Speaking of the cadre regiment of the Central Red Army, many friends who are familiar with history are no strangers. He was established on the eve of the Red Army’s Long March, under the jurisdiction of four battalions and an upper cadre, with a total strength of more than 1,000. The main task of the cadre group is to serve as the avant-garde of the military commission column, responsible for guarding and covering along the way, so it is also known as the "imperial forest army" of the military commission column.
Although the number of cadres is not large, the rank of the cadre regiment is very high. The most common fighters are platoon leader and above. Looking at the entire army, there is only one such regiment. It is precisely because of the high level of the cadre regiment that his regiment leader and political commissar are also famous figures. At that time, the head of the cadre regiment was Chen Geng, who later became the founding general, and the political commissar was Song Renqiong. He was awarded the rank of general in 55 years.
Among the cadre regiments, the highest rank is the upper cadre team, where every fighter is above the battalion level. So who were the captain and political commissar of the upper cadre at that time? At that time, the captain of the upper team was Xiao Jinguang. On January 4, 1903, Xiao Jinguang was born in in Zhaozhou Port under the Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, Hunan. Most of the people here live by ferry. When Xiao Jinguang was two years old, his father and grandfather died one after another, and his mother took 6 children to make a living.
Xiao Jinguang is the sixth child at home, with three older brothers and two older sisters. In order to make a living, the brothers have to go up the mountain to chop wood every day, and then pick them to Juzizhou to exchange rice. The two sisters followed their mother to help others embroider, earning change to subsidize the family. The life was very difficult. When General Xiao Jinguang later recalled this period, he said that "there has never been overnight food at home." Soon afterwards, Xiao Jinguang's eldest and third brothers went to the town to become apprentices, and became chefs after being taught. Life at home slowly improved, and Xiao Jinguang was able to study.
In the summer of 1920, Xiao Jinguang rushed to Shanghai to study Russian and receive revolutionary education. A year later, he and Ren Bishi and others went to the Soviet Union to study, and returned to China in the autumn of 1924. At that time, during the KMT cooperation period, Xiao Jinguang was sent to the 6th Division of the 2nd Army of the National Revolutionary Army as a party representative, with the rank of lieutenant general. This starting point was the highest among all founding generals.He later said with a smile that he "has only been promoted to two ranks in his life (lieutenant general to general)". After the failure of the Revolution , Xiao Jinguang went to the Soviet Union to study again. He returned to China in 1930 and served as the political commissar of the 5th Red Army and the 7th Red Army.
After the start of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, due to Li De's wrong command, Li Chuan fell. Not only did Li De not review his mistakes, he also shifted the blame to Xiao Jinguang and removed him from his post. After the establishment of the cadre group of the Military Commission, Xiao Jinguang became the captain of the upper cadre team. After the Zunyi meeting, Xiao Jinguang was transferred to the chief of staff of the Red Army Corps. After that, Xiao Jinguang participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation of successively, and made numerous military contributions. After the founding of New China, he served as the commander of the navy and made important contributions to the construction and development of the Chinese navy. In 1955, Xiao Jinguang was awarded the rank of general.
The political commissar who partnered with Xiao Jinguang in the Shanggan team was Yu Zehong . Yu Zehong, a native of Yibin, Sichuan, was born in February 1903. He joined the revolution at the age of 19 and worked in Shanghai, Hubei and Tianjin successively. In 1934, Yu Zehong came to the Central Soviet Area and joined the Red Army University to teach. After the establishment of the upper cadre team, he became the political commissar. After the Long March of the Red Army arrived in Tashi, Yu Zehong was sent to southern Sichuan to engage in guerrilla warfare. On December 15, 1935, the guerrillas led by Yu Zehong were surrounded by enemies due to the informer of a traitor. Unfortunately, he himself died in the battle and was only 32 years old.
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