The Memorial Hall of the Forced Seizing of the Luding Bridge by the Red Army

　　On the morning of May 27th, 1935, after two days of forced marching, the 4^th regiment of the 2^nd division of the 1^st Front Army of the Red Army secured the western bridgehead of Luding Bridge. The bridge, measuring 100 meters in length and 2.8 meters in width, had only 13 iron chains spanning the torrential Dadu River sandwiched by barrancas. The Koumingtong (KMT) troops garrisoning there had ripped-up all the bridge's wooden planks as a defensive measure before the Red Army soldiers arrived.

　　At 4 p.m., a Red Army commando unit consisting of 22 soldiers launched an attack with artillery backup. They climbed on the iron chains and pressed onto the other side of the bridge amid the enemy's dense firepower.

　　When close to the other side of the bridge, KMT forces lit the eastern bridgehead ablaze. The Red Army commandos, however, pushed forward though the towering flames and eventually seized the Luding Bridge.