Li Zhimin, the founding general, is famous for his political skills. He conquered the castle with sheep and fought fiercely with the Northeast Army. It turned out that there was a "battle" during the day and a party at night, and there was a "fierce battle" for several days, but neither side suffered casualties.

Li Zhimin was a rural primary school teacher before taking part in the revolution.

1926 entered the summer political workshop in Liuyang county and was enlightened by Marxism. In April of the following year, he joined China. /kloc-in the winter of 0/928, Li Zhimin was appointed as the representative of the Fourth Squadron of the Second Column of the Fifth Army on the orders of Liuyang County Committee of the Communist Party of China. From then on, he began his legendary military career of "being good at fighting political battles".

193 1 year1kloc-0/month, the 5th Red Army took the third victory against "encirclement and suppression" as an opportunity to organize a regiment to attack Huichang County. The storm for more than 20 days failed, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. The head of the army then ordered the Red 7 Regiment to take over the siege. Li Zhimin, then the political commissar of the Red Seventh Regiment, decided to launch a political offensive first, and then concentrate on fire attack. It coincided with the successful blasting of the city wall by the two brothers, and the enemy on the defensive fell into chaos. Li Zhimin immediately seized the favorable opportunity to organize soldiers to shout at the enemy and launch a political offensive. At the moment when the enemy's firepower weakened, the troops entered the city for only two hours, that is, they were annihilated and held the enemy, creating a successful example of combining political attack with assault.

Won the military story of "Fat Sheep Castle"

1At the beginning of September, 936, the Red 8 1 Division in Li Zhimin was ordered to go south, besieging Li Wangbao, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and heavily guarding a regiment. Li Zhimin, then director of the Political Department of Red 8 1 Division, after fully analyzing the enemy's situation, suggested that military pressure should be combined with political offensive to actively prepare for siege and launch political offensive at the same time. After several days of advocacy and propaganda, the enemy guarding the city became more and more friendly to the Red Army. Li Zhimin thought the time was ripe, and immediately wrote an open letter to the head of the enemy guarding the city and the officers and men of the whole regiment, explaining the significance of resisting Japan and saving the country, and also sent some fat sheep to the guarding city troops with the letter to express their condolences. The next day, the garrison sent representatives to negotiate with the Red Army and agreed to withdraw from Liwangbao and return to the original station. When the garrison troops were evacuated, Li Zhimin personally led some teams, lined up and blew solemn and joyful ceremonies to send them off warmly, which made the garrison officers and soldiers deeply moved and waved goodbye frequently. Won the military story of "Fat Sheep Castle".

1936 65438+In early February, the Wang Yizhe Division of the Northeast Army 129 Division launched an attack on the Red Army marked by Chiang Kai-shek. Red 8 1 division undertakes the task of blocking the enemy. According to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's instructions on striving for and uniting with the Northeast Army to resist Japan together, Li Zhimin launched commanders and soldiers to write slogans or post leaflets on the only way for the Northeast Army, and some even copied and posted some anti-Japanese songs to create an atmosphere of mobilizing the Northeast Army to unite against Japan. During the day, Li Zhimin promptly organized frontline commanders to shout to the Northeast Army: "Brothers of the Northeast Army, don't fight civil war for Chiang Kai-shek! The gun is open to the outside world, go back to your hometown and recover the lost land in the northeast. " In the evening, Li Zhimin sent a propaganda team to the front of the Northeast Army to publicize and sing anti-Japanese songs such as On the Songhua River. The officers and men of the Northeast Army were deeply moved, and people kept running to the positions of the Red Army to express their feelings of solidarity with the officers and men of the Red Army. In this way, the Red 8 1 Division fought a strange "blocking war": fighting during the day, gathering at night, and fighting fiercely for several days, with no casualties on both sides. Until the "Xi incident", the officers and men of the Northeast Army left a note on the position "Red Army brothers, see you on the anti-Japanese front" and left the battlefield, ending this beautiful political battle.