Everyone knows that ** followed *** to participate in the Autumn Harvest Uprising, embarked on the revolutionary road, and later became a famous marshal of political work in our army.
What few people know is that Luo Xiang, the younger brother of **, is also a soldier, and he is a top student of the Whampoa Military Academy, and his starting point is higher than that of his brother, but unfortunately he later entered the Kuomintang army and did not achieve great achievements.
Luo Xiang was born in 1905, 3 years younger than his brother, and was admitted to the sixth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1926, and became classmates with Zhang Zongxun, Chen Bojun, Cheng Zihua, Dai Li, Liao Yaoxiang and others.
One day in 1929, ** learned that after graduating from his younger brother, he entered the Kuomintang army as a platoon commander, and he was very anxious, so he wrote a letter to Luo Xiang through his home, explaining the corrupt nature of the Kuomintang and hoping that Luo Xiang could leave the Kuomintang.
However, Luo Xiang was still young and had just joined the Kuomintang, and he still had some illusions about the Kuomintang, so he did not listen to his brother's opinion and continued to serve in the Kuomintang army.
In fact, Luo Xiang is also an aspiring young man, hoping to make contributions in the army and serve the country, but the reality has poured cold water on him.
In the army, Luo Xiang's performance was very good and was unanimously praised by his comrades-in-arms, but he was not taken seriously by his superiors, because the Kuomintang was all about relationships, if you don't have a backstage, no matter how capable you are, you can't go up, unless you give gifts to your superiors and pave the way with money, which Luo Xiang will not do if he is killed.
Moreover, the Kuomintang officers at all levels were bent on only being promoted and making a fortune, and they did not care about the life or death of the soldiers, but only regarded them as stepping stones for their own promotion, and often deducted military salaries.
Gradually, Luo Xiang lost confidence in the Kuomintang.
Especially after the start of the Liberation War, Luo Xiang was even more disappointed in the Kuomintang, so he was disarmed and returned to his hometown in 1947.
At that time, the War of Liberation was in full swing, the revolutionary situation in Luo Xiang's hometown was gradually becoming clear, and the common people hated the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang to the extreme.
Because of his excellent command, coupled with his very good understanding of the characteristics of the Kuomintang troops, he won several battles in a row, and the local reputation of the Hengdong detachment grew, and more and more people joined the team.
In less than half a year, the Hengdong detachment has grown from a few hundred to several thousand, with more than 800 rifles, more than 20 heavy machine guns, and 10 mortars, becoming a team in Hengdong that is a headache for the Kuomintang.
However, Luo Xiang also knew that although this team was very strong, it was not a regular army after all, and if it was taken seriously by the Kuomintang and sent a large army to encircle and suppress it, then it would be more than lucky.
What to do?Luo Xiang decided to join the ranks of the People's Liberation Army.
In 1949, the Siye army went south and soon reached Hunan, Luo Xiang led the troops, actively cooperated with the 46th Army of Siye, liberated Hengdong, and Luo Xiang's team was also incorporated into the 137th Division of the 46th Army.
The commander of the 46th Army is Zhan Caifang, and after learning that Luo Xiang is the younger brother of ***, he sent a telegram to ***, asking for instructions on how to place this team, especially how to arrange Luo Xiang's work.
**After learning the news, he was also very happy, over the years, he has actually been wondering about Luo Xiang's whereabouts, but because of his busy work, he has not had time to write to his family, and now he is very pleased to learn that his younger brother has quit the Kuomintang, and he has also pulled up a troop and joined Siye.
However, the organization and discipline of the first team are very high, and he did not take special care of Luo Xiang because he was his younger brother, but sent a telegram to Zhan Caifang, asking him to act in accordance with the regulations of the army, and he must strengthen the ideological transformation of this team and let them integrate into the PLA as soon as possible.
Zhan Caifang also proposed that he was going to let Luo Xiang serve as the deputy political commissar of the 137th Division, but he did not agree, saying that Luo Xiang was not a member of the Communist Party and did not have this qualification, so he should be allowed to enter the military academy first and study it systematically.
As a result, Luo Xiang entered the Military and Political University and began to systematically study revolutionary theory. By the time he graduated, the Liberation War had ended, and he was also assigned to work in the local area, and later achieved a lot of results.
In 1982, Luo Xiang died in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, at the age of 77.