The Historical Background of Jialing River Campaign

1in March, 935, in order to break the Kuomintang army's plan of "suppressing Sichuan and Shaanxi" and develop to the border of Sichuan and Gansu, the Red Fourth Front Army decided to concentrate four armies and launch the Jialing River Campaign under the command of Commander-in-Chief Xu and Political Commissar Chen Changhao. Jialing River runs from the upper reaches of Nanxian County to the north, and the canyon is rapid and difficult to cross. From Guangyuan in the south to the west coast, it was defended by the 28th Army of Sichuan warlord Deng Xihou and the 53rd Regiment of 29 army in Tian. The east coast area is controlled by the Red Army except Langzhong City.

The battle has begun. Each unit of the Red Army 1 echelon adopts the method of combining smuggling with crossing the river. The Red 30 Army sneaked near the Tazi Mountain in the south of Cangxi City, and was discovered by the defenders when approaching the other side. With the support of artillery fire, the Red Army forcibly landed, annihilated the defenders 1 Battalion and captured the beachhead position. At dawn on the 29th, the main force of the Red 30 Army crossed the river and went into battle one after another, repelling the Sichuan Army reinforcements 1 brigade. At the same time, the Red Army 3 1 Army successfully crossed Yuanxikou, north of Cangxi City, and captured the dangerous position on the other side in one fell swoop. The 9th Army of the Red Army landed at Xikou on the north bank of Langzhong City and rushed to the southern county seat. The other captured Langzhong City at 3 1. Then, the 4th Army of the 2nd echelon of the Red Army crossed the river from Cangxi, and its main force developed in Zitong direction. One of them cooperated with the Red 9 Army to go south, and the Red 30 Army and the Red 3 1 Army each captured the Jianmenguan military stronghold and annihilated the three defenders. It also gained the upper hand in Showa City and captured it on the 3rd. The main force of Red 3 1 Army rapidly advanced to the north of Guangyuan. A Red 30 Army arrived in Qingchuan and Pingwu to stop Hu Zongnan from going south.

The main forces of Red 4, Red 9 and Red 30 attacked Jiangyou and Zitong respectively, captured Zitong City at 10, and surrounded Jiangyou City (now Wudu Town), with the forward approaching Zhongba. Deng Xihou quickly led 18 regiment to reinforce Jiangyou defenders under the cover of aircraft. The Red Army concentrated about four divisions, defeated the reinforcements in Jiangyou South on June 5438+04 and June 5438+05, and attacked all fronts. On June 5438+07 and June 5438+08, the Red Army continued to attack Zhongba and Zhang Ming. At the same time, the Red 30 Army and the Red 3 1 Army went up the Bailong River, conquered Qingchuan City on 10, then went north to Motianling, annihilated Hu Zongnan 1 battalion, and captured Pingwu City on 14. The First Army of the Red Fourth Front Army took over Beichuan City on 2 1. The battle is over. The battle lasted for 24 days. The Red Army annihilated more than 100 people of the Kuomintang Army * * * 12 regiment 10000, conquered 9 counties, and controlled a vast area from Jialing River in the east, Beichuan in the west, Zitong in the south and Sichuan-Gansu border in the north.