General Han Xianchu
Author Lantai
The biggest difference between plaster generals and Kuomintang generals is that although there are not many PLA generals who have received formal military education, they have made these generals who do not receive much formal military education extremely personal in command, and even full of domineering.
For example, Han Xianchu, a general in the People's Liberation Army, is such a general full of "domineering" and extremely personal.
General Han Xianchu's "domineering spirit" has been certified, and in special times, some people once criticized the PLA for having two "hegemons", one is General Xu Shiyou, and the other is General Han Xianchu.
There is also an anecdotal legend that someone once asked General Xu Shiyou, saying that in addition to Chairman Mao, there are still people in the People's Liberation Army that you admire? General Xu Shiyou said without hesitation, Yes, Han Xianchu! Asked why, General Xu Shiyou replied: He has courage and strategy.
Of course, this is just an anecdote, although it appears in many military history works, but from the perspective of historical research, there is no excellent historical data that can prove that General Xu Shiyou really said this.
However, this can also be seen that General Han Xianchu's "domineering spirit" is well-known among the plaster generals of the People's Liberation Army.
In fact, the "domineering" of General Han Xianchu accompanied him throughout his military career from the beginning of his entry into the army.
The Long March of the Red Army
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In 1932, at the age of 19, Han Xianchu, a young man born in Hong'an, Hubei Province, joined the Twenty-fifth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, because the Red Twenty-fifth Army lacked firearms at that time, so Han Xianchu, a soldier who had only joined the Red Army, could only go to the logistics transport team to work, and after a period of military training, he could be transferred to the front-line combat unit and could touch the gun.
Only the captain of the logistics convoy had a pistol, and everyone else had only one flat shoulder and two baskets.
In the process of one transfer, the transport team and a Kuomintang militia regiment collided with each other, although the training level of the Kuomintang militia was very poor, most of the militia groups also smoked opium, but fortunately, these dozen militia soldiers all had guns, and the transport team only had a pistol for the captain, and the soldiers only had bamboo flattening in their hands, so they were a little panicked for a while.
Han Xianchu, who was still an ordinary soldier, first calmed everyone down, thinking that these vigilante soldiers had a big smoke on their faces, and there was no need to be afraid, so he first arranged for a few fighters to go around the militia and copy the bread, and he himself rushed to these dozen militia soldiers with a dozen strong-looking soldiers holding flat shoulders.
Sure enough, as Han Xianchu expected, these vigilante soldiers, who had no combat literacy, saw the Red Army and were immediately frightened and confused. Han Xianchu took the opportunity to shout, "Rush! Catch alive! At this shout, the militia soldiers were even more stunned, believing that the Red Army did not shoot in order to capture the people alive, so they obediently raised their hands and surrendered.
Han Xianchu captured a platoon militia soldier with a bamboo flat shoulder, and the story of capturing seven or eight rifles spread at once, and Han Xianchu was immediately promoted by the commander of the Red Twenty-fifth Army to the second battalion and fifth company of the 225th Regiment of the Red Seventy-fifth Division as a platoon leader.
Peng Dehuai during the Yan'an period
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In 1936, Han Xianchu, who had made many military achievements, had already served as the commander of the Red 78th Division, and he was assigned to Marshal Peng Dehuai to participate in the Western Expedition.
In the process of marching, Han Xianchu discovered that there was a cavalry battalion of Ma Hongkui, the "Ma Family Army" in the northwest, in Dingbian City, and General Han Xianchu immediately personally approached and reconnoitred, and found that this cavalry battalion neither attacked, nor harassed with guns, nor fled.
After discussion, General Han Xianchu believed that the reason why this cavalry battalion did not dare to escape was that it was afraid of being completely annihilated in the wild, and second, it was afraid of being settled by the Autumn Queen after escaping.
In addition, after observation, General Han Xianchu found that this cavalry battalion had sufficient ammunition, and it seemed that the will to fight was relatively weak, and the border city walls were not high, and it was easier to attack the stronghold.
At that time, the Red Army had only experienced the Long March, and all the departments lacked ammunition and equipment, and General Han Xianchu felt that eating this cavalry battalion could give the Red Seventy-eighth Division "back blood", so he immediately sent a telegram to Marshal Peng Dehuai to ask General Peng for approval to lay down the border city.
General Manager Peng's instructions quickly came down: "Ignore the edge and continue to take a detour."
Later, Marshal Peng Dehuai explained the reason for issuing this order at that time: "At that time, I was worried that if I could not conquer the border, it would affect the entire combat operation."
Although Han Xianchu thought that General Peng's order was reasonable, he felt that this opportunity was very good, the enemy's will to fight was very weak, and it was a pity to let go of this fighter.
Sure enough, this Majia army's will to fight was very weak, and in just one night, Han Xianchu's Red Seventy-eighth Division destroyed the cavalry battalion, captured more than 350 people, captured more than 180 warhorses, countless guns and ammunition, and completely occupied Dingbian City.
Although Han Xianchu disobeyed Peng Shuai's orders, Peng Shuai also sent a congratulatory telegram to General Han Xianchu after he knew that Han Xianchu had taken Dingbian City one night.
New China military parade
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After the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Han Xianchu was first awarded the rank of general, and then, he was given the heavy responsibility of serving as the commander of the Fujian Military Region on the front line of Taiwan.
In the 1960s, his superiors issued the newly revised regulations on army combat, and although General Han Xianchu was already in charge of the military region at that time, he still maintained good military habits and meticulously read the newly revised army combat regulations word by word.
General Han Xianchu felt that it was inappropriate to call for a section in the newly revised regulations on the combat of the army that read, "Save yourself and destroy the enemy," and asked him to call his secretary and ask him to write down his suggestion: "(Suggestions) Put the destruction of the enemy in the front and save yourself in the back." ”
The secretary quietly told Han Xianchu with some embarrassment, "Chief, these are Chairman Mao's exact words. ”
Han Xianchu told his secretary: "Only by actively destroying the enemy can we effectively save ourselves in war, and sometimes we have to take the initiative to sacrifice ourselves in exchange for victory in destroying the enemy." You write on, I am responsible for problems! ”
In the special era, the only general who dared to do so was Han Xianchu.
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