The 24th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was the main force in the Red Army, with Ge Yong as the division commander and Hu Chufu as the political commissar. Ge Yong was born in Guangxi Province, and when he was young, he was a cadet in the Nanning Teaching Brigade organized by Li Mingrui, and Li Mingrui admired this cadet very much and led him to participate in major wars. Subsequently, he became a platoon commander of the Red Seventh Army, and later, because the Red Seventh Army received orders to move to the Xianggan Su District, Ge Yong also received the opportunity to serve as the commander of the independent 3rd Division, until he became the commander of the Red 24th Army.
During an inspection tour, Xiao Ke noticed Ge Yong and carefully observed Ge Yong's every move, and it turned out that although Ge Yong was brave in battle and was not afraid of life and death, he could not unite the troops, make a reasonable combat plan, and the army could not unite as one, which would have a negative impact on the operational effect.
Hu Chufu, the political commissar of the Red 24 Army, is a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy, has received professional training in all aspects, and has led troops to participate in the Guangzhou uprising, and it is inevitable that there is a shadow of warlordism on his body. From this inspection, it can be seen that Xiao Ke's impression of the Red 24 Army is not good, from the division commander to the political commissar, no one can satisfy Xiao Ke.
Ge Yong's own ability is limited, in a war, the Red 24th Army in charge of the right wing battlefield gave up its position without receiving orders from its superiors, changing the war situation, Xiao Ke did not immediately confront Ge Yong, but could only clean up the mess for the Red 24th Army, ordered a retreat, and finally, ended in the annihilation of the enemy 300 people, in fact, this war could have been a complete victory, but now, because of Ge Yong's wrong command, a lot of manpower and material resources were consumed to drive out the enemy army.
Xiao Ke's impression of Ge Yong was not good, and now, causing such a situation, Ge Yong was even more bitter. In evaluating this war, Xiao Ke left no room for praise to other troops, but did not say a word about the Red 24 Army, Ge Yong knew the meaning of Xiao Ke, but he could only swallow his grievances in his stomach, the Red 24 Army was composed of guerrilla members, the combat ability was limited, it was a good hand in fighting guerrilla warfare, but it could not be compared with the regular Red Army, so it was reasonable to make such an achievement.
After this war, Xiao Ke further confirmed his ideas, he believed that Ge Yong was not suitable for leading troops to fight, and later directly revoked Ge Yong's post and let him serve as the chief of staff of the Xianggan Military Region, so that Ge Yong was naturally unconvinced in his heart, he buried his resentment deep in his heart, during his time as chief of staff, he often made small reports to Liu Shiqi and Wu Defeng, these two people's walking routes were contrary to the organization, for the wrong line, Ge Yong even seized their psychology, as long as he was not pleasing to the eye, he would blow in front of Wu Defeng. Ge Yong is deeply loved by Wu Defeng, as long as it is what Ge Yong says, Wu Defeng will check it out, which can be described as a stinky smell and a hill.
Soon after, the party organization sent Ren Bishi to preside over the work to stop the erroneous acts of Liu Shiqi and others, and gave them a major punishment. Ge Yong could have become a generation of heroes, for the country and the people, but step by step to the quagmire, forgetting the faith in his heart, in the face of setbacks, he did not go all the way forward, face the challenge, but chose to break the jar and break, became a traitor hated by everyone, and many Red Army commanders in the party died at his instigation.
In this way, Xiao Ke's removal of Ge Yong's position was the right choice. Such a person is not worthy to be a member of the Central Red Army, still less to be a good general, and he cannot gain the trust of the soldiers wherever he is. After escaping, the relevant departments investigated Ge Yong, but did not find any clues, and his life and death were unknown.