At the beginning of the establishment of the Eighth Route Army, there were six brigades under its jurisdiction, and among the six brigades, the most powerful was the 386Th Brigade under the 129th Division, which was also the most famous eighth route army unit in later generations, if nothing else, but because most of the themes of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in later generations were related to the 386th Brigade, especially "Bright Sword", which used the 386th Brigade as the background.
Each unit is equipped with a standard brigade commander, political commissar, and chief of staff, and the three giants of the real 386th Brigade have their own nicknames, one is the brigade commander Chen Geng, who is called a cripple, one is the political commissar Wang Xinting, who is called blind, and the other is the chief of staff, Zhou Xihan, who is called a thin man.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > General Chen Geng and the origin of the lame nickname</h1>
During the Nanchang Uprising, Chen Geng was responsible for defending the general headquarters, when the battle in Nanchang City was full of fire, the enemy army launched a fierce counterattack, had no choice but to withdraw, Chen Geng and Lu Dongsheng led their troops to withdraw from Nanchang City, on the road, bullets like shooting stars, Chen Geng beat the side to withdraw, but unexpectedly was pushed, Chen Geng fell to the ground, and when he wanted to get up, he suddenly felt that his legs could not be forced. Chen Geng was shocked to find that a stream of viscous hot blood oozed from his left leg, and seeing that the enemy army was coming to this side, Chen Geng rolled down the hillside and flipped into the ditch without consciousness.
It was not until the evening that Lu Dongsheng found Chen Geng and woke him up, seeing the enemy army turning back, Chen Geng let Lu Dongsheng hide in the grass, and he himself painted himself with blood, deceived the nationalist army, due to excessive blood loss, when he woke up again, he saw that the people on the hillside were turning over on their horses, only to see that these people had red ribbons around their necks, and Chen Geng understood that the rebel army was coming.
The uprising failed, Chen Geng was transferred from Hong Kong to Shanghai, admitted to the hospital for treatment, and his leg injuries gradually healed, but there were still sequelae, making Chen Geng a little lame, and later Chen Geng worked in the Central Special Branch in Shanghai, which is why Chen Geng's Long March was almost over, or the reason why the Red Army division commander, and it was also the only division-level cadre in the Red Army period among the ten major generals, and the others were almost all above the military level.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > General Wang Xinting, where the blind nickname comes from</h1>
Although Wang Xinting was a simple man, although he stood in the 386 Brigade, his fame was not great, and he knew little about it in later generations. Wang Xinting is highly short-sighted, wearing a pair of thick glasses, taking off the glasses almost can not see anything, go to the Three-Eighty-Six Brigade and Chen Geng partner, Chen Geng is funny, like to call according to the characteristics of others, after all, called the political commissar, called Xinting, always a little awkward, so Chen Geng called him blind, Wang Xinting and Chen Geng after getting acquainted, also called Chen Geng as a cripple, the friendship between the two is higher than the sky.
Although Wang Xinting is not very famous, he is a perfect political work cadre, and even Chairman Mao said: "Wang Xinting's style is very high, taking into account the overall situation, and should be praised." In the bright sword, Li Yunlong met a good political commissar, and Wang Xinting was also a good political commissar for Chen Geng.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > Lieutenant General Zhou Xihan, where the thin man nickname comes from</h1>
General Zhou Xihan is also very simple and interesting, knowing that he looks very thin, he claims to be the thinnest in the world, in 1930, Xu Xiangqian saw Zhou Xihan for the first time, he said: "You look thinner", Zhou Xihan did not think so, and argued according to reason: "Guan Yun is tall, didn't he also lose the battle?" How do Zhuge Liang and Pang Shiyuan look? Don't often win battles? Will be plotting, not courageous. ”
Zhou Xihan's words impressed Xu Xiangqian, because this encounter with Xu Xiangqian also reversed Zhou Xihan's fate, and during the Long March, Xu Xiangqian saved Zhou Xihan twice. Zhou Xihan's military prowess was indeed very strong, and even Liu Bocheng called him Zhao Zilong, and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chen Geng pulled Zhou Xihan to be his chief of staff.
At a meeting, Chairman Mao met Zhou Xihan for the first time and asked Chen Geng: "Is this the one who almost cut off the brain shell of Zhang Guotao?" I heard that when I started fighting, my brain turned quickly. General Chen Geng smiled and said, "He also has a nickname!" Called Skinny! I gave it to him. Chen Geng painted with his voice and painted, and also used two hands to compare the painting, saying: "Oh, it's so thin!" Chairman Mao laughed happily.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > three sub-units, famous all over the world</h1>
There was once a song in the Taiyue area:
Little Japan, you can hear clearly, there is Chen Geng on Mount Taiyue;
Little Japan, don't mess around, let you touch last week's Sheehan;
Although the times have passed and the generals have passed away for many years, as Chinese, we must always remember that the heroic souls of the soldiers who threw their heads and spilled their blood on the anti-Japanese battlefield Chinese all have the habit of sacrifice.
Chen Geng's tomb is located in Quanhu Village, Longdong Town, Xiangxiang City, Hunan Province;
The tomb of Wang Xinting is located in Jiangjunling, Xiangxian County, Hebei Province;
The Tomb of Zhou Xihan is located in the Macheng Revolutionary Cemetery in Hubei Province.