The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and sometimes a small delay or a small order can lead to the destruction of a whole army and change history. Hainan Island is the largest southern island in China, the largest connection point between the sea and the land, occupying an extremely important geographical position. The island is rich in resources, and the energy reserves that have been surveyed in the southern city of Sansha alone have reached almost one-third of China's total resources, known as the "second Persian Gulf". Not only that, but it also has an important military role, which occupies an important position in defending and consolidating China's southern Xinjiang and safeguarding the country's maritime rights and interests, and at the same time it is also a best military training site and plays a strategic role in national development.
However, such a strategic place was almost not liberated because of strategic mistakes, when Chairman Mao and others planned to liberate Hainan Island after June 1950, but Our general Han Xianchu insisted on going his own way. At his repeated insistence, on April 16, 1950, the Battle of Hainan Island was launched, and finally on May 1, the entire territory of Hainan Island was liberated. Just on June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out, the US military directly cut off the Taiwan Strait, it is conceivable that if Hainan Island was not liberated at that time, it would also become the next Taiwan Island, which was not conducive to China's development.
If new China did not have the end of Hainan Island, it is conceivable that China would become a landlocked country with only coastal waters, and in the face of the blockade of the island countries, we would always be in a passive state, and the United States would easily blockade our coastline. It can be said that one of Han Xianchu's decisions changed the history of New China and brought about earth-shaking changes in New China in the future. Today, we will review a thrilling event that determined the fate and pattern of the country at that time, and at the same time understand Han Xianchu, who twisted and turned things around, to see why he must have insisted on liberating Hainan Island at that time, and what far-reaching impact this incident had on China.
Han Xianchu, also known as General Changsheng, was the "whirlwind commander" in the mouth of the Kuomintang commander, he never lost a battle in his life, made great military achievements, but according to his position and merits at that time, he could only be awarded the rank of lieutenant general, but Chairman Mao made an exception to promote him to general, and he was also the general that Xu Shiyou most admired. His decision to be promoted by exception met with no opposition, and everyone thought it was deserved, but not only that, but he was also recorded in history by the U.S. military as deputy commander of the Volunteer Army. During this revolutionary period, he was also the only one who dared to shoot at Chairman Mao's side, only because a few birds quarreled for him to rest, and the sound of the gunshots frightened Chairman Mao a lot.
Someone once said: "The army has two hegemons, one is Xu Shiyou and the other is Han Xianchu." "Someone asked Xu Shiyou, among the many generals, who do you most admire?" Xu Shiyou: Han Xianchu. Everyone continued to ask him why, and he replied: "Han Xianchu had courage and strategy, fought from the northeast to Hainan Island, participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and fought all the way down with almost no defeat. ”
In February 1913, Han Xianchu was born in a rural family in Huang'an (Hong'an), Hubei Province, at a time of national turmoil, and his family conditions were not very good, so he did not read any books, and at a young age he supported himself to herd cattle for a living. In that era of lack of clothing and lack of food, it was good not to be hungry and frozen, and it was almost a luxury to want to go to school, in order to make a living, he learned to make bamboo fences, and also worked as a short-term worker in Wuhan. Perhaps it was this experience of his youth that made him develop the spirit of hard struggle, constantly moving forward in difficulties, and at the same time planting the seeds of revolution in his heart.
In 1927, under the influence of revolutionary ideas, at the age of 14, he joined the peasant association in his hometown and joined the anti-imperialist Grand Alliance, because of his excellent performance, he also served as a soviet land commissar. People often say that soldiers who do not want to be generals are not good soldiers, but some people seem to be born to be the material for being generals, strategizing on the battlefield, making every decision just right, facing a fierce enemy without any intention of retreating, making the enemy feel frightened, and it has to be said that Han Xianchu's combat effectiveness is excellent and outstanding.
In October 1930, Han Xianchu joined the xiaogan local guerrilla group and joined the Communist Party of China, and has been fighting guerrilla warfare in Xiaogan, Luoshan and other places, beginning his invincible legendary life. In April 1933, Han Xianchu's Red 25th Army was reorganized, and he served as deputy company commander, company commander, and battalion commander of the regiment, compared with the people of the same period, his promotion process was not easy, after all, at that time, Xu Shiyou and others were already considered division-level cadres, but Han Xianchu was still a small battalion commander.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Han Xianchu has been active in the local area before, and he has also been interfered with by "left-leaning" ideas, interrupting his promotion path, and finally in the case of last resort, Han Xianchu can only start from a warrior. But these never interrupted his revolutionary determination, and he insisted on his revolution no matter what, never complaining, and still shining in the army, as people often say: "Gold shines wherever it is."
Soon, Han Xianchu became famous on the battlefield, rescued his comrades in danger several times, and helped the troops out of danger. At that time, the Red 25th Army began the Long March, advancing westward from Luoshan County, Henan, and during the Long March, Han Xianchu made many military achievements, especially in the battle of Dushu Town, when the soldiers fought a vicious battle in bad weather and hunger. Han Xianchu held his position, and he raised his arms on the battlefield and shouted: "Communists come with me."
He always walked at the forefront of the troops, fighting with the enemy head-on, and then he charged all the way, even if he was wounded, he did not give up, and finally his left arm became crippled, but this did not make Han Xianchu give up his revolutionary beliefs, and he set an example for the soldiers many times.
In 1936, Han Xianchu led the troops to contain the enemy, but halfway to the front suddenly sounded the sound of gunfire, after reconnaissance found that Chairman Mao's headquarters was attacked, he led only one battalion of troops to successfully annihilate the enemy and save Chairman Mao and others. Because of this, his outstanding combat ability was appreciated and he was appointed deputy commander of the Middle Route Army.
After that, this also became an interesting part of his career, he often used the status of deputy to direct the battle, and often because of the difference of opinion, often in the end, it was at his insistence that the superiors were forced to fight in his own way, so there was always a saying in the army, that is, "who is embarrassed to be Han Xianchu's superior." Shockingly, his strategic decisions were often correct, which led to the myth that he never failed.
In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Han Xianchu led his 689th Regiment, together with his brothers in southeastern Jin, to continuously advance in the direction of southern Hebei, and along the way, he cut through thorns and thorns, annihilated one military headquarters and one division of the puppet army, and opened up the situation of opening up the anti-Japanese base area in southern Hebei. After several years of hard fighting, he gradually became a person who stood out on his own. Later, Han Xianchu went to Yan'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to study theoretical knowledge, which laid a solid foundation for his subsequent battles.
During the Liberation War, he participated in the command of the Xinkailing Campaign, and in the face of the great increase in the enemy's strength, the leaders were all hovering between fighting and not fighting this war, and only Han Xianchu alone firmly determined to fight and proved with practical actions that this war could be won. With his rapid combat and rapid marching speed, he was personally praised by Du Yuming, the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang army in the northeast, saying that he was a well-deserved whirlwind commander.
After the founding of New China, there were two places overseas that our country did not recover, that is, Taiwan and Hainan Island occupied by the Kuomintang, because the defeat in the attack on Kinmen greatly exposed the shortcomings of our army, so Chairman Mao and others meant that after thorough preparations were made, they would settle the hainan island matter in June, but Han Xianchu did not think so, he took the initiative to ask For War repeatedly, crossed the level of advice and was aggressive, first persuaded Lin Biao, and then persuaded Chairman Mao. He believes that the April monsoon is a tailwind, and if it is missed, it will be waiting until September, and it is very fast on the battlefield, and it is impossible to say what will happen.
In the end, on April 10, the Central Military Commission issued a combat order for the overall situation to be forced to cross, but it was difficult for the first personnel to land on the island, and everyone did not want the first wave to go up, after all, the Battle of Kinmen caused heavy losses to our army, and few people who went up in the first wave could come back alive, but Han Xianchu became everyone's military commander. Just when boarding the ship, several regimental cadres said that they had forgotten to bring something to go down and get it, and they never came back, which showed the degree of danger at that time.
At the time of landing, Han Xianchu was temporarily deprived of his freedom by his comrades-in-arms, because the beachhead position had not yet been taken, Han Xianchu was anxious to join the battle, but was stopped by his own deputy battalion commander Yang, when a soldier died on Han Xianchu's body, comforting him: "Don't worry chief, when we take the beachhead position, we will 'liberate' you", and finally successfully took the position under the joint struggle of everyone, and then killed the enemy all the way until the liberation of the whole territory of Hainan Island on May 1.
Not long after the outbreak of the Korean War, the US military sent warships to intervene in the Taiwan Strait, cutting off cross-strait ties, resulting in the taiwan issue still exists, it can be imagined that if Hainan Island had not been recovered, what kind of dilemma China would face. Fortunately, at the insistence of Han Xianchu, the situation could be reversed, and only one month in advance, but everything was changed.
After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, Han Xianchu embarked on a journey to defend his family and defend the country. Before there was a paragraph on WeChat, an old Chinese man came to Seoul (now Seoul), someone asked him if he had come before, why there was no record on the passport, the old man directly said: "Last time Lao Tzu came in a tank, without a passport." The story behind this is that Han Xianchu led his troops to liberate Seoul.
In this war, the famous AMERICAN general Walker was killed, he had an important position in the history of the US army, won the title of "fierce dog", an American soldier recalled, Walker's death was related to the chinese volunteer army's hardships, when the volunteer army was in hot pursuit, Walker in the retreat when the car overturned into the ditch and died, Han Xianchu's record is also recorded in the history of the US Army.
On October 3, 1986, Han Xianchu died in Beijing, and he went from a cow herding baby to a whirlwind commander who fought from the northeast to Hainan Island, and until his death, he regretted that Taiwan had not been recovered. His heroic and good fighting deeds throughout his life will forever be recorded in the annals of the history of the Chinese nation, and his revolutionary spirit, lofty moral character, and fine work style will always be worthy of our remembrance and study!