Historical Record of the Red Second Army's Campaigns

Author: Xu Fulu
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Features: In the winter of 1935, He Long, Ren Bishi, Guan Xiangying, Wang Zhen, and Gan Siqi, Li Da, and other Red Army commanders led 20,000 troops of the Red Second and Sixth Corps to bid farewell to Sangzhi, broke through the encirclement lines of 130 Nationalist army divisions, and headed south to Xiangnan. They swept across the entire province of Guizhou like a whirlwind, searching for a "beachhead." Without realizing it, the Long March had already begun. The experience of fighting alone brought both mystery and legend to the northward journey of the Red Second and Sixth Corps. After crossing the vast and snow-capped mountains, the entire army found themselves trapped in a hellish grassland where even the grass roots were eaten up by the vanguard. The soldiers were surrounded by fierce winds, hail, hunger, poisonous mud, and swamps. The Red Second Corps' Long March was essentially the rear guard of the entire Long March.