During the agrarian revolution, the Red Army had a frontal army. In addition, there were also some Red Army units in Fujian, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, northern Shaanxi, Hainan, and other base areas.
During the period of the Red Army, the Red Fourth Front Army was the most capable of fighting, and the reasons are as follows.
1. The largest number of troops.
Commander-in-Chief Zhu's Red Front Army had more than 30,000 men when it was established, and it reached more than 90,000 after the fourth anti-encirclement campaign, with five corps.
After the Long March, the Red Army continued to lose troops, and after the Long March reached northern Shaanxi, there were only more than 7,000 people.
* The Marshal's Red Second Front, which was formed with a strength of 1More than 70,000 people, with a maximum of more than 20,000 troops, 160,000 people.
** Marshal's Red Fourth Front, 450,000 people, with a maximum of more than 100,000 troops. After the Long March, there were still 40,000 people in northern Shaanxi.
2. Destroy the most enemies.
During the period of the Red Army, the Red Fourth Front Army destroyed a total of 880,000 enemies, and the number of enemies destroyed exceeded the sum of the Red First and Red Second Front armies.
In the Battle of Sujiabu, the Red Fourth Front Army encircled the point and sent reinforcements, annihilating more than 30,000 enemy troops and capturing 1 enemy troops in 48 days80,000 people.
In October 1933, Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang's 200,000-strong army encircled and suppressed the Red Army, and Xu Shuai commanded the anti-six-way siege.
After 10 months of fighting, the Red Fourth Front Army destroyed more than 80,000 enemies, including more than 20,000 prisoners, setting a record for the destruction of the enemy during the Red Army period.
3. The most fierce generals.
The Red Army, also known as the **Red Army, produced 8 marshals and 7 generals.
The Red Fourth Front Army only has *** marshal, Xu Haidong and Wang Shusheng 2 generals. General Chen Gengxian has been in the front army, and he can only be counted as half.
Below the generals, the four front armies have produced many fierce generals:
Generals: Xu Shiyou, ** Chen Zaidao, Wang Jian'an, Wang Xinting, Han Xianchu and other 13 generals.
Lieutenant generals: Wang Jinshan, Zhang Renchu, Tao Yong, Wang Bicheng, Nie Fengzhi, Pi Dingjun and other 43 lieutenant generals.
Major General: More than 600.
The Four Fronts had a total of 700 founding generals, the largest of the three Red Army.