In the Central Red Army, there are three teams called the three "tigers".
The first appearance of the three "tigers" of the Red Army was in August 1933, when the festival was the fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, and the Central Red Army held a "military games" to strengthen military and political training and comprehensively improve the quality of the troops. After two days of competition, the Red 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division won the first place, and the second and third places were the Red 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division and the Red 1st Regiment of the 1st Division, respectively. At the summary meeting of the Games, Nie Shuai said that the first, second and third places were the "three tigers" of the Red First Army. Thus, the three "tigers" of the Red Army were called away.
So, who are the main leaders of the three "tigers" of the Red Army?
1. Red 5 Regiment
Group Leader: Chen Zhengxiang.
Chen Zhengxiang was born in 1911 in Hunan, served as a soldier in the Tang Shengzhi Department of the Xiang Army in his early years, joined the Red Army after participating in the Xincheng Uprising in 1930, and successively served as the commander of the machine gun company of the 91st Regiment of the 31st Division of the Red Army, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the Red First Army, the commander of the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division, the commander of the 45th Regiment of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, participated in the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955, and died on December 2, 1993 at the age of 82.
Political Commissar: Wang Daobang.
Wang Daobang was born in 1911 in Yongxin, Jiangxi, joined the Red Army in 1930, and successively served as a platoon leader, a propaganda team leader, a company political instructor of the General Headquarters of the Red Army, the general secretary of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division of the Red 1st Army, and the acting political commissar of the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division. He participated in the Revolutionary Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955 and died on November 12, 1959, at the age of 48.
2. Red 4 Regiment
Group Leader: Huang Kaixiang.
Huang Kaixiang is a native of Yiyang, Jiangxi, born in 1901, joined the party in 1926, successively served as chairman of the Military Commission of the Soviet District of Dexing County and political commissar of the independent battalion, chief of staff of the Red 10Th Army, political commissar of the independent 22nd Division of the Guangdong-Gansu Military Region, commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Division of the Red First Army, and other positions.
Political Commissar: Yang Chengwu.
Born in 1914 in Changting, Fujian Province, Yang Chengwu joined the Red Army in 1929, successively served as an officer of the Third Column of the 4th Army of the Red First Army, a political commissar of the company, a political commissar of the Teaching Brigade, a political commissar of the 32nd Regiment of the Red 11th Division, a political commissar of the 4th Regiment of the Red 2nd Division, a commander and political commissar of the Red 1st Division, and participated in the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and was awarded the rank of general in 1955, and died on February 14, 2004 at the age of 90.
3. Red 1 Regiment
Group Leader: Yang Dezhi.
Yang Dezhi is a native of Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, born in 1911, joined the Red Army in 1928, successively served as platoon commander and company commander of the 11th Division of the Red 4th Army, chief of the management section of the 45th Division, commander of the 93rd Regiment, commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the 1st Division of the Red First Army, deputy division commander, commander of the 2nd Division, etc., participated in the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, was awarded the rank of general in 1955, and died on October 25, 1994, at the age of 83.
Political Commissar: Li Lin
Li Lin was born in 1907 in Pingjiang, Hunan Province, joined the Party in 1930, and later joined the Red Third Army, successively serving as the political commissar of the First and Second Regiments of the General Military Station of the Red Army, the leader and political commissar of the Independent First Regiment, the political commissar of the Red Twenty-fourth Division, the acting political commissar of the Sixth Division of the Red Third Army, and the political commissar of the First Division and the First Regiment of the Red First Army, and participated in the Long March. In 1937, when he was the minister of military affairs in Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Province, he died of illness at the age of 30.
These three "tiger" teams of the Red Army were not verbally shouted, and in the later Long March, they gave full play to the power of the "fierce tigers", and the most classic action was to forcibly cross the Dadu River.
After the Red Army crossed the Jinsha River by chance, in order to get rid of the encirclement and blockade of the Kuomintang army, buy time, and cross the Dadu River, the chairman ordered the Red 5th Regiment to take the right road and advance along the Xichang to Ya'an Avenue to the Dashubao Ferry, pretending to be the main force of the Red Army to cross the river in order to confuse and contain the enemy. At the same time, with the Red 1st Regiment as the main force, the Central Red Army Advance Team was formed, and the Red 4th Regiment was the reserve team, traveling at night and day, covertly crossing the Daliang Mountain, and advancing towards the Anshunchang Ferry. When there was no hope for the whole army to cross the river from Anshun field, the chairman immediately ordered the Red 4th Regiment to be the vanguard of the left column and fly to seize the Luding Bridge, saving the Red Army and avoiding the doom of the entire army being destroyed.
In this strategic operation, the three "tigers" took turns to fight, and the three "fists" attacked one after another. The chairman said: We first release a "tiger" to attract the enemy's attention to the direction of Dashu fort; then release a second "tiger" and cross the Dadu River from Anshunchang unexpectedly; if there is an accident, we have a third "tiger"! Zhou Gong said: These three "fists", we hit out one by one! Red 5 Regiment is the first "fist", Red 1 Regiment is the second "fist", Red 4 Regiment is the third "fist", one punch is heavier than one punch! The Central Red Army won a complete victory.
Later on the Long March, the three "tigers" of the Red Army have always exerted the power of "fierce tigers descending the mountain" and become the vanguard of the Red Army.