In May 1940, Xu Xiangqian, who was leading Shandong military and civilians in Shandong Province, launched a tense anti-"mopping up" movement and developed a base behind enemy lines, received a telegram from the Party Central Committee. But he still followed the orders of the Part

Before reading this article, please click "Follow". It not only facilitates you to discuss and share, but also brings you a different sense of participation. Thank you for your support. In May 1940, Xu Xiangqian, who was leading the Shandong military and civilians in Shandong region to launch a tense anti-"mopping up" movement and develop a base behind enemy lines. received a telegram from the Party Central Committee.

"Comrade Xu Xiangqian has achieved remarkable results in his work in Shandong for one year. The various troops and local armed forces in Shandong have grown rapidly. Now the Party Central Committee requires Comrade Xu Xiangqian to return to Yan'an immediately to prepare for the Seventh National Congress of the Party."

Xu Xiangqian was actually a little reluctant after receiving the telegram. He had just arrived in Shandong to lead the guerrilla work behind enemy lines. However, it had just been a year since he achieved certain results. The enemy's mobilization has not yet ended, and the road ahead is long.

But he still followed the orders of the Party Central Committee and returned to Yan'an. did not expect that he would go there. He never went to the front line for seven years and did not fight a single battle. What is the reason for

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and Chairman Mao met too late

Xu Xiangqian was the latest one to meet with Chairman Mao among the top ten marshals of the People's Republic of China. He may not believe it. Xu Xiangqian was already the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army and had never seen Chairman Mao before.

But this did not prevent Chairman Mao from paying great attention to Xu Xiangqian. In July 1935, the First Red Front Army and the Fourth Red Front Army met in Maogong. In a small house in Luhua Village, Xu Xiangqian met Chairman Mao who was thinking about it day and night.

Before Xu Xiangqian could speak, Chairman Mao held his hand happily and said, "You are the Commander Xu who is engaged in the struggle in the Dabie Mountains of Hubei, Henan and Anhui! Thank you for your hard work!"

Xu Xiangqian said excitedly, "Chairman Mao, I wanted to see you a long time ago, and now it has finally come true!" Chairman Mao also responded deeply, "I miss you very much too!"

Although he never met, Xu Xiangqian has always been in communication with Chairman Mao, and he also admires Chairman Mao's series of theories, whether it is "surrounding the city in the countryside" or building a revolutionary base, and setting off a prairie with a spark of fire.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Xiangqian proposed to Chairman Mao that he would go to the Central Red Army of , but Chairman Mao did not agree. At that time, Xu Xiangqian was very puzzled. Later, it seemed that Chairman Mao did not agree, and it was indeed far-sighted.

is Xu Xiangqian who saved the fate of the Red Fourth Front Army at a critical moment, adhered to the principle of "the Red Army will not fight Red Army ", and made the right choice based on the principle of high loyalty to the Party Central Committee.

Later, Chairman Mao highly praised Xu Xiangqian and recommended Xu Xiangqian as a member of the Revolutionary Military Committee of the CPC Central Committee. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Xiangqian was appointed as the deputy commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander was Liu Bocheng.

"You are from Shanxi, and you are from Yan Xishan . In this way, Comrade Enlai and you go to Taiyuan first and do the work of Yan Xishan." On the New Year's Eve of the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Xiangqian came to Shanxi under Chairman Mao's arrangement.

Whether it is a "six-way siege" or an ambush, creating a "man mountain", Xu Xiangqian gradually showed his talent as an excellent military theorist, while also honing his anti-Japanese guerrilla war theory to the ground.

So in May 1939, Chairman Mao decided that Xu Xiangqian would go to Shandong to lead the guerrilla work behind enemy lines in Shandong, break the enemy's sweep, and establish a solid Shandong base.

Xu Xiangqian only arrived in Shandong for three months and took over Zibo and other places one after another. The troops have also expanded a lot, so that the Eighth Route Army in Shandong has always been called "Xu Xiangqian Territory".

The trip to Yan'an was unexpectedly

In view of Xu Xiangqian's outstanding contribution to the anti-Japanese war work in Shandong, in May 1940, the Party Central Committee summoned him to Yan'an, preparing to allow him to attend the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of China.

But unexpectedly, Xu Xiangqian had been fighting for a long time and fighting in the anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines for many years, which led to his overwork and becoming ill as soon as he returned to Yan'an.

In fact, Chairman Mao also has another meaning. In addition to letting him prepare to attend the meeting, he also wants to take this opportunity to let him take a good rest and prepare for the long-term war of resistance.

He Long's daughter He Jiesheng once wrote an article specifically to recall Xu Xiangqian. In the article, she wrote: Marshal Xu Xiangqian's life can be described as "hard life".

in the early years, he fought guerrillas in the Dabie Mountains. Later, he crossed the grasslands in the Long March and commanded the West Route Army during the arduous battles in the Qilian Mountains and the Hexi Corridors, and he had to bear great spiritual pressure.

Xu Xiangqian has been resentful of the death of the Western Route Army to more than a thousand people throughout his life. He always thought it was his fault. When he met Chairman Mao again in 1937, he looked exhausted.

Geng Biao also said: "When Xu Xiangqian just escaped from death, he looked 20 years older than before." Chairman Mao also comforted Xu Xiangqian, "stay the green mountains and don't be afraid of burning firewood." These made Xu Xiangqian's body increasingly overwhelmed.

Later, in the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was even more worried and laborious when he was in Shandong. Zhu Rui, who was with him, said, "The work in Shandong is the most difficult."

In 1940, Xu Xiangqian had a headache when he first arrived in Yan'an and couldn't fall asleep every night. To make matters worse, he was still kicked by a frightened horse while riding a horse, and caused a fracture of the tibia of his left leg.

was seriously injured this time. Xu Xiangqian worked while recuperating, which also led to a much slower healing of the injury, but it allowed him to calm down and write many military theory articles.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1940, Xu Xiangqian's leg injury finally healed. He couldn't wait to prepare for the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the meeting was postponed. The postponement of

made him lose his idea of ​​returning to the front line. The Party Central Committee did not intend to let him work on the front line. Xu Xiangqian was so anxious that he was talking about it every day.

After finally getting the position of deputy commander of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shenzhen-Sui Sui Joint Defense Forces , he was told that the force had no combat mission.

Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia and Northwest Shanxi are two areas that have been particularly severely subject to the Japanese invaders' siege. The economy is basically not guaranteed and people's lives are difficult to take care of themselves.

Xu Xiangqian's mission is to lead the troops and people from the two regions to produce self-rescue. Although this is inconsistent with his willingness to go to war, Xu Xiangqian also accepted it resolutely.

is different from fighting wars. These are two completely different aspects, but Xu Xiangqian did a good job, with a vigorous large-scale production movement, agriculture, animal husbandry, and handicrafts development.

Not long after, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and northwestern Shanxi were full of vitality, but Xu Xiangqian still yearned for going to the front line to fight, after all, that was his job.

In the spring of 1943, Xu Xiangqian was working in the field. Chairman Mao sent someone to ask him to meet him. The two talked in the cave for a long time, but Chairman Mao refused to tell the purpose of finding him this time.

From being a farmer to being a teacher

"Chairman, are there any new work arrangements? Don't worry, I will complete the task." Xu Xiangqian still yearns to go to the front line.

Chairman Mao didn't beat around the bush, "Comrade Xiangqian, I want you to preside over the establishment of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. What do you think?" Chairman Mao actually wanted Xu Xiangqian to be the president of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.

Everyone knows that Chairman Mao is very accurate in judging people. Appointing people is definitely able to give full play to the other party's strengths. Xu Xiangqian has military talents and is a graduate of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, but has he ever had the experience of being a teacher?

I guess even Xu Xiangqian was wondering how Chairman Mao knew that he had been a teacher before. It turned out that Xu Xiangqian's father Xu Maohuai was once a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty.

Although Xu Xiangqian was a teenager, his family was poor and could not afford to go to school, he later went to a grocery store to be a clerk and saved enough money. He was admitted to Shaanxi National Normal University. After graduation, he ran to Yangqu County Primary School and worked as a primary school teacher for a period of time.

He was a teacher not to follow his father's path, he did not to make a living, but to teach students to save the country and the people in the future. This was also confirmed in "Xu Xiangqian's Memoirs".

Xu Xiangqian is also a good teacher, teaching by example and setting a good example for every student. If it weren't for a change, he might have been staying in school and being a teacher for the rest of his life.

The second year after he worked hard to teach, he received a letter from the school to dismiss him. He felt very aggrieved and taught seriously. Why did the school dismiss him? He ran to the principal to argue, but the principal's reasons left him speechless.

Xu Xiangqian promoted revolutionary theories to the students and allowed them to join the revolution in the future. Such behavior was not allowed by the school. He was determined to cultivate children's ideal of saving the country and the people. After being fired, Xu Xiangqian joined the revolution. I still have to thank the principal. However, Xu Xiangqian was still worried about being a teacher. When he learned that Chairman Mao wanted him to be a teacher again, he hesitated.

"Me? I'm afraid I can't do it, right? Chairman, you should send another candidate. I want to go to the front to lead troops to fight, that's what I'm suitable for me." Xu Xiangqian said embarrassedly.

Chairman Mao didn’t know what Xu Xiangqian was thinking. He smiled and said, “Comrade Xiangqian, you are a graduate of Huangpu and graduated from normal school again. There is nothing more suitable than you. It’s you. As for war, there will be wars in the future!”

Chairman Mao also instructed that running the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University is an important task. Without good cadres, where can we win? Where can I persevere?

Xu Xiangqian had to agree, but before leaving, he still said reluctantly: "Since the organization has decided, I will obey. When I have a suitable candidate in the future, I will change me."

Chairman Mao patted Xu Xiangqian's shoulder with a smile, "You, go, go, I promise you, but you will definitely be competent, I believe you."

In fact, in addition to seeing Xu Xiangqian have the ability to teach military, Chairman Mao is also intending to cultivate him. Chairman Mao has always attached great importance to Xu Xiangqian.

As a senior commander, how can you only command wars? Moreover, teaching in the rear can also allow Xu Xiangqian's body to be further recuperated.

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Chairman Mao’s intentions have basically been realized, but the only thing is that Xu Xiangqian is very serious in everything he does. During his time as the principal, he exhausted himself again.

In 1945, Xu Xiangqian was admitted to the hospital due to chondritis. Seeing that everyone else had left Yan'an and rushed to the front line, he was lying on the hospital bed to recuperate.

He kept reporting to the Party Central Committee and applying to Chairman Mao, but he was rejected without exception. Chairman Mao kept replying to him: Take care of the disease first, and it is useful to you.

In 1946, the Kuomintang attacked Yan'an, and Xu Xiangqian was forced to move to Suide , then moved to Taihang Liberated Area, and returned to the old place in Shanxi, and Xu Xiangqian could no longer sit still.

947, Xu Xiangqian, who had been idle for another year, applied to the Party Central Committee again to lead troops to fight on the front line. Seeing that his health was almost done, Chairman Mao agreed that Xu Xiangqian would be the first deputy commander of the Shanxi Hebei Shandong and Henan Military Region .

html has not fought for 27 years and has not gone to the front line, but Xu Xiangqian's importance in Chairman Mao's heart has not diminished at all. He also proved to Chairman Mao that he is still the same Xu Xiangqian, and will only keep "forward, forward."

liberated Shanxi, and Xu Xiangqian went out with illness, liberated Yuncheng , Linfen , too far, creating miracles of battle again and again, defeating the more with less and defeating the strong with weak.

What I have been waiting for for a long time is this blazing moment. He led his troops to wipe out more than 300,000 Yan Xishan's troops in Shanxi. Chairman Mao highly praised him and asked him to pass on his experience to the entire army.

948, Chairman Mao met Xu Xiangqian again on Xibaipo . Seeing Xu Xiangqian's sick expression, he frowned in pain. After Xu Xiangqian finished his report, he told him to go to the rear to recuperate again.

But he stayed in the rear for a month and couldn't help but return to the front line. Chairman Mao sent him telegrams many times, asking him to recuperate and cure his illness, but he refused.

In the end, Chairman Mao had no choice but to let Peng Dehuai command him and force Xu Xiangqian to go to the rear to recuperate, but Peng Dehuai's various orders were still in the name of Xu Xiangqian.

After the founding of New China, Xu Xiangqian missed many major occasions due to physical reasons. founding ceremony failed to attend, and the work meetings were absent, but he had no positions that should belong to him.

PLA Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the North China Military Region, Chairman Mao has never forgotten Xu Xiangqian. Now it seems that Chairman Mao asked Xu Xiangqian to stay in Yan'an at that time and went to the front line for less than 7 years. He really couldn't bear to let such a good comrade be exhausted.

"When I die, I will not say goodbye to the body, nor will I hold a memorial service. I will just sprinkle the ashes on the Dabie Mountains, Daba Mountains, Taihang Mountains and Hexi Corridor." The great Comrade Xu Xiangqian has long dedicated his life to the Party, paying tribute!