What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
On September 27, 1955, at the Grand Ceremony of the People's Republic of China, the first batch of marshals and generals of New China were awarded, and future generations also had their own opinions on this awarding ceremony. There was also a small episode at the award ceremony, when Han Xianchu was originally the winner, Chairman Mao got the list, said a word, do not forget Han Xianchu's contribution in 1950, this sentence made Han Xianchu's military rank from general to general, what did Han Xianchu do in 1950, not only made the chairman remember deeply, but even because of this, Han Xianchu's rank was promoted?
First, climb up step by step from the cowherd
Born in February 1913 in an extremely poor peasant family in Hong'an County, Hubei Province, Han Xianchu experienced many hardships as a child, working as a cattle herder, learning to be a miè smith, and later running to Wuhan to work as a short-term worker. At that time, Han Xianchu was no different from most of the poor people living at the bottom, and Han Xianchu, who had learned to be a smith, was also a skill, enough to make a living in that era, if he worked hard, he could also live a life without worry, but when the jute uprising broke out, the young and vigorous Han Xianchu still chose to join the uprising team without hesitation.
In 1931, Han Xianchu had already experienced several large-scale riots, and was also a small and famous local figure, so Han Xianchu joined the local peasant guerrilla brigade in Huang'an, and his main role was to serve as logistics for the main forces, raise grain and military salaries, and later, Han Xianchu's peasant armed forces and local landlord armed forces clashed, which was also the first time in Han Xianchu's career that he experienced combat.
Although the landlords' armed forces are not considered to be regular troops, but they eat well and dress warmly, and occasionally carry out some basic training; Han Xianchu's peasant armed forces are basically still mainly based on farming on weekdays, and the family's agricultural work is busy before they gather together to carry out group activities.
There were also some timid people who directly dropped their weapons and fled into the wilderness, hiding back at home, the militia captain stopped these people many times, but there was no effect, seeing the landlord's armed forces coming forward, frightening the captain to prepare to flee, Han Xianchu grabbed the captain and shouted: "Don't run!" This sound actually shocked everyone present, and the remaining militiamen looked at Han Xianchu one after another.
Han Xianchu casually picked up the worn-out Hanyang Zao in his hand, and the green tendons burst out, firing a strafing at the enemy, shouting: "Lie down, hit him md!" This dirty sentence was particularly inspiring in the scene at that time, and if you had to compare it with the present, that is, Li Yunlong in "Bright Sword" had a bit of Han Xianchu's domineering spirit! At this time, Han Xianchu was thin and lean, dark and thin, and gray-headed, but who could have imagined that in the future, Han Xianchu would actually become a founding general who planned and conquered the north and south!
After this battle, Han Xianchu was also a little famous in the local area, in 1933, Han Xianchu served as a company commander and battalion commander, looking at the rest of the senior generals, Han Xianchu's promotion road can be regarded as quite bumpy, from the grass-roots level little by little to promote up, but this also shows that Han Xianchu's own strength, is really relying on the ability to fight in a down-to-earth position to sit in the position of general.
Second, openly confronting Peng Dehuai, the "whirlwind troops" made the enemy feel frightened
In 1936, when the Red Army went west to attack the reactionary enemy Ma Bufang, Han Xianchu received an order from Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehua to "abandon the siege and take a detour" under the walls of Dingbian City, but Han Xianchu did not immediately carry out this order, after receiving the order, Han Xianchu hesitated slightly, and then issued an order to the regimental commander Wang Derong: "Pass on my order!" The whole army immediately launched a siege battle! ”
Wang Derong listened with a confused look on his face and said, "Commander-in-Chief Peng ordered us to abandon the siege and take a detour!" At this time, Han Xianchu, commander of the 78th Division of the Red Army, directly waved his hand: "What are you afraid of!" I'll take care of the problem! Although in front of Wang Derong, Han Xianchu showed that he was determined to win and full of confidence, in fact, the sweat in his palms had already soaked the telegram of Peng Dehuai's military orders, and before the siege battle was launched, Han Xianchu had already analyzed the current situation in Dingbian City in detail.
At this time, Dingbian City only had a cavalry battalion under Ma Hongkui's hand, the troops were weak, and the height of the wall of Dingbian City was just a ladder that could go up, so Han Xianchu predicted: It is not difficult to take Dingbian City, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the intelligence is not necessarily very accurate, once the temporary change occurs, he absolutely cannot eat and go, but if he can take Dingbian City, it can be said that it is beneficial to the overall war situation without harm, and if he does not fight at this time, it will become a disaster in the future.
Han Xianchu adopted the tactic of "attacking the west with sound from the east", sending a regiment pretending to be the main force to collect fire from the east of the city, and almost all the enemies were attracted to the east of the city. But in fact, the main force was ambushed in the south and west of the city, and the main enemy was attracted to the east of the city, and the Border City could be said to be within reach. In less than two hours, Han Xianchu took Dingbian City and annihilated all the enemies in the city, and after the victory, Han Xianchu quickly sent a telegram to Peng Dehuai.
Peng Dehuai, who received the telegram, did not laugh angrily and said, "A good Han Xianchu dared to resist my orders, electrify the whole army, and reward Han Xianchu!" Han Xianchu openly disobeyed Peng Dehuai's orders, and finally got Peng Dehuai's commendation, although the rest of the people were hungry for Han Xianchu's praise, but they did not dare to do anything, Peng Dehuai was notoriously "fiery temper", and Han Xianchu was bold and dared to do this!
Han Xianchu dared to do this because he had self-confidence, Han Xianchu's self-confidence came from the "whirlwind troops" under his hands, compared to the other founding generals' steady progress in the way of play, Han Xianchu was a "strange thing", he fought in two words: fast and spirit, so Han Xianchu was also called "whirlwind commander" by many people.
In September 1947, Han Xianchu's whirlwind units showed their might for the first time in the Battle of Weiyuan Fort, when Han Xianchu received an order to destroy the 116th Division of the enemy 53rd Army. After receiving the order, everyone began a pre-war meeting, and most people thought that they should first attack the elite troops sent by the 116th Division in the front, give them a blow in the head, and frustrate their morale. However, Han Xianchu did not think so, the elite troops at the head of the vanguard were a "hard bone", and we would die in the war, and it was easy to fall into our own disadvantage.
After everyone had finished deliberating, Han Xianchu said his thoughts: "The garrison stationed at Weiyuan Fort is the headquarters of the 116th Division, there are not many defenders, and the temporary fortifications are not strong enough, we should attack Weiyuan Fort first." As soon as this remark came out, the whole audience was silent, Weiyuan Fort is the hinterland of the enemy army, it can be said that it is the heart of the 116th Division, and the distance of Weiyuan Fort is relatively far, at this time the long-distance attack goes deep into the enemy's hinterland, and there is no difference between "white death", although it is said that the soldiers are dangerous, but this is also too "dangerous"!
Han Xianchu immediately led the elite troops day and night, marched 200 miles to the designated combat position of Weiyuan Fort, and demanded that everyone throw out all the grenades within five minutes, and the mortars should also shoot out all the shells, and as soon as the cannon stopped, they rushed up to the melee! This "quick attack" caught Liu Runchuan, commander of the 116th Division, by surprise, and Zuo Siyi couldn't understand how Han Xianchu had bypassed the vanguard troops and appeared at the headquarters.
Three hours later, Han Xianchu ended the battle and captured the commander of the 116th Division alive, until this time, Liu Runchuan did not understand how Han Xianchu fought with this hand.
3. Dinghai and war against Korea
Following on from the previous article, what did Han Xianchu do in 1950 that could make the chairman remember so deeply, and even directly promote Han Xianchu's rank? On October 1, 1949, New China was founded, but at this time, the Kuomintang troops hiding in Yungui and other places were still stubbornly resisting, dreaming that one day they would be able to make a comeback and make a comeback, and in order to completely disintegrate the remnants of the Kuomintang in the interior, Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of The Four Fields, convened the Military Commission and began to prepare for the liberation of Hainan Island.
Chinese People's Liberation Army from the northeast all the way to the south was mainly engaged in land combat, and had very little experience in naval warfare, but the Kuomintang troops who had lived in the south for a long time not only had strong ships and cannons, but also were extremely good at naval warfare. Because of this, our army did not issue operational orders for a long time, and it was not until February 1950 that a meeting was held in Guangzhou, and it was expected that the sea crossing operation would be launched in May and June. However, Han Xianchu believed that the battle plan in June was incorrect, the monsoon from north to south existed before the valley rain, our side did not have good warships, and the rapid crossing of the sea could only rely on the power of the monsoon, and it was obvious that the best time to fight in June would be missed.
Therefore, Han Xianchu constantly fed back his ideas to his superiors, while stepping up the training of his subordinates in the ability to fight on the water, and finally the Central Military Commission adopted Han Xianchu's operational opinions and decided to start the war in advance.
At this time, the sky was just dark, the sky was still glowing with fish belly white, accompanied by a little starlight, Han Xianchu and his troops took the lead in launching the campaign to liberate Hainan Island under the cover of night, and our soldiers who took advantage of the wind were extremely mobile and rushed towards the Kuomintang's strong ships and cannons. Not long after, the ironclad warship that the Kuomintang was proud of sank, and then Han Xianchu led his troops to the ship to fight, and in a flash of time, the artillery soared into the sky and the sound of killing was everywhere, breaking through the heavy defensive line of the Kuomintang army, and the main general of the Kuomintang at this time was "Xue Yue", who had made the Japanese army feel frightened, but he was still defeated by Han Xianchu and left Hainan with the remnants of the army.
After the liberation of Hainan, Han Xianchu made great contributions in the Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea; he was the only general in the Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea who commanded the battle on the front line; Han Xianchu personally sat in charge of the 38th Army, raided Sansoli, forcibly crossed the Linjin River, reclaimed Pyongyang, attacked Seoul, and fought a great battle on the Han River, which not only completely liberated the Han Dynasty, but also completely smashed the conspiracy of the US side, not only won the Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, but also made a name for China on the world stage!
From cattle herding to founding general, from Changbai Mountain to Hainan Island, Han Xianchu was undefeated in his life, and he devoted his life to the cause of liberating all of China, so at the award ceremony, Chairman Mao's words made Han Xianchu rise from general to general, and Han Xianchu's rank of general is absolutely deserved!
Jiang Qing once said: "The army has two hegemons, one is Xu Shiyou and the other is Han Xianchu", and Xu Shiyou also admires Han Xianchu very much, because he "has courage and strategy", and Han Xianchu has been rated as "the best frontline commander" by the military history research community of the Chinese People's Liberation Army! However, Han Xianchu still had regrets in his life, and after fixing Hainan, Han Xianchu began to prepare for the Taiwan Campaign, but just two months later, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, the US fleet directly blocked the Taiwan Strait, and Han Xianchu was also sent to sit in the Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
The Taiwan issue has been shelved until today, in 1986, Han Xianchu, who had been fighting liver cancer for two years, died of illness at the age of 73, and on his deathbed, Han Xianchu was still grumpy about the Taiwan issue, and his last words were only the word "Taiwan", which is the general of the People's Republic of China, who really bowed down and died after death.