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The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army forced the Dadu River Memorial Hall: the revolutionary feats of 17 warriors Source: China National Daily
On the Long March, the heroic Red Army fought bloody battles on the Xiangjiang River, crossed the Chishui River, crossed the Jinsha River, forcibly crossed the Dadu River, captured the Luding Bridge, fought hard in Dushu Town, won the seat, moved to Wumeng Mountain, repelled millions of ferocious pursuers to stop the enemy, conquered the iceberg and snow mountains with thin air, crossed the uninhabted swamps and grasslands, crossed more than ten provinces, and 25,000.
-- Speech by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the Conference Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Red Army's Long March
"The wing king tragically, the victory ground of the Red Army. Yi and Han are united and the construction is never-ending." In Anshun Field in the middle reaches of the Dadu River in southwestern Sichuan, two major events in modern Chinese history occurred in a hundred years: in May 1863, the wing king Shi Dakai was wiped out here; in May 1935, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army successfully crossed the Dadu River, creating a miracle in the history of war. Since then, Anshun field will be forever in the annals of history, famous at home and abroad.
The Dadu River is a major tributary of the Minjiang River. The water is 300 meters wide. The mountains on both sides of the river are steep, the dangerous beaches are densely spread, the water is turbulent, and the terrain is dangerous. It has been known as the "natural barrier" since ancient times. Anshun Field is an important town along the Dadu River, historically a battleground for soldiers and businesses.
In May 1935, after the Central Red Army crossed the Jinsha River from Jiaoping, Yunnan Province, on the Long March, it continued northward along Huili to Xichang Avenue, preparing to cross the Dadu River into western Sichuan. The Kuomintang knew that the Dadu River was a key natural barrier to stop the Red Army's progress. Chiang Kai-shek urgently mobilized more than 100,000 people from the Central Army and the Sichuan Army to strengthen the defense force north of the Dadu River, in an attempt to rely on the natural danger of the Dadu River to attack the south and block the north. The Central Red Army is completely wiped out in the south of the Dadu River.
The Red Army reached a critical juncture of life and death, and the only way out was to cross the Dadu River. On May 24, 1935, Liu Bocheng, commander of the advance team of the Central Red Army, led the Red First Division to rush for more than 80 kilometers, led the troops to defeat two companies of the Sichuan Army and occupied Anshun Field. He issued an urgent order: to do everything possible to build bridges and find boats to cross the river. However, the Kuomintang army implemented the policy of "firming up the wall and clearing the wild", closely fortified the upper and lower reaches of the Dadu River, built fortifications, and searched all ships and grain away, and burned all the ferries and houses along the river. In the face of the surging river, due to the lack of materials, the plan to build the bridge was difficult to implement, and the officers and soldiers of the advance team finally found only a small boat.
The hope of crossing the river rests on this boat. Liu Bocheng gave the order to seize the time to cross the river and selected 17 warriors to form a river crossing commando. In the early morning of 25 May, Liu Bocheng and Nie Rongzhen personally commanded the Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River at the forward position. The 17 warriors each carried a broadsword, a submachine gun, a short gun, and five or six grenades. They were ferried by four local boatmen and began to forcibly cross the Dadu River. Under the cover of the rear forces, the commando, under the suppression of the Sichuan army's intensive gunfire and artillery, advanced in the stormy waves, rushed through the enemy's heavy fire net, and finally boarded the other side. When the enemy saw the Red Army rushing to the beach, they threw down grenades. Seventeen warriors used the dead corners of the high and steep steps as cover and stormed up the steps. With the support of fire on the right bank, the warriors repelled the Sichuan army's counterattack and controlled the ferry. The follow-up troops crossed the river in time for reinforcement, defeated a battalion of the Sichuan army in one fell swoop, and consolidated the crossing point. Subsequently, the first division and cadre regiment of the first Red Army crossed the Dadu River, which was regarded as insurmountable by the Kuomintang army.
The wheel of history rolls forward. The story of the Red Army's Long March has become a historical story. However, the feats of the 17 warriors who were not afraid of sacrifice and bravely crossed the river, the unity of the army and the people, and the fearless revolutionary spirit of the Red Army who dared to fight against heaven and earth will always be remembered in the hearts of the Chinese people.
The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army forced the Dadu River Memorial Hall is located on the west bank of the Dadu River in Shimian County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. It was officially completed and opened on May 25, 2004. With the theme of carrying forward the spirit of the Red Army, the memorial hall is a holy land for revolutionary traditional education and propaganda and education of national unity and progress. The memorial hall has been awarded the national patriotism education base of 100 primary and secondary schools, the national patriotism education demonstration base, the national key cultural relics protection unit, and the national national unity and progress education base. Every year, hundreds of thousands of cadres and masses come here to listen to the feats of warriors and receive education in patriotism and national unity and progress.
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