Han Xianchu is one of the most outstanding senior generals in our army, Xu Shiyou is legendary in his life, and his personality is also untamed; except for Chairman Mao, he rarely listens to anyone's words, but it is such a veteran general who says that the general in the army he admires the most is Han Xianchu, because he has courage and strategy, and today, we will briefly talk about three things about General Han Xianchu: First, he disobeyed General Peng's orders, second, he vigorously supported the liberation of Hainan as soon as possible; third, he resisted the black wind of the military region's "criticism of Deng" and his iron bones were strong in his life.
The bold Han Xianchu
Han Xianchu, a native of Hong'an, Hubei Province, was born in 1913, joined a peasant association at the age of 14, joined the Communist Party at the age of 17, and joined the local guerrilla group in Xiaogan to participate in the revolution.
At that time, Han Xianchu was organized into a traffic team, and the traffic team was mainly engaged in logistics and did not distribute weapons; once, the troops were surrounded by more than a dozen Kuomintang militia groups, and everyone was very nervous, Han Xianchu immediately calmed down and told everyone, "We must calm down." Subsequently, he took a few people and copied them to the back of the militia groups, shouting loudly, "Rush, catch them alive." These militia soldiers immediately scattered as birds and beasts when they saw it.
This time, Han Xianchu became famous for this, and soon after, he was promoted to platoon leader.
Defy General Peng's orders
In 1936, Han Xianchu was already the commander of the Red Seventy-eighth Division, and General Peng was the commander of the Red Army at the time, and the central government decided that he would command the Red First Army and the Red Fifteenth Army to march west, and the Red Fifteenth Army would act separately, and Han Xianchu's Seventy-eighth Division was the Northern Route Army.
When the troops led by Han Xianchu came to Dingbian City, the scouts found that there was a battalion of the Kuomintang department inside, according to the military deployment at that time, Han Xianchu should have left according to the order, he wanted to fight, he sent a telegram to General Peng, asking him to destroy this battalion, General Peng gave instructions, wanted him to leave, Han Xianchu hesitated, if he fought, then he would disobey General Peng's orders, but it was a pity not to fight.
After thinking about it, Han Xianchu shouted, "Fight! That night, the Red Seventy-eighth Division annihilated a battalion of the enemy, captured more than 300 people, and captured more than 100 warhorses.
Famous Whirlwind Commander
In the northeast battlefield of the Liberation War, Han Xianchu's troops were the "whirlwind troops" in the eyes of the Kuomintang In September 1947, Han Xianchu was appointed commander of the third column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, and he was ordered to annihilate the 116th Division of the enemy 53rd Army in Kaiyuan County.
At the operational meeting, many people suggested concentrating their forces to fight the main force of the other side, but Han Xianchu believed that it was better to take out his division headquarters by surprise, and when the enemy's main force was reinforced, our army could encircle and annihilate halfway.
After that, the troops led by Han Xianchu blew up a "whirlwind" on the battlefield in the northeast, and several Kuomintang generals sitting in the northeast called Han Xianchu the "whirlwind commander" Du Yuming, before leaving office, warned his successor that "the most difficult thing to deal with is Han Xianchu's "whirlwind troops." Chen Cheng later lost the battle and left his post, writing in his diary that "Han Xianchu is a whirlwind commander who is difficult to deal with."
We will vigorously support the early liberation of Hainan Island
In December 1949, Siye decided to liberate Hainan Island by the 40th Army and the 43rd Army, and Chairman Mao suppressed this situation at that time, and for the People's Liberation Army at that time, the time to liberate Hainan Island may not be ripe, because a month ago, When Ye Fei commanded the Battle of Kinmen, he suffered a heavy blow.
In February 1950, the relevant personnel held a combat meeting in Hainan, and the meeting unanimously decided to land on the island in June 1950, han Xianchu put forward a different point of view at the meeting, before that, he asked the local fishermen, the fishermen said: "Every year from the first month to the Qingming, the Qiongzhou Strait is the north wind or the northeast wind, crossing the sea is the most advantageous, sailing ships are downwind and smooth, and they can reach the other shore overnight." After the valley rain (April 20), it is the south wind, and the south crossing is the headwind. ”
Therefore, Han Xianchu suggested that Hainan Island be liberated at an early date, and Ye Jianying reported to Chairman Mao the resolution to liberate Hainan Island in June, and Chairman Mao instructed that "the time may be long, it is best not to limit, and strive to complete the task in 1950 as a principle."
Back to the 40th Army, Han Xianchu and his subordinates said that "the whole army is still training according to the timetable for completing the sea crossing operation in March." In early March, Han Xianchu saw that the preparation of the troops was almost the same, so he sent a report to the former committee and the central committee: If the brotherly unit, the Forty-third Army, is not ready, I am willing to personally lead the main force of the Forty Army to cross the sea alone.
Chairman Mao later gave instructions, and then equipped many fraternal units, such as the cannon regiment and an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and put forward suggestions: The method of combining active smuggling, small crossings in batches, and final landings is effective, and Hainan Island can be liberated in advance."
Under the command of Han Xianchu, on March 6 and March 16, two groups of troops "smuggled" into Hainan Island, and seeing this, the Central Military Commission immediately decided to officially launch a general offensive on Hainan Island in April.
On April 16, Han Xianchu disregarded his status as a military commander and took the lead in leading two armies to carry out landing operations on the island, and landed smoothly, and nie Rongzhen, chief of the general staff, learned of the news that Han Xianchu had gone to the island and said a sentence: "Han Xianchu went to Hainan Island, which means victory!" ”
On May 1, Hainan Island was completely liberated, and today we see that Han Xianchu really made a great contribution, because a month later, the Korean War broke out, and the US Seventh Fleet sailed into the Taiwan Strait, if Hainan Island was not liberated at that time, and then liberated, there would be great difficulties, and even Hainan Island was likely to become the second Taiwan.
Han Xianchu had a life of iron bones and resisted the black wind of Deng
In 1973, when the commanders of the eight major military regions were transferred, Han Xianchu came to the Lanzhou Military Region as commander, and in early 1976, someone in the military region wanted to "criticize Deng" Han Xianchu said: "The central authorities have revoked Deng Xiaoping from all posts inside and outside the party, but retained the party membership." Are there still counter-revolutionary revisionist Communists? Because of Han Xianchu's support, the Lanzhou Military Region criticized Deng Heifeng for being stopped, and Jiang Qing said with hatred after knowing it, "There are two hegemons in the army, one is Xu Shiyou and the other is Han Xianchu."
In 1986, Han Xianchu died in Beijing at the age of 73, and the general, who had an iron backbone, proposed to liberate Hainan Island as soon as possible and avoid Hainan Island becoming a second Taiwan, which can be described as an immortal contribution!