To say, which regiment of the Red Army had strong combat effectiveness and the most meritorious service during the Red Army's Long March?It must be the Red 1st Regiment, the Red 4th Regiment, and the Red 5th Regiment, which are known as the "three tigers in the Red Army", and these three Red Regiments have made countless meritorious contributions as the absolute main regiments of the Red Army. But which one has the highest specs?It must be a cadre group.
Although the cadre regiment is named after the "regiment", his rank is obviously higher than the regiment level, although the whole regiment has only 1480 people, but the level is at least the division level, under the direct command of **. On the eve of the Long March, the cadre regiment was formed from the integration of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army University, the First Infantry School, the Second Infantry School, and the Special Science School, which trained Red Army cadres, and its members were basically the elite of the Red Army.
The cadre regiment consists of 4 battalions and a higher-level cadre unit.
The first and second battalions are mainly cadres at the company and platoon level who are studying in the Red Army school, the third battalion is the cadre of political work or organs at the company level who is studying at the Red Army school, and the fourth battalion is the cadre who is specialized in artillery, engineering, and machine guns studying at the special science school. The lineup of higher-level cadres is the most luxurious, mainly composed of cadres at the regimental and battalion levels who studied in the Red Army schools.
Chen Geng is the head of the cadre regiment, Song Renqiang is the political commissar, Zhong Weijian is the chief of staff, and Mo Wenhua is the director of the political department. The four battalion commanders are Li Zhenya, Huang Yanbin, Lin Fangying, and Wei Guoqing, the captain of the higher-level cadre team is Xiao Jinguang, and the chief of the command section of the higher-level cadre team is Zhou Shidi.
It can be said that the lineup of the cadre regiment is very luxurious, the regiment commander Chen Geng, the captain of the superior cadre team Xiao Jinguang were awarded the rank of general, the political commissar Song Renqiang, the fourth battalion commander Wei Guoqing, and the commander of the command section of the superior cadre Zhou Shidi were all awarded the rank of general.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the formation of the cadre regiment, it was decided to configure a high standard, and Chen Geng served as the chief of staff of the Red Fourth Front Army before serving as the head of the cadre regiment, and belonged to the front army-level cadres. Xiao Jinguang served as a red team leader before serving as a senior cadre team.
The political commissar of the 5th and 7th Army Corps, a cadre at the regimental level, later served as chief of staff of the rear command of the Red Army.
Before serving as the political commissar of the cadre regiment, Song Renqiang served as the commander of the Red 13th Division, which belonged to the divisional cadre, and later served as the commander of the Red 28th Army and the deputy director of the Political Department of the Western Aid Army. Zhou Shidi, chief of the command section of the higher-level cadre unit, served as the division commander as early as the Nanchang Uprising, and later successively served as the chief of staff of the Red 15th Army Corps and the Red Second Front Army.
As the elite unit of the Red Army, the cadre regiment not only has a high staffing, but also the best in terms of assembly. However, the main task of the cadre regiment at that time was still to train personnel for the Red Army, and only as a last resort did they act as "fire captains" and participate in battles.
During the Long March, the cadres and regiments participated in six battles, all of which played a role in turning the tide. In August 1935, after the Red Front Army and the Red Fourth Front Army met, the cadre regiment merged with the Red Army University of the Red Fourth Front Army to form a new Red Army University, of which the cadre regiment was mainly reorganized into the special science regiment of the Red Army University, headed by Wei Guoqing and Song Renqiang as the political commissar.