In 1955, Xu Xiangqian and Lin Biao, Nie Rongzhen, Ye Jianying and others were jointly awarded the rank of marshal by the Central Military Commission, Marshal Xu Xiangqian is a famous military expert in our army, he is not only outstanding in military ability, but also very low-key, during his tenure in the army, Xu Xiangqian dedicated his life to the modernization of the army, he has made outstanding contributions to the planning, modernization and national defense construction of our army.
Marshal Xu Qianqian had six pairs during the revolutionary years, but their endings were very different.
Xu Shuai's first partner was Xu Jishen, a native of Lu'an, Anhui. Xu Jishen was intelligent since childhood, he was able to recite poetry at the age of 4, Xu Jishen's father felt that Xu Jishen had the talent to read, so he sent him to the famous teacher Wang Fengwu and Zhang Shichen's school to study, so Xu Jishen also received a good education from an early age. In 1921, anhui provincial first normal school enrollment, Xu Jishen rushed to try to see the attitude, he also tried to apply for the school, unexpectedly, he became famous in one fell swoop, and was admitted to the school. In 1924, at the age of 23, Xu Jishen was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy to join the army, and since then, he has officially become a strong general in our army.
In March 1930, in order to strengthen the leadership of the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region, the Party Central Committee specially sent Xu Jishen to the Soviet Region to lead the work, at that time, Xu Xiangqian was serving as the deputy commander of the Red 1st Army, so Xu Jishen used the post of commander to partner with Xu Shuai and jointly led the Eyu-Anhui Red Army to crush the enemy's "encirclement and suppression".
Xu Jishen made an important contribution to the growth of the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District, but after Zhang Guotao came to the Soviet Area, he pointed the spearhead at Xu Jishen, because Xu Jishen clearly opposed Zhang Guotao's proposal to stay away from the Soviet Region, which caused Zhang Guotao's dissatisfaction. In 1931, Xu Jishen was unjustly arrested, and soon after, he was killed in Zhang Guotao's fire line rectification at the age of 30.
Xu Shuai's second partner was the famous Li Ronggui. Li Ronggui was born in a family of scholars, his father was a famous talent in Shou County at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Li Ronggui was influenced by his father from childhood, so he also loved literature. In 1926, at the age of 23, Li Ronggui was admitted to the Wuhan branch of the Whampoa Military Academy, and since then he has begun his military career.
Li Ronggui and Xu Xiangqian met at the Wuhan Branch, and in 1929, they were sent by the central government to Eyubian to lead the Red Army and served as the political commissar of the First Division of the Red First Army. Li Ronggui's prestige in the Eyu Border Soviet Area was very high, and people like Xu Jishen and Cao Dajun all had close relations with him, but because of this, Li Ronggui subsequently attracted Zhang Guotao's attention. After Xu Jishen was unjustly arrested, Li Ronggui was also arrested by Zhang Guotao because of his close relationship with Xu, and in 1932, during Zhang Guotao's fireline rectification, Li Ronggui was also unjustly killed at the age of 29.
The third partner is Kuang Jixun, a native of Sinan, Guizhou. Kuang Jixun was a famous general who could recruit good warriors, he once led the Pengxi Uprising, and had a strong military command ability, like the Honghu Revolutionary Base Area, which was created under the command of him and He Long.
Kuang Jixun came to the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District in 1931, and he served as the commander of the Red 4th Army and the Red 25th Army successively, and in terms of status, Kuang Jixun was only in Zhang Guotao and Chen Changhao. In December 1931, Kuang Jixun led his troops to conquer Tongjiang County, and made important contributions to the creation of the Sichuan-Shaanxi revolutionary base area. However, such a general was later killed by mistake. In June 1933, due to the expansion of the purge, Kuang Jixun was mistakenly killed in Hongkouchang, Tongjiang County, Sichuan.
The 4th place tie-up is Zeng Zhongsheng. Zeng Zhongsheng had a high prestige in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region, and he not only had high military ability, but also strong organizational ability and speech ability. Before Zhang Guotao came to the Suzhou District, He Zhongsheng once served as the secretary of the Special Committee of the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District, which showed his ability.
Zeng Zhongsheng was a cadet of the fourth term of the Whampoa Military Academy, he participated in the Northern Expedition and was a famous general with excellent military and political skills. In September 1927, Zeng Zhongsheng was sent to the Soviet Union to study military affairs, and the following year, he participated in the Sixth National Congress and returned to Shanghai with Zhou Enlai as a member of the Central Military Commission. Because Zeng Zhongsheng had experience in leading military struggles, in 1930, the Party Central Committee sent him to the Soviet Union to lead the work.
As soon as Zeng Zhongsheng came to the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Area, he organized forces to carry out anti-"encirclement and suppression" battles; at that time, the enemy situation in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region was very serious, and the enemy not only pressed down on the Soviet Area with heavy troops, but also sent spies and reactionary militia groups deep into the Soviet Area to carry out sabotage. Under such circumstances, Zeng Zhongsheng led the Red 15th Army to break through the enemy's heavy siege, and thus there was a victorious division of the Red 1st and 15th Armies.
After the victory of the first anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle of the Eyu-Anhui Red Army, Zeng Zhongsheng's prestige in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District increased unprecedentedly, and at that time, even Zhang Guotao, the central representative who had just arrived in the Soviet Region, felt pressure, but because of this, Zhang Guotao later became jealous of Zeng Zhongsheng. After the Red Army moved to Sichuan and Shaanxi, Zeng Zhongsheng criticized Zhang Guotao, and soon Zhang Guotao was imprisoned for a long time. After Maogong met the teacher, Zeng Zhongsheng wrote a letter to the central government and asked to come out to work, but unexpectedly, this letter fell into the hands of Zhang Guotao, and at the behest of Zhang Guotao, Zeng Zhongsheng was unfortunately killed in Zhuo Keji, only 35 years old.
Xu Xiangqian's fifth pick-up is Chen Changhao. Chen Changhao, a native of Wuhan, Hubei Province, once served as the general political commissar of the Red Fourth Front and was the second-largest person in the Red Fourth Front. Chen Changhao studied in the Soviet Union in his early years and studied at sun yat-sen university in Moscow, and he also had high military talent.
Chen Changhao came to the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District with Zhang Guotao in 1931, and he can be said to be Zhang Guotao's right and left arm, and when Zhang Guotao was the secretary of the sub-bureau in the Eyu-Anhui Su District, he was a member of the sub-bureau. In 1936, the Red Second and Fourth Fronts army divisions went north, and Chen Changhao, as the general political commissar of the four fronts, also resolutely obeyed Xu Xiangqian's leadership.
Chen Changhao made great contributions to the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region, but he also had an unshirkable responsibility for the defeat of the Western Route Army. After the defeat of the Western Route Army, Chen Changhao planned to return to his hometown to re-assemble a team, but because of the pressure of the situation, he eventually failed, and in desperation, Chen Changhao returned to Yan'an and went to the Soviet Union for medical treatment. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Changhao successively served as deputy director of the Central Compilation Bureau, and in July 1967, he died in his hometown at the age of 61.
Xu Shuai's 6th partner is Zhu Rui, a native of Suqian, Jiangsu Province. Zhu Rui was a famous general of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and he was the founder of the artillery unit of our army. Zhu Rui and Xu Xiangqian had been in a long-term partnership during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when Zhu Rui was the political commissar of the 1st Column of the Eighth Route Army, while Xu Xiangqian was the commander of the column.
Zhu Rui had systematically studied artillery theory in the Soviet Union, and for this reason, after the establishment of the Northeast Field Army, he was appointed as the commander of artillery. In October 1948, the Liaoshen Campaign was underway, and Zhu Rui, then commander of the Dongye Artillery Corps, went to the forward position to inspect the artillery in order to understand the performance of the captured artillery, and on the way, Zhu Rui unfortunately lost a mine and died at the age of 43.
Marshal Xu Qianqian's 6 partners during the revolutionary years, 4 were killed by Zhang Guotao, and 1 was killed by lightning, which is also really sad. In the later years, Xu Xiangqian was also distressed when he recalled the martyrs Xu Jishen and Kuang Jixun.