He was Xu Shiyou's old superior, but disappeared after the Long March, and died of poverty and illness in his later years

He was Xu Shiyou's old superior, but disappeared after the Long March, and died of poverty and illness in his later years

Before the founding of New China, Our country experienced many vicious wars, from revolutionary uprisings to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the War of Liberation, during which many outstanding generals emerged, such as the famous General Xu Shiyou.

During the Red Army period, General Xu Shiyou had a superior named He Wei. You think, Xu Shiyou is a general, how high will his superiors have? I have to be a great general! However, in the great title, He Wei's figure was not seen, because after the Long March, he mysteriously disappeared, and his old age was even more tragic, poverty and disease, and finally died in his own home.

Produced by Whampoa, commander of the Red Army

In 1900, He Wei was born in Hainan, Guangdong Province, which is today's Hainan Province. At a very young age, he followed his father to live in Malaysia and attended a Chinese school.

He began his revolutionary career in Malaysia as the leader of the Communist Party of Malaysia, but was later arrested by the British government and deported, and chose to return to China in desperation.

After returning to China, he studied at Xiamen University, and guo Moruo was a classmate, and the two of them also founded magazines together, published many novels and articles, and later participated in the Hong Kong strike.

In 1926, He Wei was successfully admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy and became a student of the fifth term. After coming out of the Whampoa Military Academy, he participated in the Guangzhou Uprising, and from here, he officially opened the revolutionary road in our country.

In 1929, he was sent to Guangxi to work, and together with Zhang Yunyi and others led the Guangxi Baise Uprising, he was a company commander of the Red Army and soon promoted to battalion commander.

In 1933, the Red Fourth Army made the decision to expand, so there was the later Red Ninth Army, and the commander of the Red Ninth Army was He Wei, whose political commissar at that time was Zhan Caifang, and the deputy commander was Xu Shiyou, who later became famous.

In the Red Army period, He Wei led the Red Ninth Army to fight many beautiful battles, and in 1935, he led the 25th Division and the 27th Division of the Red Ninth Army to successfully meet the Central Red Army, which is the famous "Maogong Hui Division".

In the course of the Long March, He Wei also made great achievements, fought bravely, enjoyed a very high reputation in the army, was known as "Little Zhuge Ge", and was also awarded the First Class Red Star Medal, looking like a bright future, did not think, unexpectedly appeared.

The morning sun was in the east, and he headed all the way west

In 1935, at the peak of He Wei's revolutionary career, the situation took a sharp turn. A major event took place this year, and that was the famous "Maoergai Conference".

At this meeting, Zhang Moumou, who was an important general of the Red Army at the time, put forward the idea of going south to the west, which was opposed by most of the people at the meeting at that time, and Zhang Moumou was He Wei's superior, And He Wei was his loyal supporter, even if Zhang Moumou's views were not accepted by most people, he still stood firmly on the side of the old leader. At that time, the great man tried his best to change Zhang Moumou's point of view and thus unify his opinions, but he failed to do so.

In the later memories of the First and Fourth Fronts, the two sides quarreled again, and in the midst of the quarrel, He Wei actually pulled out a pistol, fortunately, Xu was quick to move forward, and immediately raised He Wei's arm, and the gunshot sounded, and the bullets fell off the dust on the ceiling.

However, the great man did not change his mind because of He Wei's pistol, but still insisted on his own views. He Wei was also reused by Zhang Moumou because of this move.

In 1938, He Wei was injured, coupled with the fear of being hurt by internal struggles, so he left Yan'an under the pretext of treating his leg injury, and this walk was never seen again.

Laugh and ask where the guests come from

There are many theories about his whereabouts, some people say that he went to his old boss Zhang Moumou and was later shot; some people say that after leaving the organization, he had nowhere to go, and finally chose to jump into the river to commit suicide; some people said that he fled to his hometown.

From the data, the last statement is the most likely. It is said that he already had a wife when he was in Malaysia, and the two also had a son, but this time when he fled Yan'an, he did not go to Malaysia, but to Hainan, where he married a concubine named Luo Mingxin.

It is said that in 1946, his original wife, Zeng Guocai, once received a letter from her husband, saying that he had married Luo Mingxin and that the two had a son and a daughter.

However, in 1955, he had a dispute with Luo Mingxin, and only then did he remember the goodness of his original wife, so he returned to his hometown.

At this time, he had been away from his hometown for more than thirty years, and the people in his hometown did not know who he was, and even his daughter-in-law asked, "Uncle, where are you from, and who are you looking for?" There is also a bit of "children do not know each other, laughing and asking where the guests come from", He Wei only said one sentence: "I am Grandpa."

After returning to his hometown, he never mentioned his revolutionary experience for so many years, he has been silent, he studied at Xiamen University and the Whampoa Military Academy, he was definitely a cultural person at that time, and he was also proficient in music, so he worked as a tutor in the village, teaching young people to speak Mandarin, teaching people to learn pinyin, and teaching people to sing.

At the same time, he also followed the villagers to learn to do carpentry work, but all the arrangements in the village, whether heavy or light, never complained, and soon, the villagers also accepted this "strange villager".

In 1960, there was a famine, when there was a shortage of food, but He Wei's meal was very large, not to mention whether he could eat enough, often he could not even eat, and soon became ill, coupled with the shortage of drugs at that time, He Wei died of illness at the age of 60.

brief summary:

I don't know how everyone feels after watching He Wei's life. The author's biggest feeling is that sure life is still a choice, this choice may be big or small, every choice may affect his life, He Wei is the biggest example, if he did not blindly follow Zhang Moumou, did not make those moves at the meeting, did not violate the original intention of the revolution, will his fate still be so tragic?

Take General Xu Shiyou! In 1955, Xu Shiyou was awarded the rank of general, and it has been reused in the following decades, when China launched a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, General Xu Shiyou was one of the commanders- As we said earlier, when He Wei was the commander of the Red Ninth Army, General Xu Shiyou was only his deputy, and coupled with his excellent performance in the army at that time, if he had not taken the wrong path, the lowest would have been a general, and it was very likely that the general and even the marshal would have gone.

Unfortunately, the biggest regret in the world is that there is never a if. Time could not go back, and he still made the wrong decision. Of course, for a soldier, thinking is also an important part, He Wei's thinking is not so firm, so he did not become a general or even a general, marshal, and he is not sorry.