General Wang Hongkun was born in the Red Fourth Front Army, and he admired Marshal *** very much, and said: "Which marshal can bring out and fight new troops in batches like Xu Shuai?"Nope!”
1. The period of the Red Army.
In June 1929, Xu Shuai served as the deputy commander of the 31st Division in northeastern Hubei Province, which only had a few hundred people, and lacked experience in war.
Xu Shuai fought three battles, won three victories and expanded the army, captured a large number of **, developed to several thousand people, and later established the Red Fourth Army. Xu Shuai commanded the Huang'an Campaign, the Shanghuang Campaign, the Sujiabu Campaign, and the Huangguang Campaign, and the Red Army grew to more than 40,000 people. During the Red Army period, Xu Shuai destroyed the largest number of enemies, and the Red Fourth Front Army also became the fastest growing Red Army.
During the Red Army, Xu Shuai created the method of shrinking the position to lure the enemy into depth, and finally counterattacked to defeat the enemy. In the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area, he successively thwarted the enemy's anti-three-way siege and anti-six-way siege, and set a brilliant record of defeating 200,000 enemy troops with 80,000 Red Army and annihilating 80,000 enemies.
Under his leadership, the Red Fourth Front Army produced many fierce generals, Xu Shiyou, Chen Zaidao, Wang Jian'an, ** Wang Xinting and other generals are all under his command, Zheng Weishan, Wang Bicheng, Tao Yong, Wang Jinshan and other lieutenant generals are also known for their bravery.
2. The Anti-Japanese War period.
In May 1939, Xu Shuai went to work in Shandong and commanded the Eighth Route Army in Shandong and northern Jiangsu.
Xu Shuai was in Shandong for one year, and nearly 20,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, wounded and captured by Shandong troops, and 2 puppet soldiersMore than 50,000 people. The troops have been tempered and their combat effectiveness has also been enhanced.
There are more than 90 county-level political regimes in Shandong's base areas, with 150,000 regular troops and more than 500,000 local armed forces.
3. The War of Liberation.
In 1947, Xu Shuai returned to the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region from Yan'an and was responsible for the rear work of Liu Deng's army.
After Xu Shuai took office, he proposed to liberate Shanxi, but many comrades did not believe it, believing that the existing grassroots cadres and local armed forces could not complete it.
Xu Shuai fought in World War Yuncheng, liberated Linfen, fought a decisive battle in Jinzhong, and liberated Taiyuan. With less than 60,000 local troops, it developed into the North China First Corps, which shocked the whole army.
At the beginning of 1949, Xu Shuai fell ill again and was replaced by Mr. Peng.
From the Red Army to the Liberation War, Xu Shuai led out three armies, all of which were finally handed over to other marshals to command.
Xu Shuai's ability to lead troops and train troops is unparalleled.