Do you know who the only northerner was among the ten founding marshals? That is The Shanxi man Xu Xiangqian.
He was simple and rare, his thinking was rigorous, he was good at leading troops, and he dared to fight a hard battle, and Chairman Mao once praised: "Xu Xiangqian's fighting spirit is like his name' 'forward, forward.'" ”
In the winter of 1948, when Xu Shuaibing approached Taiyuan City, Yan Xishan said regretfully: "It is a pity that I did not leave this fellow countryman in the first place." ”
These words undoubtedly affirmed the military art of Marshal Xu Qianqian from two sides.
How much aura does the low-key Xu Shuai still have? Today we will reveal them one by one.
Xu Xiangqian's marshal service when he was awarded the title in 1955
Start with the liberation of your hometown
Taiyuan Dongshan Cow Camel Village, steep mountain rocks towering, standing here under the TriumphAlomphe of the Taiyuan Battle Memorial Hall, it seems that you can still feel the glory days of 73 years ago. In 1948, Xu Shuai took ill and asked the Central Military Commission to return to the front line of the war, serving as the first deputy commander of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region and beginning the journey to liberate Shanxi.
In 1953, Chairman Mao cordially met with Xu Xiangqian
Yan Xishan, the "Earth Emperor" of Shanxi, was actually very familiar with Xu Shuai, and the two were not only Fellow Villagers of Wutai, but also saw his "great power" during the period of Kuomintang-Communist cooperation at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Xu Xiangqian, then deputy commander of the 129th Division, cut off the Japanese army's black hand in attacking southeastern Jin from Hebei. Personally survey the terrain, arrange ambushes, and destroy more than 180 logistics trucks with a beautiful "Xiangtangpu Ambush Battle", killing more than 400 enemy troops under the Japanese Koson Kisusa! Yan Xishan, the "commander of the Second Theater of Operations," was quite amazed.
After that, Xu Shuai also led his army through Hebei and Shandong, and fought arduous battles behind enemy lines with the Japanese invaders. More than 2,000 large and small battles were fought, including Lieutenant General Matsui, who was killed or wounded by the Japanese army, and more than 25,000 puppet troops. Unfortunately, due to the arduous battle behind enemy lines, Xu Shuai, who was originally injured, was physically damaged, and was taken back to Yan'an by the central government for recuperation and served as the principal of the Kang Da, before leaving the front line.
This time, taking on the heavy responsibility of liberating Shanxi, Xu Shuai only had more than 60,000 local troops in the military region, but he had to face nearly twice as many enemies. Xu Xiangqian, who was good at leading troops and good at using troops, insisted on leading the militia into a brave and martial division, taking the city of Yuncheng, fighting Linfen, breaking through Jinzhong, and liberating Taiyuan in one go.
During the Liberation War, Xu Qianqian inspected the Linfen Brigade
Among them, the Battle of Linfen, without heavy weapons, set a precedent for our army's soil work industry to "blast and attack the city" to attack a large city. The shouted phrase "hold out for the last 5 minutes" threatened Shanxi; in the face of the clamor of "5,000 bunkers to 500,000 elite soldiers" defending the enemy's concrete fortifications in Jinzhong, Xu Shuaisheng attacked the west and East Lüliang, causing the enemy to stretch out "three tiger claws" and win the fighter plane for the eight verticals to penetrate Jinzhong and then take Taiyuan.
At this time, Yan Xishan, who was stubbornly resisting, sent all the japanese troops he had collected into the battlefield, and his leader, Yuan Quanxin (Chinese alias Yuan Quanfu), was quickly killed, and the remnants were terrified to hear Xu Shuai's name. In a pursuit, the soldiers rushed into a room crowded with the remnants of the Japanese army, and the japanese led by the Japanese stepped forward and asked, "Your taijun is Xu Xiangqian?" "Surrender as soon as you receive a positive reply.
Soon, Shanxi returned to the embrace of the people.
Ordinary former homes and unusual "first" lives
Yong'an Village, Dongye Town, Wutai County, Shanxi Province, a typical Jinbei courtyard-style building, is where Marshal Xu Qianqian grew up. Compared with the Yanxishan 27 courtyard mansion not far away from the Tuotuo River, it is so ordinary. In 1921, the young Xu Xiangqian worked here as a primary school teacher for a while, after which he threw pens from Rong and began to create the "first" life.
As a Huangpu student, Xu Shuai was the first military commander of the Front;
He was the youngest commander-in-chief of the Front in the Red Army;
Was the first senior PLA general to command an aircraft;
The Battle of Xiangtangpu in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression destroyed the most Japanese cars in one battle at that time;
During his tenure as commander of the First Column of the Eighth Route Army, he was the general with the largest number of troops commanded by the Eighth Route Army, and commanded the communist armies of Shandong, Northern Jiangsu and Huaibei, including the Shandong Column and the 115th Division;
Battle of Linfen, creating tunnels to blast the city;
The Battle of Jinzhong, flexible and mobile to win more with less, annihilated 100,000 enemies in January;
The Battle of Taiyuan was the only example of a large city besieged in the Liberation War with fewer troops than the enemy;
The starting point for the liberation of Shanxi was 60,000 enemy armed forces, but the more they fought, the more they annihilated the 300,000 people of the Jin Sui Army, and Xu Shuai fought really a battle of immortals!
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Marshal Xu Qianqian successively served as chief of the general staff, minister of national defense (concurrently vice premier), and first vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and struggled all his life for national self-reliance and self-improvement.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xu Xiangqian took a photo during the battle under the command of Xiangxian County
Red genes are all over Shanxi
Shanxi is a large province of red tourism resources, and red genes are everywhere. As far as the memorial hall is concerned, in addition to the "Memorial Hall of Marshal Xu Qianqian's Former Residence" in Yong'an Village, Dongye Town, Wutai County, mentioned above, the "Taiyuan Battle Memorial Hall" in Taiyuan Niutuozhai, the "Pingxingguan Dajie Memorial Hall" in Lingqiu in northern Jinbei, the "Mass Grave Ruins Memorial Hall" in Datong, the "Jinsui Border District Revolution Memorial Hall" and the "Liu Hulan Memorial Hall" in northwestern Jinxi, and so on. It records many historical events that are well known to the Chinese people.
Ping-type Guandajie Memorial Hall
The land of the Three Jins, the two mountains and rivers, the majesty of Taihang in the east, the steepness of Lüliang in the west, the deep humanities of the Fenhe River, and of course, the footprints of the older generation struggling to save the nation from peril. The opportunity to visit here, trace the red footprints, recall the hardships of the ancestors, and experience today's beautiful mountains and rivers and happiness and health will be unforgettable memories of a lifetime. #抖红三晋 #