Our beautiful life today is bought by countless ancestors who shed their blood, they paid a heavy price for the founding of New China, in order to remember them, and in order to let more future generations know their contributions, compiling their experiences into a book is the best way.
The Red 25th Army is an important unit of our party, and the soldiers have made great achievements, so our party staff attaches special importance to the history of the Red 25th Army. In order to restore the true appearance of the Red 25th Army, in 1984, our party held a special meeting and invited the former generals of the Red 25th Army to attend, and General Han Xianchu was among the invitees.
As the founding general, he came to the meeting site early, we all know that the seat of the conference personnel is very important, in order to better distinguish, everyone has a name tag with their own name on the seat, Han Xianchu saw his name tag at a glance in the main seat of the venue.
But then, a familiar name came into his eyes - Chen Xianrui, who was Han Xianchu's old squad leader. Han Xianchu's achievements today are inseparable from Chen Xianrui's guidance, and now letting him sit in the main seat and let Chen Xianrui sit next to him is really a bit of a torture for him.
Immediately, he immediately instructed the staff to change Chen Xianrui's brand, and the staff expressed embarrassment, the seats of the meeting personnel were all determined after careful consideration, and Han Xianchu's status and position were higher than Chen Xianrui's, so he naturally had to be placed in the main position.
But Han Xianchu doesn't care about this, the old squad leader Chen Xianrui is his leader, this emotion is the most sincere, no matter how the status changes, the deep friendship between them will not change. So what kind of story does they have, and how does this sincere emotion develop?
First, one class and three generals are really a beautiful talk
The famous French leader Napoleon once said: "A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier", every soldier has a dream of being a general in his heart, but it is difficult to come out of a general, and only one out of hundreds of soldiers can appear, but there are three such talents in Chen Xianrui's class.
Chen Xianrui, Han Xianchu, and Liu Zhen are all in the same squad, and Chen Xianrui is their old squad leader. At the time, this was extremely rare, so the three of them were often praised. The three of them have fought together, they are close comrades-in-arms, and they have deep feelings, and Chen Xianrui, the old squad leader, is the person they respect the most in their hearts.
Han Xianchu was already a general at this time, and Chen Xianrui was only a lieutenant general, a lower position than him. But every time they met, Han Xianchu would take the initiative to salute and greet Chen Xianrui, which made Chen Xianrui embarrassed. He is a lieutenant general, but he was saluted by the general, which was not in accordance with the rules, but Han Xianchu insisted on this every time, he was the squad leader for one day and the squad leader for the rest of his life.
The same is true of another general, Liu Zhen, who is full of respect for Chen Xianrui, so no matter how the status and position change, the comrade-in-arms between them will not change. There are only nine people in a class, and now there are only three of them left, and their relationship is naturally very deep.
When Han Xianchu entered Chen Xianrui's class, he was the youngest, so Chen Xianrui also took great care of him, did not let him go to some dangerous tasks, and also taught him valuable combat experience, which was extremely precious to Han Xianchu, and also laid a solid foundation for him to become an outstanding general later.
The three of them supported each other and made progress together, and after the founding of New China, they were all awarded titles, and there were three generals in the small class, which became a local talk for a while.
2. The revolutionary history of General Chen Xianrui
Chen Xianrui was born into a poor family, and his family had been farming for generations, and their lives were okay, but as the exploitation of landlords became more and more serious, their survival became more and more difficult.
At this time, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was engaged in an agrarian revolution, giving the peasants at the bottom hope to live, holding this hope, Chen Xianrui resolutely chose to join the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, but being a soldier was even more difficult.
Unexpectedly, Chen Xianrui's attitude was very resolute, so he became a member of the Red Army and began a lifelong revolution. He was fearless on the battlefield, always took the lead in the face of the enemy, and was also very clever, and soon won the attention of the division leaders.
Later, it was precisely because of his bravery and fearlessness that he recovered great losses for our army and retained the vitality of our army. In a battle to attack Xinyang, due to the rapid change of the situation, the 1st Red Division, which had originally carried out the siege order, was already encircled at this moment, and the military headquarters at this time had already learned of this situation in advance, and the news had to be transmitted to the 1st Red Division in time.
However, the weather environment at that time was extremely bad, with heavy rain and muddy roads, and it was not certain whether they could walk to the place where the Red First Division was, let alone pass on information. But Chen Xianrui was the first to stand up and choose to carry out the mission, he understood that if he didn't go, the entire Red First Division would be in danger of being wiped out.
In order to save more of his comrades, he put his own safety at the back of his mind. Relying on his strong will, he finally successfully completed the task and passed on the information, so that the entire Red First Division was evacuated ahead of schedule, retaining its vital strength.
Later, in the battles again and again, he gradually grew up, and slowly changed from a small soldier to a small squad leader. Han Xianchu and Liu Zhen were members of his class, and it was during this period that they formed a deep friendship.
Chen Xianrui, as their squad leader, took good care of them and protected them all the time, they also had great respect for Chen Xianrui, and the relationship between several people was indestructible, which could explain their humble attitude towards Chen Xianrui later.
3. The revolutionary history of General Han Xianchu
Han Xianchu and Chen Xianrui are from similar backgrounds, they were both born poor peasants, struggled in the bottom life in their childhood, and in order to survive, they chose to join the army as soldiers and fight for the revolutionary cause.
Although he was still very young when he joined the Red Army, he was a small and bold person, never afraid of the enemy, and often thought that he could kill more enemies.
With this arrogance, he joined Chen Xianrui's class, and it was at this time that Chen Xianrui's teaching to him affected his life. Since he was the youngest in the class, Chen Xianrui took good care of him as the class leader and supported some of his whimsical ideas.
Chen Xianrui even taught his combat experience to Han Xianchu, and Han Xianchu was also very moved when he saw the squad leader behaving like this, and he was full of gratitude to the squad leader. These valuable combat experiences laid a solid foundation for Han Xianchu and made a good start for his later combat command.
In addition, Han Xianchu had done something bold, and even dared to disobey Peng Dehuai's orders. In order to expand the base area and obtain more living space, the Red Army began its westward expedition, and the Red 78th Division led by Han Xianchu set out from the North Road and advanced all the way.
When his troops reached the Dingbian Pass, they found a cavalry battalion of the enemy, and he wanted to eat them, so he asked Peng Dehuai to attack. However, Peng Dehuai considered the overall situation, it would be best if he could eat this force, but if he couldn't eat it, it would affect the battle plan of the entire region.
So for the sake of safety, Peng Dehuai ordered a detour. Han Xianchu was very hesitant when he received the order, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the enemy army was isolated, and winning it at this moment was the best opportunity.
So after repeated deductions, Han Xianchu felt that he was 100% sure that he could win it. He decided to go it alone or give the order to attack. Fortunately, the outcome was the same as he had deduced, and in the end he won the victory, taking down the enemy army at a very small cost.
It is precisely because of the results of this victory that Peng Dehuai did not hold Han Xianchu responsible, he is famous, after all, he dares not to listen to Mr. Peng's orders, he is still the first person. In fact, this is also the decision he made when he was sure of victory, but it also reflects his great courage.
Later, after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Han Xianchu entered Korea to fight. On the Korean battlefield, because the 38th Army did not carry out the order in time, failed to arrive at the designated position within the specified time, and did not form an effective encirclement of the enemy army, thus letting the enemy army go, Mr. Peng was furious and severely criticized the 38th Army.
The 38th Army became the laughing stock of the entire army for a while, and the soldiers were holding their breath in their hearts to prove themselves, but they did not expect that the opportunity would come soon. In November of the same year, our army wanted to form an encirclement of the enemy again, and most of the elite troops had already arranged their tasks, but there were no suitable troops to attack here in Tokugawa.
At this time, the 38th Army volunteered to take over the task, but Tokugawa was a place heavily guarded by the enemy, and the 38th Army was not the elite of our army, so it could be said that it was a fantasy to take it, but at this time there were no troops available, and dead horses were used as live horse doctors.
At this time, Han Xianchu held a combat meeting for the 38th Army here, he and Liang Shichu, the commander of the 38th Army, formulated a detailed battle plan, and finally relied on the bravery of the soldiers of the 38th Army to take the Tokugawa, and they also washed away the previous shame in one fell swoop, and was also called the "Long Live Army" by Mr. Peng, which was unique at that time.
Han Xianchu also contributed a lot in this battle, and the victory in this battle also added a strong stroke to his resume. In fact, Han Xianchu himself is still very humble and does not forget his roots in everything. Just as he gave up his seat for the old squad leader at the beginning, his own status and position were higher than the old squad leader, but he still refused to sit in the main seat and make way for the old squad leader.
In that revolutionary era, the feelings between their comrades-in-arms were the most sincere, and they could all give their lives to each other.
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