It is also tied up with schools in hinterland China such as Yan'an and Jinggangshan by routine communication activities.
The range also nestled the famous Jinggangshan redoubt of the anti-Rightist troops of the abortive Autumn Harvest Uprising of 1927.
The small city of Ji’an is within the Jinggangshan region, the “cradle of the Chinese revolution” and birthplace of the Chinese Red Army (the People's Liberation Army of China).
Jinggangshan Airport (井冈山机场), in Luoxi, Taihe County, mainly serving Ji'an and the Jinggangshan Area
From this humble beginning the force eventually grew to a force 10,000 strong, traveling to Jiangxi and joining Mao Zedong at Jinggangshan in April 1928.
After being forced out of Jinggangshan in the late 1920s by the Kuomindang, the Communists fled here, taking advantage of Ruijin's relative isolation in the rugged mountains along Jiangxi's border with Fujian.
When the resolution from the communist 6th National Conference held in the mid-1928 in Moscow reached the communist base in Jinggangshan, it was already winter.
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The two became sworn brothers and strategically positioned their forces to secure their bases in Jinggangshan.
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On September 30, 1927, Mao Zedong arrived at Sanwan (三湾) village of Yongxin (永新) county, just north of Jinggangshan, with the remnants from the abortive Autumn Harvest Uprising, and sent letters to both Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo to ask their help to establish a communist base locally.
Zhu's close affiliation with Mao Zedong began in 1928 when under the assistance of Chen Yi and Lin Biao, Zhu defected from Fan Shisheng's protection and marched his army of 10,000 men to the Jinggang Mountains.