1936年5月18日,中共中央组建西方野战军,由彭德怀任司令员兼政治委员,向甘肃、宁夏进军,进行西征作战。西征红军在今宁夏南部地区转战半年之久,进行了10多次重大战斗。由于红军指战员高举抗日民族统一战线大旗,认真贯彻执行党的民族宗教政策,不仅取得了西征作战的伟大胜利,开拓 On May 18, 1936, the CPC Central Committee formed the Western Field Army, with Peng Dehuai as commander and political commissar, marching toward Gansu and Ningxia and expeditionary combat. The expeditionary Red Army fought in the southern part of this Ningxia for six months and carried out more than 10 major battles. Since the officers and soldiers of the Red Army held high the banner of the national united front of resistance against Japan and conscientiously implemented the party’s ethnic and religious policies, they not only made great victories in the western expedition but also exploited