
Jiang Zemin's speech
Preface
1994, with the gradual deepening of reform and opening up, the national situation showed a prosperous scene. Hong Xuezhi was very happy about this and felt that the revolution had made new progress.
htmlOn January 30, Hong Xuezhi went to Shanghai to visit his old superior Chen Yun. During this period, when mentioning the current situation, Chen Yun said:"I am full of confidence in the third-generation central leadership collective with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core, and firmly believe that I will be able to continuously overcome difficulties and push our cause forward."
Hong Xuezhi: We must pass the three levels of revolution,
Later, when talking about those old comrades who died for the revolution, Chen Yun said in tears: "Our party and country have experienced so much, it is not easy!"

Chen Yun's old photos
Chen Yun's words, Hong Xuezhi deeply felt the same and immediately pulled him back to the years of hard work. The voice of the charge echoed in his ears...
In May 1929, under the slogan "The poor should be the master of their own affairs and defend their own interests; the land is the main killer, and we must organize the Red Guards ", the Shangnan Uprising broke out.
Subsequently, the rebel teams gathered in Banzhuyuan and announced the establishment of the 32nd Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, with more than 100 people and 36 guns in the division.
As the Shangnan Uprising proceeded, Hong Xuezhi signed up for the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in the Huoshen Temple and served in the 6th Team of the 5th Regiment of the Independent Brigade of the Mall. Among the rebel troops, Hong Xuezhi, who is over 1.8 meters tall, looks very conspicuous.
Amid the charge, Hong Xuezhi followed the troops and quickly disarmed the local militia and controlled the Shangnan area. Not long after, with the approval of the organization, Hong Xuezhi joined the Communist Party of China and became a glorious Communist Party member.

Hong Xuezhi's old photos
By August, with the development of the uprising troops, the Southeast Henan Soviet Area with Nanxi and Wujiadian as the center was built. In December, Hong Xuezhi joined the Chicheng County guerrillas and joined the Red 1st Army. After the troops were reorganized, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the squad leader of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Red Army. This year, Hong Xuezhi was only 16 years old!
Later, the Red 1st Army and the Red 15th Army were combined into Red 4th Army . Hong Xuezhi served as the platoon leader, branch secretary, deputy company commander, company commander and instructor of the heavy machine gun company directly under the 29th Regiment of the 10th Division, and participated in previous anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations in the Henan-Anhui Soviet Area. During the battle, as soon as the charge sounds, Hong Xuezhi will be the first to pick up his weapon and rush towards the enemy.
In a battle, when he saw the company commander being killed by the enemy's bullet, Hong Xuezhi immediately took out the machine gun and strafed the enemy. During the battle, Hong Xuezhi's chest was penetrated by the enemy's bullets, and he was seriously injured, and he still insisted on fighting. After the battle, the brave and fearless Hong Xuezhi was praised by his superiors.
On November 7, 1931, according to the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Red 4 and Red 25 Army were combined into the Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in Qiliping (now Hong'an ) County, Hubei Province. Xu Xiang served as the commander-in-chief, and his combat effectiveness was greatly strengthened. Since then, the Red Fourth Front Army implemented the policy of offensive operations on the outside and took the initiative to attack the Kuomintang troops.

The left rank of the back row is Hong Xuezhi
In February 1932, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the deputy company commander and political commissar of the heavy machine gun company of the 29th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Red 4th Army. On April 22, the Sujiabu Battle started.
In the battle, the Red Fourth Front Army adopted the tactic of "surrounding the point and attacking the aid" and sent troops to surround Sujiabu and launch a fierce fire attack to force the enemies of Lu'an , Huoshan , and Hefei to reinforce, and annihilate the enemy during the reinforcement process.
On May 7, the Red 29th Regiment was ordered to attack the enemy along Qijia Bridge. The battle was very fierce. Huang Xianbin, the company commander of the heavy machine gun company, died in the battle, and Hong Xuezhi temporarily replaced the position of company commander. After replacing the company commander, Hong Xuezhi led his troops to attack the enemy. During the attack, Hong Xuezhi was shot and fell to the ground.
Seeing Hong Xuezhi's tall body lying on the ground, Zeng Chuanliu, the political commissar of the 29th Regiment, immediately ran over and picked up Hong Xuezhi's upper body. Only then did he find that Hong Xuezhi's left chest was injured.So Zeng Chuanliu quickly called a stretcher and carried Hong Xuezhi down.
On the road, the soldier carrying the stretcher shouted loudly: "Company Commander Hong! You must hold on! We will be at the hospital soon!"

The first on the left is Hong Xuezhi
At the beginning, Hong Xuezhi could also hear the soldiers' shouts. Then, due to excessive blood loss, Hong Xuezhi gradually lost consciousness and fell into a coma.
After coming to the Red Army Hospital, the doctor quickly cut Hong Xuezhi's military uniform and exposed the wound. Hong Xuezhi's wound was examined: the bullet entered from the front of the chest, pierced through the left lung lobe and then came out from the back; the lungs were bleeding heavily, and it flowed back into the chest and abdominal cavity, compressing the heart, causing infections and respiratory disorders in multiple areas.
Considering that the Red Army Hospital’s medical conditions were insufficient and the infection could not be controlled after surgery, the medical staff present gasped. The doctor shook his head and said seriously: "Maybe it can't work anymore, maybe it can't survive today!"
After hearing the doctor's words, a female nurse could no longer hold it back. She held Hong Xuezhi's hand and cried, "Company Commander Hong, are you awake? You can't die, we are still waiting, tell us the story of 'White Porridge and white meat'!"
The female nurse's words made a prisoner in the Kuomintang uniform suddenly stop, looked at Hong Xuezhi who was already unconscious, and said loudly: "Report!"

Hong Xuezhi's old photo
The prisoner said that the Red Army , who was escorting him, was startled, raised his gun, and said, "What are you doing?" The prisoner replied, "Let me see his wound." After the prisoner finished speaking, the female nurse immediately blocked Hong Xuezhi's body, opened her hands, and said, "What do you want to do?"
Seeing everyone so nervous, the prisoner spread his hands and said, "I don't have weapons, I just want to see his wound." The Red Army soldier holding the gun interrupted, "He escaped from Sujiabu City a few days ago and surrendered, and was a doctor." "He is the chief doctor." The prisoner added.
After listening to the two of them, the female nurse said that she was physically moving away. After examination, the prisoner's military doctor said, "The injury is too serious!" After that, the prisoner's military doctor conducted a more careful examination of Hong Xuezhi, treated him with the wound and rebanded it.
When leaving, the prisoner military doctor suddenly turned around, took out a butter paper bag from his pocket, and said reluctantly: "This is what I keep to save my life. After the war is over, I will not join the army anymore. Not many, just these few pieces, he is lucky. I will give him a meal, hurry up."
Faced with everyone's doubts, the prisoner military doctor said: "My life was saved by 'white porridge and white meat'."

Hong Xuezhi's family
After taking the medicine, Hong Xuezhi's physical condition gradually stabilized. In the second half of the night, Hong Xuezhi woke up. After several days of treatment, Hong Xuezhi's fever subsided, his cough began to weaken, and his body gradually recovered.
After staying in the hospital for more than 30 days, Hong Xuezhi recovered his energy and was arranged to go home to visit relatives while recuperating. When I learned that the child had finally survived, the elders at home wanted him to stay in his hometown and stop participating in the revolution. But Hong Xuezhi refused and borrowed the name of seeing his sister and returned to the army.
Not long after, Hong Xuezhi was praised by the army as a "good company commander who is not afraid of death." Later, Hong Xuezhi said: "To do a revolution, you must pass the three levels of life and death. To be afraid of death, to be afraid of hardship, and to be afraid of hardship. There is also a hometown gate that you must be willing to leave your relatives. If you cannot pass these three levels, you cannot revolutionize to the end."
In October, after winning the Xinji battle and Tuqiaopu battle, the enemy mobilized heavy troops and formed a siege and blockade of the Red Fourth Front Army, which prevented Red Fourth Army from returning to the base area. They had to go west and retreat to the mountains south of Nanyang to preserve their strength.
At this time, the weather gradually became colder, and the soldiers were wearing summer clothes, and food was short of food, and they became exhausted after battle. In order to avoid the enemy's pursuit, the Red Army soldiers marched in the rain for days without getting a rest.

Xu Xiangqian's old photo
The soldiers were wet all over, their teeth clattered.Regarding the situation during this period, Marshal Xu Xiangqian wrote in his memoir:
"When you have a base, you don't feel the importance of the base. Only when you go to a place without a base can you know that kind of suffering. In the base, there are party and local organizations, guerrillas, and masses. When the enemy comes, the masses send intelligence several times a day. The enemy is not easy to discover us, but we are easy to discover the enemy. The masses save food and supply the Red Army. When they fight far away from the base, the situation is very different. The masses do not understand the Red Army and run far away under the threat of the enemy. The Red Army wants to There is no food, no clothes, no clothes, no intelligence. Without a mass base and no intelligence, it is often blocked by the enemy to know that there is no way to break through. As for food, clothing, and supply, it is even more difficult to mention. Therefore, Comrade Mao Zedong's idea of establishing a base is extremely important. The revolutionary base is the base where the Red Army relied for survival, development and victory to carry out the revolutionary war. "
At that time, Hong Xuezhi, who was in poor health, was wearing single clothes. Like the soldiers, he walked in the mountains almost every day. As he walked, his eyes closed.
At this moment, news came from the front, and the enemy was found, getting closer and closer to the troops. After observation, it was found that these enemies were wearing new clothes, as if they were new recruits. So, the acting commander of the Red 10th Division, Cao Guangnan, walked quickly to Hong Xuezhi and said to him: "Send the order, don't stop, continue to move forward, and prepare for combat during the marching."
Soon, Hong Xuezhi understood the commander's intention and ordered the troops to move quickly. On the other hand, he quietly left the team with several machine gunners and seized the favorable terrain on the hillside in front.

Hong Xuezhi's old photo
As time goes by, the Red Army team and the enemy are getting closer. At this time, the enemy waved the flag in his hand and greeted the Red Army in the words of the flag. Soon, the enemy entered the Red Army's range. With Cao Guangnan's order, the MP sounded the charge to attack the enemy. Immediately, gunfire sounded loudly, and the enemy realized that the troops on the opposite side were the Red Army, but they had no time to launch a battle formation and became a prisoner of the Red Army.
In this battle, the Red Army captured more than 2,000 enemies, seized all the ammunition carried by the enemy, and won a great victory. At this time, the Red Army had no base and seized too many guns and ammunition and could not take them all away. Looking at the seized materials in front of him, Hong Xuezhi felt very distressed, but he still said: "You can't leave the weapons to the enemy, remove the bolts and take them away, and burn the rest."
In February 1933, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the political commissar of the 1st Battalion of the Red 29th Regiment; in March, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the director of the Political Department of the Red 29th Regiment; in April, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the director of the Political Department of the 217th Regiment of the 73rd Division of the Red 4th Army; in June, Hong Xuezhi was promoted again and was appointed as the director of the Political Department of the 92nd Division of the 31st Army of the Red 4th Front Army; in October, Hong Xuezhi was transferred to the position of the Political Department of the 93rd Division. The rapid promotion is amazing, and at the same time, it is also an important reflection of Hong Xuezhi's political level.
In November 1934, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the director of the Political Department of the 4th Army of the Red Fourth Front Army. Soon after, the Red Fourth Front Army began the Long March . During this period, Hong Xuezhi led his troops to participate in the battles of forcing the crossing of Jialing River, Tumen, Baozuo, Suichong Danmao, Tianluming Yaqiongda, and other battles, and was responsible for the rear shelter and raising grain and grass in the front army.

Hong Xuezhi's old photo
In July 1935, Hong Xuezhi was ordered to receive the Central Red Army and raised a large number of military supplies for the Central Red Army organization, which was praised by Liu Shaoqi.
After arriving in northern Shaanxi, Hong Xuezhi was ordered to study at the Red Army University. During this period, Hong Xuezhi had a strong personality and told a lot of truth, telling the arduous battle history of the Red Fourth Front Army.
In June 1941, Hong Xuezhi was ordered to work in the New Fourth Army, and served as vice president of the Fifth Branch of the Anti-Japanese University, commander of the Yancheng Garrison District, commander of the Yanfu Military Region, deputy commander and chief of staff of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army.
1945, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Party Central Committee proposed the strategic policy of "developing northward and defending southward". In September, the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army received an order from the Central Military Commission to arrive in Linyi, Shandong before October 10 to assemble and prepare to enter the Northeast.In November, Hong Xuezhi and others entered the area west of Jinzhou .
In 1947, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the commander of the 6th Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance. During his tenure, Hong Xuezhi led his troops and his brothers to annihilate the New Fifth Army, the elite troops of Chiang Kai-shek, and won the Xinlitun Battle, which shocked Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing.

Hong Xuezhi's old photos
Later, Hong Xuezhi led his troops to occupy important cities such as Liaoyang , Anshan , Yingkou , and wiped out more than 30,000 people including the 54th and 24th Division of the Kuomintang, and was praised by Chairman Mao, Chen Yun and others, and was commended by power generation.
1949, after the liberation of Pingjin, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the commander of the 43rd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In April, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the first deputy commander and chief of staff of the 15th Corps of the Fourth Field Army. Soon after, Hong Xuezhi led his troops across the Yangtze River and headed south to participate in the battle to liberate Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan Island.
Chen Yun: I will find a way to add new cars and supplies to you
1950, just as the people of the whole country were preparing to build a new China, Korean War broke out. Soon after, the " United Nations Army " led by the United States brazenly invaded North Korea and burned the war to my country's northeastern border, bombing our border city Andong, causing the Chinese people, who have suffered from the war, to fall into the war again.
October, just after the National Day, the Party Central Committee headed by Chairman Mao decided to send troops to North Korea to defend its country, and appointed Peng Dehuai as the commander and political commissar of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, Deng Hua as the deputy commander and deputy political commissar, Hong Xuezhi and Han Xianchu as deputy commander, Xie Fang as the chief of staff, and Du Ping as the director of the political department, ready to enter North Korea at any time.

Peng Dehuai is commanding the battle
As the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, Peng Dehuai, commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, increasingly felt the importance of logistics support.
In April 1951, on the entrusted by Commander Peng Dehuai, Hong Xuezhi returned to China to report to the central government on the work of war and logistics transportation. After meeting Premier Zhou Enlai, Hong Xuezhi expressed his request to establish a rear service command and said:
"Modern war is a three-dimensional war, which not only covers the ground, air and sea, but also takes place at the front and rear at the same time. The United States implements comprehensive control of bombing on our rear, which is a war fought in our rear. To adapt to this characteristic, logistics requires joint combat such as air defense forces, communications forces, railway forces, engineer troops and other forces, and also needs a leading agency for rear war - the rear service command, in order to provide support in combat and carry out war in support."
On May 1, under the arrangement of Premier Zhou Enlai, Hong Xuezhi boarded Tiananmen and watched the mass parade celebrating the "May Day" as the representative of volunteer army .
On Tiananmen Square, Chairman Mao, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Chen Yun and Nie Rongzhen surrounded Hong Xuezhi and asked him about his well-being, very enthusiastic.

Chen Yun's old photo
Then, Hong Xuezhi was ordered to go to Chen Yun's home and reported in detail the situation on the Korean battlefield to Chen Yun. During this period, Chen Yun asked very carefully, including how the army organized it? How to store and transport materials? How about the driver equipped in the rear working in front? How did the warrior eat? How are you dressed? What is the biggest difficulty, and a series of very specific questions. Hong Xuezhi answered this one by one.
After listening to Hong Xuezhi's report, Chen Yun was very happy and said, "You have studied many methods in the front line combat. It is very good. In the future, we actively find ways to supplement new cars and supplies for you. We also add 4 anti-aircraft artillery battalions to the rear service headquarters to solve the problem of enemy aircraft attacks."
After hearing Chen Yun's statement, Hong Xuezhi was very happy and said that with the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, our rear supply line will not be afraid of enemy aircraft, and said that in this way, the soldiers in the front will no longer have to worry about food, bedding and ammunition supply.
After returning to North Korea, the Central Military Commission officially issued an order to establish the rear service headquarters of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. After discussion, in addition to Hong Xuezhi, everyone agreed that Hong Xuezhi would serve as the commander of the rear service headquarters of the Volunteer Army. For this reason, Hong Xuezhi raised his own concerns. Finally, under the persuasion of Peng Dehuai and others, Hong Xuezhi took over the position of commander.
In 1953, Hong Xuezhi received an order from the Central Military Commission to study at Nanjing Military Academy . In 1954, Hong Xuezhi was appointed as the deputy director of the General Logistics Department.

General Hong Xuezhi
1955, the People's Liberation Army implemented the military rank system, and Hong Xuezhi was awarded the rank of general. In 1988, Deng Xiaoping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, once again awarded Hong Xuezhi the rank of general. Therefore, Hong Xuezhi also became the only general in the history of our army to be awarded the rank of general twice.
In June 1989, at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Jiang Zemin was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee; in 1990, Jiang Zemin replaced Deng Xiaoping as Chairman of the Central Military Commission; in 1993, Jiang Zemin was elected as President of the People's Republic of China.
After a period of transition, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China completed the alternation between the second generation of central leadership collective with Deng Xiaoping as the core to the third generation of central leadership collective with Jiang Zemin as the core, and officially formed the Party Central Committee leadership collective with Jiang Zemin as the core. In order to ensure the stability and continuity of the party’s policies and achieve long-term stability of the country, it has produced extremely important significance.
Since then, the third generation of central leadership collective with Jiang Zemin as the core has officially shouldered the mission of leading the whole party and the people of the whole country to continue to build socialist China. On the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we have forged our courage to move forward and strive to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
Hong Xuezhi witnessed all the difficulties and difficulties on the road to establishing a new China, and Chen Yun also experienced them. Thinking about the past and looking at the present, Chen Yun is very satisfied with the achievements made by the Party Central Committee with Jiang Zemin as the core and often smiles.

Chen Yun and Deng Xiaoping were talking
In January 1994, taking advantage of Hong Xuezhi's opportunity to see him, Chen Yun said: "I am full of confidence in the third-generation central leadership group with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core, and firmly believe that I will be able to continuously overcome difficulties and push our career forward."
This year, Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yun spent the Spring Festival in Shanghai and also went on TV. On the screen, Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yun were sitting on the sofa, chatting and laughing, constantly making gestures, full of confidence in China's future...