A Study On The Battle Of Tian Lu Ming Ya Qiong Da

In May 1935,after a long period of expedition,the First Branch of Red Army and the Fourth Branch of Red Army finally met in Mao Gong.However,since the beginning of the meeting,Zhang Guotao,the leader of the Fourth Branch of the Red Army,showed different strategic intentions from the central government.While the central government intended to go north to Shanxi and Gansu,Zhang Guotao proposed to go south to establish revolutionary bases in Sichuan and Xikang.This divergence between them gradually expanded,and ultimately Zhang Guotao split the Red Army,and established another ‘central government’.After the establishment of the ‘central government’,Zhang Guotao led the troops to south and launched the battle of Sui(jing)Chong(hua)Dan(ba)Mao(gong)and Tian(quan)Lu(shan)Ming(shan)Ya(an)Qiong(lai)Da(yi)(Be called for short the battle of Tian Lu Ming Ya Qiong Da,the same below)successively.In the early days of the battle,the Red Army made some tactical victories.However,because of the disparities between the numerical strength and equipment as well as the strategic error of going south,which eventually led to failure of the Red Army to achieve the expected strategic goal,the Red Army was forced to retreated to Xikang and end the battle of Tian Lu Ming Ya Qiong Da.Zhang Guotao had thought for a long time before going down south.Before the meeting between the First and fourth Branch of the Red Army,he already had had the idea to established the revolutionary bases in Sichuan and Xikang.With the expanded divergence between him and the central government,he confirmed his idea of going south.The goal of the battle of Tian Lu Ming Ya Qiong Da was to spread the communism the whole Sichuan province and established revolutionary bases.To win the war,Zhang Guotao mobilized both the army and local governments,made some corresponding deployment in the army and logistics.Be confronted of the Red Army to south,Sichuan Army attempted to trap the Red army in mountain areas and to keep it far away from its interest center.While Chiang Kai-shek hoped to profit from the loss of both sides.On October 20,1935,Zhang Guotao issued the ‘The Plan of the Battle of Tian Lu Ming Ya Qiong Da’,which indicated the beginning of the battle.The Red Army attacked vehemently in the first stage and occupied Tianquan,and Lushan,and made some tactical victories.The second stage is the saw of attacking and defensing.Although the Red Army launched attacking repeatedly,it failed to push the front line forward,as the force of Sichuan Army and Central Army outnumbered that of the Red Army several times.During the third stage,the Red Army retreated from Tianlu Area because it had lost much force,and had it continued the battle,it would have been dangerous,which means the failure of the battle.The direct reason for its failure is the huge disparities forces,military equipment between the Red Army and Its enemy.The fundamental reason is that the strategy of going down south ignored the factor that the conflicts between China and Japan became the main issue.Meanwhile,it was contradictory to Chiang Kai-shek’s envision of making Sichuan as the rear area in anti-Japanese war.The failure of Tian Lu battle caused huge loss of the Red Army and Zhang Guotao also paid for his mistake in politics.However,it supported the central government’s military action of going north led by Mao Zedong,reduced the military pressure of the Second and Six Branch of the Red Army,and expanded the influence of Chinese Communist Party in Sichuan.For Sichuan Army,although it maintained the reign due to the victory,its strength also declined.While the force of Kuomingtang penetrated into Sichuan,which laid the foundation for the control of Sichuan afterwards.