1947年初,国民党调集10万大军,以老(河口)白(河)公路为依托,由北向南、东南逐步压缩,对鄂西北根据地进行疯狂的“清剿”,企图将我中原军区南路突围部队一举歼灭。当时正值寒冬腊月,大雪纷飞,这里山大人稀,地瘠民贫,加之敌人封锁严密,后勤补给十分困难。战士们空着肚子,身着单衣,风餐露宿,赤脚转战在冰天雪地里,在深山老林里同敌人 At the beginning of 1947, the Kuomintang mobilized 100,000 troops and relied on the old (estuary) Baihe River road and gradually compressed it from north to south and southeast to carry out a frenzied “crackdown” on the base areas of northwestern Hubei Province in an attempt to break the siege of the southern part of the Central Plains Military Region in one move Annihilated At that time, it was in winter and twilight, with heavy snowfall, where mountains and peasants were thin, barren and poor, combined with strict blockade by the enemy, made logistical supplies very difficult. Warriors empty stomach, dressed in uniforms, dinner, barefoot fought in the ice and snow, in the mountains and forests with the enemy