Crossing the Chishui River Four Times: The Red Army's Strategic Shift from Passive to Active

This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 90th anniversary of the Red Army's victory in the Long March. In , the CCTV News client looks back on the history of the Long March and tells the key moment when the Red Army opened up a new path in desperate circumstances. The article explains that after the Red Army crossed the Chishui River three times, in order to confuse the Kuomintang forces, it adopted tactics such as feints, concealment, and misleading radio signals to draw in the enemy's troops, then completed the fourth crossing of the Chishui River. Through actions such as feinting an attack on Guiyang and pretending to maneuver against the Yunnan forces, it ultimately turned toward the Jinsha River. The report points out that the significance of the four crossings of the Chishui River lies in flexibly adjusting deployments according to actual conditions, promoting a strategic shift for the Red Army in the war situation from passive to active.