The Monument of the Crossing the Jinsha River by the Red Army erected at the Jiaoping Ferry of the Jinsha River

　　The Jinsha River, in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, is a very wide river with surging waves. If the Red Army was not able to cross the river, then it might be squeezed into deep mountains and valleys and eventually wiped out by the enemy. Shortly before the Red Army arrived at the Jinsha River, the enemy at the riverside had rounded up all the boats on the river and towed them to the north bank of the river.

　　On the evening of May 3, 1935, the officers and men of the Cadre Regiment of the Military Commission arrived at the Jinsha River. They luckily found a boat at the ferry. Later, they salvaged a sunken boat from the river with the help of the local peasants and plugged up the leaks on the boat with cloth.

　　Then they paddled the two boats stealthily across the river. The enemy's sentinels were completely off their guard as they took them for their own scouts returning from reconnaissance. As soon as they disembarked from their boats, they sprang an attack and annihilated the enemy holding the positions at the riverside and controlled the ferries on both banks of the Jiaopingdu. After that, they searched and found five more boats. In 7 days and nights from May 3 to 9, the main force of the Red Army unhurriedly crossed the river with these 7 boats. The 9^th Army Group, which took up the rear in this operation, crossed the Jinsha River at the Shujiedu Ferry on May 9 without much trouble. Two days later, the enemy pursuing troops reached the south bank. By then, the Red Army had already destroyed all the boats and disappeared without leaving any traces.