In the history of the development of the People's Liberation Army, there are two cadres who are famous and are nicknamed the "two tyrants", they are General Xu Shiyou and General Han Xianchu. These two have a lot in common, such as the same outstanding record, both are good at fighting, and they are both very hot-tempered, jealous and hateful, and never bent to meet each other.
Han Xianchu was a veteran of the 4th Front Army, and he was mainly active in eastern Hubei in his early years. Once, as the commander of the regiment, he led his troops to the east, intending to join the large army, but accidentally ran into a large group of the enemy on the way, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, but because the strength of the Red Army was relatively weak, the enemy quickly broke through the first line of defensive positions. Han Xianchu realized that it was pointless to fight any longer, so he planned to retreat directly.
But the regimental commissar felt that he should first counterattack and defeat the enemy, and then retreat, so that the enemy would not catch up. But Han Xianchu thought that this was too much, so he resolutely disagreed, and the two froze. But what no one expected was that in order to force the political commissar to comply, Han Xianchu actually pulled out a gun and put it at the head of the political commissar, and the guards on the side hurriedly stopped him when they saw this. Afterwards, Han Xianchu also felt that he was too impulsive, so he took the initiative to find the political commissar to apologize. The commissar did not take the matter to heart either, and the two quickly reconciled.
Later, when the political commissar was interviewed by a reporter from the propaganda department, he bluntly said that he had a very close relationship with Han Xianchu, and although the two would quarrel, they would never hold grudges, and they would reconcile after the matter passed. In 1936, when the 4th Front Army cooperated with the 1st Front Army to fight the Kuomintang army in northern Shaanxi, Han Xianchu was accidentally hit in the head by a stray bullet and passed out on the spot. Seeing this, the political commissar personally carried him off the position on a stretcher regardless of the danger and sent him to the rear hospital**. After Han Xianchu woke up, he immediately wrote a letter to the political commissar to express his gratitude, and bluntly said that the political commissar was his life-saving benefactor.
At the beginning of the Liberation War, Han Xianchu was originally assigned to serve under Mr. Peng, but in a certain battle, Han Xianchu quarreled with Mr. Peng because of tactical problems. **After learning about this, he transferred Han Xianchu to the Northeast to work, so as not to make trouble with Mr. Peng again. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was assigned to Fujian to take charge of military and political work, and during the difficult period, Fujian's economy suffered a heavy blow, and the common people could not eat enough to survive, so they could only barely survive on miscellaneous grains and wild vegetables.
Han Xianchu was very anxious about this, and hurriedly went to Beijing to find *** for help, at that time, *** was meeting with cadres from other provinces, so he had no time to receive Han Xianchu. Han Zuo waited and waited, and finally got really impatient, and actually broke into ***'s office directly. After listening to his appeal, he smiled and reassured him not to worry, now not only Fujian is in difficulty, but other provinces are also in difficulty and need help.
In 1967, Han Xianchu suffered from serious stomach problems because he was busy with work for a long time and had an irregular diet, and had to be admitted to the hospital**. But he only stayed in the hospital for 2 days, and he complained to the guards, saying that he had been "domineering" all his life, and in the end he let a small ** tube, which could not be eaten, and that could not be eaten, it was really boring, so hurry up and get out of the hospital!
Soon after, Han Xianchu was taking a nap, a group of sparrows suddenly flew outside the window, chirping non-stop, Han Xianchu happened to have a stomach attack at that time, the pain was unbearable, the sparrow was so noisy that he completely angered him, he immediately picked up the guard's gun, and shot it out of the window, the sparrow was frightened and fled, and the patients and doctors in the hospital were also frightened, and hurriedly asked the guards for help.
The guards immediately rushed to Han Xianchu's hospital room to ask him about the situation, but Han did not hide anything, and generously admitted that he had fired. Later, the matter came to ***, but *** not only did not blame him, but also took the initiative to comfort him and let him recover well. In the early 80s, Han Xianchu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen when he was recuperating in Wuhan, he hurriedly went to the hospital for examination, and was diagnosed with liver cancer, and the doctor told him that his life was probably less than half a year. Han Xianchu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then muttered in a low voice, "It seems that I am going to be like Yang Yong", General Yang Yong died of liver cancer that year.
In the following period, the doctor formulated a detailed recuperation plan for Han Xianchu, and he was also very cooperative with the doctor and did not show any resistance. After more than a month, his physical condition improved, and he was discharged from the hospital and went home to recuperate. In the last period of his life, he devoted all his energy to planting flowers and grass in order to distract himself from his pain and make himself as comfortable as possible.
In 1986, General Han was admitted to the hospital again, he knew that he might not be able to escape the ghost door this time, so he called his wife to his side, and explained his last words in detail, in early October of that year, he died suddenly, he lived in poverty all his life, and left a legacy of just a few books, a few old clothes, and nothing else of value. In accordance with his last wishes, his wife and son sent his body back to his hometown for burial, so that he could return to his roots.