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On October 25, 1931, with the development of the revolutionary situation, according to the decision of the Central Eyu-Anhui Central Bureau and the Central Military Commission, the 25th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was formally established in Lu'an Mabu, west anhui, and since then this glorious force has continuously changed battles and participated in the Long March, with more than 2,980 people at the beginning of the Long March and more than 3,400 people when it reached northern Shaanxi, becoming an army in the Long March that did not drop but rose in numbers. The Red 25th Army had five commanders.
The first military commander was Kuang Jixun, born in 1895, Han ethnicity, a native of Sinan County, Guizhou Province, who served as a soldier in the Sichuan Army in his early years, serving as a company commander and battalion commander, and joined the Communist Party of China in Chongning County (now pi county) in 1926. In the winter of 1928, when Kuang Jixun acted as the brigade commander of the 7th Mixed Brigade of the Sichuan Army's Deng Xihou Department, he led the whole brigade in an uprising in Pengxi County, Sichuan Province, in June 1929, and established the First Route Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in Sichuan, serving as the commander-in-chief.
However, under the siege of the warlords, he fled Shanghai and later went to the Honghu base area to serve as the commander of the Red 6 Army, Kuang Jixun's temper was not very good, so the central government transferred him to the Eyuwan base area as the commander of the Red 4 Army, and in October 1931, he was transferred to the red 25 army commander, and he fought with Zeng Zhongsheng and others against Zhang Guotao's mistakes. In June 1933, he was killed by Zhang Guotao at Hongkouchang (present-day Hongkou Town Government Headquarters) in Tongjiang County, Sichuan.
The second commander, Cai Shenxi, was born in 1906, and in the spring of 1924 he entered Sun Yat-sen's Army Lecture School of the Military And Political Department of the Grand Marshal's Office of the Founding Army and Navy, and then transferred to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and joined the Communist Party of China in the autumn of the same year. After graduation, he stayed on to work in the teaching group. He participated in two crusades to quell the rebellion of the Merchants in Guangzhou and to fight against the warlord Chen Jiongming. In 1926, he participated in the Northern Expedition and successively served as the commander of the 4th Battalion of the National Revolutionary Army and the commander of the 20th Army. In August 1927, he participated in the Nanchang Uprising and served as the chief of staff of the 24th Division of the 11th Army of the rebel army.
After the failure of the Nanchang Uprising, he participated in the Guangzhou Uprising, and after the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, the Party Central Committee sent him to the southeastern Hubei region to lead the guerrilla struggle, and he formed the local armed forces to form the 15th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, serving as the commander, and later the Red 15th Army merged with the Red 1st Army to form the Red 4th Army, he served as the commander of the 10th Division of the Red 4th Army, and later succeeded Kuang Jixun as the commander of the Red 25th Army. In the summer of 1932, the Eyu-Anhui Red Army carried out the fourth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, and at the end of September, the main force of the Red Fourth Front army set out from the Yanzi River to the west, and Cai Shenxi led the Red 25th Army to cover behind the palace. Unfortunately, he was shot in the abdomen during the battle against the enemy and died heroically at the age of 26.
The third military commander, Wu Huanxian, was born in 1907 in Xinxian County, Henan Province, to a landlord family, studied in the township school since childhood, received a good education, was admitted to the Macheng Sericulture School in 1923, came into contact with progressive ideas during his studies, and joined the Chinese Communist Youth League the following year. In 1925, he joined the Communist Party of China and organized peasant armed forces to carry out a revolutionary movement, so he was wanted by the Kuomintang, and his family of six was brutally killed by the Kuomintang local militia.
He later participated in the Jute Uprising, and because of his culture, he rose quickly, and in November 1931 he was appointed political commissar of the 73rd Division of the 25th Army of the Red Fourth Front. In October 1932, after the main force of the Red Fourth Front left the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region, the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China rebuilt the Red 25th Army at Tanshugang in Huang'an, Hubei Province, and Wu Huanxian was appointed as the commander of the army. Later, he became the political commissar of the Red 25th Army, and on August 21, 1935, when the Long March reached Gansu, he was suddenly attacked by the Kuomintang army when he crossed the River in the south near the village of Sipo in Jingchuan. Wu Huanxian was unfortunately shot and died heroically in the battle to command the troops to seize the commanding heights, at the age of 28.
The fourth military commander, Xu Haidong, formerly known as Yuanqing, was born on June 17, 1900 to a poor peasant family, a native of Xincheng Town, Dawu County, Hubei Province (formerly Huangpi County, Huangpi County, Hubei Province, Huangbei County, Huangbei County, Huangpi County, Huangbei, Huangyuan, Huangbei, Huangbei, Huangyuan, Huangbei, Huangyuan
In 1925, he joined the Communist Party of China, he had served as a soldier in the Kuomintang army, and later returned home to engage in the revolutionary movement, participated in the jute uprising led by Pan Zhongru, Dai Kemin and Wu Guanghao, by May 1932, had become the commander of the Independent 4th Division of the Red Fourth Front, by April 1934, he had become the commander of the Red 25th Army, in November of that year, the Red 25th Army began the Long March under the name of the Second Advance Force of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to the North to Resist Japan, and became the deputy commander, with Cheng Zihua as the commander. Later, Cheng Zihua became the political commissar of the Red 25 Army, and Xu Haidong was appointed as the commander of the Red 25 Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was appointed brigade commander of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division, deputy commander of the Jiangbei Headquarters of the New Fourth Army and commander of the Fourth Detachment. Later, due to poor health and long-term recuperation, on September 27, 1955, he was awarded the rank of General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He died in Zhengzhou on March 25, 1970.
The fifth is Cheng Zihua, who was born in 1905 to a poor family in Xiezhou Town, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. As a teenager, he aspired to serve the country. In 1922, he was admitted to the Taiyuan National Normal School, so he had a high level of education, joined the Communist Party of China in June 1926, and was dispatched by the party organization in December of the same year to enter the Wuhan branch of the Whampoa Military Academy.
In December 1927, he participated in the Guangzhou Uprising, and after the failure of the uprising, he went to the Yue Weijun Department of the Kuomintang army to do military movement work, successfully launched the Daye military riot, and strengthened the strength of the revolutionary base area in southeast Hubei. In April 1931, he went to work in the Central Soviet Region, successively serving as regimental commander and division commander, and in June 1934, the central government decided to send him to work in the revolutionary base area of Eyu and Anhui. After arriving, he was appointed commander of the Red 25Th Army, and the former commander Xu Haidong was appointed deputy commander, and in August 1935, after the death of Wu Huanxian, the political commissar of the Red 25th Army, Cheng Zihua was reappointed as the military political commissar, and Xu Haidong was appointed as the commander of the Red 25th Army until the Red 25th Army was abolished.
During the Liberation War, Cheng Zihua was the commander of the 13th Corps of the Fourth Field Army, after the founding of New China, he was appointed secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, and since then he has mainly engaged in local work, so he was not awarded a title in 1955, and later he served as the minister of civil affairs of the State, and died in Beijing on March 30, 1991 due to ineffective medical treatment, at the age of 86.
That is to say, 1 of the 5 commanders of the Red 25 Army was a general, 2 were sacrificed, 1 was killed, and 1 had no rank, which shows the cruelty of the revolution, and their glorious deeds are worth remembering.