The tendency is for the Reds to bbe forced further to, the west, where there are high and desolate and rugged mountains. Maps do not show the mountains as they exist, Round Chekiang province, the Shangh Tander might think he is mountains, but when he is able to drive his car up this way he will be justified in thinking he is really seeing nightmares. The barrenness and the sternness of the Kiutingshan the Tunglingshen ranges compelled the northern group of Reds, to defer for awhile their attempt to get into and through the Sungpan ley, whence a hard and old trail Teads into Kansu province.
desperate country, without much food, and what the passes are like may be judged when it is mentioned that Sungpan city itself is H70 feet above sea level. Sungpan. valley has food, but beyond it there is desolation for a large force. The northern group are under the leader~ of Hsu Hsisng-chien (mown as Heu the Bandit), his other name being Chi Hsiang-chen, while the southern group are led by Chu Teh (it is alive) and Mao Tze-tung.
Apart from these two, major groups in Szechuen there is still e smaller Jone in the vicinity of the Szechuen-Hupeh-Hunan border, under the notorious Ho Lung and Hsiao Ko.
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