The monument garden commemorating the martyrs of the Xiangjiang River Campaign by the Red Army in the Long March

　　In the middle of November 1934, the Central Red Army, which had successfully broken through the enemy's three blockades, entered Jiahe, Lanshan and Linwu areas in Southern Hunan. Meanwhile, in order to impose the fourth blockade against the CCentral Red Army, Chiang Kai-shek deployed large number of troops between Lingling and Xing'an on both sides of the Xiangjiang River along a 150 km line.

　　On November 27, the advanced detachment of the First Army Group of the Red Army reached Jieshou and seized the ferry without firing a shot.

　　On November 29, the enemy launched an attack against the Red Army at the ferries. The Red Army soldiers on both sides of the river put up a stubborn fight against heavy odds in order to cover the Central Committee of the CPC to cross the river safely.

　　On December 1, the battle reached its height, and the numerous Red Army officers and men laid down their lives in the battle, but the ferries remained in the hands of the Red Army. By 17:00 on that day, the central leading organs and the main force of the Red Army had successfully crossed the Xiangjiang River after a desperate fight.

　　By then, the Red Army had broken through the fourth blockade, but it had suffered heavy losses. The number of troops of the two columns under the Central Red Army and the Central Military Commission had reduced sharply from 86,000 troops at departure time to 30,000.