Drunk, he picked up the lamp to look at the sword, and dreamed of blowing back to the horn and camp. Eight hundred miles under the command of the fire, fifty strings overturned the external sound, the battlefield autumn point soldiers.
After the Nanchang Uprising, our Party gradually established the general line of seizing power by force, and after the Jinggangshan Division, our Party established its own armed forces and successively established its own armed base areas throughout the country to defend the achievements of the revolution.
Marshal Xu Qianqian successively established revolutionary base areas in Eyuwan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and other regions, which effectively strengthened the strength of the Red Army.
Among them, Xu Shuai twice saved General Chen Xilian, which has always been talked about.
Born into poverty, he joined the Red Army
Chen Xilian was born in a small village in Huang'an, Hubei Province, because the family's economic situation was very bad, Chen Xilian's father died when he was very young.
After that, Chen Xilian's mother raised several of their children, and due to the lack of labor in the family, Chen Xilian had to help his mother work in the field when he was very young, holding a hoe that was much taller than him, and wielding a hoe in the farmland to hoe the ground.
Sometimes, they would go to the landlord's house when they were idle, and give them a series of hard and tiring work such as herding cattle and raising horses, just to reduce the burden on the family a little, and did not want the mother to exhaust herself because of the heavy burden.
Although Chen Xilian worked very hard, there was still no improvement in the family's economic situation.
He also often suffered unreasonable harassment and scolding from the landlord, especially once Chen Xilian forgot to feed the landlord's cattle and horses good hay, and after being discovered by the landlord the next day, the landlord directly beat Chen Xilian with a rattan, and Chen Xilian was beaten all over the body.
Chen Xilian, who could not bear it, finally decided to leave the house and go outside.
At that time, our Party had already established its own armed forces and guerrilla areas in the jute area, and Chen Xilian, who came from a poor background, had always been in contact with the Red Army.
Therefore, Chen Xilian decided to join the Red Army and embark on a different path of life.
Chen Xilian was initially assigned to the guerrilla army, and later the guerrilla group was assigned to the main force, and Chen Xilian became a glorious Red Army soldier.
At the same time, Chen Xilian also joined the Communist Youth League, and later became a glorious communist party member.
Chen Xilian, who had been tempered and grown up in the ranks of the Red Army, made up his mind and was ready to dedicate his life to the revolutionary cause without reservation, but Chen Xilian did not expect that a storm would quietly come.
Twice a life-saving grace, the official to the deputy state level
At that time, the Eyuwan base area, where Chen Xilian was located, was the largest base area of our army in central China, and the main founder was Xu Shuai.
Due to its prominent geographical location, the Eyu-Anhui base area has been greatly enhanced after Xu Shuai's careful management and development, and not only the scope of the base area has been continuously expanded, the population has been continuously increased, and the army has also been continuously expanded.
By 1931, the troops in the Eyu-Anhui base area had expanded to more than 60,000 people.
However, just when the Eyu-Anhui base area was constantly developing vigorously, the Eyu-Anhui leaders headed by Zhang Guotao, in order to establish their own authority and compete for control of Eyu-Anhui, launched a large-scale rectification campaign in the Eyu-Anhui base area.
Among them, Zhang Guotao wanted to take the opportunity to suppress Xu Shuai several times, but he suffered from no good reason.
Chen Xilian, on the other hand, inadvertently provided Zhang Guotao with an opportunity.
The reason was that Chen Xilian was hungry when he went out once, so he used his allowance on the street to buy some oil cakes and a few bowls of chicken blood, but then he was misheard in Zhang Guotao's ear, saying that Chen Xilian and others had set up a "eating and drinking committee" in the Red 1 Division.
The Red 1st Division was Xu Shuai's starting force, and Zhang Guotao had always wanted to find an opportunity to investigate the Red 1st Division, but due to Xu Shuai's influence, he had not dared to start easily, and Chen Xilian's incident provided Zhang Guotao with a very good opportunity.
Zhang Guotao then ordered Chen Xilian to be arrested and arrested on the spot, and prepared to shoot Chen Xilian to set an example.
After Xu Shuai listened to Chen Xilian's affairs, he immediately found Zhang Guotao and explained to him: A few children, hungry, went to the street to spend money to buy something to eat, and who knew how to hook up with the "eating and drinking" committee, there must be someone misinformation.
Under the efforts of Xu Shuai, Chen Xilian was finally released and escaped Zhang Guotao's butcher's knife.
This was the first time Xu Shuai had saved Chen Xilian, and the second time Chen Xilian had been rescued by Xu Shuai, which occurred when the troops of Eyuwan were transferred.
At that time, the main force in the Eyu-Anhui region decided to jump out of the enemy's encirclement and go to the Sichuan-Shaanxi region to re-develop, at that time, Chen Xilian had grown from a small soldier to a division political commissar, and the troops he led also served as the vanguard of the whole army.
At that time, in order to contain the Red Army, Liu Xiang gathered a large number of Sichuan army troops in the Tumen area and prepared to besiege the Red Fourth Front, and Chen Xilian personally led the team to block the enemy in order to cover the main force.
Liu Xiang not only dispatched his own elite troops to attack on the ground, but also sent an air force to bomb and strafe our army, causing a great blow to our army.
In the face of this situation, Chen Xilian still gritted his teeth and bought time for the main force to transfer.
Due to overwork and excessive mental pressure, Chen Xilian fell ill, but he still insisted on being on the front line, until Xu Shuai inspected the front line, only to find out Chen Xilian's situation, seeing that Chen Xilian's body was so weak, he immediately angrily rebuked: Burning so badly, is he still strong?
Chen Xilian gritted his teeth and said, "It doesn't matter, I can still insist." ”
Xu Shuai gave instructions on the spot: immediately transfer Chen Xilian to the rear hospital, and then come to the hospital to see it, after the doctor diagnosed it until Chen Xilian suffered from a very dangerous and fierce infectious disease, not only the onset of the disease is fast and the mortality rate is particularly high, if not diagnosed and treated in time, it will soon die.
If Xu Shuai discovered Chen Xilian's situation in time, Chen Xilian would most likely be worried about his life!
From the beginning of his participation to the east crossing of the Yellow River to resist the Japanese, Chen Xilian has been working under Xu Shuai. After that, due to Chen Xilian's work transfer, he gradually had less contact with Xu Shuai, but as long as he had the opportunity, Chen Xilian would still take the initiative to visit Xu Shuai, the savior.
It is worth mentioning that although Chen Xilian was only a small soldier when he first met Xu Shuai, in the 70s of the last century, Chen Xilian once presided over the work of the army, and his status was even higher than that of the old leader Xu Shuai, and eventually he was at the deputy state level.
epilogue
General Chen Xilian grew from a small soldier to a founding general, which was inseparable from personal efforts and xu Shuai's help.
If it were not for Xu Shuai's two life-saving graces, General Chen Xilian would most likely have died young, and naturally there would be no proud achievements in the future.
Although General Chen Xilian later held a higher position than Xu Shuai's, General Chen Xilian always regarded Xu Shuai as a division commander and always kept In mind Xu Shuai's life-saving grace.
General Chen Xilian, who twice received the grace of Xu Shuai's life, did not live up to Xu Shuai's weight, and eventually became an important leader of the country and made many contributions to the growth of the republic.