江西信丰的洪超烈士墓是中央红军长征路上留下的第一座师级指挥员烈士墓。当年战士们仅用一天的时间就突破敌人的第一道封锁线。如今,在那片他们曾挥洒热血的贫瘠之地,一行行果树环抱着烈士墓。

Baishi Village in Xinfeng County, Jiangxi, with trenches faintly visible on the hills behind the village and watchtowers standing atop the peaks, marks the site of the first battle of the Central Red Army during the Long March. In October 1934, the Central Red Army, with over 86,000 troops, crossed the Yudu River, embarking on a difficult strategic shift. On October 21, 1934, the Red Army successfully breached the first line of the Nationalist army's blockade in just one day. A sculpture in the center of Baishi Village commemorates this battle. For this victory, Hong Chao, Commander of the 4th Division of the 3rd Red Army Corps, and his comrades laid down their lives here.

In the folk square of Shazhou Yao Village in Rucheng County, Hunan Province, stands a large sculpture themed "Half a Quilt." In the month of the year, after breaking through the enemy's second line of encirclement in the Rucheng area of Hunan, the Central Red Army passed through Shazhou Village. Three female Red Army soldiers stayed overnight at the home of Yao villager Xu Jiexiu. During the night, the bed at Xu's house only had a pile of torn cotton wadding, and they all squeezed onto one bed, covered by the only military quilt in the female soldiers' luggage. A few days later, when the troops moved on, the three female Red Army soldiers decided to leave the only quilt they had with them for Xu Jiexiu. Xu refused to accept it, but one of the female soldiers resolutely cut the quilt in half, giving half to Xu. Xu Jiexiu, with trembling hands, accepted the half quilt, tears streaming down her face... Xu Jiexiu often taught her descendants that they must follow the Communist Party, for the Party is one that, even with only one quilt, would cut it in half to give to the people... Today, Xu Jiexiu's great-granddaughter Zhu Shuhua has become a guide at the special exhibition hall "The Warmth of Half a Quilt," passionately telling the story of her great-grandmother and the Red Army's half quilt to more people.

In the month of the year, the Central Red Army decided to break through the enemy's fourth blockade and cross the Xiangjiang River. Facing the Xiangjiang River ahead, pursued by enemy forces from behind, and flanked by heavy enemy troops on both sides, the Red Army built a floating bridge using door panels. Despite repeated strafing and bombing by enemy aircraft, the bridge was destroyed and repaired several times. For six whole days, more than a thousand soldiers sacrificed their lives, yet the bridge remained open. The Battle of Xiangjiang was the longest, largest, most intense, and most devastating battle in the Central Red Army's Long March. After the Battle of Xiangjiang, the Central Red Army was reduced from tens of thousands to just over ten thousand, with the blood of the martyrs staining the Xiangjiang River. The Red Army's Long March involved over a hundred significant battles and engagements, with over one hundred thousand soldiers sacrificing their lives...

Years have passed, and the places where the martyrs once shed their blood have taken on a new look. From the air today, the rows of fruit trees and layers of green embrace the烈士墓. The barren land where the Red Army's first battle of the Long March took place has become a renowned hometown of navel oranges. In the modern industrial park at the foot of the mountain, artificial intelligence-powered sorting and packaging lines are bustling with a steady flow of "fruit streams." On the lands where the ancestors once fought valiantly, the sun shines brightly, flowers bloom, and children stand under the red flag to pay tribute to their predecessors. Along the Xiangjiang River, once ravaged by war, grape orchards now stretch, and under the sunlight, children's laughter rings out as they grow strong and healthy.

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