Among the top ten marshals, ** marshal is the only northerner. He looks honest and wooden, with a very high level of operational command, and is often underestimated.
Xu Shuai destroyed the largest number of enemies during the Red Army, and there were several major regrets in Rong Ma's life.
1. Failed to participate in the Nanchang Uprising.
During the Nanchang Uprising, he served as a staff officer at the headquarters of the Second Front Army, and Zhang Fakui gave strict orders and failed to leave. Later, he left the Second Front Army and went south to participate in the Guangzhou Uprising.
After the Guangzhou Uprising, he served as the commander of the Red Army division, and was later sent to Hubei, Henan and Anhui, where he developed a guerrilla force of several hundred people into 80,000 people of the Red Fourth Front Army.
Second, the Long March did not follow ** to the north.
In the Long March, the Red One Red and the Fourth Division, Zhang Guotao divided the troops on the grassland. At that time, the chairman asked Xu Shuai's opinion, and Xu Shuai was a little hesitant and did not go north with the chairman.
Later, Chen Changhao wanted to pursue the Red Army, Xu Shuai said: "How can there be a reason for the Red Army to fight the Red Army!" ”
**Praise "Xu Shuai is a good person".
3. The defeat of the Western Route Army after the Long March.
Zhang Guotao ordered the 4th Front Army to march westward, and more than 20,000 Red Army troops lacked food, ammunition, and no backup, and almost all the troops were wiped out.
Xu Shuai was reduced to asking for food, and he returned to Yan'an after a lot of hardships. **Comfort him, stay in the green mountains, and don't be afraid of no firewood.
Fourth, he fell ill during the Anti-Japanese War.
After the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Shuai was sent to Shandong, and was transferred back to Yan'an only a year later. If Xu Shuai could have been in command in Shandong, his later military career would have been even more brilliant.
5. The Liberation War failed to command the Central Plains Military Region.
The Central Plains Military Region is located in the southernmost part, and most of it is the contingent developed by the Red Fourth Front Army. ** Originally, he was sent to the Central Plains Military Region, but he did not succeed due to various reasons.
If Xu Shuai commanded, the Central Plains Liberated Area would be a different situation, and it would not have suffered heavy losses like the Central Plains Breakout.
Sixth, the Liberation War fell ill.
In 1947, Xu Shuai, with 60,000 local troops, defeated Yan Xishan's 300,000 Jin army and liberated the southern part of Shanxi.
He fell ill while commanding the Battle of Taiyuan and missed the opportunity to understand and enlarge the northwest and avenge the sacrifices of the soldiers of the Western Route Army.