This title is a bit nonsensical at first glance, the leader wants you to be the commander of the regiment, do you still have to ask why? Of course, because Xiao Ke parachuted in from the Central Soviet Area, there are many places to talk about when it is extended, let's just write a single article to supplement the author's previous article on the ambush in Shashi that did not talk about a comprehensive place.
I. The situation in xianggan and xiang'egan soviet areas
Although the Xianggan and Xiang'egan Soviet districts are the marginal Soviet areas of the Central Soviet Region, they are barely bordered, and the troops are also in the command sequence of the Red Army, but they have not been mentioned much. On the one hand, this is because the size of the troops left in these two Soviet areas is not large, and the achievements are not outstanding; on the other hand, it is also because after the first anti-encirclement and suppression in 1930, the two Soviet areas have been in a situation of separation for almost a long time, and the situation is not very good.
XiangganSu District and Central Soviet District are separated by the Ganjiang River, which is the western barrier of the Central Soviet District, and the famous Jinggangshan Base Area is located here. Located north of Xianggansu District, close to large cities such as Changsha and Wuhan, xiang'egansu district is relatively worse geographically due to being divided by railways and rivers. In 1930, when the new Kuomintang warlords were fighting, the Hunan warlord He Jian transferred most of his troops to deal with the Zhang Gui coalition forces attacking Hunan, so that the strength of the Kuomintang army in the vast counties of Xianggan and Xiang'egan immediately became extremely empty.
Peng Dehuai's Red 5th Army took the opportunity to divide the troops into two routes and swept through the landlord armed forces in these two areas, and the strength of the Red Army also soared rapidly, growing from thousands of people to more than 10,000 people in the two armies of the Red 5th and 8th Armies, and later added the Red 16th Army. After the failure of the attack on Changsha, the Red Third Army, which was combined with the Red 5th, 8th, and 16th Armies, and the Red 1st Army from Jiangxi, both faced the upcoming anti-encirclement and suppression struggle in their respective Soviet areas. Although most of the soldiers of the Red Third Army had to go back to defend their hometown, Peng Dehuai felt that it was more certain that the two legions would be more secure against the enemy together, so he persuaded his men to cross the river together and go to the Jiangxi Soviet region.
Due to the eastward movement of the Red Third Army, the military strength of xiang'egan and xianggan soviet areas was suddenly seriously insufficient, and the red 16th army under the command of Kong Heyan (later defected) was left behind, which was later expanded to more than 5,000 people, and the Xianggan Su district initially had only an independent division of more than 800 people led by Liu Peiyun, Tan Sicong, and Wang Zhen. In contrast, the Hunan warlord He Jian had five three brigades and six regiments of the 15th, 16th, 19th, 62nd and 63nd B infantry divisions, plus the standing security regiments in various counties, with a total strength of about 100,000.
The commanders of the Red Army in the Xianggan Soviet Region were all from guerrilla backgrounds, and it was not possible to fight a regular war on a larger scale, and General Wang Zhen would fight bravely and have a high prestige among the masses, but he had not yet grown to the level of a division. The Red 7th Army's Long March passed through the Xianggan Su District, leaving Feng Dafei (who died after being captured in the Southern Anhui Incident) to command the local area, but he was better than theory and shorter than command, and the first battle after taking office was not fought well, and he was soon dismissed. Under these circumstances, the leaders of the Xianggan Soviet Region eagerly requested the Chinese Revolutionary Army to appoint some military personnel.
Second, Shaw's skill
Then why did the Central Revolutionary Military Commission take a fancy to Xiao Ke in the fierce red army? First of all, in terms of ability, Xiao Ke is indeed in line with the current needs of the Xianggan Su District. The situation in the Xianggan Soviet Area at the end of 1932 was that the guerrilla habits of the troops were too strong, and they could only fight guerrilla warfare, not regular wars. For example, the independent 12th Division was ambushed by the Cantonese army in the goose shape, losing more than half of the losses, the Red 8th Army only had two divisions on the front line with more than 2,200 people, and there were actually more than 2,000 people in the rear hospital under various names! This is a big problem in the eyes of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, and it is not necessary for a person who is good at regularization of the troops to do it in the past.
One of Shaw's skills was to train soldiers. Before joining the Zhumao Red Army, the first task he took over was to train a company of peasant troops, which was a semi-detached mass armed force, the members were all newly recruited, there was no concept of organizational discipline, under the strict training of Xiao Ke, the unit grew rapidly, and was later incorporated into the 29th Regiment of the Red Fourth Army. In the famous August defeat, most of the 29th Regiment, which was dominated by Shonan people, broke up and returned to their hometowns, and the regimental commander Hu Shaohai and the party representative Gong Chu both became the commander of the light pole, but only the one commanded by Xiao Ke did not move.
After the reorganization of Changting in 1929, the local armed forces in Gannan were upgraded to the 3rd Column of the Red 4th Army, and the task of training troops this time was given to Xiao Ke. It is said that the local armed forces are no more than a group of peasants, and there are more than 1,000 people, and Xiao Ke alone must not be able to manage them, at this time he developed new skills for training cadres, and gradually trained and trained the 50 subordinate officers he brought out in the marching operations, so that they soon became the subordinate backbone of the control troops.
In the battle of changsha to eliminate the Daiyuan Dou Brigade, the 3rd Column performed well, and Xiao Ke's achievements in governing the army were affirmed by the legion leaders. Therefore, in the next anti-encirclement and suppression operation, a new task was assigned to him, that is, to train and command the independent 5th Division, and cooperate with the main force to contain the enemy. This time, he has developed another ability attribute of independent command, because before he was with the Red 4 Army, just listen to orders, then you need to make independent judgments and decisions on the situation and the overall situation. This three-step improvement in ability made Xiao Ke a suitable candidate who could independently command the Red 8 Army in charge of the direction of a strategic area.
3. Other reasons
Xiao Ke was a native of Jiahe, Hunan, and from the point of view of his origin, he was more acceptable to the leaders of the Xianggan Military Region. How can this Red Army engage in regional discrimination? Sorry, this kind of situation of localism does exist in the Xianggan Military Region, because everyone is not highly educated, and the consciousness of small peasants and regions is still relatively strong, so most of the nearly 100 foreign military cadres who remained in the Xianggan Military Region after the attack on Changsha were lost in the purge, which is also a historical lesson.
In addition, One of The Great Advantages of Shaw is that he obeys orders and obeys commands. Xu Jishen, one of the thirty-six military experts, was the founder of the Red 1 Army, the predecessor of the Red Fourth Front, and he was so capable, why was he killed by Zhang Guotao? It was because he was not accustomed to Zhang Guotao's erroneous command and took the lead in resisting his orders. Of course, this is not to say that Zhang Guotao is right to kill people indiscriminately, but this kind of thing that subordinates and leaders are doing against each other, and when they encounter a leader like Zhang Guotao, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat.
In this regard, Xiao Ke was different, the Red 17th Division crossed Yuan Shui north to find the Red 16th Division, everyone knew that doing so was tantamount to suicide, but Xiao Ke still carried out the orders of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission without hesitation, and did everything possible to save the troops under the siege of the enemy's superior forces. After that, the Red Sixth Army's premature Long March and defeat at Ganxi were also influenced by the blind command of Li De and others, but Xiao Ke never complained, and even in his memories, he only downplayed these erroneous instructions.
Fourth, the character of loyalty and duty
General Xiao Ke's generous and loyal personality also made him more ate well in the Xianggan Military Region. Chen Hongshi, the political commissar of the Red 17th Division, who was born of intellectuals, respected him very much, and during the battle to cross Yuan Shui in the north, although Chen Hongshi had the final decision-making power as a political commissar, Xiao Ke was still allowed to make a decision for each action. Therefore, although Chen Hongshi was left in the base area as the secretary of the provincial party committee after the Long March, due to his disappointment in the future and the pregnancy of his wife, he eventually defected and caused great losses to the troops who remained in the base area. In the future, whenever talking about this great traitor, the veteran soldiers of the Red Sixth Army were deeply disgusted, but Xiao Ke's attitude in this regard was relatively soft, and his evaluation of Chen Hongshi was still relatively objective.
For those who had conflicts with him, such as Long Yun, the commander of the 18th Division, although the 52nd Regiment lost in the Battle of Ganxi due to a command error, Xiao Ke did not mention Long Yun's mistake at all in his memoirs, while other veteran soldiers of the Red Sixth Army all attributed the loss of the 52nd Regiment to Long Yun in their later memories. Why do the old warriors all have opinions about Long Yun, because Long Yun's attitude is somewhat arrogant and conceited, not as honest and modest as Xiao Ke.
In fact, the contradiction between Long Yun and Xiao Ke is not a contradiction, because the Red Sixth Army moved the house during the western expedition, brought all the factory equipment from the generator to the vise, and let the 18th Division, which was responsible for the task of guard, carry it, resulting in a very slow march, which was ridiculed by the Kuomintang army as a "turtle pickpocket road". Long Yun was very angry about this, so he poured his anger on Xiao Ke, who ordered the move, but Xiao Ke only carried out the orders of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, and there was no doubt at all, and Long Yun obviously blamed the wrong person on this issue.
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