Xu Xiangqian was born in 1901, from Wutai, Shanxi Province. He has attended a normal school and a military academy. He is considered a cultural person.
Li Xiannian was born in 1909 in Hong'an, Hubei Province. He studied in a private school for three years and studied carpenter for several years. It is considered half an mud legs .
Because of the concept of "save the country and the people", the two of them have been loyal to each other and appreciate each other, and have become old friends for decades.
On June 29, 1990, when Xu Xiangqian was seriously ill, Li Xiannian went to visit him. Xu Xiangqian solemnly told three last words....
1. Meeting: 1929
1929, Xu Xiangqian was sent to Northeast Hubei by the organization to serve as the deputy commander of the 31st Red Division. At this time, Xu Xiangqian was 28 years old. He had both certain military theories and many military practices, which could be said to be "both civil and military."
Li Xiannian, a little carpenter, was only 20 years old at this time. He first served as a deputy squad leader of the 31st Red Division. Later, he accepted the order and returned to his hometown to hold a farmer's association. He was once very popular and prosperous.
In October 1931, Li Xiannian led 300 young people to join the 11th Division of the Red Army, increasing the 11th Division's team a lot.
Based on this, Li Xiannian became the political commissar of the 33rd Regiment of the Red 11th Division.
At this time, Xu Xiangqian was already the commander of the Fourth Army.
If a soldier is not brave or wise, it is difficult for him to gain a foothold in a high position.
Xu Xiangqian became the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army and the commander of the Fourth Army of the Red Army in November 1931.
Xu Xiangqian valued Li Xiannian very much. He not only entrusted important tasks in an emergency, but also often discussed with him when facing some dangerous situations.
Because of his bravery in combat and his appreciation from his leaders, Li Xiannian's official position was promoted very quickly. In less than a year, he was quickly promoted from the political commissar of the regiment to the political commissar of the 11th Red Division.
2. Know each other: Liver and gallbladder
(1)
For Xu Xiangqian, Li Xiannian regarded Xu Xiangqian as a good teacher and friend, respected and supported Xu Xiangqian. Li Xiannian believed that Xu Xiangqian was a banner of the Red Fourth Front Army.
Red Army In the early 1930s, they faced many difficulties, and their own strength was relatively weak, while Chiang Kai-shek often sent large troops to encircle and suppress them. The First Red Army was facing many difficulties at that time, and the same was true for the Fourth Red Army.
In this process, Zhang Guotao, as the chairman of the Military Commission, often made some "wrong" actions.
In October 1932, Chiang Kai-shek sent 300,000 people and arranged four air teams in the air, with the purpose of killing the Red Fourth Front Army in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base.
It has to be said that at that time, Comrade Zhang Guotao was so vicious that he miscalculated the situation and made the Red Army fight to the death. This caused a considerable loss to the Red Fourth Front Army and stepped onto the cliff with half of his foot.
Fortunately, Li Xiannian led the 11th Red Army to fight against the enemy in Qiliping, Hushanzhai and other places, winning the opportunity to break through for the Fourth Red Army.
After the troops escaped from the enemy's encirclement, Xu Xiangqian and Li Xiannian stood together in the rain, looking at the base area with "smoke filled" and "bruised all over the body" in the distance, with indescribable sadness.
At that moment, Li Xiannian understood Xu Xiangqian, and Xu Xiangqian was grateful to Li Xiannian.
After the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base was lost, the Fourth Red Army was forced to fight westward. Under the siege of the enemy, they entered danger repeatedly.
in Zaoyang , the General Command of the Red Fourth Front Army was surrounded by three sides, and the enemy gradually approached. Xu Xiangqian had only about 300 people. Except for the guards and communications units, most of them were in the agency. At this time, the risk was visible to the naked eye.
At the critical moment, Li Xiannian came, defeated the enemy, and saved the headquarters from danger.
This love, Xu Xiangqian naturally cannot forget.
arrived at the famous Ziwu Town. Li Xiannian, who was cut off from behind, fought bloody battles with the Red 11th Division, but was unfortunately injured, and was injured in two places. Xu Xiangqian, as the commander-in-chief, ordered Li Xiannian to leave first, and he commanded the 11th Division to cut off the rear.
At that moment, Li Xiannian, the iron-blooded man, was very moved.
(2)
During the 10-month anti-siege of the six-way siege in the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area, Zhang Guotao and Xu Xiangqian had three major debates. The content of the debate was as follows: Where is the breakthrough point for the counterattack? How to choose the pursuit direction? Deep or shallow?
Li Xiannian fully supports Xu Xiangqian in every debate, without exception.
You should know that Li Xiannian supports Xu Xiangqian and then opposes some of Zhang Guotao's practices and ideas. In fact, the risks are very high.
However, Li Xiannian is still the case. He believes that Xu Xiangqian is indeed superior to other generals in military command, and Xu Xiangqian is much taller than Zhang Guotao.
In June 1935, the First Red Front Army and the Fourth Red Front Army met. According to the proposal of Mao Zedong and others, the troops should be united, and then divided into two routes to drive north together.
However, Zhang Guotao had the idea and actions to split the party and the Red Army, which made Xu Xiangqian and Li Xiannian very dissatisfied.
When they were sitting on a small mound to rest, Xu Xiangqian said, "I just don't understand, what's going on with the Red Army?" Li Xiannian fully agreed with Xu Xiangqian's statement. They encouraged each other and cheered each other: we should try our best to maintain the unity of the Central Committee and the Red Army.
This is a great friendship formed in the bloody storm.
It is actually not easy to meet someone with the same views and the same ideas.
(3)
In October 1936, after the First Red Front Army and the Fourth Red Front Army met, they formed West Route Army according to the above plan to implement the "Ningxia Battle Plan". This army shoulders a major mission.
However, no one expected that the pro-Cheng Chiang Ma Bufang and others sent a large number of cavalry to encircle and intercept them.
21,000 Western Route Army attracted the enemy's firepower and blood stained Hexi Corridor . The Western Route Army suffered extremely heavy losses. Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao returned to the Central Committee to report, and Li Xiannian was responsible for commanding the remaining Red Army.
Xu Xiangqian and others went through various difficulties and obstacles and returned with difficulty. With his unparalleled aura, Li Xiannian passed through many obstacles and finally brought hundreds of people to Xinjiang. This is the spark of revolution, this is the solid power.
Later, Xu Xiangqian said, "Li Xiannian was ordered to be in times of crisis and remained calm in the face of changes. It is amazing to preserve a group of combat backbones for the Party."
(4)
After the War of Resistance Against Japan began, Xu Xiangqian was the deputy commander of the 129th Division. Li Xiannian accepted the arrangement and came to Hubei, Henan and Anhui in the old base.
During the Liberation War, Li Xiannian, as the commander of the early Central Plains Military Region, successfully completed the " Central Plains Breakthrough ".
Since the War of Resistance Against Japan, although Xu Xiangqian and Li Xiannian have not fought together, they both care about each other very much.
This is a great friendship.
Li Xiannian often says: I have two teachers in my life, one is Xu Shuai , who taught me to fight. One is Chen Yun, who taught me to manage the economy.
can be seen, and Xu Xiangqian is very recognized by Li Xiannian.
3. Farewell forever: 1990
Li Xiannian
Decades after the founding of New China, Xu Xiangqian and Li Xiannian were closely connected. Whenever they encountered major events, they had to exchange opinions with each other.
Surprisingly, the two people have many similarities in their views on the situation and their views on the emergencies.
These are two great heroes who appreciate each other!
However, birth, old age, sickness and death are laws that humans cannot break. Even a hero is helpless.
Time is slowly advancing, and 1990 has arrived. At this time, Xu Xiangqian was 89 years old and Li Xiannian was 81 years old.
In June of that year, Xu Xiangqian was seriously ill and was hospitalized.
htmlOn June 29, Li Xiannian, who was leaning on a crutch, came to visit his old leader and old friends.Xu Xiangqian asked Li Xiannian to sit in front of the bed and solemnly said three last words: I have three wills, one is to not hold a farewell ceremony for the body; the other is to not hold a memorial service; the third is to scatter my ashes to Dabie Mountains , Taihang Mountains , Hexi Corridor and Daba Mountain.
In an instant, Li Xiannian came from the sadness, but he tried hard to control his emotions, nodded, and said to the staff around him: I have these three things too!
So, this became the final agreement between two good friends and two great heroes, and this side became their final farewell.
Farewell forever, friend! Farewell forever, brother! Goodbye in the next life!
On September 21, 1990, Xu Xiangqian passed away. On November 6, the plane scattered Xu Shuai's ashes onto the land where he fought bloodyly.
More than a year later, Li Xiannian passed away on June 21, 1992. It's all on the 21st, just one in summer and one in autumn. Li Xiannian's ashes were also scattered to the same earth as Xu Xiangqian.
Although they have different backgrounds, they are walking on the same avenue. On a different day of his death, he used the same method to scatter the ashes on the land where he fought bloody battles.
Because, on those patches of land, there are countless brothers and friends who are ahead of you. Because that was the last agreement between the two...
This is the great friendship between Xu Xiangqian and Li Xiannian!
