The battle site of the forced crossing of the Wujiang River by the Red Army

　　On January 1, 1935, the Central Committee of the CPC decided at Houchang to establish a new Sichuan-Guizhou Soviet Base Area. When the 2^nd Division of the 1^st Army Group reached the southern bank of the Wujiang River, its advance guard - the 4^th Regiment---was pressing on towards the Jiehe ferry of the Wujiang River in an attempt to seize the ferry and cross the river there.

　　On January 2, the main force of the 1^st Army Group and the 9^th Army Group of the Red Army Right Column put to rout the 8^th Regiment of the Guizhou Local Army at the Huilongchang Ferry near Qingkou of Yuqing County, and then crossed the Wujiang River.

　　At 9:00 am, January 3, the Red Army launched fierce assault from the Jiangjie River and defeated the 5^th and the 6^th Regiments headed by Lin Xiusheng of the 3^rd Brigade of the Guizhou Local Army which garrisoned the river and then successfully crossed the Wujiang River. The Cadre Regiment and the Field Engineer Company laid the floating bridge across the river at the ferry, and then the Column of the Military Commission and the 5^th Army Group of the Red Army crossed the Wujiang River.

　　On January 7, the Red Army captured Zunyi City, which gave the Red Army precious time for rest and consolidation and created a good condition for the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC to hold the meeting there.