Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 05-18-04 11:37
Zhu De - The commander-in-chief (7)
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新做草鞋簇簇新 =Xin zuo cao xie cu cu xin
新做草鞋簇簇新﹐=Xin zuo cao xie cu cu xin,
送給阿哥當紅軍﹐=Song gei a ge dang hong jun,
踩得荊棘踩得雪﹐=Cai de jing ji cai de xue,
踩平世道妹歡心。=Cai ping shi dao mei huan xin.
The straw sandals I made are brand new,
I present them to my lover who is going to join the Red Army,
Wearing the straw sandals my lover tramples the brambles
and walks on the snow,
If my lover could trample this man-eat-man society I will be happy.
新做草鞋簇簇新﹐=Xin zuo cao xie cu cu xin,
送哥穿上當紅軍﹐=Song ge chuan shang dang hong jun,
保佑紅軍節節勝﹐=Bao you hong jun jie jie sheng,
盡妹一份革命心。=Jin mie yi fen ge ming xin.
The straw sandals I made are brand new,
In the Red Army my lover is wearing my straw sandals,
I bless the Red Army will win battle after battle,
To fulfil my revolutionary heart.
新做草鞋簇簇新﹐=Xin zuo cao xie cu cu xin,
一心送哥當紅軍﹐=Yi xin song ge dang hong jun,
針針縫ぴ軍民情﹐=Zhen zhen feng zhao jun min qing,
線線連ぴ妹子心。=Xian xian lian zhao mei zi xin.
The straw sandals I made are brand new,
With a happy heart I send my lover off to join the Red Army,
Every stich I sewed is the bond between the Army and the people,
And every thread is linked to my heart.
By Wang Yaohua (王耀華)
福建教育出版社
Translated into English
by CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)
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Peng Dehuai (彭德懷), who later became the deputy commander-in-cheif of the Red Army, was born in 1898 at a village in Xiangtan county (湘潭縣), about 20 kilometers east of Shaoshancun (韶山村), the birth place of Mao Zedong. His parents were poor farmers. As a youth he studied for a few years at the village school and helped his parents to till the fields. Due to poverty he stopped studying and joined the army of the Hunanese Warlord He Jian (何鍵). Peng Dehuai was a diligent soldier and was admitted to the Military Academy in Hunan and later another military school in Nanchang (南昌) in Jiangxi province (江西省).
After graduation he rejoined Warlord He Jian's army. He distingushed himself in the army and by the age of 28 he was promoted as a brigade commander. He was greatly influenced by the Communists who were under his command. In July 1928, with his regiment Peng Dehuai staged an uprising and established the first Hunan Soviet Government. In early November 1928 Peng Dehuai led his forces and joined up with Mao Zedong and Zhu De at Jinggangshan. Peng Dehuai's army was renamed the 5th Red Army
In early December 1928 large forces of Kuomintang troops began their third 'encircle and suppress' against Mao Zedong and Zhu De's forces at Jinggangshan. There were four divisions of Kuomintang troops under the command of Xiong Shihui (熊式輝) and Zhu Peide (朱培德) coming from Jiangxi province. They marched through Anfu (安福), Jian (吉安) Shichuan (遂川) overran Ninggang (寧岡) and Yongxin (永新). The two divisions of Warlord He Jian's army were marching from Hunan province to Lingxian (酃縣) [see the map of Jiangxi province marked in RED in the middle of left hand corner http://chungyn.webhop.net/jiangXi.jpg ] . There were two more divisions from Fan Shisheng's (范石生) army in Hunan province approaching Guidong (桂東). These Kuomintang troops were advancing on Jinggangshan from Yongxin in the east, Lingxian in the west and Guidong in the south. The matter became very urgent. Mao Zedong and Zhu De ordered an evacuation of all their foces from the surrounding counties and directed them to assemble at Jingganhshan.
The leaders of Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Chen Yi, Peng Dehuai, Teng Daiyuan (滕代遠), Tan Zhenlin (譚震林), Gong Chu (龔楚) and others held an emergency meeting on how to deal with the upcoming grief situation. In the meeting Mao Zedong suggested that the 5th Red Army under the command of Peng Dehuai and Teng Daiyuan should defend Jinggangshan. He and Zhu De should lead the rest of the forces and march south to the borders of the two provinces of Fujian and Jiangxi to establish new bases. Mao Zedong's suggestion was unanimously accepted.
Sources:
(1) Red Star Over China
By Edgar Snow
(2) 龔楚將軍回憶錄
The Memior of General Gong Chu
By Gong Chu (龔楚)
CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)
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