<center id="e206k"></center> "Cold the iron chains spanning over the Dadu River," Chairman Mao Zedong wrote in a poem, describing the do-or-die battle which took place on the Luding Bridge. The Bridge, (measure) 103.67 meters in length and 3 meters in width, is located in Sichuan Province, which was(original) built in 1705 during the Qing Dynasty. Near the Luding Bridge considered a historical landmark(stand) a museum, in front ofthere is a bronze statue of the soldiers whose spirit makes the bridge a household name.
Over 80 years ago, the bridge was crucial to the survival of the CPC-led Red Army during the Long March because if the soldiers had failed to dash through the Luding Bridge then, the Red Army might have been wiped out. Upon their (arrive), the Red Army found only thirteen heavy iron chains left across the river.no time to waste, one by one the Red soldiers ventured forward to risk their lives and of those who offered themselves, thirty were chosen. Though several soldiers fell intofast-flowing river, the others crawled along the wood boards they (lay) until they finally took control of the east bank.
Probably never before had people seen fighters like these — men for whom soldiering was not just a rice bowl, but a mission. They astonishingly accomplished seemed like a task impossible and their(courage) spirit will always stick in our mind.
