On April 28, 1928, the Nanchang Uprising Army and the Autumn Harvest Rebel Army met in Jinggangshan, and the two teams soon merged into the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, which is also known as the "Vermilion Red Army" by Xi.
It can be said that the "Vermilion Red Army" was an important foundation for the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and even the People's Liberation Army, and a large number of high-ranking PLA generals also came out of this army.
However, although Mr. Zhu later became the core leader of the new country, his status was not lower than that of Mr. Zhu. So why was the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army called the "Zhu Mao Red Army" instead of the "Mao Zhu Red Army" after the division?There are some deep reasons for this.
First of all, when he first met the teacher, he obviously had a richer resume than Mr. Zhu.
After all, Mr. Zhu participated in the Xinhai Uprising in 1911. In 1921, he began to work in the Military Police Headquarters of the Yunnan Army, and also served as the chief of the Yunnan Provincial Police and the director of the provincial capital police department.
Not to mention, Mr. Zhu also had the experience of studying abroad in the early days - he once gave up his domestic ** Houlu to go to Germany to pursue revolutionary truth, and came into contact with *** and other communists, and also joined the Communist Party of China during his study in Germany.
After leaving Germany, Mr. Zhu went to the Soviet Union to study military Xi, and did not begin to engage in military education until he returned to China in 1926. It is precisely because of his long-term work in the army that he has considerable political prestige both in our party and in the Kuomintang.
In fact, in the Nanchang Uprising, it was thanks to Mr. Zhu's close cooperation with *** that he finally won the victory.
Compared with Mr. Zhu, ** is slightly inferior in his early military resume. Although he was one of the founders of our party, when Mr. Zhu served as the brigade commander of the Yunnan Army, he was still studying at the Hunan No. 1 Normal School.
Even if he later showed epoch-making political and military talent, he had almost no military resume before that, and only served as a soldier in the new army of the uprising after the Xinhai Revolution for half a year.
During the first period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he has always been engaged in education and propaganda work, and he served as the minister of the Propaganda Department of the People's Republic of China. Although *** also has a lot of influence between the two parties, it is indeed inferior to Mr. Zhu.
At least in terms of military experience, there was a big gap between Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhu at that time. Therefore, after the meeting in Jinggangshan, it was actually Mr. Zhu who carried out the front-line military command work, so it was not wrong to call it "Zhu Mao Red Army" at that time in terms of the command system.
In addition, in addition to the political and military resumes, there is also a certain gap in the strength of the troops led by the two great men.
At that time, the rebel troops led by Mr. Zhu had participated in the Nanchang Uprising, and they had rich combat experience because they had been dealing with **. Although there are only about 800 people, they are all elite. As long as the army is expanded, these 800 people can become platoon commanders, company commanders, and even battalion and regiment commanders.
In contrast, although a revolutionary contingent of workers and peasants was formed after the Autumn Harvest Uprising, most of the troops were composed of peasants, workers, and a very small number of soldiers with combat experience. Although these people have a revolutionary enthusiasm, if you really talk about combat effectiveness, they are definitely inferior to Mr. Zhu's Nanchang Rebel Army.
Therefore, after the reorganization, it must also be based on Mr. Zhu's troops, and then use the elite as the basis to train the Autumn Harvest Rebel Army led by ***, which is also the best way to reorganize in line with the times.
Under such circumstances, it is not wrong to call this new revolutionary contingent the "Vermilion Red Army", after all, the new army itself is centered on Mr. Zhu's rebel army.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that when he met in Jinggangshan, in fact, Mr. Zhu's position in the party was also higher than ***. At that time, he was only an alternate member, but Mr. Zhu was already a member of the Standing Committee, and he was still a member of the Standing Committee.
Although *** has already shown his skills, he can only be regarded as an up-and-coming at that time, and there are still many doubters in the party. It was not until 1931 that the provisional Chinese Soviet Republic was formally established in Ruijin, Jiangxi, and was officially elected as the chairman, and it began to enter the decision-making level.
It was only later that he was once excluded from the decision-making level by the left-leaning forces in the party, and it was not until after the Zunyi Conference that the leading group with *** as the core was formally established, but at this time, many years have passed since the Jinggangshan meeting1. Therefore, when the division was in Ganggangshan, it was absolutely reasonable for Mr. Zhu to occupy the dominant position in the C position.
In fact, whether it is the "Zhu Mao Red Army" or the "Mao Zhu Red Army", its essence is a revolutionary force that strives for the well-being of the people of the whole country. **Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhu also have a good personal relationship, it can be said that since the meeting in Jinggangshan, Mr. Zhu and *** have become close revolutionary comrades-in-arms. Later, when the left-leaning forces in the party frantically attacked ***, it was Mr. Zhu who always stood firmly on ***'s side.
During the Long March, some people tried to set up another party, and when they were engaged in the party, Mr. Zhu still continued to support him, and the revolutionary friendship between the two continued until the last moment of his life. ** even once said: If there is no Zhu, what about ** Mao?
Therefore, I am afraid that *** himself has never cared about the name of "Vermilion Red Army". In fact, like ***, Mr. Zhu is also one of China's greatest revolutionaries and military strategists in the past 100 years, and even in foreign countries, Mr. Zhu has been rated as "one of the greatest national leaders in this century".
In addition to his military talents, Mr. Zhu's character is also commendable, you must know that when he studied abroad, he took the initiative to give up ** Houlu. After joining the Communist Party of China, Mr. Zhu never cared about the level of his position, and he was the same as ***, always thinking about how to make the revolution win the final victory.
Therefore, Mr. Zhu can indeed afford the four words "Zhu Mao Red Army", because he was originally the core founder of the Red Army.