A brief history of the development of Xiangjiang Campaign Monument

Walking into the grand Martyrs Monument Garden and looking at the large sculptures with high artistic appeal, you will see the historical pictures of blood and fire, life and death, existence and death in the Xiangjiang Campaign. 1934 10 More than 80,000 people of the Central Red Army withdrew from the Central Soviet Area, and after continuously breaking through three enemy blockade lines, they arrived at the border of Hunan and Guangxi in late June 1 1. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized 300,000 troops and laid the fourth blockade line called "Iron Triangle" in the east of Xiangjiang River (Xing 'an, quanzhou county and Guanyang counties), trying to destroy the Central Red Army here. Facing the danger of life and death, the Red Army soldiers fought bloody battles for 7 days and nights, and broke through at major crossing points such as Xing 'an Jieshou, quanzhou county Daping and Fenghuangzui at a heavy price. After that, the first and second columns of the Central Red Army, under the continuous cover of other legions, entered Huajiang Township and Jinshi Township in Xing 'an, struggling to climb the first peak since the Red Army's Long March-Laoshan Boundary, and then advanced to Yunguichuan.

It can be said that without the success of the Red Army's breakthrough in Xiangjiang River, there would be no epic revolutionary process of crossing Chishui River four times, crossing Jinsha River skillfully, flying Luding Bridge, climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands, and even founding the country. During the period of 1984, Wei Weizhong, a famous veteran writer with the army, walked along the Long March Road of the Red Army and came to the tomb of the Red Army martyrs in Guanghuapu, which is the best in the world. His heart was pounding and he couldn't help crying. After returning to Beijing, Marshal Nie Rongzhen, an old writer, suggested to the State Council that a memorial garden should be built for the martyrs who broke through the Xiangjiang River in the Long March of the Red Army, so as to comfort the martyrs and educate the revolutionary descendants. Jieshou Ferry became an important symbol for the Red Army to break through the fourth blockade of the Kuomintang.