He was a famous red army general who could win more with less and turn the tide, but after the founding of the country, he was imprisoned and set himself on fire
From October 1934 to October 1936, our army embarked on a long march. For this long journey full of hardships and dangers, only those who have experienced it can know its ups and downs. The Red Army climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed meadows, lacked food and clothing, and many soldiers were unfortunately killed because they were frozen and starved, and the reason why the Central Red Army was able to successfully reach northern Shaanxi was that it had to mention the Second Division of the Red Army, the pioneer of the Long March. The Second Division of the Red Army, as the vanguard, always took the lead in critical moments and took the lead in opening the way forward for the main force of the Red Army. Today we are going to talk about General Chen Guang, who is the commander of the Second Red Division.
Chen Guang was born in 1905 in Yichang, Hunan Province. In 1926, the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Hunan Province. Under the leadership of the party, peasant associations were established in various parts of Hunan Province, and Chen Guang was the first to participate. He performed well, became the backbone of the peasant association, and joined the party the following year.
In January 1928, Zhu Laozong and Chen Yi led more than 1,000 people of the Nanchang rebel army to Yichang. Hearing this news, Chen Guang was so excited that he took out the 12 rifles captured in the Ma-Ri Incident and formed the Peasant Red Guards to coordinate the Red Army's uprising in Shonan.
A few years later, Shaw recalled: "At that time, the weapons of the Red Guards were mostly large knives and darts. Having a dirt gun is already very rare! Chen Guang's team had more than ten rifles, which were already very powerful at that time! ”
Chen Guang joined the Red Army after the Shonan Uprising. After the Battle of Jinggangshan and the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle, at the time of the Long March, Chen Guang was already the commander of the Red Second Division, serving as the vanguard of the entire army, and blazing a trail for the advance of the main force of the Red Army.
In 1935, the leading troops of the Central Red Army came to dadu river. At that time, the Red Regiment had occupied the Anshun Field Ferry. However, it was the rainy season, the water was rapid, and the construction of the pontoon bridge was not successful. The four small boats that had been recruited through thousands of twists and turns were only a drop in the ocean for thousands of troops. Finally, Chen Guang led the Red 4th Regiment to run 120 kilometers at great speed in one day, so there was the miracle of the Luding Bridge, which opened the way for the main force of the Red Army to go north.
After the victorious arrival of the Long March in northern Shaanxi, Chen Guang successively participated in the Battle of Zhiluo Town and the Battle of the Eastern Crusade. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Guang served as the brigade commander of the 343rd Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. In March 1938, Lin Zong was unfortunately injured, he had to return to Yan'an for recuperation, and later his illness became more and more serious, Lin Zong went to the Soviet Union for medical treatment, after his departure, Chen Guang was entrusted with a heavy responsibility as the acting division commander.
Soon after Chen Guang took office, he and Luo Shuai led some troops into Shandong to establish the Taixi base area. The Taixi base area was like a sharp knife piercing into the heart of the enemy army, dealing a great blow to the Japanese and puppet armies in Tai'an and Jinan.
In May 1939, the Japanese army led more than 5,000 people to invade the Taixi base area. At that time, more than 3,000 people from the party and government organs of the division and regiment and their subordinate units were surrounded. Luo Shuai was not in the base area at that time, and all the orders fell on Chen Guang's head.
At that time, Chen Guang led his army back to the north, did not think, he encountered the Japanese army on the road, the whole army of more than three thousand people were crowded trapped in a narrow place near the land house, this is also the most dangerous one in Chen Guang's combat journey, if the enemy army breaks through a place at this time, then the whole army is likely to be left without armor.
At the crucial moment, Chen Guang showed his command ability to stay in danger and the tactical quality of grasping the fighter plane in a timely manner. He personally went to the front line to supervise the battle of the 686th Regiment, and was on the front line with the soldiers, and the enemy launched nine attacks before and after, all of which were repelled by Chen Guang's army. After a day of fierce fighting, he successfully took advantage of the dim darkness of the night to raid out of the enemy army and safely reach the village of Wuyan and meet With Luo Shuai. This battle is the famous "Land House Breakthrough", this battle killed and wounded more than 1300 enemy troops, our army casualties of only 360 people, in order to facilitate the operation, at the end of the battle, our army discarded some materials. This battle was Chen Guang's famous battle, but it also laid the foundation for his future injustice.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Guang served as deputy commander of the Guangdong Military Region and commander of the Guangzhou Garrison. During his work, due to the subjective and lack of meticulousness of his work attitude, he made some big mistakes. Later, he illegally recruited some children of martyrs and educated young people from his hometown to attend classes in Guangzhou and set up training classes. In response to these mistakes, Ye Shuai personally talked to him, but Chen Guang's personality was straight, Chen Guang had some bad emotions, coupled with the exaggeration of his crimes in the organization, which led to serious consequences.
Due to Chen Guang's bad attitude, the organization finally decided to expel him, not only removing him from his post, but also putting him under house arrest. Later, he was transferred to the Central South Military Region and placed under house arrest on the second floor of a small building in the military region. During this period, the organization sent many people to do ideological work with him and persuaded him to have a good attitude of admitting mistakes. However, Chen Guang believes that he cannot admit and accept many of the charges he has been convicted of, and refuses to accept the organizational treatment of him. The matter was slowly shelved.
In the end, because Chen Guang was charged with various crimes, Chen Guang, who had been majestic on the battlefield and made many meritorious achievements, was finally imprisoned in a small room with no sky for more than 3 years, and the heroes and good men who used to be iron-boned became prisoners. Humiliated, on June 7, 1954, he lit a raging fire on the second floor and went with it, at the age of 49.
After 34 years, the organization returned Chen Guang's innocence, revoked all sanctions, and restored his reputation and party membership.