Since April this year the Red areas have been gradually extended.
After the battle of Lungyuankou (on the borders of Yunghsin and Ningkang) on
June ,3, in which we defeated the Kiangsi enemy forces for the fourth time, the
border area reached the peak of its development, embracing the three counties
of Ningkang, Yunghsin and Lienhua, small sections of Kian and Anfu, the
northern section of Suichuan, and the southeastern section of Linghsien. In the
Red areas the greater part of the land had been distributed and the remainder
was being distributed. Organs of political power were set up everywhere in the
districts and townships. County governments were set up in Ningkang, Yunghsin,
Lienhua and Suichuan, and a border area government was formed. Insurrectionary
detachments of workers and peasants were organized in the villages, and Red
Guards were formed at the district and county levels. In July the Kiangsi enemy
forces launched attacks, and in August the Hunan and Kiangsi enemy forces
jointly attacked the Chingkang Mountains. All the county towns and the plains
in the border area were occupied by the enemy. The enemy's jackals--the peace
preservation corps and the landlords' levies--ran amuck, and White terror raged
throughout the towns and countryside. Most of the Party and government
organizations collapsed. The rich peasants and the opportunists in the Party
went over to the enemy in great numbers. It was not until the battle of the
Chingkang Mountains was fought on August 30 that the Hunan enemy forces
retreated to Linghsien; but the Kiangsi forces still held all the county towns
and most of the villages. However, the enemy has never been able to capture the
mountain areas, which include the western and northern districts of Ningkang;
the Tienlung, Hsiaohsikiang and Wannienshan districts in the northern, western
and southern sections of Yunghsin respectively; the Shanghsi district of
Lienhua; the Chingkangshan district of Suichuan; and the Tsingshihkang and
Tayuan districts of Linghsien. In July and August, in co-ordination with the
Red Guards of the various counties, one regiment of the Red Army fought scores
of battles, big and small, losing only thirty rifles, before it finally
withdrew to the mountains.
As our men were marching back to the Chingkang Mountains via
Chungyi and Shangyu, the enemy force from southern Kiangsi, the Independent 7th
Division under Liu Shih-yi, pursued us as far as Suichuan. On September 13 we defeated
Liu Shih-yi, captured several hundred rifles and took Suichuan. On September ,6
we returned to the Chingkang Mountains. On October 1, at Ningkang, we engaged
and defeated one of Hsiung Shih-hui's brigades commanded by Chou Hun-yuan,
recovering the entire county of Ningkang. Meanwhile 126 men of the Hunan enemy
forces under Yen Chung-ju, which had been stationed in Kueitung, came over to
us and were organized into a special task battalion with Pi Chan-yun as
commander. On November 9 we routed one regiment of Chou's brigade at
Lungyuankou and the county town of Ningkang. On the next day we advanced and
occupied Yunghsin, but withdrew to Ningkang shortly afterwards. At present our
area, extending from the southern slopes of the Chingkang Mountains in Suichuan
County in the south to the border of Lienhua County in the north, embraces the
whole of Ningkang and parts of Suichuan, Linghsien and Yunghsin, forming a
narrow unbroken stretch running north to south. The Shanghsi district of
Lienhua and the Tienlung and Wannienshan districts of Yunghsin, however, are
not firmly linked with this unbroken stretch. The enemy is attempting to
destroy our base area by military attacks and economic blockade, and we are now
preparing to defeat his attacks.
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