When the October Revolution broke out in Russia in 1917, the Soviet Revolutionary Party headed by Lenin began to appear on the political stage and dominated everything in Russia. As the world's first socialist regime, the Soviet Union attracted the world's attention at that time. At the same time, because of its ideological differences from many capitalist countries, the Soviet Union also suffered great pressure and tension from isolation. The Soviet Union, therefore, was desperate to have an ally in the international arena.
At that time, China was also in the depths of the sea, countless people with lofty ideals were eager to find a new way to save China, and Marxism-Leninism gradually entered the eyes of more and more people. When it saw that this big country in the East had a Marxist tendency, the Soviet Union did not hesitate to send many political and even military advisers to China, calling it "to help China establish a new socialist regime." Li De is one of them.
1. Went to China as a consultant
Li De is an Austrian born in the Munich region of Germany. Lidder himself was a loyal Marxist who participated in the formation of the German Soviet party while in Germany. But Hitler's Nazi party was already quite imposing, and the Soviet Party was naturally hostile to Hitler's authorities. Subsequently, the German government ordered the dispersal of the Soviet parties in Germany, and Li De and many other revolutionaries were also arrested and imprisoned.
During a labor trip, Li De found the right time to escape from prison and then took refuge in Moscow, the Soviet Union. After arriving in the Soviet Union, Reed was placed at the Frunze Military Academy for military studies. After completing his studies, he went to work in the Eastern Department of the Communist International at the invitation of his friend Wang Ming.
At that time, China was in the period of the first civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and due to the weakness of the Communist Party and the lack of high-quality military personnel in the Party, the leadership of the Central Red Army at that time turned to the Comintern and Moscow of the Soviet Union for help. In September 1933, at the behest of the Comintern, Li De served as a senior military adviser to the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Soviet Republic.
Second, remarry a foreign country
Li De, a senior military adviser sent to China by factory international, was greatly welcomed in China. At that time, the Central Soviet District was headed by Li De, and we accepted and met all his suggestions and requests.
Considering that Li De came to China alone, his life was quite inconvenient and he lacked a person to take care of his living. Therefore, the leadership of the Party Central Committee at that time decided to find a Chinese wife for Li De. Xiao Yuehua entered the sight of everyone.
However, in the Soviet Union at that time, everyone knew that there was a "foreign consultant" from abroad, and this "foreign consultant" also liked to be troubled and merciful everywhere. Therefore, the comrades at that time found Xiao Yuehua and told her that "I was a matchmaker between Li De and Xiao Yuehua", Xiao Yuehua's first reaction was to refuse, and she did not have any good feelings for this foreigner.
After Li De saw Xiao Yuehua, he was deeply attracted by the Chinese femininity on his body and proposed to Xiao Yuehua in public. Later, after Bogu, Wang Ming, and other leaders heard about this incident, they invited Xiao Yuehua to come and advised Xiao Yuehua to put the overall situation first and accept Li De's courtship. In the end, Xiao Yuehua accepted Li De's marriage proposal for the sake of the revolutionary cause and the overall situation. The two married in the Soviet district, and after the marriage, Xiao Yuehua also gave birth to a son for Li De.
3. Mistaken repatriation of the command and battle
In 1933, Li De made an irreversible mistake in commanding the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which directly led to the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, and the main force of the Red Army was forced to carry out a strategic shift. Subsequently, in many battles such as the Battle of Xiangjiang, he still insisted on his own views and did not repent, resulting in the main force of the Red Army being sharply reduced from the original 80,000 to 30,000 people, and our army suffered heavy losses. It was not until the command of the Red Army was revoked and the Red Army arrived in Yan'an that Li De really retreated to the second line.
During the Long March, Xiao Yuehua always followed Li De's side and took care of him closely. Xiao Yuehua really pays, but Li De is not an infatuated and pure person, even if he is married to Xiao Yuehua, he is still outside the flowers and grass, and has a private affair with a singer named Li Lilian.
Xiao Yuehua, who learned of this, was extremely angry and directly went to Li De to question him face to face, But Li De couldn't say it clearly, and Xiao Yuehua was devastated. Subsequently, Xiao Yuehua filed a "divorce" request to the Party Central Committee, and Mao Zedong personally received Xiao Yuehua and finally agreed to her divorce request. Less than a year later, Li De married Li Lilian and settled in Yan'an.
In August 1939, Li De received an order from the Comintern to leave Yan'an and return to Moscow, while his wife Li Lilian was left at home by him, and the two never saw each other again.
epilogue:
Although Li De brought irreversible losses to the Red Army, after he left our country, his two wives were still well taken care of by the Party Central Committee. Li Lilian served as an assistant teacher in the music department of Lu Xun Art College in Yan'an, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, she served as the director of the Children's Work Department and the Foreign Liaison Department of the All-China Women's Federation, while Xiao Yuehua continued to seek positions in the army, and was later awarded the rank of colonel, serving as the chief of the military law department of the Hunan Provincial Military Region.