Research On The West Route Army

In 1936 late October, after three big main forces joined together, to make a connection with the international line, found the Hexi base, the Central Military Committee ordered, the original four front army's nine armed forces, 30 armed forces and five armed forces formed the west route army, was appointed the commander in chief by Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao is appointed chief political commissar, fought one place after another in Hexi more than 150 days, besides few manpower completely hardships and dangers and so on arrived in Xinjiang led by Li Xiannian, the Principal force was annihilated nearly. The west route army for Central Party Committee's security, for east of the river Red Army's strategic shift, to coordinate"the Xi'an Incident"the peaceful settlement, has made the self-sacrifice heroically. Its Illustrious meritorious service must forever hang the Party history,the armed forces history and the Chinese revolution history. However, all sorts of reasons add on the west route army are more than a half centuries, until the 1980s, Chen Yun, Li Xiannian and the Comrade Deng Xiaoping's direct interventions, the west route army's historic truth only then gradually clarified, and accepted for the academic circle and the public. Today we study the west route army's heroic solemn and stirring, forever to carry the annals the immortal achievement, still have huge education inspiration function to us.