting step by step, fully covering the main force to the north.
On 21 May, the Red 9Th Army met the Red 3rd Army in Lizhou in victory. The Red 9 Army, which was jokingly called "left behind" by the brother troops, finally ended nearly two months of solo marching and fighting, and after many hardships and nine deaths, they finally returned to the ranks of the main Red Army.
In the course of the Red Army's Long March, three units undertook the task of covering and transferring the enemy that was similar to "losing the car to protect the commander", one was the Red 7th Army, the other was the Red 34th Division, and the other was the Red 9th Army. The Red 7th Army was severely damaged when it marched into southern Anhui, and the commander of the regiment, Xun Huaizhou, was killed, and soon after the entire army was destroyed at Huaiyu Mountain; the Red 34th Division covered the retreat of the whole army on the east bank of the Xiang River, and eventually the whole army was destroyed, and the division commander Chen Shuxiang was killed. Only the Red 9 Corps not only did a good job of covering, but also saved and strengthened itself, which is a miracle within a miracle.
The Red 9 Corps was able to create this miracle, which was inseparable from Luo Binghui's excellent command.
Luo Binghui
Luo Binghui has excellent martial arts, accurate marksmanship, love for soldiers like sons, strict military discipline, and has a high prestige in the army. Among the various units of the Red Army, the 9th Army is known for its good at running attacks, brave and tenacious style, and strong individual combat ability, while Luo Binghui himself has the reputation of "Shenxing Taibao".
At the beginning of the Long March, Luo Binghui was somewhat discouraged because of the blows he had suffered before, and he had reported to his superiors that he had resigned as the commander of the regiment. Therefore, before He Changgong took office, the chairman specially explained to him that he should take into account the overall situation, do a good job of unity, and trust the comrades who came from the uprising, and praised Luo Binghui, who graduated from the Yunnan Daowu Hall, for "having military ability... War experience is also relatively rich", emphasizing that "military command must respect him."
After the grass of the First and Fourth Fronts was separated, the Red 9th Army and the Fourth Front Army, which followed the left route army, went south together, and later changed its name to the Red 32nd Army. After the Second and Fourth Fronts met the divisions, the Red 32nd Army was included in the second front. Therefore, the Red 9 Corps was the only red army unit that had existed in all three major front sequences.
Unfortunately, Luo Binghui and He Changgong made a mistake in direction because they agreed with Zhang's southward proposal at the Zhuo Mu Diao meeting. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, although he was not heavily held accountable, his status was affected and he lost his actual command for a long time. In contrast, Guo Tianmin, then chief of staff of the Red 32nd Army, and Huang Huoqing, director of the Political Department, resolutely resisted Zhang, and although he was attacked at the time and demoted to the Red 32nd Army, he was later reused.
On June 21, 1946, after commanding the troops of the New Fourth Army to win the Battle of Zaozhuang, Luo Binghui, the second deputy commander of the Shandong Military Region and the second deputy commander of the New Fourth Army, died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage in Linyi, Shandong, at the age of 49.
Luo Binghui is one of the 36 military experts identified in the military volume of the Encyclopedia. If he had not sacrificed, it would have been entirely possible to confer the rank of Grand General in 1955.
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