The famous hero Wu Huanxian is praised by people as the "military soul" of Red 25 Army . He had already died in Jingchuan County, Gansu Province on the Long March Road in August 1935. I always thought that he died young and had no descendants passed down from generation to generation. Today, when I studied historical materials, I suddenly realized that he had descended from generation to generation and still lived in his hometown. This completely overturned my previous perception.
Wu Huanxian's son is Wu Shizhi. He and his descendants still live in Sijiao Caomen, Jianchanghe Township (formerly belonging to Huang'an, Hubei, and now affiliated to Xinxian, Henan). However, Wu Shizhi was not Wu Huanxian's legitimate son, but was actually the eldest son of Wu Huanxian's fourth brother.
Wu Huanxian's stepson Wu Shiye
Wu Huanxian's wife Cao Ganxian was pregnant, but she died of starvation in the spring and summer of 1934. After that, Wu Huanxian did not marry again. He later died in the Long March, so there was no legitimate son passed down.
Wu Huanxian's brothers are five and one big son. In the old society where white terror is pervaded, his family was repeatedly baptized by the enemy. In the end, only his fourth brother Wu Shu first escaped to Jiangxi before he survived. After liberation of
, Wu Shuxian returned to his hometown to rebuild his country. After he came back, he adopted his eldest son Wu Shizhi to Wu Huanxian's name according to local customs to help him inherit his bloodline. Therefore, Wu Shizhi's true identity is Wu Huanxian's stepson.
In order to facilitate the sacrifice of his father, Wu Shizhi built a tomb for him in his hometown. He would light incense and burn paper for him every Qingming Festival and worship him seriously.
Wu Shizhi worshiped his stepfather Wu Huanxian
90 years ago, the fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" of the Red Fourth Front Army failed, and was forced to leave Dabie Mountains and forced to expedition the west. The Hubei-Henan-Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, which was responsible for staying in the Dabie Mountains, had to reorganize the wounded and sick members of the former Red Fourth Front Army and local troops, and rebuilt and established the Red 25th Army in November 1932. Wu Huan was appointed commander and Xu Haidong was appointed deputy commander. Later, the Red 28th Army was established in western Anhui. In April 1934, the Red 28th Army and the Red 25th Army joined forces and merged into the Red 25th Army. Commander Xu Haidong and political commissar Wu Huanxian.
Wu Huanxian was both the commander of the Red 25th Army and the political commissar, and died in August 1935 during the Long March. He has made outstanding contributions and is praised by people as the "military soul" of the Red 25th Army.
