The Red 25 Army can be called the “child army”. Most of the staff and guards of the military department are 17 or 18 years old. The soldiers are mostly between 13 and 18 years old. There are hundreds of twelve or three-year-old child soldiers. Many, the youngest child soldier is only 8 years old, and the average age of the entire army is only 15 or 16 years old. Before the departure of the Long March, the Red 25 Army was reorganized in Hejiachong, Tiepu Township, Luoshan County, Henan Province. The division's first-level system was abolished, and the 223, 224, 225 and pistol regiments were directly under the jurisdiction of the army. The commander is Cheng Zihua, the political commissar is Wu Huanxian, the deputy commander is Xu Haidong, the chief of staff is Dai Jiying, and the director of the political department is Zheng Weisan.
, as the smallest of the four Red Army Long March teams, the Red 25 Army was able to independently make the decision to go northward to fight against Japan despite the long-term loss of contact with the central government, and actively respond to the overall situation. During the Long March, the lone army went north and reached northern Shaanxi first. It laid the foundation for the Party Central Committee and the Red Army 1, 2 and 4 to settle in northern Shaanxi, and made the Chinese revolution brighter.
The Red 25th Army is the only one of the 4 Red Army Long March teams that has not reduced but increased its troops. When it started, there were more than 2,980 people, and the maximum number reached more than 4,000. When it arrived in northern Shaanxi, it retained more than 3,400 people. In addition, they stayed in Hubei, Henan and Shanxi during the Long March. The Red 74 Division in the base area developed more than 2,100 people, and the two divisions totaled more than 5,500 people, creating a legend of the Red Army’s Long March.
The Red 25th Army was also the only one of the four Long March teams that sacrificed their main leaders-the military political commissar Wu Huanxian was shot and killed in a bloody battle during the Long March.
When our army was first awarded the ranks, there were as many as 97 founding generals who fought in the Red 25th Army, including 1 general (Xu Haidong), 2 generals (Han Xianchu, Liu Zhen), and 6 lieutenants (Chen Xianrui, Zhang Chiming, Li Yao, Zhang Tianyun, Lin Weixian, Liang Congxue), 88 major generals (Liu Huaqing, who was later vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, etc.).
This article will tell the story of Han Xianchu, a generation of Titans who emerged from the Red 25th Army.
Han Xianchu is a native of Hong'an, Hubei. He was born in 1913 and joined the Communist Party under the guidance of Wu Huanxian. Therefore, Han Xianchu regarded Wu Huanxian as his lifelong revolutionary mentor.
In 1933, he joined the Red 25 Army and served as a soldier, squad leader, platoon leader, company commander, and battalion commander.
During the Long March of the Red 25th Army, Han Xianchu served as a pioneer for many times. He suffered permanent disability from his left arm and left shoulder due to his injuries. He also led his troops to rescue Xu Haidong and “save a general position for Hubei, Henan and Anhui” (Xu Haidong).
Wu Huanxian once praised Han Xianchu like this: "Only Chu has talent, Xianchu is an example!"
In September 1935, the Red 25 Army arrived in northern Shaanxi and the Red 26 and 27 Red Army of Shaanxi and Gansu Red Army led by Liu Zhidan joined forces. The two armies were combined to form the Red 15th Army. The commander of the army was Xu Haidong, the political commissar was Cheng Zihua, the deputy commander and chief of staff was Liu Zhidan, and the director of the political department was Gao Gang.
There are more than 7000 people in the Red 15 Corps. The 75th Division (adapted from the Red 25 Army) is under its commander Zhang Shaodong and the political commissar is Zhao Lingbo; the 78th Division (adapted from the Red 26th Army) is commanded by Yang Sen, and the political commissar is Zhang Mingxian (later Cui Tianmin) ); The 81st Division (adapted from the Red 27th Army) is commanded by He Jinnian, the political commissar is Zhang Dazhi, the chief of staff is Li Zonggui, and the director of the political department is Zhang Shucai. In the battle of Zhiluozhen two months later, Han Xianchu made great contributions again and was promoted to the commander of the 224 regiment of the 75th Division of the Red 15th Army after the battle.
In the spring of 1936, Han Xianchu led a group to cross the river with the Red Army in the Eastern Expedition and sent troops to Shanxi. He surrounded the city of Shilou County (now under the jurisdiction of Luliang City, Shanxi) with two battalions under his command and cooperated with Shanxi guerrillas, controlled the Yellow River ferry, and contained the enemy with one battalion. The strength of the five regiments to match the main force. While
was advancing, there was a sudden gunshot from the front, and an enemy of about 1 battalion suppressed a part of our army in the roadside ditch. Han Xianchu immediately ordered the troops to run forward, launch an attack, and knock the enemy back. When he rushed to the front, he was taken aback, because he saw Chairman Mao—it turned out to be Chairman Mao’s headquarters.
Chairman Mao got to know Han Xianchu. After
, Han Xianchu led his troops to fought a victory near Shuangchi Town without orders from superiors. With a brilliant record, he was promoted to the deputy commander of the Red 78 Division, and one month later he was promoted to the commander of the Red 78 Division. The promotion speed of
is fast enough.
In August 1937, the second KMT-CPC cooperation began, and the Red Army was reorganized intoEighth Route Army, Han Xianchu served as deputy commander of the 688 regiment of the 344 brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. In September, the 115th Division first drew at Xingxingguan and wiped out more than 1,000 Japanese troops. Han Xianchu participated in the battle. After the war, he was ordered to continue to fight against the Japanese at Pingxingguan and Fanzhi.
Soon, Han Xianchu was transferred to the newly formed 689 regiment of the Eighth Route Army as the head of the regiment.
At the beginning of April 1938, the Japanese army concentrated more than 30,000 men and carried out the "Nine-Road Siege" on the southeast area of Shanxi. The main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and Han Xianchu's 689 Regiment intercepted more than 2,000 Japanese troops in Changle Village east of Wuxiang in Shexian County and quickly implemented encirclement and division. At this time, more than 1,000 Japanese troops outside the village turned and counterattacked. Han Xianchu led the way. He led the whole regiment in five hand-to-hand battles with the Japanese army. He finally held the position and guaranteed the victory of the battle in Changle Village. Liu Bocheng, commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, saw this scene in the observation area, applauded and praised Han Xianchu. Later, Wuxiang County in Shanxi built a memorial plaque for revolutionary martyrs in Changle Village, and also specially asked Han Xianchu to write an inscription.
In 1939, Han Xianchu was promoted to deputy brigade commander and acting brigade commander of the 344th brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. In April 1940, Han Xianchu served as the commander of the new 3rd brigade and commander of the 3rd Army Division of the Hebei-Lu-Yu Military Region and became the only side of our army in the War of Resistance. Characters.
In February 1946, Han Xianchu was appointed as the deputy commander of the 4th Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. In May, he commanded three divisions to launch the Battle of Anhai and wiped out Anshan defending the enemy, forcing the Haicheng defending enemy's 184th Division and the 552 Regiment to declare an uprising under the command of Pan Shuoduan, setting a precedent for an uprising in the Northeast Kuomintang army.
The Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao specially generated electricity to praise the battle of Anhai.
In October, Han Xianchu led the main force of the 4 verticals, drove from Xinbin day and night to Xinkailing quickly, surrounded the direct line of Chiang Kai-shek , the 25th division of the 52nd Army, known as the "thousand-mile horse", and created our army in the northeast battlefield. The record of fighting and destroying a whole division of the Kuomintang army was once again praised by the party Central Committee and Chairman Mao's telegram.
In September 1947, Han Xianchu was promoted to the commander of the 3rd Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. In the autumn offensive, Han Xianchu used the "heart-cutting" tactics and commanded troops to march 120 kilometers and rushed to Weiyuan Fort to wipe out the 116th Division of the Kuomintang Army. In the winter offensive operations, he led his troops to cooperate with the brother forces to annihilate the KMT Army's New 5th Army.
In March 1948, Han Xianchu led the 3 verticals as the main offensive force to conquer Siping.
After the Liaoshen Campaign began, Han Xianchu led his troops to conquer Yixian in the first battle with the cooperation of his brothers, and wiped out nearly 10,000 people including the 28th Division of the Kuomintang Army.
In October 1948, the battle against Jinzhou began. Han Xianchu's commander of the 3rd Zong was responsible for attacking the two main strongholds outside Jinzhou, the distribution pool and the big knot. These two strongholds form horns to each other, and the 7th and 8th divisions of the 3 verticals are responsible for the main attack. When attacking the distribution pool, the enemy's dark and reversed firepower points suddenly fired dense bullets. The soldiers who charged fell one after another. The casualties were huge. There were only 26 people left in the main attacking battalion, and their advance was blocked.
Han Xianchu was anxious, and braved the enemy's artillery while it was dark, forcibly enduring the pain of a stomach attack, the guards carried him to the forward command post of the 7th Division. Through close observation in the line of fire, he judged that there was a traffic trench behind it that was convenient for the evacuation of the enemy’s wounded and the forward transportation of ammunition, so he commanded a company to insert from the side and cut off the enemy’s "lifeline" and quickly took it. These two strongholds.
Han Xianchu's accurate analysis and meticulous insight were important factors that contributed to the victory of this battle. If you don't go to the front of the battlefield, you will not be able to make correct judgments, which will inevitably delay the battle process, cause more casualties, and have an inestimable impact on the overall situation. After
conquered these two main strongholds, Han Xianchu commanded troops to quickly break into Jinzhou City. The command post department followed up in time. Command troops were interspersed and divided, surrounded by roundabouts, and fought fiercely until the 15th. The deputy commander Fan Hanjie and the commander of the 6th Corps Lu Junquan were captured.
After the Battle of Jinzhou, Han Xianchu led his troops to western Liaoning to take part in the battle to annihilate the Liao Yaoxiang Corps. After the attack began, both the enemy and the enemy were in motion. According to the situation, Han Xianchu required the troops to fight wherever they find an enemy, and concentrate wherever the gunfire is intensive. The
measure gave full play to the autonomy and flexibility of the divisions, and soon annihilated the headquarters of the Liao Corps and the headquarters of the new 6th Army. Taking advantage of the chaos in the enemy’s command, Han Xianchu led his troops to attack the enemy in depth and wiped out the new1 Army Headquarters and 1 Division 50. After 4 days and nights of fierce fighting, the Liao Yaoxiang Corps was wiped out and the Corps commander Liao Yaoxiang was captured alive.
In the northeast battlefield, Han Xianchu's troops were invincible and invincible, and they were called "tornado troops." The title of "Tornado Force" began when Du Yuming, the commander of the Northeast Security Command of the Kuomintang Army, couldn't help but said: "Here, the hardest thing to deal with is Han Xianchu's Tornado Force." Chen Cheng, Chief of Staff of the Kuomintang Army, was appointed as the chief of staff of
. The director of the Northeast Battalion also wrote in his diary: “Han Xianchu is a very difficult'Tornado Commander'. I don’t know when his troops will appear.” Z1z
Wei Lihuang also said when he took over from Chen Cheng to run the Northeast Battlefield. The troops move as fast as a whirlwind."
After being captured, Liao Yaoxiang said to Han Xianchu: "Mr. Han, Sanzong...The'Tornado Force' of the People's Liberation Army is under your command. You have learned, you have learned!"
In December 1948, the Sanzong was reorganized into the 40th Army. Han Xianchu served as army commander. In late February 1949, Han Xianchu led the 40th army to the south, liberating Wuhan and Changsha, and participated in the Battle of Hengbao and the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi that eliminated the Bai Chongxi Group.
After the victory of the Liangguang Campaign, Han Xianchu led the 40th Army to the Leizhou Peninsula to assemble, and formed the Sea Crossing Corps with the 43rd Army. In April 1950, Han Xianchu led his troops to cross the strait with primitive wooden sailboats to defeat the enemies of the navy and air force with modern equipment, liberating Hainan Island and creating a miracle in the history of war. When
attacked Hainan, Han Xianchu rushed to the forefront of the landing troops on the command ship. The command ship was about 50 meters offshore. Before the beachhead was completely defeated, Han Xianchu jumped into the water and charged his troops to the shore. After landing, in order to make judgments at any time and grasp the initiative on the battlefield, he always rushed to the front line of the team.
In the combat duty room of the Beijing General Staff Headquarters, Acting Chief of Staff Nie Rongzhen interrupted a division chief's report and asked "Where is Han Xianchu?" The division chief said that he had gone to the island. Nie Rongzhen sat down heavily on the chair and said: This sentence is enough! "Z1z
talked about this battle later, Luo Ronghuan once said to Chen Yun: "The Hainan battle is not very easy to fight, but we played well. The troops used are the 12th Corps and the 15th Corps. They are under the unified command of the 15th Corps. However, in the command of the campaign, Comrade Han Xianchu played a leading role. The 12th Corps participated in the battle of the 40th Corps of Comrade Han Xianchu and the commander, which was the original 3 of the Northeast. Column. "Z1z
In October 1950, Han Xianchu set foot on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. He served successively as deputy commander of the 13th Corps, deputy commander of the Chinese People’s Volunteers, and commander of the 19th Corps. As the vanguard of the volunteer army, Han Xianchu’s 40th Army fought. Won the "first battle abroad", opened the prelude to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and broke the myth of the invincibility of the "United Nations Army". Chairman Mao called the Volunteer Army Headquarters to congratulate him. Z1z
Han Xianchu was on the front line in the first to fifth battles Commanding battles. Z1z
Han Xian, Chu Rongma's life, he commanded troops to fight one after another, from one victory to another, from one victory to another. The spirit of "victory" reflected in his rock-solid communism His ideological beliefs, a far-sighted strategic vision, and the mission of giving up his life to a decisive victory. At the beginning of 1953, Han Xianchu returned to China due to illness and served as the deputy chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army.
In 1955, when the army was first rated, Han Xianchu was on the list and became One of the founding generals.
Someone once asked Xu Shiyou, among the many generals in China, who do you admire the most? Xu Shiyou said: Han Xianchu. Then ask why, Xu Shiyou’s answer is: he is brave and strategic.
September 1957, Chairman Mao personally ordered the general, and the Central Military Commission appointed Han Xianchu as the commander of the Fuzhou Military Region.
Han Xianchu did not want to go. Because the Fuzhou Military Region is a Sanye army, he was not familiar with it. Z1z
Chairman Mao said, if you don’t want to go, you have to go. Z1z
Chairman Mao just wants to go. A man who liberated Hainan Island was placed at the helm of the Fuzhou Military Region to let Taiwan take a look. The man who took down Hainan Island is now in front of them.
After understanding Chairman Mao’s good intentions, Han Xianchu took office and worked in the Fuzhou Military Region. The commander last served for 16 years. At that time, the Fuzhou Military Region gathered 4 founding generals: Commander General Han Xianchu, Political Commissar General Li Zhimin, Deputy Commander General Chen Zaidao, and General Wang Jianan.
1962 , Taiwan’s Kuomintang authorities took advantage of theThe opportunity of heavy natural disasters clamored for "counterattack the mainland." Han Xianchu analyzed: "This is a tactic that they put gold on their faces, like a typhoon, and it will pass in a while. But if they use the Golden Horse defense forces and naval bandits to attack the coastal front lines at night, they will just go. I have to guard against it.”
Han Xianchu expected that the Kuomintang army really used to continuously send small groups of armed forces to harass the front lines in Fujian. But Han Xianchu had already prepared the troops. From 1962 to 1973, under the command of Han Xianchu, the Fuzhou Military Region troops wiped out the KMT armed forces and spies more than 90 times, totaling more than 1,000 people.
When Lin Biao, the Minister of National Defense, organized the revision of the military’s combat regulations, he solicited the opinions of various military regions. One of the sections was "Preserve yourself and destroy the enemy". Secretary Han Xianchu, then commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, asked Secretary Han Xianchu to write down his suggestions: Put the enemy to the front, save yourself and put it behind.” Secretary
hesitated and said: Chief, “Save yourself and destroy the enemy” are the original words of Chairman Mao.
Han Xianchu said: "We can only effectively save ourselves in wars when we actively eliminate the enemy, and sometimes we have to sacrifice ourselves in exchange for the victory of annihilating the enemy. If you write, I will be responsible for the problem!" , Chairman Mao said to Han Xianchu, you go to Shenyang.
Han Xianchu said that I am a big boss, I have no education, and I will fight. This answer is not what I asked, but it shows that I don't want to go.
Chairman Mao then said you go to Guangzhou, that is the South Gate.
But Han Xianchu still didn't want to go.
Chairman Mao said then go to Lanzhou, you are a good comrade.
Han Xianchu said I go, I go, I obey the chairman's order.
has only three things. He has said "no" twice, and he will not be a good comrade if he doesn't comply.
Chairman Mao has always liked Han Xianchu.
In this way, Han Xianchu was transferred to the commander of the Lanzhou Military Region and was elected as the vice chairman of the Sixth National People's Congress in June 1983.
On October 3, 1986, Han Xianchu passed away in Beijing at the age of 73. (Liu Jixing)
