General Chen Xianrui served as a military cadre for a long time during the war years, but after liberation, he became a political work cadre, serving as director of the political department and deputy political commissar of the corps, and later promoted to deputy political commissar and political commissar of the Grand Military Region.
In the long revolutionary battles of Chen Xianrui, the most influential battle was guerrilla warfare in the border areas of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi during the Red Army period, and the opening up of the Hubei-Shaanxi base area.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he worked in the rear for a long time to defend Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia; at the time of liberation, he once again insisted on armed struggle in southern Shaanxi.
His seniority is not shallow, but during the Period of The War of Resistance and Liberation, there were not many wars, and although his former subordinates Han Xianchu and Liu Zhen were not as vigorous as him during the Red Army period, they fought many major battles during the Liberation Period and became deputy corps-level generals.
After liberation, he was transferred to the 19th Corps to fight in Korea, serving as the director of the political department and later promoted to deputy political commissar.
After returning from Korea, he went to the Military Academy for further study, and it was not until 1961 that he was assigned to work as deputy political commissar of the Beijing Military Region. After Liao Hansheng, the political commissar of the military region, was interrupted from his work, he served as the political commissar of the military region.
In 1975, he was transferred to the Chengdu Military Region as a political commissar, partnering liu Xingyuan. He served in the military region for four years, and in fact spent half of his time recuperating in Beijing.
In 1979, he was transferred to the Lanzhou Military Region as an adviser and retired from the first line to the second line. Although he is a consultant, the workload is very large, and he also feels that there is nothing wrong with his body, thinking that many people do not make much contribution.
Sometimes the period is not shifted by personal will, he is working in full swing, and suddenly receives an order from his superiors to let him leave.
He felt that the organization did not say hello in advance, let people leave, and there were still some ideas in his heart. But ideas belong to ideas, and obedience to orders is still required. Therefore, he was still very energetic, left the second-line job and officially became an idle person.