If you want to talk about the head of the founding general and the head of the founding general, I think many people are more clear, but if you want to talk about the head of the founding major general, I think people will not know it. He was the head of the 800 founding major generals, and he had personally changed his name, and even Mr. Peng lamented that he was inferior. He is the solution.
Xie Fang's original name was Xie Ruchuan, also known as Xie Peiran, he was once a good friend of Zhang Xueliang's younger brother Zhang Xueming, and when Zhang Xueming went to Japan to study, Zhang Xueliang also asked him to accompany him to study. Because of his excellent performance during his study in Japan, he also received a personal sword from the Japanese emperor, which is one of the few Chinese generals to receive this honor. After returning to China, Xie Fang served as Zhang Xueliang's aide-de-camp and gave Zhang Xueliang a lot of good ideas, and he was also trusted by Zhang Xueliang.
At the time of the Xi'an Incident, it was also Xie Fang who took Zhang Xueliang's secret telegram and successfully persuaded Liu Zhongyu, chief of staff of the 51st Army of the Nationalist Army, with his three-inch tongue, thus promoting the outbreak of the Lanzhou Incident. This also responded to a large extent to the Xi'an Incident, forcing Chiang Kai-shek to finally have to unite with the Communists to resist Japan. After Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek, Xie Fang officially joined the Communist Party of China and led the Northeast Army to make repeated achievements. Xie Fang also participated in classic battles such as the Battle of Taierzhuang and the Battle of Xuzhou, during which his performance was very good, and he received many awards from the Nationalist government.
After being ordered to return to Yan'an, he served as chief of staff of the 358 Brigade and chief of staff of the Lüliang Military Region, and it was at this time that the great man changed his name for him. At that time, the great man said to liberation: Your hometown has been liberated, you can go home at any time, and you will be called liberation in the future! The solution party was also very satisfied with the name, and later he changed it to the understanding party on the basis of this name.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Xie side followed Mr. Peng into the Korean battlefield and served as Mr. Peng's chief of staff. Because Xie Fang acted very carefully and cautiously, he thought about things very thoroughly, so he complemented Mr. Peng in many ways, and he was also deeply loved and trusted by Mr. Peng. Because the talent of The Solution is really outstanding, Mr. Peng often compares him to Zhuge Liang, and compared with Zhuge Liang's wisdom, Mr. Peng sighed to himself.
In fact, according to Xie Fang's merits, he could at least be rated as a lieutenant general, but due to the problem of seniority, in the end he was only awarded the rank of major general. However, in recognition of his merits, the central government ranked him first among the 800 founding major generals.