In 1948, the Liaoshen Campaign kicked off, and the People's Liberation Army captured Shenyang and captured a large number of ** soldiers, including many outstanding people, Xu Huizi was one of them. Plumly, he caught the attention of a PLA cadre, and immediately joined the PLA army, which changed his fate forever. With his repeated military exploits, he was promoted to commander of the 39th Army, and later promoted to deputy chief of general staff, and finally promoted to general. In 1983, the 39th Army ushered in a new commander, and everyone knew nothing about this person, only that he had great military achievements and was not very old, and he must be a young and promising general.
However, the deputy commander Huang Daxuan was stunned when he saw the new army commander, because this officer was actually a Kuomintang officer and soldier he had captured in the Liberation War, but now he was respected and became his superior. So, how did Xu Huizi go from being a prisoner to a high-ranking general of the People's Liberation Army?Let's move on to the deeper. Xu Huizi was born in 1932 and is a native of Penglai, Shandong. At that time, society was in turmoil, and many young people had the ambition to make a difference. At the age of sixteen, he joined the Kuomintang army, however, due to the corruption of the Kuomintang army, Xu Huizi had no chance to show himself. During the Liaoshen Campaign, he became a prisoner of our army. Although the PLA won, it also paid a lot of price.
In order to make up for the loss of personnel, they decided to select outstanding prisoners to join the army, and Xu Huizi's tall stature was particularly conspicuous among the many prisoners, which attracted the attention of company commander Huang Daxuan, so he recruited him into the ranks of the People's Liberation Army. In fact, after Xu Huizi was captured, he no longer had the heart to fight, and only hoped to save his life and reunite with his family as soon as possible. However, Huang Daxuan's discovery changed everything and made him a member of the PLA. After that, he participated in the Battle of Tianjin, and his outstanding performance was impressive, and he made great achievements and gradually promoted. During the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, he participated in many major battles, and after returning to China, he received special training in the organization and was sent to the military academy for further study.
Presumably, Xu Huizi himself did not expect that his military ideals would be realized after being captured. He was unknown to the Kuomintang troops, and even if he had merits, he was monopolized by his superiors, and as an ordinary soldier, he had no position. It wasn't until he joined the People's Liberation Army that he realized the noble glory of a soldier. With great gratitude, he went all out in every battle, and even after being promoted to division commander, he still shared weal and woe with his comrades, and did not put on a show. In the Korean War and the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, he performed well and was highly recognized by Deng Gong and regarded as a capable commander. Two years later, he was promoted from division commander to army commander. It is worth mentioning that the deputy commander of the 39th Army at that time was Huang Daxuan, that is, the company commander who had captured Xu Huizi.
He has almost witnessed Xu Huizi's growth, and now watching his former subordinates become superiors makes Huang Daxuan feel a lot of emotion. Xu Huizi has always been grateful to Huang Daxuan, if it wasn't for Huang Daxuan's fancy to him, he would have returned to his hometown to work as a farmer, and he would not have today's achievements, let alone become a military commander. All this is thanks to Huang Daxuan's wise vision, and of course, the People's Liberation Army for giving him the opportunity to make this former prisoner of war successful one day. Xu Huizi was old, but at that time he was not only still on the front line, but also was exceptionally reused as the deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army. In 1994, he reached the pinnacle of his military career with the rank of general. Three years later, 65-year-old Xu Huizi left the army due to old age and frailty and began to retire.
Until 2005, General Xu died in Beijing at the age of 72. General Xu's experience is somewhat similar to that of Han Shin, who was once a captive and later reversed his fate. But he was much luckier than Han Xin, because he met Huang Daxuan and joined the PLA army, and it was with such an organization that trusted and reused him that he had brilliant achievements later!