Among the founding lieutenant generals, which general had the closest relationship with Chairman Mao? This problem is not well known to most people, and this general's name is Guo Huaruo.
Speaking of Guo Huaruo, he once studied artillery at the Whampoa Military Academy and the Soviet Artillery School. It is also a pity that in the subsequent revolutionary struggle, there was no occupation in the artillery industry.
However, this was not something he could decide, but because of the choice of war at that time.
In 1929, he returned to China and went to work in the Soviet Union, but there were no artillery units in the Red Army, and naturally there was no place for them. So, he was placed as chief of staff.
From 1929 to 1931, he was promoted from chief of staff of the column to acting chief of staff of the first army, becoming Chairman Mao's right and left arm.
In 1931, Chairman Mao was excluded from the leadership of the Red Army, and Guo Huaruo was also excluded. Later, Guo Huaruo served as Chairman Mao's secretary.
After 1932, he was assigned to teach at the Red University and engage in military education until the outbreak of the War of Resistance.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chairman Mao arranged for him to go to the 115th Division as chief of staff, and he felt that he had carried the "Trotskyists" on his back in 1932 to the point that he had not yet taken off his hat and that his health was not good, so he hoped to slowly take office.
Who knows that the troops are downsizing, the cadres have more posts and fewer posts, and one turnip and one pit. His decision to postpone it made him regret it. Because someone had replaced him, he had to stay in Yan'an to work.
In Yan'an, he served as the director of the Operations Bureau of the Eighth Route Army and became a senior counselor at Chairman Mao's side.
After 1941, he once again engaged in military education, serving as the principal of the Kang University branch school and the principal of the artillery school.
During the 8 years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he worked in Yan'an. It was not until the time of liberation that he went to serve in the East China Army.