First observation: Why does Xi Jinping attach so much importance to this critical battle?
After a lapse of four years, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Guangxi again.
In the first stop of the inspection, the General Secretary came to the Red Army Long March Xiangjiang Battle Memorial Park in Quanzhou County, Guilin, presented flower baskets to the Red Army martyrs of the Xiangjiang Battle, and visited the Red Army Long March Xiangjiang Battle Memorial Hall.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
The Battle of Xiangjiang was a tragic page in the history of the Red Army's Long March.
In this bloody battle, facing an enemy several times its own, the Central Red Army broke through the fourth blockade laid by the Kuomintang army with great difficulty and smashed the Kuomintang’s attempt to encircle and annihilate the Central Red Army east of the Xiangjiang River.
After this battle, the Red Army also paid extremely tragic sacrifices-the Central Red Army lost more than half of its forces, and its number was reduced from 86,000 at the time of the Long March to more than 30,000.
The water of the Xiangjiang River was dyed red by the blood of the Red Army martyrs.
Out of memory for the soldiers, the local people "don't drink Xiangjiang water for three years, and don't eat Xiangjiang fish for ten years."
One grass, one tree, one soul, one mountain, one stone, one monument.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly mentioned this tragic battle in the history of the Red Army on many occasions.
In October 2014, at the military political work conference held in Gutian, Fujian, General Secretary Xi Jinping told the story of Chen Shuxiang, the commander of the Red 34th Division, who "broken his heart and made his mind", and all the comrades present were moved.
In September 2019, the Red Army Long March Xiangjiang Battle Memorial Park was completed in Caiwan Town, Quanzhou County, Guilin City, Guangxi.
Here is the site of the site of the battlefield of the Jiaoshanpu Blocking Battle of the Xiangjiang Battle.
In the memorial garden, the main sculpture prototype is Chen Shuxiang in the 80-meter-long and 7-meter-high sculpture gallery of "Red Army Soul".
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
From highly appraising the Battle of Xiangjiang, to telling the story of the martyrs who sacrificed in the Battle of Xiangjiang, to the clear requirement for the collection and protection of martyrs' remains and the planning and construction of memorial facilities, why did General Secretary Xi Jinping pay so much attention to the Battle of Xiangjiang?
——On the great journey, ideals and beliefs are the eternal spiritual beacon.
"The Long March is a great expedition of ideals and beliefs." In an important speech at the meeting to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army, General Secretary Xi Jinping explained the profound connotation of the Long March spirit.
As a key battle concerning the survival of the Central Red Army during the Long March, the Xiangjiang Battle was a concentrated expression of the powerful force of ideals and beliefs.
The biting rivers, the bombardment of enemy planes, the enemies from all directions... Fierce battle, looting, sacrifice, hardship can destroy the flesh of a person, and death can take a person's life, but it cannot shake the ideals and beliefs of the Chinese Communists.
It is the support of ideals and beliefs that allowed the Red Army soldiers to blaze a trail in blood and fire, a path to rebirth and victory, leaving precious fire for the revolution.
Looking at the whole process of the Long March from the battle of Xiangjiang River, there are more than 600 battles and battles, nearly a hundred rivers, and more than 40 high mountains and dangerous peaks... Only with lofty ideals and firm beliefs can revolutionaries remain vigorous and passionate forever, and revolutionize His spirit shines forever.
"Each generation has its own Long March road, and each generation must walk its own Long March road well." In today's world, the evolution of a century of change is accelerating, and our country is in a critical period of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Risks and challenges still exist, and the domestic and international environment is more complex. Only with firm ideals and beliefs can we maintain the mental state of facing difficulties and forging ahead, and constantly moving from victory to new victory.
-A great struggle is inseparable from the fearless spirit of sacrifice of revolutionary heroes.
Heaven and earth are heroic, and the ages are still awe-inspiring.
Heroes have always been the heart and affection of General Secretary Xi Jinping.
From the Yudu River in Jiangxi to the Crossing the River Memorial Hall on the shore of Chaohu Lake, from the Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Soviet Areas in the towering Dabie Mountains to the Siping Battle Memorial Hall in Jilin, General Secretary Xi Jinping's memory of martyrs and tribute to heroes spread across the country.
The Battle of Xiangjiang is just a heroic song of the courage to win, break through, and sacrifice.
The 34th Division of the Red Fifth Army was intercepted by the enemy after covering the main force of the Central Red Army crossing the Xiangjiang River. Almost all of them were killed. The commander Chen Shuxiang was seriously injured and was unfortunately taken prisoner. He broke his intestines from the abdominal wound with his hands and died heroically. Only 29 years old;
Yi Dangping, political commissar of the second division and fifth regiment of the Red Army Corps, was injured in the leg during the operation.
As the enemy approached, Yi Dangping asked the guards to shoot him.
The guard couldn't bear it. He took the gun and shot the bullet at himself. He was only 26 years old when he died...
In the tragic battle, the Red Army soldiers made huge sacrifices to create a miracle of swallowing mountains and rivers, and compose a great and tragic epic of war.
As General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "The victory of the Long March depends on the heroism and revolutionary spirit of the soldiers of the Red Army overwhelming all enemies without being overwhelmed by any enemy, conquering all difficulties without being conquered by any difficulties."
On the new Long March, there will be “blockade lines”, “Loushan Pass” and “Lazikou” one by one. We also need the fearless heroism and revolutionary fighting spirit like the soldiers of the Red Army. This is to maintain combat effectiveness and vitality. The key is to let us face all the difficulties and obstacles in the face of the key to invincible.
——The correct route and direction are extremely important at all times.
The road determines fate.
The Chinese revolution has gone through many choices of roads. It is in the bloody lessons that the correct line has been proved, and finally the revolution has found a bright direction.
The bloody facts of the Xiangjiang Campaign fully exposed the serious consequences of the "Left" wrong line on the Red Army.
After this campaign, from the Laoshan area to Liping, the leading comrades of the central government met all the way to debate and think about many major issues of military command, and gradually unified their thinking, and helped the Central Red Army follow up the Long March politically, ideologically, organizationally and militaryly. Finding the correct line laid the foundation for the convening of the Zunyi Conference and the establishment of Mao Zedong's leadership position in the Party Central Committee and the Red Army.
On the eve of the Spring Festival this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during an inspection tour in Guizhou that the distinctive features of the Zunyi Conference were to uphold the truth, correct mistakes, establish the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee, and creatively formulate and implement strategic strategies in line with the characteristics of the Chinese revolution.
This is still very important today.
"Establishing the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee"-this is the deeper historical value behind the tragic sacrifices in the Xiangjiang Battle.
After this battle, the Central Red Army was reborn from ashes, and the Chinese revolution took a new and great turn.
At present, the study and education of party history is in full swing.
Coming to the Red Army Long March Xiangjiang Battle Memorial Garden, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspired us with practical actions to draw spiritual nourishment from history.
Sculptures in the Memorial Hall of the Long March Xiangjiang Battle of the Red Army in Quanzhou, Guangxi (photographed on February 3).
(Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Bo'an)
This crucial battle of blood and fire, life and death, survival and death tells us that the road ahead is never smooth.
Only by consistently combining the universal principles of Marxism with China's reality, unswervingly following the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and always maintaining the heroic spirit and spirit of struggle that the more difficult it gets, the more victory will definitely belong to the Chinese people!
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