A little-known person actually took over Zhang Guotao's position at a critical moment, which caused many questions and speculations. This person is Gao Zili, a little-known but extraordinary revolutionary.
Many people don't know much about Gao Zili, and some even question how a person who has just returned from Moscow can hold such an important position. However, Gao Zili's life experience and revolutionary process have long surpassed Su Yu, the more famous "God of War" at that time.
Gao Zili, who was born in 1900, has experienced many hardships since childhood. When he was 4 years old, he was abandoned by his stepfather, but fortunately he was adopted by a kind private school teacher and was able to get an education. With his ingenuity, he soon became a brilliant businessman, but his heart aspired to a revolutionary cause.
In 1926, Gao Zili resolutely joined the Communist Party of China and began to devote himself to the revolutionary struggle. At the same time, Su Yu was just an ordinary squad leader, and he was crawling around in the troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
At this moment, the revolutionary process of high self-reliance began to soar all the way. He first participated in the Anyuan workers' movement to fight for the rights and interests of workers, and then followed Mao Zedong to Jinggangshan and became a general of the Red Army. Soon, with his talent and performance, he rose step by step to become an important military and political leader.
In September 1931, Gao Zili served as the political commissar of the Red 3rd Army and became a regular army-level cadre. In the same period, although Su Yu also became a military-level cadre and served as the chief of staff of the Red Fourth Army and the Red Eleventh Army, he could only be regarded as a deputy army-level cadre, and there was still a certain gap between him and Gao Zili.
In the summer of 1932, Gao Zili was transferred to the commander and political commissar of the Red 15th Army, and the gap with Su Yu was further widened. At this time, Gao Zili was already a well-known revolutionary and had a high status and prestige both inside and outside the party.
In 1933, Gao Zili entered the central leadership and became a member of the Central Executive Committee and Minister of Lands. In 1934, he was also sent to the Soviet Union, where he became a member of the Chinese Communist delegation to the Comintern and was elected a member of the Comintern Supervisory Committee. This was undoubtedly a great honor at the time.
At the time when Gao's self-reliance career was taking off and his status was becoming more and more lofty, after he returned from the Soviet Union at the end of 1937, he was immediately entrusted with an important task and served as vice chairman of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border District Government and director of the Department of Civil Affairs. In April 1938, Zhang Guotao defected, and Gao Zili unexpectedly took over the position of acting chairman.
During this period, Gao Zili's status had far surpassed Su Yu. The latter was only the deputy commander of the detachment of the New Fourth Army in 1938, managing only more than 2,000 people, and his status was quite low. And Gao Zili was already one of the top leaders of the border district government, and he could be said to be the "first brother" at that time.
However, the glory of high self-reliance did not last long. Beginning in 1939, his status began to decline step by step, from acting chairman to vice-chairman, and then from vice-chairman to member. By 1949, he was only the deputy secretary of the Jichareliao Branch of the Communist Party of China and the deputy director of the Northeast Administrative Committee.
In contrast, Su Yu's career is becoming more and more smooth. He successively served as the deputy commander of the North China Field Army, the mayor of Nanjing and other important positions, and eventually became the famous "God of War".
What is the reason why Gao Zili went all the way downhill from the peak, while Su Yu went higher and higher? There are various explanations for this, the most common of which is related to Gao Zili's experience in the Comintern.
With the loss of Wang Ming's line, the comrades who had served in the Comintern were more or less affected and attacked. As a member of the Comintern delegation, Gao Zili could not escape this fate. In addition, some scholars believe that the health status of high self-reliance is also an important factor.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Gao Zili made great contributions to the industrial development of the border area, and he even disregarded his own body, only eating half a catty of food, leaving more resources for the front-line soldiers. This spirit of selfless dedication is awe-inspiring.
However, this kind of exertion also makes Gao Zili's body worse. After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he asked the organization to arrange work again, but after all, he couldn't hold it and collapsed at work. In January 1950, the great revolutionary passed away forever.
Although Gao Zili did not become the founding father of the People's Republic of China, his contribution to the cause of the Chinese revolution was no less than that of those famous leaders. His deeds and spirit deserve to be remembered forever.
In contrast, Su Yu's achievements and status, although also extraordinary, are still slightly inferior. Gao Zili is a little-known but extraordinary revolutionary pioneer, and his story deserves to be known and celebrated.
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