Xiao Hua, the youngest founding general, was a commander at the age of 22. His wife was the youngest female Red Army in the Long March.

The founding generals of New China are naturally experienced and accomplished in battle. According to reason, those who become founding generals are at least middle-aged and old. There is one founding general of who was awarded the title of admiral. When he was only 39 years old, he was the youngest founding general in our country 萧华.

He was talented. Although he was born in poverty, he became a secretary at the age of 13, and a column commander at the age of 22. and his wife was Wang Xinlan, the youngest female Red Army in the Long March.

was born poor and young

In 1916, Xiao Hua was born in a poor mason family in Xiaowu Village, Jiangxi. His parents were both Communist Party members. , And later sacrificed in the battle. Xiao Hua was talented and ambitious since he was a child. When he was in elementary school, his grades were always among the best. When he was 12 years old to celebrate the Spring Festival, he wrote in his couplet:

"Youthful spirit, anger swallows thousands of miles" , Heng batch "Tianxia Datong" . It is not easy for a 12-year-old child to write such an angry couplet. At that time, the local tyrants and gentlemen in other villages were shocked after seeing this couplet. When he was young, he participated in the revolution and assumed the task of sending letters.

Although his body is small and the clothes he wears are not conspicuous, he is no different from ordinary poor children, but he has ambition in his essay "My Future", and he stated his ambition: " "Down with the warlords" and "eliminate the powers" , the teacher felt that this child is not simple, he is also highly regarded by the teacher.

When the school organized a band, Xiao Hua took a fancy to a bronze horn, and couldn't help but blew it against it. Unexpectedly, his classmates were aroused by the "chicks" Our laughter was also ridiculed by the son of the president of the Chamber of Commerce. He was not discouraged, and under the encouragement of his teacher, he insisted on practicing hard to play the trumpet. There is a will, and half a year later, he is already very skilled in playing the trumpet.

At the school party, Xiao Hua played the trumpet to drew the cheers from the crowd and pushed the party to a climax. But unfortunately, when the school learned that he was from a humble background, he was not allowed to continue playing. Xiao Hua was so touched that he had no interest in continuing to attend such a school, so he dropped out of school and went home.

Juvenile Revolution Shows His Skills

In 1927, Xiao Hua secretly joined "青年干社", which is a peripheral organization of our party, and has since started his work Revolutionary career, when he was only eleven years old. When he took a ladder to send the flyers into the high-walled courtyard of the county government office, he was chased by the police. Fortunately, he was quick to react and lifted the pre-prepared lime to the surrounding area and escaped in the smoke.

This winter, there was a peasant riot in Xingguo County. On the night of , he and his partners blacked out the doors of local tyrants, evil gentry, and corrupt officials with charcoal. The next day the team entered the city and was able to arrest them according to their plans. This group of people made great contributions to this group of people because of this young age. From this we can also know that Xiao Hua's organizational talent and ingenuity are extraordinary.

When Xiao Hua was thirteen years old, he first met the chairman of the third column of the Red Fourth Army passing through Xingguocheng. This year he was elected as the secretary of the Xingguo County Party Committee of the Communist Youth League, established the Youth League Committee and Youth League Branch, and organized The young vanguard, the organization is highly appreciated by the chairman.

At the age of fourteen, was able to get the chairman’s affirmation again for his excellent work , and was transferred to the Fourth Red Army to work. It took him just over a month. Improved the youth organization of the entire army. Due to his outstanding organizational skills, although he was young, he was promoted many times. In less than five years, he was promoted from the political commissar of the secret service camp to the head of the organization department of the political department of the Red First Army.

In 1935, Xiao Hua commanded the Wujiang advance troops to fight for battleIn 四渡赤水战战, he conducted political work on the troops and participated in the battle.

When passing through the Daliang Mountain, they encountered resistance from ethnic minority tribes. The two sides were at war and the situation was extremely tense. He strictly ordered the troops to strictly implement the party's ethnic policy and did not order to prohibit firing. At the same time, he found people who understand the national language and communicated with them smoothly. This enabled our army to receive the support of the local ethnic tribes and Liu Bocheng's army passed the Yi ethnic area smoothly .

During the Anti-Japanese War, he participated in the famous 平型关战, and commanded troops to fight with Brigadier Chen Guang in Guangyang, Yitang and Wucheng. In 1938, the 22-year-old Xiao Hua served as the commander of the Anti-Japanese War column. He led the troops to sleep and eat, traverse mountains and rivers, cross the grassland, cross the Taiheng Mountains, and reach the Jilu Plain, where they started dealing with the enemy behind enemy lines.

He gave full play to his talents in Leling County, Shandong, adjusted the leadership, mobilized the masses, expanded the armed forces, launched guerrilla battles , disintegrated the anti-communists and reactionaries The strength of the militia changed the situation between the enemy and the enemy, and enabled the base area to be consolidated and rapidly expanded.

The county magistrate of Leling, the opponent of the national army, couldn’t think that Xiao Hua was still a "娃娃" but he had such a great skill, I was surprised. The name of the eighth road army "娃娃Commander" is therefore It spread in the Jilu border area. In 1940, in the battle against the traitor 石友三, he and Commander Song Renqiong commanded the minister to wipe out more than 20,000 enemies and eradicate the military foundation of the three forces of Shiyou.

At a young age, Xiao Hua led his troops to fight in the North and South. With his excellent organizational leadership, he made great achievements. When he saw the chairman again in 1949, the chairman smiled and moved until the two had not seen each other for many years. Xiao Hua worked for a while Commander, serving as a political commissar for a while, and traveling back and forth between Shandong and Northeast. Chairman said that he "has great prospects!" It can be seen that the chairman paid extraordinary attention and appreciation to this young talent.

Integrity and unyielding suffering persecution

During the special period, Xiao Hua was dissatisfied with Jiang Qing’s free intervention in the army’s affairs and quarreled with others. He was hostile by the rebels and later rebelled. Pie pulled away.

Although he was able to come back under the instructions of the Prime Minister and the chairman, the counter-revolutionary group was very rampant at the time. He was detained and detained after being defeated and suffered misery. When he was released seven years later, his whole body was swollen and his pores were bleeding. Everyone was stunned when they saw it. Someone asked him to apologize to them and perhaps save them from prison, but he insisted on principle and refused to give in, saying that he would rather sit in prison.

General Xiao Hua was young, and he was not discouraged by such setbacks in his later years. He once said: "The revolutionary ideal is higher than the sky". Its perseverance and unyielding character are worth learning from each of us.

disappeared in Chinese politics for nearly seven years, the chairman thought of him and wanted him to attend the Tiananmen National Day ceremony. The rebels hurriedly invited Xiao Hua out of prison. He didn't say anything, and he appeared very calm. People felt uneasy about his experience, and he was calm and calm about his past.

He said in a self-encouraging poem: "Fighting from the South to the North, experiencing the wind and frost. Youth is dedicated to national liberation, and the middle-aged is woven into the motherland’s splendid new clothes. Old Ji Hard work, ambitions. The four modernizations fight the wind and the waves, and the afterglow glow is also full of clouds! " This may be the best summary of the life's ambitions of this man in the wind.