Looking at the military history of our army, there are several things that are quite praised:
The Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation insisted on the Anti-Japanese War for 14 years, He Long The Red Army The Western Expedition opened up the base areas of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, Red Fourth Front Army West Expedition to Sichuan and Shaanxi, Central Red Army 25,000 miles Long March, Liu Deng Dajun leaped thousands of miles to Dabie Mountain, PLA cross-sea liberation Hainan Island.
Among these events, only the liberation of Hainan Island was completed after the founding of New China. That battle was not only the key battle for our army to fully liberate southern China, but also the first battle for our army to cross the sea on a large scale. The liberation of the country has far-reaching significance.
As the key figures in the liberation of Hainan Island, Feng Baiju and Han Xianchu played an important role in it. Feng Baiju is the commander of the Hainan Qiongya Column. He has led the Qiongya guerrillas to fight against the enemy since 1927. During this period, he founded the Muruishan Revolutionary Base and led the Qiongya Column to overcome all difficulties and finally won the liberation of Hainan Island.
Han Xianchu was the commander of the Sino 40 Army. When he liberated Hainan Island in 1950, he was the main leader of the front.
Han Xianchu was the founding general of the new China, and Feng Baiju had no rank when he was awarded the title in 1955. So, what is going on? Why was Feng Baiju, the great hero who liberated Hainan Island, not awarded a military rank? What about the subsequent experience?
1. The famous island generals praised by Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao rarely praised people in his life, but Feng Baiju was the only exception.
Before the liberation of Hainan Island, both Deng Hua and Ye Jianying had concerns about the liberation of Hainan Island. In order to boost morale, Chairman Mao sent a telegram to the former commissioner of Sinye. In the telegram, Chairman Mao emphasized: Hainan Island is different from Kinmen Island. One is Feng Baiju's cooperation, and the other is that the enemy's combat effectiveness is poor.
The Chairman mentioned Feng Baiju in the telegram, who was then the commander of the Qiongya Column on Hainan Island. From this telegram, we can see the Chairman's trust in Comrade Feng Baiju.
Feng Baiju was born in 1903 in Qiongshan District, Haikou City, Hainan Province. He entered Yunlong Higher Primary School in 1916, participated in the May Fourth Movement in 1919, and was admitted to Shanghai Daxia University. During his stay in Qiong, he met the famous revolutionary Li Aichun. Under the influence of Li Aichun, Feng Baiju participated in the revolution and became an advanced youth in Qiongdao.
Feng Baiju takes organizational work very seriously. Before leading the Qiongya guerrillas, he was the secretary of the CPC Qiongshan County Party Committee. In 1927, when the April 22 Incident occurred in Hainan, Feng Baiju and Wang Wenming, who was then secretary of the Qiongya Prefectural Party Committee, formed a team. Under the instructions of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, they first organized Qiongya to fight against the revolutionary army, and then led the troops. Participated in the Quanqiong Revolutionary Armed General Uprising. Had it not been for the sudden deployment of reinforcements from Guangdong by the enemy, during this period, Qiongya's anti-revolutionary army led by Feng Baiju would most likely have won.
In 1929, the Qiongya Special Committee of the Communist Party of China in Haikou City was destroyed by the enemy. Feng Baiju was ordered to reorganize the special committee together with Wang Wenming and Fu Youshan in , Ding'an County, . During Wang Wenming's illness, Feng Baiju built the Mu Ruishan Revolutionary Base by relying on Mu Ruishan , but because of the enemy's encirclement and suppression, in 1932, there were only 26 guerrillas left in our Qiongya Red Army guerrilla.
In 1933, Feng Baiju returned to the old revolutionary base area of Qiongshan County with 25 survivors. Relying on the support of the masses, he established a number of township party organizations and rebuilt the Red Army guerrillas in the following three years. However, with the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Kuomintang-Communist cooperation Anti-Japanese,Feng Baiju was subsequently arrested and imprisoned during the negotiation. After Zhou Enlai was in prison, Feng Baiju was released, and then he became the chairman of the Qiongya Military Commission of the Communist Party of China again.
The Qiongya Anti-Japanese Corps led by Feng Baiju was an important part of the anti-Japanese guerrillas in South China. During the whole period of the Anti-Japanese War, this unit persisted in Qiongdao, Hainan for a long time, and made great contributions to the final victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
In 1942, the Japanese army launched the Pacific operation. In order to stabilize their "rear", the leader of the Japanese army dispatched a large number of troops to launch a "mopping up" against our Qiongya Corps. Under the situation of crisis, Feng Baiju creatively formulated the combat policy of "adhering to the inside line and standing out on the outside line". He personally led the main force of the Qiongya Corps to transfer to Qiongshan, Haikou and other places, annihilated a large number of enemies, and smashed them. "Sweeping" of the Japanese Army.
During the period, Feng Baiju dispatched troops to rescue the captured Allies while commanding operations, and was widely praised by Chairman Mao and other central leaders.
2. Support the main force and liberate the whole island
Although the Qiongya column is poor, it has a solid mass foundation and a revolutionary foundation. This is the main reason why Feng Baiju can persist in Qiongdao for 23 years.
In October 1947, the Qiongya Independent Column was reorganized into the Qiongya Column of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with Feng Baiju as commander and political commissar, Fu Zhenzhong as chief of staff , and Zhuang Tian and Ma Baishan as deputy commanders.
In October 1949, New China was established, and in December of the same year, Chairman Mao instructed Siye to start liberating Hainan Island.
Regarding the liberation of Hainan Island, Lin, the commander of the four fields, and Ye Jianying, who was then the chairman of Guangdong Provincial People's Government , both had concerns. First, our army has no experience in cross-sea and cross-island operations. Second, the liberation of Hainan Island requires a lot of my country has just been established, and it is still outdated in this respect, and it is urgent to mobilize a large number of ferries and personnel.
Regarding the first question, Chairman Mao has actually considered it.Chairman Mao, who was visiting the Soviet Union, sent a telegram to the commanders and fighters on the front lines of the four fields. In the telegram, the chairman clearly asked the troops of the four fields to get in touch with Feng Baiju, and rely on Feng Baiju's support in Qiongdao to open the gap for the liberation of Hainan Island.
In fact, it's not just Siye. Feng Baiju, who was in Qiongdao, is also working hard to liberate Hainan Island when Hainan Island is liberated. Frontline troops were contacted. He personally organized hundreds of boatmen and more than 100 wooden sailboats to serve as guides for the intelligence officers sent by Han Xianchu, so as to prepare for the next large-scale sea crossing.
On April 16, 1950, under the leadership of Fu Zhenzhong, Chief of Staff of the Qiongya Column, 25,000 officers and soldiers from the four fields crossed the Qionghai Sea. And broke through the enemy's line of defense in the early morning of the next day.
After our army broke through the enemy's line of defense, we soon joined forces with the Qiongya column led by Feng Baiju. Under the leadership of Han Xianchu and Feng Baiju, our Qiongya Column, 40th Army, and 43rd Army then went straight to the enemy's "capital" in Haikou, and soon, the enemy "Hainan Defense Department Commander" Xue Yue defeated Taiwan, Hainan Island The whole territory was liberated.
3. " unranked general "
Feng Baiju has been on Hainan Island for 23 years and has made great contributions to the liberation of Hainan Island. In July 1950, the Hainan Military Region was established, and Feng Baiju served as the commander and political commissar of the Hainan Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
In 1952, the central government transferred Feng Baiju to work in Guangdong. After that, Feng Baiju successively served as the head of the United Front Work Department of the South China Branch of the Communist Party of China, the vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, and the vice governor of Guangdong Province.
In 1955, our army was awarded the first major rank. Feng Baiju did not have a rank because he participated in local work.
Although Feng Baiju was not awarded the title,But he made outstanding achievements, especially the Qiongya column he led, and made great contributions to the liberation of the country at a critical time. In recognition of his achievements, in 1955, Feng Baiju was awarded three honorary medals including the First Class Liberation Medal.
There were only 51 generals out of more than 1,000 generals in the army who could have three first-class medals at the same time, and Feng Baiju was the most prominent "general without rank".
4. Dedication to work and love for the people, a red flag in the hearts of Hainan people
Although Comrade Feng Baiju failed to obtain a military rank, he still did his best in his work and won the trust of the Hainan people. After 1955, he successively served in Hainan, Guangdong and Zhejiang, and served as vice governor of Guangdong Province, vice governor of Zhejiang Province and political commissar of the Hainan Military Region.
In 1961, a serious natural disaster occurred across the country. Under such circumstances, Feng Baiju, the deputy governor, took the lead to work on the front line. In order to ensure the supply of living materials for the people of the country, he worked with Zhou Jianren , Tao Zhu, Li Jianzhen, Gu Dacun and other comrades personally, and allocated funds to support economic construction.
After 1966, Feng Baiju was diagnosed with cancer. In July 1973, he died of illness in Beijing at the age of 70.
Comrade Feng Baiju is a banner of the Qiongya Red Army. He has a lofty prestige in the hearts of Hainan people. Although he has no military rank, he has made outstanding achievements and will always be missed and respected by people.
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