Xiang Ying is a legendary figure in the history of the Chinese revolution. He had only a primary school education, but he was able to become a workers' leader who commanded the partyHis military level is far inferior to that of a great man, but he can become the "top boss" of a great man;He had no special background, but he was deeply appreciated by Stalin. Behind the string of halos on his head, it was Xiang Ying who personally buried more than 9,000 people of the New Fourth Army that he had developed and grown, as well as his own life, leaving endless sighs and sighs for future generations.
Xiang Ying's life is really quite controversial.
Like most of the early revolutionaries, Xiang Ying was also from a poor background. Xiang Ying's youth struggled to survive by picking up rags, and her mother relied on working as helpers and embroiderers to support Xiang Ying's siblings.
Relying on such difficult management, Xiang Ying finally finished elementary school. After graduating from primary school, Xiang Ying went to work in a factory, and finally changed her family conditions a little by relying on her monthly salary.
But the work in the factory was very hard, many years later, Xiang Ying recalled, saying
"I work more than 10 hours a day, and I have Sunday off, but I don't get paid for my vacation, so the average worker doesn't take a vacation. The darkness of the factories and the suffering of the workers are just too much. ”
Xiang Ying is a native of Jiangxia, Wuhan, which has been the thoroughfare of nine provinces since ancient times, with water and land wharves all over the place, peddlers and pawns, and a mixture of three religions and nine streams, which makes Wuhan, a heroic city, give birth to a large number of working classes.
Xiang Ying was already somewhat educated, and he had a bold personality, he was originally a working class, and he was good at uniting his fellow workers, and he soon had some influence among the workers.
At that time, the early leaders of the labor movement, Lin Yunan and Shi Yang, were on strike in Wuhan, but they found that there were too many workers in Wuhan and they couldn't keep themselves busy, so they wanted to find someone to help.
In this way, Xiang Ying, who was born as a worker, became the most suitable candidate for them.
Facts have proved that Xiang Ying did not live up to the expectations of Lin and Shi.
After becoming the secretary of the Jiang'an Workers' Club of the Jinghan Railway, Xiang Ying grew from an "old worker" to a "worker leader" in just two months with his "down-to-earth" revolutionary activities and ability to organize workersHe showed great organization, leadership and courage in the workers' movement in the future.
In 1923, when the Jinghan Railway Strike was launched, Wu Peifu raised a bright butcher's knife and prepared to attack the workers.
However, before he started, he issued a stern warning: Whoever wants to get up ** will not blame others for falling to the ground!
There was a disagreement within the workers' leadership over whether to go on strike as scheduled. It was argued that a general strike was not appropriate at this time;Some people felt that it was better to postpone it for a while, but Xiang Ying strongly insisted that the general strike be held as scheduled.
At the insistence of Xiang Ying and others, the Jinghan Railway Strike was held as scheduled. On the day of the strike, more than 20,000 workers gathered on the front line of the railway, and tens of thousands of soldiers and police officers were armed with live ammunition and ready for battle.
Xiang Ying, Lin Yunan, and Shi Yang led the way at the front of the strike team, followed by the endless workers' ranks, and the scene was very huge.
Wu Peifu's lackey, Hubei Overseer Xiao Yaonan, arrested two train drivers on the spot, and thousands of workers rushed over to rescue the train drivers, only to have unknown workers arrested.
Zhang Housheng, who was in charge of the operation, was afraid that things would get into trouble, so he said that he wanted to negotiate, and Xiang Ying resolutely went regardless of the danger.
Zhang Housheng threatened and intimidated, saying: If you don't want to die, let the workers return to work immediately!
Xiang Ying also responded very hard: Even if you kill me, I won't let the workers return to work!
Negotiations reached an impasse, and under pressure from the workers, Zhang Housheng had to release Xiang Ying.
After this battle, Xiang Ying became famous!Although the general strike was defeated, it did not affect his prestige in the labour movement in the slightest.
After that, Xiang Ying successively worshiped Xiang Zhongfa and Li Li.
3. The reason why Wang Ming followed them as a "wharf" was that they were all "leaders" of the workers' movement line and staunch supporters of the "theory of urban riots."
Compared with the "peasant line" of "encircling the cities from the countryside and seizing the cities in the end," the working class should have absolute political power and support the "workerist line" is a must for Xiang Ying, who was born as a worker.
Therefore, this is a good explanation for why he always hesitated in the face of ** instructions to go north.
Of course, it was precisely because he was a staunch supporter of the workers' movement and a veritable leader of the workers' movement that Stalin valued Xiang Ying very much, and even gave him a pistol when he met him.
This shows how much importance the Soviet Union and the Comintern attached to Xiang Ying.
You must know that before the Zunyi Conference, the Comintern had absolute influence on the road of the Chinese revolution, and as a person valued by Stalin and the Comintern, and a very famous leader of the workers' movement, when the "leftist" adventurist mistakes could not be carried out in the city, Xiang Ying entered the **Soviet District**, and naturally became the secretary of the **Soviet District **Bureau ** and Chairman of the Military Commission.
At this time, Xiang Ying can be said to be in power, in terms of position and power, he is above the great man, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the "top boss" of the great man at this time.
However, it is a pity that after the Red Army left Ruijin and arrived in northern Shaanxi, although the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has moved from confrontation to cooperation, Gu Zhutong at this time did not intend to let go of the New Fourth Army, and after urging it to go north many times, Xiang Ying also left a section of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, and refused to move until the last moment, when he found that he could no longer delay and led the army north with Ye Ting, he was ambushed by the Kuomintang Department, and the main force of more than 9,000 people, except for about 2,000 people scattered and broke out, the rest died heroically. And Xiang Ying himself ended his vigorous life under the ** killing of traitors.