... until it was feasible for them to cross. Han Suyin compiled the following from interviews with long march veterans, "from the rear, from both sides as well as from the air, in front of them, the enemy attacked, "we were so tired" . Here this shows the intensity of which this battle ... was, an additional man described, "many wounded lay there in heaps dying" because they did no have enough stretches. This battle to cross the Xiang River was put as "an insane attempt" as this was a military disaster losing 30,000 men. According to Lui Po-Chen by ... make a lot of difference in the future...

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