The Founding of an Army Page #7

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No need for that.

No need to apologize.

If you could give me some steamed radish

that would be enough.

Sure.

After we have taken Changsha,

there will be plenty of red stewed pork for you.

You want to attack Changsha?

Yes,

an echo of the Nanchang Uprising

and another heavy blow to those bastards.

To join the uprising movement,

Commander Lu used Zhang Fakui's transfer order

to lead 2,000 Regiment Guards to Nanchang.

But by the time we reached Fengxin County,

all the troops had withdrawn from Nanchang.

So I decided to

conserve our strength and rest here.

And as a result,

you were captured.

We must change our unit designations now.

Change our designations?

Yes and we must make entirely new flags.

No more blue sky, white sun, and red earth?

This Nationalist flag

can't be used anymore.

But we held up this flag

and fought under this flag during the Uprising.

The orphan next door is crying.

Warlords,

landlords, and capitalists

hate the workers' and peasants' armed movement.

They've been ordered by the Nationalists

to embark on a consolidation campaign.

From cities like Wuhan and Shanghai

to towns and villages,

you find everywhere their victims,

wailing in despair.

Even Chongyang and Tongcheng Counties

have been completely decimated.

10% of those who joined the peasants' movement

have been executed.

With such atrocities,

how could the people still trust the government?

With such atrocities,

how could we continue to use

this flag and these symbols?

All right.

How should we rank the troops?

Let us use

1st Division, 1st Army of the

Worker-Peasant Revolutionary Army!

Our troops have entered the boundary of Jieyang

and will reach the Chaozhou-Shantou region next.

But they face enemy troops

from Guangdong and Guangxi in front.

Qian Dajun is right on their ass.

This dog skin plaster is so tightly attached

that you can't even shake it off.

To win in the Chaozhou-Shantou region,

we must first eliminate Qian Dajun.

I'll set an ambush for them.

We have a shortage of troops

which makes it impossible for us

to divide our forces.

I'm afraid peeling off this plaster

with sheer force

might also take off a layer of skin.

I'll be in charge of holding Sanheba district.

They have 30,000 men.

How many soldiers can you give us?

3,000.00

And how many days will you need?

After 3 days

I will lead the combat force to meet you

and together we will fight our way to Guangzhou.

As long as I am alive,

Qian Dajun will not cross Sanheba District!

I have this one single question for you all.

Did participating in the Autumn Harvest Uprising

cause you a great deal of suffering?

Will any of you answer my question?

If nobody will answer my question,

I'll take it that none of you suffered.

Right?

If you don't speak up now,

there won't be another chance.

No crying about your suffering.

You hear me or not?

Commander Lu has made the stakes very clear.

In that case, right now

we will set a few basic rules.

From now on, whether marching or fighting,

eating or sleeping out in the open air,

you shall not whine about your suffering.

Let me ask you again.

Will you suffer?

Yes!

Everyone, answer me together!

Will you suffer?

Yes!

Louder!

Yes!

We need to move soon.

Go! Move!

Take cover!

Hurry up!

Save the injured!

Save the injured!

Hurry up!

Retreat! Go!

Move!

Move!

Retreat! Go!

Comrade Lu sacrificed himself to give us cover.

He exchanged his life for our bloody lesson:

Large cities can't be attacked

and progressive ideology will not be tolerated.

Now we have only one path ahead of us.

We continue to march to Jinggangshan

to be kings of the mountain.

Use the grass dug up as camouflage.

Trenches should be dug in a V or a U shape.

Trenches should also be dug in the lowest area

to reduce injuries from shrapnel and to drain.

Remember, set up elbow platforms

so that while firing at the enemy

the maximum amount of energy can be saved.

Three rivers converge at Sanheba.

Qian Dajun is stationed on the west bank.

To fight us he must cross the Ting River

and he will land somewhere around here.

Now I will assign to each of you your missions.

Battalion Commander Li,

you set up a defense along the Shizi'an bank

and quietly wait for a chance to ambush.

Cai Qingchuan, Lin Biao and Chen Yi,

you ambush near Shizidong and Longhukeng.

We are short on ammunition, therefore,

no gunshots without my command.

Yes, sir!

Comrades, we are facing a tough battle.

Qian Dajun has 30,000 troops.

We've less than 3,000

and no reinforcements.

So I simply ask one thing from all of you:

no unnecessary sacrifice.

Jinggangshan has 5 wells.

This is the best place

for the Worker-Peasant Rev. Army!

Over the past few months

so many communist heads have rolled.

But all of us here are survivors.

What is a survivor?

A survivor is someone

who lives the life of the dead

so that they did not die in vain,

but instead made a valuable sacrifice.

I hear Ye Ting's Independent Regiment built

a Party branch

which plays the role of a fort for the Communists

that can't be worn down or destroyed.

This has made them a very capable force.

I think

even the regimental level is not enough.

This should be done on the company level.

Establish a Party representative system,

to have a Party group in a platoon,

Party members in a squad,

and the principle that the Party commands

the gun will be implemented.

This point

I will report to the Central Committee in advance.

How can there be enough Party members?

Recruitment is happening now.

Those not afraid of death or not taken by greed,

and are capable of fighting for the poor,

they can be Party members.

Their line of defense stretches

over 5 km on the opposite bank.

And we don't yet know

where their vulnerabilities lie.

The artillery regiment is ready

and can bombard the opposite bank at anytime.

Have the enemy troops been located?

Send the 4th Regiment to cross the river

and carry out a search.

Report! Enemy has begun their attack!

Report! Enemy has reached the bank along Shizian

and the initial estimate is 2,000 men!

Wait.

Report! Enemy vanguard has landed at Shizian!

I order you to attack!

Lin Biao! Chen Yi!

Attack!

Our beach landing has met fierce resistance

and casualties are heavy!

Fire at the enemy defense line!

But the 4th Regiment

is still engaged with the enemy!

Sometimes you gotta make a few sacrifices.

Fire!

Distance 175, to the right 003,

Get ready!

Fire!

Retreat!

Take cover!

Take cover now!

Take cover!

Get ready!

Fire!

Hurry!

Into the trench!

Hurry!

Now!

Into the trench!

Go!

Fire!

Everybody hide in the craters!

Why did we stop?

Keep firing! Now!

Report, Commander,

we've run out of shells.

What do you mean you're out?

We had a logistical problem,

more shells will arrive in 2 days.

Hurry! Save them!

Mom, I miss home!

I want to go home!

I don't want to die.

Mom, I'm so scared!

The battle raged the entire day

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