The red army crossing the grassland what touching deeds

The Red Army's two long marches across Gannan left many touching stories of the army's love for the people and the people's support for the army, which are still circulating in the thousands of miles of Minshan Mountains--

(1) Tibetan doctors treated Zhou Enlai's illness

When the Red Army crossed the Grassland, Zhou Enlai's liver disease broke out. He had a high fever, couldn't swallow food, often vomited, and was in a daze all day long, his limbs were weak, making it difficult for him to walk. Mao Zedong transferred the best doctors in the army to take care of him, and asked the Ministry of Health to take out the best needles and medicines for Zhou Enlai, but due to the lack of nutritional supplements, Zhou Enlai's body was very weak and his condition became more and more serious.

On September 11, 1935, the Red Army left the northern prairie of Sichuan and crossed the Minshan Mountains, heading for the Russian border in Gannan. But Zhou Enlai's illness worsened due to the bumpy mountain passes and lack of food. The following morning, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held an enlarged meeting, namely the Russian Border Conference, which Zhou Enlai did not attend because of his serious illness. That night, his condition worsened and he remained unconscious. Mao Zedong, several Central Committee heads and the medical staff had heavy hearts, but they could do nothing. At this time, a few gunshots suddenly came from the head of the village, which turned out to be the guard regiment had captured a Tibetan youth of unknown origin, and the commanding general was interrogating him.

Mao Zedong and others went to the headquarters to see a young man with a disheveled head and face, staring blankly at everyone without saying a word. It was only through an interpreter's questioning that they learned his name was Sai Lang, and that his mother, who had become seriously ill in the mountains, had come home to get medicine. Mao Zedong and several central chiefs agreed that, with Sai Lang's consent, the Ministry of Health would send two doctors to the opposite mountain forest to treat Sai Lang's mother.

After about two hours, Sai Lang returned to the village with his mother on his back, followed by his wife, his sister and a dark, thin-faced old man. Sai Lang said, the old man is his uncle, is a highly skilled Tibetan doctor, he had received the Tibetan medical senior title "Geshe" degree, in this area is very famous. After consulting with the doctors, Mao Zedong, the head of the central government and the leaders of the Ministry of Health decided to ask the old man to treat Zhou Enlai's liver disease with Tibetan medicine, and he promised to do so.

In the morning of September 13, Mao Zedong set off first with the Red Regiment of the attack on Lazikou, leaving the leaders of the Ministry of Health and several doctors and security personnel to stay for three days in the village of Ruojie and Gokyoji Temple, so that the Tibetan doctor could give Zhou Enlai treatment. A few days later, Zhou Enlai and his entourage of more than 30 people then the security forces rushed to Dangchang Hadapu, with Mao Zedong and other central chiefs to meet. Zhou Enlai's illness was not cured, but there was a marked improvement, and he was able to eat and march, as well as engage in leadership work.

(2) Tibetan people help the Red Army bridge

At the end of August 1936, early one morning, when the Red Army, a brigade of the Red Army traveling to the present Diabe County, Ni Ao Gorge, found that embedded in the rolling Bailongjiang River, a bridge, last night was demolished. This wooden bridge is first in both sides of the stone wall at the foot of the base of the two square large stone cage, and then with a long wooden reach to the opposite bank abutment, and then paved with wooden planks. The Red Army's engineers have never built or repaired a large wooden bridge like this one, which is suspended in the air. As a result, several thousand men and horses stood on the riverbank, at a loss.

Suddenly, the Red Army commanders found a Tibetan village in the mountain clumps to the west, so they sent people to the village to ask the Tibetan people for help. After consulting and negotiating with the head of the village's native officials, the Red Army offered five guns and 100 silver dollars as honorarium in exchange for the village's Tibetan people to build this bridge. At noon, more than 30 Tibetans from Ni'ao village went out. Some of them went up the mountain to cut wood, some carried stones to build bridge piles, and some sawed wooden boards, working feverishly. The Red Army commanders also joined them in lifting stones, carrying wood and driving stakes.

By 6 p.m., a brand-new wooden bridge across the river was set up. As promised, the Red Army commanders took out 5 lances, 20 rounds of ammunition and 100 silver dollars to thank the Tibetan people. But the Tibetan people saw that the Red Army was so faithful and refused to accept the 100 silver dollars. But the Red Army insisted that the Tibetan people accept the silver dollars. The crowd took out a lot of their own grain, big burnt buns, fried noodles, ghee and smoked pork, etc., and gave them to the Red Army.

The next morning, the village of Tibetan people to send off the Red Army, the head of the three Chinese-speaking youths sent as a guide, the Ministry of the Red Army has been sent to Hadapu before returning to the village of Ni Ao. Now the village of Tibetan people, generation after generation to extol the people and the army * * * to build the moving story of the river bridge.

(C) broken porcelain cans Red Army initiative compensation

September 1935 day, the Red Army, a company lived into the present Diabe County Lazikou township Zhu Li village. This is a Tibetan village located in the middle of the mountainside. In the evening, the company a seventeen or eighteen-year-old correspondent, borrowed the landlord of the old Tibetan ama porcelain pot, to go to the mountain stream to carry water, on the way back, accidentally broke the porcelain pot.

The next morning, when the Red Army checked the mass discipline before departure, the instructor found out about the broken jar. So he assembled the whole company in line and asked in public who did it. The young correspondent came forward and admitted that he had broken it. According to the military discipline to damage the people's things must be compensated, but the small correspondent in addition to a barge gun and wearing a red sweater, what is worth nothing. The instructor ordered the correspondent to take off his red sweater and compensate the old Tibetan amah. An old soldier next to him explained, "Instructor, this red sweater is a relic left behind by the correspondent's mother who died when he crossed the grassland. It is also said that when his family joined the Red Army in Jiangxi, his grandmother knitted it with woolen thread twisted by his grandfather's hands. His father was a Red Army battalion commander who died in the battle of the Four Crossings of the Red River. Before saying goodbye, he handed this red sweater to his wife and asked her to pass it on to his only son ...... "Hearing this, the instructor could not help but have a string of tears welling up in his eyes.

Finally, the instructor compensated the old Tibetan amah a silver dollar. The Red Army then set off, heading straight for Hadapu over the mountains.

But this moving story of the love between the army and the people can never be forgotten by the Tibetan people around Lazikou.