[Red Memory] Eleven of the Dadu River: Cerebrate Luding Bridge

Eleven of the Dadu River

Bravely worship Luding Bridge

The Luding Bridge was built in the forty -four years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. It is the only channel to connect Hexi in Luding County.

Luding Bridge in the 1930s

Before May 28, 1935, the "Communist Party Committee" hosted by Luding only the "Communist Party Committee" hosted by the county Taiye Song Xiao belongs to the county's self -defense brigade. At around 6 pm on May 28th, Li Quanshan, the head of the 38th regiment of the Twenty -Fourth Army of the Sichuan Army, sent the three battalions to the three battalions and one company. After arriving at the Luding Bridge, he immediately kept the bridge head and removed the bridge. However, due to the few people in the dark and the fatigue, the speed of disassembling the bridge was slow. Zhou Gui, the head of the Third Battalion, led the main force with heavy machine guns and the mortars. After rushing to the end of each other, he immediately increased troops to demolish the bridge and build work. On the side, the highest place of the bridge head with machine guns and mortars.

The Red Army bravely sees Luding Bridge

On the morning of the 29th, the enemy forces did not stabilize, and the Red Army defeated the enemy to defend the enemy. At this time, the enemy had not had time to remove all bridges, but most of the west bridgehead had been demolished, leaving only the smooth iron cable. The enemy on the other side kept on danger, and continued to shoot with a machine gun and mortar. The Red Army also fought violently. The two armed forces blocked the trails on the east and west coast of the bridge head to the waters of the west to prevent the reinforcement troops from entering the Luding Bridge. Such a situation has been stalemate until the afternoon.

At noon, the Red Four Regiment held a meeting of cadres in the Catholic Church of about one mile downstream of the West Bridge to conduct pre -war mobilization. The 22 warriors led by the two company leader Liao Dazhu and political instructor Wang Haiyun as the bridge section assault team, and designated the third company to be responsible for the company, the second echelon. The specific task is to follow the assault team. Pay the bridge to ensure that the subsequent troops enter the Luding County quickly. The Legion's teaching camp was led by Chen Shiqu and went to the Twenty -Four Army Yu Songlin Brigade to monitor and alert Kangding in the direction of us and the Shawan area of ​​Shawan. The bridgehead is equipped with a powerful firepower net and stacked a large pile of wooden boards. Everything is ready to attack.

At about 4 pm, the head of the regiment Wang Kaixiang ordered: "The battle began!" The team members of the whole group waited near the bridgehead and immediately sounded the charge. All the weapons fired towards the enemy on the other side. Sound, shouting, shocked the valley. Liao Dazhu and Wang Haiyun, including 22 warriors, wrapped the grenade with a waist, carrying a large knife, and a short gun. They jumped out of work under the cover of the firepower of comrades, risen by the guns, climbing on the sky, and crawling quickly to the enemy. Following the second echelon behind them, grabbing the bridge.

When the assault team was about to rush to the side of the bridge on the other side, the enemy splashed with kerosene on the straw, setting fire to burn the pavilion on the east bridge head, the thick smoke rolled, and the fire was soaring. The warriors rushed into the sea of ​​fire, seized the bridge head, rushed to the street, and launched a fierce lane battle with the enemy.

Enemy power map counterattack. At this emergency, the second echelon and the follow -up troops passed the iron cable bridge in time and entered the city to respond. Seeing the situation in the eyes of the enemy, Li Quanshan looked urgent and called Yuan Guorui, the brigade commander in Longbaipu, and reported that Luding Bridge was difficult to defend. What should I do? At this time, Yuan Guorui's travel department was being subject to the Red Army's right army. He attacked, it was difficult to protect himself, and the situation was chaotic. Therefore, he replied: "We are also very urgent here." The shock of the shock of the point, hurry up, and the phone was interrupted.

Li Quanshan could not get reinforcements. Seeing that the Red Army was very powerful, Rao Jie even had a big casualties. He hurriedly led the soldiers to escape in the whole direction of the sky.

At dusk, the battle was over, and the Red Four Regiment controlled the whole city of Luding. In this battle, the Red Army had only three casualties. The enemy Rao Jieli lived only more than ten people who escaped.

On the evening of May 29, Liu Bocheng and Nie Rongzhen led the Red Three Regiment to the Luding County. Yang Chengwu accompanied Liu and Nie, the two heads of the Luding Bridge, and told the battle scene when defending the bridge.

The battle of "Flying to Luding Bridge" reflects the heroic and indifferent heroic spirit and sacrifice spirit of the Red Army soldiers, and also reflects the high political consciousness and responsibility of the Red Four Regiments. The victory of the grabbing Luding Bridge has successfully crossed the Dadu River to continue to the north to win valuable time for the main force of the Central Red Army, and vigorously accelerated the process of the Central Red Army's danger of getting rid of the Dadu River Canyon.

Source: Sichuan Provincial Local House Work Office

Writing: Trymind

Supply: Ya'an Local Chronicle Compilation Center

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