In October 1934, with the defeat of the Red Army's fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, our Party was forced to decide to lead the troops to transfer from Jiangxi, and thus began the Long March.
Map of the Long March
After that, the Red Army crossed the Wu River in danger, crossed the Chishui River in four ways, crossed the Jinsha River by chance, flew and captured the Luding Bridge, won various victories, and got rid of the enemy's blockade, and the situation was very good. Soon after, our army walked out of the meadow, and then held a meeting in Bangluo Town, which decided that the Red Army would pass through Liupan Mountain and enter the Northern Shaanxi Hui division.
Located at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, Liupan Mountain is both a "hometown of Fuxi" and a strategic location, as well as a mountain that the Red Army finally crossed. Chairman Mao, after breaking through the siege, was in a good mood and decided to let the soldiers rest here for one night. The warriors could not bear to disturb the people, and could only camp outside the village and sleep in the streets.
As a result, early the next morning, when Chairman Mao was preparing to lead his troops to continue advancing, a soldier looked panicked, bringing Bad news to Chairman Mao!
Chairman Mao
"Chairman, all 300 soldiers in Gengwan Town died overnight!" The Chairman was shocked to hear this! Unexpectedly, at the last moment when the Long March was about to be victorious, 300 soldiers were inexplicably sacrificed, so Chairman Mao ordered Comrade Luo Ruiqing, who was responsible for defending him, to thoroughly investigate the matter.
Who would have thought that this case would have been investigated for 54 years! So how did the warriors die? What is the truth that Chairman Mao has not been able to know? Why did it take half a century for the truth to be revealed?
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In October 1935, Chairman Mao led the Central Red Army to Liupan Mountain, not far ahead is the northern Shaanxi base area, over this mountain, soon able to meet the northern Shaanxi Red Army division, victory is in sight!
Liupan Mountain
The Kuomintang also knew that once the Red Army crossed the Liupan Mountain, the dragon would return to the sea and the tiger would run to the mountain! Therefore, he refused to give up. The Kuomintang joined forces with the local warlord "Ma Jiajun" in the northwest and laid a net of heaven and earth near Liupan Mountain, waiting for the Red Army to drill in.
Chairman Mao came unexpectedly, and after studying, he decided to tear a hole in the blue stone mouth and highlight the heavy encirclement. The Nationalist army thought that there was a unit stationed in Qingshizui, believing that our army would not raid from here and did not do a strict defense. But who knew that our army actually made a surprise attack, and the Kuomintang troops were unprepared and fled into the wilderness.
Subsequently, the Nationalists sent cavalry troops to pursue them from the rear, and they tried in vain to block the Red Army at the foot of Liupan Mountain. After Chairman Mao listened, there was no chaos in the face of danger, so that the troops occupied the favorable terrain on the mountain, and it was difficult for the enemy's cavalry regiment to play.
Chairman Mao saw that the time had come to fight back and said to Lin Biao, "Eat them!" "The soldiers of the Red Army immediately took advantage of the relaxation of the enemy army to suddenly attack, and in a short while, they won the battle, and the Red Army also captured hundreds of warhorses and all kinds of equipment, and the nationalist army was scattered and fled and collapsed.
《Qing Ping Le Liupan Mountain》
At this moment, Chairman Mao happily ascended high and looked far away, saw that the road ahead was flat, the sky was high and cloudless, and thought that the meeting was imminent, and he could not help but write a poem "Qingping Le Liupan mountain" to express his feelings!
Chairman Mao looked at the Red Army soldiers who had followed him to break through the siege and said to him with great affection: "You Red Army soldiers who have survived from Jiangxi to the present are all treasures!" You are the seeds of the revolution, which will be sown throughout the country in the near future, and that will blossom and bear fruit in large and large fields! ”
The soldiers cheered and were full of expectations for the victory of the Long March. Then, as ordered, they dispersed and rested and stayed here for one night. Although there are many small towns under Liupan Mountain, because the Red Army has regulations, it is impossible to disturb the people; moreover, the local people have long been attacked and harassed by the Kuomintang army and bandits, so they dare not open the door to entertain the Red Army.
The Red Army of film and television dramas
The 300 soldiers stationed near Gengwan Town had just settled down, and it was late at this time, and the soldiers consumed a lot after the battle, so they urgently needed water to replenish, just nearby found a spring, the soldiers could not take care of a lot, pulled the spring water directly for everyone to drink.
Early the next morning, after the large troops had assembled, they were ready to move on. However, when counting the number of people, it was found that there were 300 people missing from Gengwan Town, and the leader was very confused, so he immediately sent a signal soldier to Gengwan Town to see what these three hundred people were doing.
As soon as they arrived in Gengwan Town, the signal soldiers saw the soldiers lying on the ground and thought, "Why haven't these people gotten up yet?" Didn't hear the trumpet? So he went up and patted them and said, "Hurry up, our troops should march!" ”
After a few shots, the communication soldiers found that something was wrong: how these fighters did not react at all, how to shout and could not wake up! The signal soldier immediately realized that the matter was not good and hurriedly ran to report it to the leader. The leader rushed to check it out, only to find that the more than 300 people lying on the ground had already died!
Statue of the Red Army
It pays off! Overnight, all 300 soldiers were mysteriously killed, and this was the first time this was the case. Therefore, the soldiers did not dare to be idle and hurried to report the situation to Chairman Mao.
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When Chairman Mao heard this news, he felt very sad: the Central Red Army had 90,000 people at the beginning of the Long March, and after walking out of the meadow, only 7,000 people were left; originally the front would be a horse and a river, and it was about to usher in victory, but I did not expect that at the last moment, 300 people were inexplicably sacrificed!
Chairman Mao immediately eased up from his grief and summoned Luo Ruiqing, director of the Security Bureau, and asked him to take a few soldiers with him to the scene of the crime.
Luo Ruiqing was a very clever and careful general, good at looking for these clues, Chairman Mao once commented on him: "Luo Ruiqing felt very relieved when he stood next to him. The sky fell, and there was him on top. ”
Luo Ruiqing
Luo Ruiqing was shocked by this situation! He couldn't believe the 300 warriors sacrificing for no reason, and immediately called a few warriors to the scene, and then he was stunned by the scene in front of him!
Only to see 300 soldiers lying peacefully on the ground, holding guns in their arms, seemed to be just sleeping, and seemed to be particularly calm. But as long as you go up and look closely, you can see that they have lost their breath!
"What's going on?" Such a question filled Luo Ruiqing's mind, and he immediately stepped forward and carefully examined the Red Army soldiers who had already died, checking their remains for any trauma, and looked around and did not find them.
"There were no gunshots last night, and there were no traumas on the soldiers. How would that be sacrificed? Luo Ruiqing was full of doubts in his heart at this time: "If it is only suicide or accident, how can 300 people be killed at the same time?" ”
He racked his brains and did not find out the reason, but could only briefly report it to Chairman Mao first. Chairman Mao sighed and said angrily, "We must find out these murderers of the fighters!" Luo Ruiqing also assured the chairman that he would find out the truth and give an account to the chairman and the soldiers!
Geng Wan Town was shrouded in sad emotions at this time, and everyone felt sorry for the more than 300 soldiers who had passed away, obviously there was only one step away from victory, but they took a step first and failed to see the dawn ahead!
The soldiers were sobbing, but Luo Ruiqing seemed very calm, at this moment he could not be sad, he needed to calmly analyze, he must restore the truth to Chairman Mao!
Luo Ruiqing once again surveyed the scene of the crime, and he wanted to find out whether it was caused by poisoning by Kuomintang agents. However, the soldiers in front of them are all veterans of the Long March, and if they want to poison them, they should have done it a long time ago; if they are strangers who are mixed in, the soldiers can get along day and night, and they can also find suspicious people.
Luo Ruiqing thought while searching for people nearby, hoping to find witnesses, but how could not find, the case fell into a stalemate, but Luo Ruiqing can basically lock, the soldiers are poisoned and died.
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Chairman Mao and Luo Ruiqing attached great importance to this matter, but the investigation made no progress. At this time, the Red Army's reconnaissance personnel sent news, and the pursuing soldiers behind them came again! The Kuomintang united with the "Ma Family Army" of the local warlords in the northwest, and came to catch up with them with great momentum.
"It seems that the truth cannot be found out now!" Luo Ruiqing looked very sorry, he just wanted to find out the truth of the matter, but at present the enemy was behind, and in desperation, he could only bury the bones of the soldiers on the spot, and then hurried to the road and threw off the follow-up pursuers.
After the troops were safely evacuated, Luo Ruiqing said to Chairman Mao: "There are many doubts about this case, and it may not be possible to solve the case for a while. Chairman Mao also agreed.
Then Luo Ruiqing said to Chairman Mao: "You can rest assured, I will definitely find out the truth for you!" Chairman Mao smiled and said, "I am relieved to have your words!" ”
Chairman Mao also did not forget to tell Peng Dehuai and other follow-up troops that they must be more careful not to let the soldiers eat strangers' things indiscriminately, so as not to let anyone poison them.
After Peng Dehuai learned of this incident, he sighed and wrote in his diary: More than 300 people did not fall in the enemy's encirclement and blockade, but they fell silently at the moment when the Long March was about to end.
Peng Dehuai
At this time, the "Majia Army" in the northwest caught up with Peng Dehuai's troops, and Peng Dehuai was angry and ordered the whole army: We must make the enemy doubly pay back and pay for the lives of the comrades who died in Gengwan Town! The morale of the whole army was greatly boosted, and the pursuing troops were crushed.
Soon after, the Red Army successfully met the division, and Chairman Mao successfully arrived at the northern Shaanxi base area, but he still remembered this matter and wanted an answer, so he sent soldiers to look for clues many times, but unfortunately in the end there was no news. Luo Ruiqing also did not forget his commitment to the chairman.
This matter was suppressed in the hearts of Chairman Mao and Luo Ruiqing until the founding of New China. After the founding of New China, China's general environment is becoming more stable, the public security criminal investigation system is also becoming more complete, and there are more time and conditions to deal with this unsolved case.
The Northwest Bureau and the Ministry of Public Security, together with the local public security bureau, organized a large number of police forces to investigate this matter, and Luo Ruiqing originally wanted to follow the investigation of the case, but because there were other important official duties, he could only ask the comrades on the front line: "We must investigate the matter as soon as possible and give the chairman a truth!" ”
Subsequently, the special case group rushed to the scene of the crime with the instructions of Chairman Mao and Luo Ruiqing. The local people saw so many policemen to investigate the case, they all went to see the liveliness, the people only knew that it was a case during the Red Army's Long March more than ten years ago, but they could not provide key information and effective clues.
Zhou Enlai
In addition, Chairman Mao also entrusted Premier Zhou with the hope that he would find out from the archives of the Kuomintang in the past that this "poisoning" operation was carried out. Premier Zhou attached great importance to this matter and immediately inquired about the archives left by the Nationalist government, but he found that the Archives of the Kuomintang did not contain any record of "poisoning in the Liupanshan area".
Could it be that the 300 soldiers of the Red Army really died in such an inexplicable way? This matter dragged on longer and longer, and over time it became an unresolved mystery case, and it also became a regret in the hearts of Chairman Mao and Luo Ruiqing! Until their deaths, they could not be solved. Comrade Luo Ruiqing, in particular, will feel guilty when he mentions this matter in his later years.
However, who would have thought that 54 years after this incident occurred, two water quality experts would unexpectedly solve the mystery of the mystery.
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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's the fall of 1989. This unsolved case half a century ago has now become the talk of the people's dinner table, and many people mention this matter in a very exaggerated way, and the more it is spread, the more evil it is.
In this year, the surveyors of the Lanzhou Military Region's Ningxia Water Supply Regiment came to the foot of Liupan Mountain, where they were going to conduct surveys. Due to the complex terrain near Liupan Mountain, the person in charge of the military region summoned several ordinary people to serve as guides for the surveyors.
The local people were very enthusiastic, and when they chatted, they told the surveyors about the story that happened in that year: "I heard that the Red Army sacrificed hundreds of soldiers here!" How to check the back can not find out the truth, we are all rumored to be monsters harmed. ”
Wang Xueyin and Wang Lin, who were in charge of the survey, listened to the rumors of the people and smiled at each other. They had heard of this rumor for a long time, but some people said that hundreds of people were sacrificed, some people said that thousands of people were sacrificed; and the reasons for the sacrifice of the warriors were also different. It just so happened that they were going to investigate near Gengwan Town today, so it was better to find out!
The two finished their work first, and then when they chatted with the local old man, they brought up the unsolved case again.
The old man said to them, "When we were here, we were plundered by all kinds of bandits, so the day the Red Army came, everyone was very scared and hid in the house." Only later did I find out that they were completely different from bandits! The old man's face was full of memories of that day, and Wang Xueyin and the two of them were also fascinated.
The old man continued, "It was late that day, and we only saw the warriors stationed outside, and then we went to the valley, where there was a spring. ”
After the old man talked about the spring, Wang Xueyin was very keenly aware of the spring water, his job was water quality surveying, so he was particularly sensitive to such things; and he also thought of another story.
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it was recorded that Zhuge Liang went deep into the barren land of the south when he captured Mengmeng in the Seventh, and due to the hot weather, many Shu Han soldiers were thirsty, and at this time, they saw a spring in a mountain, which was very sweet, and the soldiers could not control much, and directly went forward to drink.
Seven captures
As a result, after drinking the water, the soldiers were speechless. Zhuge Liang was shocked when he saw it, and immediately found the local old man to inquire, and only then did he know that the name of this spring was "Dumb Spring", and people would be poisoned after drinking it, and they could not speak; they needed to drink the water of the Anle Spring to detoxify.
From the perspective of the Three Kingdoms period, this "dumb spring" may have divine power, but it is not. The so-called "dumb spring" is only because it contains too much copper salt, after the chemical reaction in the water, the formation of water-soluble copper sulfate, this solution will make people lose their voices after drinking, and then spasm and die.
The method of detoxification is also very simple, the material of the anle spring water can produce a chemical reaction with the "dumb spring", forming an insoluble copper hydroxide precipitation, and then discharged from the human body, it can be detoxified.
Wang Xueyin thought: This kind of dumb spring is very rare, there are three in Yunnan and one in Shandong; there is no record in other places, so will this water spring in Gengwan Town also be this kind of "dumb spring"?
Dumb Springs
Out of curiosity and curiosity, Wang Xueyin took Wang Forest and under the guidance of the locals, came to the spring, and they wanted to explore the mystery of this spring.
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Wang Xueyin came to the spring, which looked very clear, colorless and odorless, as if it could be drunk; then he took a sample of the spring water and prepared to take it back to the laboratory for specific analysis.
In addition, Wang Xueyin also walked around the area and found many such small springs, some of which actually emitted a peculiar smell, and there were bubbles on the surface of the water, so Wang Xueyin took a number of samples with the staff.
Wang Xueyin was very bold, he also found a place that looked like drinkable water, boiled it, drank it despite the obstruction of the people around him, and found that the taste of the water was very salty and astringent.
mountain spring
Back in the lab, the results surprised everyone. The water here contains a lot of potassium, and the potassium content here is five times the normal standard, and too much potassium content will cause heart and kidney disease; while the river water in another place contains a lot of sodium, and the sodium content here is even higher!
Wang Xueyin frowned at this time, and already had a bold guess in his heart: the Red Army soldiers had mistakenly drunk the spring water and died!
The researchers present were surprised that the local villagers had drunk such water for so many years, which seriously affected their life expectancy, but more surprises were still to come.
Wang Xueyin found cyanide in a bubbling sample of a water spring! Why does cyanide, as a highly toxic substance, exist in the local spring water?
fault
With a spirit of research, Wang Xueyin contacted the local geological bureau, and he found that the local area was in a fault zone, the geological activity was very active, and the area of Gengwan Town belonged to the high petroleum content distribution area of the Yanchang Basin.
If the bubbles and oil layers in the ground react chemically, then a large amount of cyanogen gas is formed, and when these cyanogen gases drill out of the rock surface through the gaps and react with the spring water rich in sodium and potassium, the water will contain sodium cyanide and potassium cyanide!
Sodium cyanide and potassium cyanide are high-risk highly toxic substances, which are strictly controlled articles in China and are widely used in the chemical industry. If the human body is exposed to cyanide, only 0.06 grams can be fatal, and cyanide will combine with iron in the human body, making people die of lack of oxygen!
It is conceivable that the Red Army soldiers were already extremely thirsty at that time, and because the sky was dark, they did not see many bubbles on the surface of the water, so they drank it directly. 300 Red Army soldiers actually suffocated to death in their sleep!
Red Army soldiers
There is also a question that haunts Wang Xueyin's mind: Then why have the local people not been affected?
Wang Xueyin and Wang Linlin conducted another three years of investigation and investigation, crossed the mountains and mountains, and finally came up with the complete truth: the original local geological activity period has a certain law, and a large amount of cyanogen gas is produced every few years; the local people have long summed up the law, as long as the water surface is bubbling, it cannot be drunk. But outsiders do not know these laws, let alone the Red Army soldiers who rushed in?
The leaders of the Lanzhou Military Region were also shocked after learning the truth of the unsolved case! I feel sorry and full of respect for the Soldiers of the Red Army who lost their lives at the foot of Liupan Mountain! The results were then reported to the central government. Unfortunately, Chairman Mao and Luo Ruiqing had been dead for many years at this time, and Luo Ruiqing's promise could not be fulfilled in the end! This may be a big regret in their hearts.
Shortly thereafter, under the organization of the local government, for the safety of the local people's lives, all the people of Gengwan Town were moved out and properly resettled.
These 300 soldiers crossed the river, over the mountains, and stepped out of the meadows, but at the last moment when the Red Army was about to win, they were killed at the foot of Liupan Mountain! The Long March is a long road, and it is countless revolutionary martyrs who are not afraid of difficulties, and they have sacrificed their lives and worked hard to finally get a better day! Future generations should especially cherish today's life, and they should not forget the martyrs and pay tribute to them!
Illustration of Liupanshan Mountain
In the end, we use Chairman Mao's "Qing Ping Le Liupan Mountain" to recall the great pride of that year!
"The sky is high and the clouds are light, and I look at the flying geese in the south." Less than the Great Wall is not a good man, the itinerary is twenty thousand. The peak of Liupan Mountain, the red flag swept the west wind. Today the long wisp is in hand, when will it tie the dragon? ”