In 1927, it can be called a key turning point in the modern Chinese revolution, the failure of the Great Revolution, the rupture of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Nanchang Uprising, the Autumn Harvest Uprising...
In addition to the culprit Chiang Kai-shek, the key reactionary figure in these incidents has to be mentioned, that is, Xu Kexiang.
In May 1927, Xu Kexiang, then commander of the 33rd Regiment of the 35th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, launched a counter-revolutionary incident in Hunan, leading the army to attack our party's Hunan Federation of Trade Unions, peasant associations, peasant training centers, and other revolutionary organizations.
It was precisely this bloody lesson that made our Party begin to wake up: it is not enough to have a revolutionary masses, but it must have its own revolutionary army! As a result, the Nanchang Uprising, the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and the Guangzhou Uprising broke out one after another...
Then, why did Xu Kexiang, a small regimental commander, launch this counter-revolutionary incident?
The most direct trigger was that his father was criticized by the peasants in Xiangxiang County, and the fields and houses were all divided, and Xu Kexiang, who was embarrassed and angry, vented his anger on the revolutionaries.
Of course, Xu Kexiang dared to launch such a vicious incident, and secretly received the support of Chiang Kai-shek.
Xu Kexiang joined the League very early and also participated in the Xinhai Revolution, but for so many years he was not valued under Tang Shengzhi's hands, and he was only promoted to regimental commander at the highest level.
However, Xu Kexiang basically had little ability except for being bold and bottomless, and soon fell into a passive situation. In October 1927, Xu Kexiang, under the attack of Tang Shengzhi, defeated Guangdong and defected to the Cantonese warlord Li Jishen.
However, this old man did not have a long memory at all, and in January 1928, after learning of the movements of the remnants of the Nanchang Uprising led by Zhu Laozong, he was actually hot-blooded and pounced. The result? Because he was not familiar with the terrain, he was tricked by Zhu Laozong, and finally just sat down to eat a meal, he was attacked by the rebel army, and before Xu Kexiang could return to his senses, he was attacked by Hu Shaohai's back.
Seeing that the defeat of the soldiers was inevitable, Xu Kexiang had no choice but to run away, disguised as an ordinary soldier, and fled all the way back to the base camp.
After this battle, Xu Kexiang's home was swept clean, the entire 4 regiments were almost completely annihilated, and a large amount of ammunition and materials were dropped, no wonder Mr. Zhu quipped: "This Xu Kexiang, this is to help us start a family!" Since then, Xu Kexiang has had a nickname: "Xu Send Gun".
This time, he also let Old Jiang see that he was completely a "military idiot" who had dug himself up, so he threw Xu Kexiang aside and stopped asking questions.
It was not until 1935 that Xu Kexiang climbed to the position of deputy commander of the 37th Army, and it took 6 years from division commander to deputy commander. It shows that Xu Kexiang's military career is also like this.
Xu Kexiang, who knew that he had no hope any more, simply resigned his post in 1936, hung up only a military counselor's errand, and went home to retire.
Moreover, Xu Kexiang launched the "Ma-Ri Incident" in Hunan in that year, and he had already lost his character, and now that he has lost his position, where does he dare to return to Hunan? He had to live in Macau, where he secretly gave birth, and later fled to Taiwan Island in 1953.
Old Jiang still pitied him, so he approved a pension for him, let him retire, and finally died of illness in 1964, living for 74 years.