Luo Binghui is a legendary soldier.
He came from a very bitter background, after getting married and having children, he ran to Kunming in 1915 to join the army, practiced a lifetime of good marksmanship, and became the retinue of Tang Jiyao, the leader of the Dian Army, but witnessing the greed of the warlords, he returned to his hometown in anger.
His real "founding" in the military was appreciated by Zhu Peide.
In 1921, he defected to Sun Yat-sen and was incorporated into the officer general corps of the base camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and became the deputy leader of the transportation group. It was here that he was appreciated by Zhu Peide, then commander-in-chief of the Dian Army. The following year, the Northern Expedition army went out to Jiangxi, li Xinban, the leader of the transportation group, fell ill, and Luo Binghui acted as the leader of the group and organized the migrant workers to support the front. More than a hundred officers in the group were all of higher rank than Luo Binghui, and Luo Binghui was extremely difficult to lead. Zhu Peide publicly announced:
"Whoever it is, they must obey Luo Binghui's command."
The Northern Expeditionary Army conquered Ganzhou, and the forward moved to Wan'an and Ji'an. On June 16, Chen Jiongming rebelled in Guangzhou and shelled Sun Yat-sen's residence in The Yuexiu Building on Guanyin Mountain. The Northern Expeditionary Army returned to the division to rebel, and Zhu Peide was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. On July 2, Zhu Peide led his troops to fight the rebels in Shaoguan, Qujiang and other places. The battle is in a stalemate state.
Xu Chongzhi, the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Army, was also a Guangdong native with the rebels, and Zhu Peide was worried that Xu Bu had changed, and Luo Binghui and 5 other people were special officers and went to Xu Bu to inspect. Luo Binghui and the others arrived at the battlefield, and seeing that Xu Bu's morale was high, but it was difficult to feed, and the wild vegetable roots had been dug up, it was difficult to last, so they suggested to Xu Chongzhi that they should seek a quick victory. Xu Chongzhi thought that it was very correct, but there was no radio in the army, nor was there a cavalry to pass on orders, Luo Binghui traveled more than a hundred miles at night to return to the headquarters of the Dian Army, and the next day he returned to Xu Bu on foot to convey the order, and then the Dian army and the Yue army attacked the enemy at the same time.
In the siege battle, Luo Binghui was a pioneer, braving the rain of bullets, rushing across the Yongji Bridge on the Li River, to the dongjiang city gate, the defender set fire to the city gate, Luo Binghui took the smoke to climb the city on a ladder. In the middle of the battle, the city gate burned down, and Luo Binghui led his team through the fire to rush into the city, his clothes burning, becoming a burning man, still bravely slaughtering. The defenders retreated in a hurry.
After a night of street fighting, the Dian army occupied the whole city of Shaoguan. After the war, Zhu Peide awarded Luo Binghui the "Bravery Award".
In February 1923, Sun Yat-sen rebuilt the Grand Marshal's Office, and Zhu Peide's department was reorganized into the Arch Guard, with Luo Binghui as the company commander to protect Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Soon after, he was transferred to the Arsenal as the captain of the Major's Factory. To this end, Luo Binghui donated all of his 7,000 yuan savings to strengthen the equipment of the troops, and the reputation of "Luo Binghui does not love money and does not hesitate to die" was widely spread in the Yunnan Army.
Unexpectedly, on April 16, Shen Hongying, a general of the Gui Army, rebelled and entered the city of Guangzhou. Sun Yat-sen personally supervised the attack. Shenbu retreated north. On the 30th, the Beiyang warlord Wu Peifu sent a telegram ordering the Gan army's Benren department to enter Guangdong to aid Shen and attack the yingde county seat. The war was tight, and Luo Binghui was transferred to acting battalion commander and led his troops to attack the enemy in Britain and Germany.
In the Anglo-German offensive and defensive battle, the two armies fought fiercely for a week and suffered heavy casualties. Luo Binghui's troops suffered more than half of the casualties, and he suffered two minor injuries, and he could not hold the line of fire.
On May 8, Sun Yat-sen personally went to the Anglo-German Labor Army and allocated a new battalion to Luo Binghui's command. Therefore, Luo Binghui led his troops to surround an enemy army on three sides and launched a fierce attack. The enemy army was not supported, and the white flag was hung and begged to surrender. Luo Binghui only took one escort into the enemy camp and surrendered.
At this moment, the enemy received an order from Fang Benren not to surrender and to retreat, so he took Luo Binghui as a hostage and returned to Gannan Province. The enemy commander was severely wounded by Luo Binghui's troops on the battlefield and wanted to shoot Luo Binghui to vent his hatred. However, it was stopped by some officers in the enemy army who admired Luo Binghui's bravery and integrity.
As a result, Luo Binghui was imprisoned in Ganzhou Prison.
In prison, Luo Binghui's two wounds on his neck and hands became inflamed and miserable.
Nine months after Luo Binghui's imprisonment, in February 1924, Yang Ruxuan, a former general of the Dian Army and later dependent on Wu Peifu, went to Ganxi to set up an activity. Luo Binghui heard the news and wrote a letter to Yang Ruxuan for help.
Yang Ruxuan has always respected Luo Binghui as a person, so he sent a telegram to Fang Benren on bail, so he was approved. After that, Luo Binghui was treated as a guest by Fang Benren, appointed as deputy battalion commander and company commander, stationed in Ji'an, and later moved to Ganzhou.
In the year and a half after his release from prison, Luo Binghui had clearly seen the historical fate of the inevitable demise of the Beiyang warlords, decided that only the revolution led by Sun Yat-sen was the hope of China, and secretly sent the officers and men of the Dian Army who had been exiled to Jiangxi after the failure of the Northern Expedition to give Sichuan funds, and tried to send them back to Guangdong, spending more than 2,000 yuan in salary income. Luo Binghui's actions were detected by the Beiyang warlords. In August 1925, he was arrested again.
Subsequently, he took advantage of the chaos to escape and went to see Yang Ruxuan.
Yang Ruxuan hinted that he leave immediately. Therefore, Luo Binghui disguised himself as a businessman, fled Ganzhou, and returned to Guangdong.
When Luo Binghui arrived in Guangzhou, he was penniless and in rags.
Zhu Peide was already the commander of the 3rd Army of the National Revolutionary Army. When Luo Binghui appeared in front of him, Zhu Peide was surprised and delighted:
"We all thought you were dead, and we held a memorial service for you the year before." Luo Binghui was immediately appointed as the aide-de-camp of the major.
After that, he trusted Luo Binghui as much as ever.
It is precisely because of this that Luo Binghui followed Zhu Peidenan to fight hundreds of battles and regarded death as a homecoming. In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek rebelled against the revolution, and Zhu Peide, then chairman of Jiangxi Province, "gifted" CCP members in Jiangxi. As the CCP prepared to launch an uprising in Nanchang, an old leader of the Dian Army personally persuaded Luo Binghui to join the uprising, but Luo Binghui refused.
Luo Binghui was loyal, but he did not get a good reward. Because Luo Binghui was an upright person, loved to uphold justice, and opposed drinking the blood of soldiers, in 1928, he was gathered by Li Wenbin, deputy regimental commander, and some junior officers were gathered, and Luo Weaving's unwarranted "ten major crimes in total" were reported to the National Government in Nanjing. Zhu Peide saw that things were going wrong, tricked Luo Binghui into going to Ji'an, and dismissed his troops.
Luo Canhui was extremely angry and saw Zhu Peide. Zhu Peide said: "You have military merits, and you are loyal and frank, but you are too angry and difficult to get along with your colleagues." I can't offend you, man! ”
Zhu Peide still remembered his old feelings and wrote a handwritten letter to Chen Mingshu, chairman of Guangdong Province, introducing Luo Binghui to Guangzhou to seek a post. Luo Binghui took a boat to Guangzhou, and suddenly encountered an old man who forcibly retained him, so he had to refund the ticket. On the third day, Luo Binghui was still in the hotel, and the old man shouted in and said:
"You're going to give me life-saving money!"
It turned out that the ship that Luo Binghui was going to take sank in the sea, and Luo Binghui luckily escaped with his life.
In March 1929, Luo Binghui returned to Nanchang and lived in Gao'an County. He was recommended as the director of the Gao'an County Public Security Bureau. The county magistrate was the company commander of the original subordinate, and seeing that Luo Binghui was so depressed, very arrogant, and full of officialdom, Luo Binghui spat on him in public and scolded him angrily. The former director of the Public Security Bureau also refused to hand over power to Luo Binghui and was slapped by Luo Binghui.
In early June, Luo Binghui's dian army's former Jin Handing telegraphed Luo Binghui to serve as the commander of the Jing Guard brigade in Ji'an County, Jiangxi. Subsequently, under the activities of the underground party of the CCP, Luo Binghui finally realized that following the Communist Party was the bright road and secretly joined the CCP.
At this time, Zhu Peide and others wrote a letter asking Luo Binghui to return to the army to take up his post. Luo Binghui, who already had faith, refused.
On November 15, Luo Binghui gathered his troops, declared an uprising, and then marched to DongguShan District. At sunrise, enter the New Market. Liu Shiqi, Cai Shenxi, Zeng Shan, and others of the Gannan Special Committee of the CPC led the masses to beat gongs and drums and warmly welcome the rebel army. Luo Binghui ordered the formation and said excitedly: "From now on, we are the Red Army led by the Communist Party!" Taking the lead in taking off his military hat, tearing off the blue sky and white sun emblem, stepping on his feet, he cried with excitement.
In the Red Army, Luo Binghui's military ability was brought into full play.
Luo Binghui, who struggled in the Kuomintang camp, was wounded many times, and the highest military position was battalion commander, and after arriving in the Red Army, he went from regimental commander to brigade commander and army commander in just one year. In September 1933, after only three years of service in the Red Army, he was appointed commander of the Red Ninth Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Luo Binghui was first deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, then deputy commander and commander of the New Fourth Army detachment, commander of the 2nd Division of the New Fourth Army from 1943, and second deputy commander of the New Fourth Army in 1946.
After the new China, he was recognized as one of the 36 military leaders of the People's Liberation Army.