After the Nanchang Uprising, there were only two cadres above the regimental level among the fighters who followed Mr. Zhu, namely Chen Yi and Wang Erzhuo, and later Both Mr. Zhu and Chen Yi became marshals, but Wang Erzhu seemed to have disappeared into history because he died too early.
Imagine if Wang Erzhu did not die, could he become a marshal? This answer can only be speculated based on Wang Erzhuo's lifetime, after all, he was Lin Biao's superior, a student of the Huangpu Phase I, and his military talent was obvious to all in Jinggangshan.
Wang Erzhuo is a native of Shimen, Hunan Province, graduated from Huangpu I, was Lin Biao's senior, and later became Lin Biao's immediate superior, during the Huangpu period Wang Erzhuo attracted attention with outstanding talent, and Jiang Someone admired him very much.
It is said that in order to win over Wang Erzhuo, Jiang Promised to make him a military commander, and in the end Wang Erzhuo was impressed by Zhou Enlai's charm and followed our party, until finally dedicating himself to the revolution, Wang Erzhu never wavered, he was a great revolutionary.
After the Nanchang Uprising, Wang Erzhu followed Zhu Laozong to Jinggangshan, and after the "Zhu Mao" division met, the troops were reorganized into the 4th Army, which had four regiments under the jurisdiction of the 28th, 29th, 31st, and 32nd Regiments, of which Wang Erzhuo was the commander of the main 28th Regiment, which had strong combat effectiveness.
At that time, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 28th Regiment was Lin Biao, who later became famous, but at that time, Lin Biao's reputation and status in the army were not as good as Wang Erzhuo, and in the later Jinggangshan anti-"encirclement and suppression" battles, Wang Erzhu made many meritorious contributions.
In the battles of Wudou River, Caoshi Pass, and Longyuankou, he smashed the enemy's "encirclement and suppression," consolidated and strengthened the Jinggangshan base area, and Wang Erzhuo crisscrossed Jinggangshan, so that the enemy was afraid to hear about it, and Wang Erzhuo's name was shocked for a while.
As the leader of the Red 28 Regiment, Wang Erzhuo was a staunch revolutionary, and he had determined that if the revolution did not win, he would not shave, so that his beard was so long that he did not look at all like a young man in his early 20s, unfortunately he did not leave a photo.
At the beginning of the founding of New China, once the premier went to the Central Museum of the Revolution and found that there was no photo of Wang Erzhuo, he specially arranged for the staff to look for it, and it took a lot of energy to find a few photos of Wang Erzhuo, but it was very blurry.
Wang Erzhuo's sacrifice was an accident and a huge loss of the revolution, that is, in 1928, when the 28th Regiment and the 29th Regiment attacked Chenzhou, Hunan Province, due to poor weapons, the city could not be attacked for a long time, and the morale of the troops fell into a low ebb.
A pessimistic mood spread among the troops, and Yuan Songquan, commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 28th Regiment, fled with the surviving soldiers, this Yuan Songquan was Wang Erzhuo's hometown and classmate, based on which Wang Erzhu felt alone to chase and persuade Yuan Songquan to return to the team.
Lin Biao suggested that Wang Erzhuo take the team to chase, just in case, Wang Erzhu refused Lin Biao's persuasion, unexpectedly Yuan Song was completely distraught and shot and killed Wang Erzhuo, but the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion basically returned.
Wang Erzhuo was only 25 years old when he died, and the chairman said that Wang Erzhu saved the 28th Regiment and saved the Red Army, and after Wang Erzhuo's death, Lin Biao succeeded him as the leader of the 28th Regiment, and gradually stepped onto the stage of history and opened up his own glory.