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Founding General Xiao Ke Like the founding Marshal Lin Biao , they were both born in 1907, and are both cadets of the Whampoa Military Academy. They also participated in the Northern Expedition, the Nanchang Uprising, and the Jinggangshan Struggle. They made many military achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation.
Lin Biao
In his later years, Xiao Ke pertinently evaluated Lin Biao as being introverted, cunning, self-esteem, and unable to tolerate others, but leading troops to fight is a good move, and his military achievements are indelible.
Regarding Lin Biao's merits and demerits, Xiao Ke always treated it from a rational and objective perspective.
What kind of person is such a general with a open mind?
Reasons for embarking on the revolutionary path
0 Xiao Ke was born in an ordinary scholarly family. He studied in a private school since childhood and was familiar with " Four Books " and " Five Classics ". Later, he studied in a normal school and had a very good writing style.
He is the third son of the family, with two older brothers on it. The older brother doesn’t study much and started farming at the age of 12 to help the family make a living.
Xiao Ke
Unlike Xiao Ke who loves reading, the eldest brother is very heroic and has a sense of justice. He is even more jealous of the big landlords who bully people, so he offended the local reactionary forces.
Later, the eldest brother was brutally killed. In order to avenge the eldest brother, Xiao Ke and his second brother decided to embark on the road of revolution.
The second brother is eight years older than Xiao Ke. He went to Changsha to study first, and then was admitted to the Hunan Army Officer's School, officially embarking on the road of revolution.
Under the infection of the second brother, Xiao Ke also wanted to abandon his pen and join the army.
At the beginning, the second brother disagreed with him, and he also took this path. First, the family cannot be unsuccessful, and second, taking the path of revolution means a life-threatening death.
Xiao Ke always remembers his brother's deep blood hatred and thousands of oppressed people like them. If he wants to live normally, the only way out is to make a revolution.
Xiao Ke
Looking at my brother's firm attitude, the second brother finally agreed to his decision.
With the support of his second brother, Xiao Ke went south to Guangzhou before the normal school graduate. At that time, the fourth phase of enrollment for the Whampoa Military Academy had ended, so he could only apply for a branch of the Whampoa Military Academy.
outstanding military achievements and fame and fame
After graduation, Xiao Ke participated in the Northern Expedition and followed the army to fight in various places.
In early 1927, he came to Ye Ting's troops to serve as a political instructor. In view of Xiao Ke's performance on the battlefield, he was transferred to the acting company commander of the Fourth Company. At the same time, under the introduction of the company commander of the Third Company, Xiao Ke became a member of the Communist Party of China and followed Ye Ting to participate in the Nanchang Uprising.
After the Nanchang Uprising, the troops were disbanded due to decision-making mistakes, Xiao Ke lost contact with the party organization, and he came to Guangzhou. Because he had no money, he could only put down his dignity and survive by begging, and continued to look for the party organization.
Ye Ting
Later, he found a relative in Hunan and found the party organization through his relatives, restoring his party membership. Xiao Ke was extremely excited at that time, and he finally found his backbone.
In early 1928, Xiao Ke participated in the riot in Linwu and served as deputy battalion commander of the independent battalion.
In early April, Xiao Ke was ordered to lead the Independence Camp to cross mountains and cross ridges and move eastward. On the way, I met the troops of Chairman Mao , and became the first team to meet with Chairman Mao. He followed the Chairman into Jinggangshan, so that he truly found support.
At that time, Xiao Ke's independent battalion had five or six hundred people, but there were few guns, only more than fifty shots, the most was slug . The chairman later praised him as a real peasant uprising team.
Xiao Ke's independent battalion was organized in the 29th Regiment. During the Jinggangshan period, Zhu De already admired Xiao Ke very much and believed that he was both literary and military.
zhu De
Red Army On the Long March, Xiao Ke and Wang Zhen led Red Sixth Legion played a major role. They fought wits and courage with the enemy, and they were flexible in the battle, and their whereabouts were erratic, making the enemy angry and cursed. Behind
, in order to contact other troops, the Red Sixth Army had to set out west from Jiangxi. After more than two months of long journey, they broke through the enemy's siege and blockade. Finally, at the Helong and to Ying , they successfully met in Muhuang, Yinjiang County, Guizhou Province.
The Western Expedition of the Red Sixth Army became the advance team of the Long March of the Central Red Army.
During the Long March, in order to get rid of the pursuit of Yunnan warlords Longyun , Xiao Ke gave a surprising proposal and successfully got rid of Longyun's pursuit. Later, this story was compiled into "Broken Straw Sands" by the troupe for performance.
Longyun
Whether it was during the War of Resistance Against Japan or the War of Liberation, Xiao Ke was a general and sacrificed his life for the cause of revolution.
Such an outstanding talent, when he was awarded the medal in 1955, he only received the rank of general, and some people could not help but complain for him.
Even if it is not a marshal, the general should have him. Two of them wanted to give up their rank to Xiao Ke, but he refused.
Before announcing the rank of awards, Chairman Mao had talked to Xiao Ke. He was among the 15 founding generals, but the official result was only the top ten.
Xiao Ke
So Chairman Mao set him the first place in the general, thinking that in this way, there is nothing to say about the general, and there is nothing to argue with the general.
The fact is not the case. There are many people who are unfair to Xiao Ke, but Xiao Ke himself is calm and composed. He believes that many comrades have sacrificed their lives. Those who can survive will be rated without ratings, and any ratings can be evaluated.
He also used Eastern Han general Feng Yi as a model to convince those who hold on to him.
Feng Yi was a founding general during the reign of Emperor Guangwu. He was brave and good at fighting on the battlefield and made great achievements. However, he was humble and never argued about his achievements. Whenever the generals gathered to discuss military achievements, he would hide under a big tree, so he was called General of the Big Tree.
Xiao Ke believes that as a Communist, he should do better than the ancients. It is the first choice to be fame and fortune indifferent.
Feng Yi
Strong and positive comrades-in-arms
Xiao Ke and Lin Biao became involved in the war because they were the same age and had many common topics. After getting along with each other many times, they got to know each other better.
Lin Biao likes to study and admires Xiao Ke, who graduated from normal school, and often discusses military calligraphy with him. Both of them appreciate each other's military literacy very much.
When Xiao Ke served in the army led by Lin Biao, Lin Biao gave him great freedom. When fighting, Xiao Ke was the chief of staff, and when not fighting, he was the captain of the teaching team.
When fighting, Lin Biao was quick in military thinking and had a very high military command ability. He would watch the war terrain map with Xiao Ke. After reading the terrain map, the corresponding commands were all out.
Lin Biao
Xiao Ke has a good impression of Lin Biao's ability in this regard, but in terms of Lin Biao's personality, he feels that he is too self-esteem, and is taciturn, with a sharp language, and is not easy to get along with.
Xiong Shouqi was a great intellectual in the early Red Army and a person trusted by Chairman Mao. The organization arranged for him to be Lin Biao's political commissar, but for some reason the two quarreled every day, even to the point where both of them proposed to resign.
Zhu De criticized and mediated them. Xiong Shouqi gave Zhu De face, but Lin Biao insisted on changing the political commissar. Later, Chairman Mao had to transfer the good-tempered Luo Ronghuan to partner with Lin Biao.
This is Lin Biao, who has a bad temper and is tough. He dares to slap the table and stare at anyone else when he has a temper.
No matter how good a friend is with him for a long time, there will be differences and conflicts, and Xiao Ke and Lin Biao are no exception.
Lin Biao
When entering the Central and Southern regions, Lin Biao believed that the work in the Central and Southern regions should be mainly rural areas, while Xiao Ke believed that the focus of work should be shifted to the city in accordance with the instructions of the central government.
In order to stick to his point of view, Lin Biao made many moves, first put forward it at the Central China Bureau meeting and the 28th anniversary commemoration meeting of the Party in Wuhan, and then published his speech in " Yangtze River Daily ". After
, the central government intends to agree with Lin Biao's point of view, but asks him to explain in detail what he will publish in the newspaper. However, Lin Biao failed to seize the opportunity and could not clearly explain his point of view. He attributed the responsibility to Xiao Ke.
In the battle to enter Hankou , Xiao Ke, as the chief of staff, closely cooperated with Lin Biao's command to fight. In the battle, Lin Biao concentrated his superior forces and seized the enemy's weaknesses, giving Bai Chongxi a heavy blow to the group, which played an indelible and important role in our army's march into Guangdong and Guangxi and all annihilated the enemies in the Central and Southern regions.
Lin Biao
However, when reporting the results of the battle, Lin Biao exaggerated the facts and said that he annihilated all the Seventh Army and the 38th Division of the 46th Army.
Xiao Ke believes that the situation is not true, so he personally took people to check the number of enemies annihilated and found that the 38th Division had only been annihilated a regiment. In the face of the exact situation, Lin Biao did not correct the results he reported, and even after the organization found out, it did not correct it.
Xiao Ke believes that Lin Biao has too strong self-esteem and is not very honest.
Even though the two had differences, Xiao Ke still treated Lin Biao from a realistic perspective.
Lin Biao in his early years was actually very brave and good at fighting. Later, some people took advantage of the situation and fabricated some false remarks to slander him.
Xiao Ke was very angry when he learned about it and came forward to support Lin Biao. In the face of his true words, no one dared to turn black and white again.
Lin Biao
always adheres to the idea of serving the people
After the People's Republic of China, Xiao Ke served as Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Defense under the Minister of National Defense, General Peng, and other work.
Later, Xiao Ke came to work in the reservoir of Heilongjiang Reclamation District. He was responsible for agricultural machinery. In order to do this job well, he got up before dawn every day and learned to drive a tractor. Even the teacher who taught him said that he made rapid progress.
3 After 2003, Xiao Ke came to Beijing to report to Premier Zhou , and Premier Zhou affirmed Xiao Ke's work. With the efforts of everyone, agricultural mechanization across the country has made great progress and grain output has also been greatly improved.
General Xiao Ke worked hard and simple all his life. From his arrival in Beijing in 1952 to his death in 2008, the house he lived in was a bungalow organized by the organization and the furniture was also distributed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Xiao Ke
Xiao Ke never pays attention to eating and drinking. He eats very simply, and coarse grains account for the majority. He once told his only son that we could eat anything we ate in the past.
And he never wastes food and does not pay attention to pomp. Even in the 1990s, the country became rich, he stipulated how long it would take to eat his favorite braised pork.
Xiao Ke also asked his son Xiao Xinghua to and from school by himself every day. Although the school is far away from home, he cannot enjoy the treatment of his father's special car picking up and dropping off. Even if you are sick, you have to walk home by yourself. Once, because of the fever that was so great, Xiao Xinghua lies in bed and can't get up when he gets home. He has been sick for a long time.
Xiao Ke
Under the strict requirements of his father, Xiao Xinghua has been working hard and has grown into a general with both civil and military power in the army, becoming one of the few father-son generals in our army.
Xiao Ke was not proud of it. When he passed away in 2008, his family took out his last words, which were about the tombstone. He asked only his name to be written on the tombstone, and the words "seeking truth". There is no need for too much description of merit.
The veteran general’s 102-year life character is admirable.
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