After the founding of New China, who was the founding general with the largest number of re-election members of the Politburo? There are 3 famous players tied for first place, and Xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian are among them. The relationship between the two of them is very deep, Chen Xilian was once Xu Shiyou's old subordinate, Xu Shiyou saved Chen Xilian's life.
Chen Xilian is a native of Hong'an, Hubei Province, from China's First Great General County, and Xu Shiyou is a native of Xinxian County, Henan, which is also one of the top ten major general counties in China. Whether it is Hong'an or Xinxian, it is the Dabie Mountain, and Chen Xilian and Xu Shiyou are the children of the heroes of dabie Mountain.
In fact, Xu Shiyou's birthplace is Macheng, Hubei, and later due to regional division, a new county was established, and Xu Shiyou became a native of Henan. From the place of birth, Xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian were both Hubei people, and Macheng and Hong'an (Huang'an) were the birthplaces of the Eyu-Anhui Revolution, where the famous Jute Uprising broke out.
Xu Shiyou was born in 1906 and was an old general of the Red Fourth Front, Chen Xilian was 9 years younger than him, and he was a young man of the Red Fourth Front. Xu Shiyou said, "Xu Monk", Chen Xilian has a nickname, "Small Steel Cannon", they have not studied in military school, before joining the army did not receive professional military training, but they are the most capable of fighting the red fourth front generals outstanding representatives.
(Xu Shiyou and Xu Xiangqian)
At the same time as the Red Fourth Front, at the beginning, Xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian were not together. Xu Shiyou was the deputy commander and division commander of the Red Ninth Army, and Chen Xilian served as the political commissar of the Red Thirty Army led by Li Xiannian. In 1934, Chen Xilian was transferred to the Red Fourth Army as deputy commander of the 10th Division and political commissar of the 11th Division.
Xu Shiyou also came to the Red Fourth Army as a commander, and Chen Xilian officially became Xu Shiyou's subordinate. On the Long March Road, Chen Xilian suffered from severe typhoid fever, vomiting up and down diarrhea, and continued to have a high fever, and Xu Xiangqian quickly asked people to send him to the rear hospital.
At first, he did not get good treatment, Chen Xilian's condition continued to deteriorate, his scalp was red and swollen, his hair fell out, and he became a veritable "monk". A guard nicknamed "Kulak" took care of him. Chen Xilian had to pull several times a day, and it was full of pus, blood and mucus, and it smelled bad, and soon attracted a group of flies.
The kind guards took a small wooden stick and helped Chen Xilian drive away the flies. Chen Xilian's health deteriorated, and the guards were very sad, thinking that he was about to die, and often hid in the corner and secretly cried. Chen Xilian was also desperate, and he turned to the guards,
You go, leave me alone.
But the guard said that he would not leave, he said,
To die we die in one piece.
Guarding Chen Xilian day and night. Later, an old local Chinese medicine doctor was invited to prescribe several pairs of Chinese medicines, and Chen Xilian was saved, and his body slowly improved. After resting for a month, Chen Xilian left the hospital and chased after the troops.
At that time, the two main forces of the Red Army were victorious divisions, and the headquarters of the Red Fourth Army was located in Maoergai, and Chen Xilian came to Maoergai and reported to the commander Xu Shiyou, and then stayed at the military headquarters to rest. He had just laid down, and Zhang Guotao and Zhang Wentian came to the military headquarters to talk to Xu Shiyou.
Chen Xilian's body was still very weak and confused, and he could still faintly hear the sound of their conversation, as if Zhang Wentian was introducing the situation of the Anti-"Encirclement and Suppression" operations of the Red Army and the Zunyi Conference, and slowly Chen Xilian fell asleep.
(Chen Xilian presided over the work conference of the Shenyang Military Region)
By the time he woke up, Zhang Guotao and Zhang Wentian had already left. Xu Shiyou said to Chen Xilian,
When you were asleep, Zhang Guotao put your coat on.
Chen Xilian found that the coat that was pressed on him was indeed gone. Many years later, Chen Xilian recorded this small incident in his memoirs. What does it mean? Zhang Guotao actually wore his coat away when his revolutionary comrade Chen Xilian was extremely weak and needed his coat to withstand the cold. From this, we can see how Zhang Guotao's character is.
A few days later, the Battle of Baozuo began, the commander of the Red Tenth Division, Wang Youjun, unfortunately died, Xu Shiyou was very sad, Chen Xilian took over as the commander of the Red Tenth Division, the Red Tenth Division was also subordinate to the Red Fourth Army, Chen Xilian was still Xu Shiyou's subordinate.
That is, in the past few days, a major event in Chinese history has occurred, Zhang Guotao's ambitions have swelled, he has embarked on the road of splittism, and turned around and went south. Chen Xilian was a general of the Red Fourth Front, so he had to follow Zhang Guotao south, and on the way south, passing through Zawo, Chen Xilian was wounded again, this time very fatal.
What's going on? Chen Xilian and Xu Shiyou were in their nest when they were suddenly attacked by reactionary militants, and the incident occurred suddenly and unexpectedly, and at that time there were only a few guard units around them, and they were quickly scattered by the reactionary militants. Xu Shiyou's situation is very dangerous. When the season of poverty is now, the danger is a hero, and it is necessary to protect Commander Xu. Chen Xilian said to Xu Shiyou,
Commander, you quickly retreat to the back, and I go to the front to stand.
After saying that, Chen Xilian picked up a machine gun, climbed to a high place, and fired wildly at the enemy. It is worthy of the small steel cannon of the Red Fourth Front, which shocks the enemy' courage!
Chen Xilian was standing on a high place, holding a machine gun, the target was too big, and soon attracted a large number of enemies to his periphery. The enemy concentrated its firepower on Attacking Chen Xilian, and under the cover of Chen Xilian, Xu Shiyou turned the crisis into safety and successfully withdrew.
Suddenly a bullet hit Chen Xilian, which was a penetrating wound, the bullet came in from the left back, passed out from the right back, and Chen Xilian fell down at once. The guards risked their lives to carry him off the position. Chen Xilian did not know where he was injured at that time, but only felt that his chest and abdomen were swollen and uncomfortable.
He asked the guards to lift themselves upside down with their heads down and their feet up. Blood flowed out of the wound, and Chen Xilian felt that his stomach was much easier. In order to cover commander Xu's escape, Chen Xi was seriously injured and almost killed.
Chen Xilian was injured to cover himself, Xu Shiyou was very sad and very anxious, the Red Army was about to cross the meadow, Chen Xilian looked like this, what to do? Chen Xilian must not be left behind. Xu Shiyou gave the death order that Comrade Chen Xilian must be carried out of the meadow at all costs.
Xu Shiyou summoned a regimental commander and asked him to select a few strong young men and carry Chen Xilian away on a stretcher. The regimental commander said with great embarrassment,
Everyone is hungry and cold, it is very difficult to walk on their own, they don't know if they can go out, how can they carry another person?
Xu Shiyou thought about it too, he did not do anything recklessly, but asked people to find a good horse with a machine gun, unloaded the bulky machine gun, disassembled the parts, and distributed them to the comrades to carry, helped Chen Xilian onto the horse, and let the horse carry Chen Xilian away.
Just in case, Xu Shiyou also designated a comrade to lead a horse and be responsible for watching Chen Xilian. Xu Shiyou also gave the only small bag of rice on his body to the comrade who led the horse, asking him to take care of Chen Xilian along the way and cook porridge for Chen Xilian to drink.
Chen Xilian's body was so weak and bleeding a lot that he couldn't sit still on the horse, so the guards let him lie on his horse, and then tied Chen Xilian and his horse together with a rope to prevent him from falling. In this way, Chen Xilian lay on his horse, walked out of the grass, and slowly recovered from his injuries.
If it weren't for Xu Shiyou, if it wasn't for the small bag of life-saving rice, Chen Xilian wouldn't have been able to walk out of the grass at all, and he might have fallen down forever. Chen Xilian was injured to cover xu Shiyou, and Xu Shiyou saved his life, they are a pair of life and death comrades- This pair of comrades-in-arms, in the subsequent wars, became the mainstay of the Chinese revolution, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, they marched hand in hand, leading the way, and becoming the mainstay of the country.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xu Shiyou served as deputy brigade commander of the 386th Brigade, commander of the Third Brigade of the Shandong Column, and Chen Xilian first served as the commander of the regiment and then promoted to brigade commander of the new 385 brigade. They were all the main generals of the Eighth Route Army and became the mainstay of their respective battlefields.
During the Liberation War, Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the Ninth Column of the East China Field Army, and Chen Xilian was the commander of the Third Column of Liu Deng's army. They were all column commanders. In 1948, Xu Shiyou was promoted to commander of the Shandong Corps. In 1949, Chen Xilian was promoted to commander of the Third Corps.
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Third Corps of the Volunteer Army was established, and Chen Xilian's old troops went to the Korean battlefield, and he himself remained in China to take up posts. Hsu Later went to Korea and succeeded Chen Geng as commander of the Third Corps of the Volunteer Army.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Xilian served as commander of artillery, commander of the Shenyang Military Region, and commander of the Beijing Military Region, and Xu Shiyou was commander of the Nanjing Military Region and commander of the Guangzhou Military Region. It's enviable.
There are more enviable ones.
In 1969, at the First Plenum after the Ninth Party Congress, Xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian were elected as members of the Politburo and became state leaders. It was at this time that the founding generals first entered the Politburo, and the founding generals who also entered the Politburo were Huang Yongsheng and Xie Fuzhi.
In other words, a total of 4 founding generals will enter the ninth Politburo. Among the members of the Ninth Politburo were Zhu De, Lin Biao, Ye Jianying, and Liu Bocheng, four marshals, and even Xu Shiyou and Xu Xiangqian, the old chief of Chen Xilian, did not enter the Politburo.
Such a comparison shows that the identities of Xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian are very prominent, their positions within the party are very high, and they are the best generals of the Red Fourth Front. At that time, Xu Shiyou was serving as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and Chen Xilian was serving as the commander of the Shenyang Military Region.
In 1973, after the Tenth Party Congress, a new Politburo was elected, of whom only three were founding generals, one was Xu Shiyou, the other was Chen Xilian, and the other was Wei Guoqing. Xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian were also commanders of their respective military regions. At the same time, there were three marshals left in the Politburo, namely Zhu De, Ye Jianying and Liu Bocheng.
(Late Chen Xilian)
In 1977, after the Eleventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, among the eleven members of the Politburo elected, there were 5 founding generals, and there were still Xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian. At that time, Xu Shiyou was the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, and Chen Xilian was the commander of the Beijing Military Region, and their positions changed.
Nie Rongzhen and Xu Xiangqian, two veteran marshals, also entered the Politburo for the first time, and they entered the Politburo a full 8 years later than Xu Shiyou Chen Xilian, who was the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front, xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian.
From the ninth to the eleventh term, Xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian were re-elected members of the Politburo for three consecutive terms, setting a record for the highest among founding generals. Among all the founding generals, only Wei Guoqing and Li Desheng were comparable to them, and Li Desheng was their old subordinate.
Among the founding generals, the only people who were re-elected as members of the Politburo for three consecutive terms were Xu Shiyou, Chen Xilian, Wei Guoqing, and Li Desheng, and three of them were generals of the Red Fourth Front, which was the glory of the hero Dabie Mountain!
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