During the period of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, there was a clear trend of younger cadres in the ranks of the Red Army, and many of them were young cadres under the age of 30. ** is the most well-known of them all, becoming a military commander in his 20s.
Therefore, many people consider ** to be the youngest cadre in the history of the Red Army. However, this is not the case. According to the records of the Red Army's war history, the youngest cadre was actually Chen Haisong, the political commissar of the 9th Army of the Red Fourth Front Army.
The relationship between Xu Shiyou and Chen Haisong can be traced back to when Xu Shiyou was the political commissar, when *** arranged for him to work in the 25th Division of the Red 9th Army, Xu Shiyou was surprised to find that Chen Haisong turned out to be his former orderly.
So, how did Chen Haisong grow from Xu Shiyou's orderly to a political commissar who could fight side by side with him? How does his story end? Chen Haisong was born in 1914 in a poor peasant family in Luoshan County, Henan Province, his parents made a living by farming, fishing and selling firewood.
However, when Chen Haisong was two years old, his mother died of illness, and his aunt, who had no children, took him to raise him. Chen Haisong was smart and clever when he was a child, but he also had a naughty nature as a child, often taking his friends in the village to play together, and even playing the role of a small leader, showing his natural organizational talent.
In 1927, the Jute Uprising broke out in the Dabie Mountains, and the flames of revolution were burning. Soon after, the Red Army and guerrilla forces led by the Communist Party frequently appeared in the Dabie Mountains, and the outstanding local youths threw themselves into the army.
In 1929, Li Chenwa established the Peasant Association and the Red Guards in the Dabie Mountains, and Chen Haisong, who was only 13 years old, was deeply influenced and became deeply interested in the revolution.
He then led his partners to form the Scouts' Regiment, and served as its leader, and under the leadership of the cadres of the district and township Soviets, he resolutely threw himself into the revolutionary struggle. Once, when Chen Haisong came home from the affairs of the boy boy group, he found his father, uncle and aunt gathered to discuss.
It turned out that they were worried that Chen Haisong would join the Red Army in the future and planned to let him get married early. Chen Haisong did not bother after hearing this, but thought about how to reassure them. A few days later, Chen Haisong began to work in the fields, and his father, aunt and others were very happy.
One day, when Chen Haisong saw the Red Army troops passing from south to north, he immediately put down the hoe in his hand and rushed towards the Red Army. He knew that his field was close to the main road, through which the Red Army often passed.
He wanted to join the Red Army, but his family did not agree, so he decided to wait for his family to let down their guard and take the opportunity to join the Red Army.
Chen Haisong resolutely left his hometown for the sake of the revolutionary cause, and his family was very worried about his safety. Chen Haisong joined the Red Army led by ***, and he was recognized and appreciated by the battalion commander with his intelligence and excellent performance, and became the battalion commander's orderly.
After that, he followed the Red Army to fight in the north and south, and threw himself into the torrent of revolution. Because of his outstanding performance, Chen Haisong was absorbed into the Chinese Communist Party and served as an instructor in the machine gun company.
He cooperated tacitly with the commander of the machine gun company, and the company commander also taught him stunts. With his own efforts and talents, Chen Haisong was promoted all the way and became the political commissar of the battalion and the regiment.
However, Zhang Guotao's "anti-rebellion movement" changed Chen Haisong's fate. The head of his political department was wrongfully accused of being a spy sent by the enemy, and he was arrested for it. Chen Haisong's regiment leader, Yu Tianyun, was very anxious, hoping to find him and rescue him from his predicament.
Yu Tianyun firmly believed in Chen Haisong's innocence, but he could not convince He Wei. So he asked *** for help, ** also agreed with Yu Tianyun's opinion, and ordered He Wei to release Chen Haisong immediately.
** The commander-in-chief gave the order, and Chen Haisong was released. Although his position and party membership were revoked, he changed from the political commissar of Yu Tianyun's regiment to Yu Tianyun's guard. Xu Shiyou transferred a new political commissar to help him better fulfill his military tasks.
After the Red Fourth Front Army entered northern Sichuan, Tian Songyao concentrated more than 60,000 people to attack the Red Army. In the battle against the "three-way siege", Chen Haisong, as the deputy battalion commander of the Red 25th Division, successfully led two companies to hold Niuping.
He used flexible tactics to repel the attack of five enemy regiments, and the position was actively in the hands of the Red Army. After the battle, Chen Haisong was promoted to political commissar of the Red 36th Regiment.
At the end of June 1934, the Red Fourth Front Army expanded its scale, and the Red 12th Division was expanded into the Red 9th Army, and Xu Shiyou served as the deputy commander of the Red 9th Army and the commander of the 25th Division. Although Xu Shiyou had outstanding military talents, he needed assistance in politics, so he organized a good-tempered and capable political commissar to assist him.
One day, **called Xu Shiyou and told him to send a young new political commissar. Xu Shiyou was very curious and asked *** how small this little comrade is.
** smiled and said: "It's nearly 10 years younger than you, you have to be more restrained, he has a good temper and a gentle personality, don't scare him away." Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to find anyone else to choose. ”
Xu Shiyou replied: "Don't worry, I will be careful." After a while, the little political commissar came, and in order to express his welcome, Xu Shiyou arrived at the door of the army early in the morning to greet him.
But when he saw this little political commissar, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became, until he walked in front of him, Xu Shiyou was surprised to find: "Isn't this my previous orderly?" It turned out that this little political commissar was Chen Haisong, and he had also served as Xu Shiyou's orderly before, and the two were very familiar with each other.
Therefore, when Chen Haisong came to work beside Xu Shiyou again, they cooperated very tacitly. Later, together they commanded the Red 25th Division to participate in the Battle of Yingqu and the Battle of Xuanda.
In the Battle of Xuanda, when Chen Haisong was commanding the soldiers to fight on the front line, he was accidentally injured in the right thigh by an enemy shell. Despite his injuries, he remained reluctant to leave the front line and insisted on commanding the troops until the soldiers captured Xuanda City, and he did not agree to be taken to the hospital by the staff**.
When the soldiers sent Chen Haisong to the hospital, his right thigh was already swollen like a steamed bun, and his loose pants were also held tightly. When the doctor carefully cut open the trouser leg to prepare, he found that the shrapnel was still deeply embedded in Chen Haisong's right thigh.
The soldiers on the side couldn't help but shed tears, they didn't expect the political commissar to be so strong, he actually carried shrapnel and endured the pain to direct the soldiers on the front line for two days and nights.
Because the medical conditions were not very developed at that time, coupled with the scarcity of drugs, the doctor did not use *** when taking the shrapnel, and in this way, Chen Haisong endured the pain and asked the doctor to take the shrapnel out of the flesh without ***.
In the process of taking shrapnel, Chen Haisong did not say a word. After the operation, Chen Haisong wiped the sweat on his forehead and asked the doctor Tang Zhengxing on the side: "Doctor Tang, how is my leg?"
It's not a big deal, right? Tang Zhengxing replied: "Fortunately, the shrapnel did not go very deep, and you didn't delay too long, just go home and have a good rest." ”
In addition, Chen Haisong also learned about the situation of the medical office from Tang Zhengxing, and encouraged: "Dr. Tang, you must take the lead in learning medical technology, build the medical office well, and ......serve more patients.""Chen Haisong was seriously injured, but he wanted to take this opportunity to care about the situation of other wounded, and this tenacity and caring spirit is deeply admirable.
In late January 1935, the Red Fourth Front Army received an order to prepare to advance west of the Jialing River and respond to the northward movement of the Red Army. In order to confuse the enemy, make them unable to distinguish the true intentions of the Red Army, and at the same time create conditions for the Red Army to cross the river, the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front Army decided to launch the Southern Shaanxi Campaign.
Chen Haisong, political commissar of the Red 9th Army, led the Red 25th Division to carry out the task of ensuring the security of the left flank and rear of the frontal attacking troops. In the face of the attack of the enemy army from three directions, he was not afraid, and led his soldiers to penetrate the back of the Shaanxi army from the flank, cutting off their retreat, causing the army to be in great confusion and collapse.
With the cooperation of brother troops, they successfully annihilated a large regiment of the 49th Brigade and the Independent Brigade of the Shaanxi Army, and captured Xinpuwan and other areas. After the victory, the Red 25th Division had no pride, and pursued the victory, directly approaching Baocheng and Nanzheng.
These two places were well fortified and heavily defended. Chen Haisong ordered a small part of his troops to harass the defenders for a night, and then personally led the main force to attack Jitou Pass in the north of the city.
That night, the Red Army once again launched a fierce attack on Beiguan and Mantou Mountain, and the Shaanxi army desperately defended the city, and the enemy's planes also came to support, repeatedly bombing the direction where the Red Army soldiers were.
In this difficult situation, the soldiers of the Red 25th Division rushed into the positions of the Shaanxi army dozens of times and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. After eight days of fierce fighting, the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front Army ordered the Red 25th Division to retreat.
In this way, the Battle of Southern Shaanxi ended, and the enemy's attention was successfully diverted.
On the way to northern Sichuan, the Red Fourth Front Army launched the Battle of Jialing River. Faced with the task of forcibly crossing the Jialing River, Chen Haisong asked for the Red 25th Division to be the main attacker, but was rejected by the head of the Red Fourth Front Army Headquarters.
The chief asked them to find their own way and guarantee to cross the river within the stipulated time. Chen Haisong and the soldiers racked their brains, and finally got a suggestion from a Sichuan warrior that they could use the stumbling bucket used by farmers to threshk grain.
However, because the river was too fast, I tried several times without success. Just when they were at a loss, Chen Haisong suddenly remembered that the fishing bucket in his hometown could add a pole between the two tripping buckets to keep the boat balanced in the river.
After improvement, the advance team of the 25th Division successfully smuggled the enemy by using the stumbling barrel and captured two ferries of the enemy on the opposite bank, and the whole division successfully crossed the river. The success of this campaign is inseparable from the courage and wisdom of Chen Haisong and the soldiers, as well as their love and inheritance of their hometown culture.
In late October 1936, more than 20,000 soldiers from the Red 30th Army, 9th Army and 5th Army crossed the Yellow River to form the Western Route Army, with Chen Haisong as the military political commissar. The Western Route Army originally planned to carry out the Ningxia Campaign, but as the situation changed, the campaign was forced to be cancelled, and the soldiers turned to the Hexi Corridor to carry out the mission of opening up Xinjiang.
At the beginning of November, the Kuomintang army assembled 1150,000 troops launched a brutal "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army. The Western Route Army lacked support and fell into passivity. After months of fierce fighting, the number of troops was sharply reduced from more than 20,000 to more than 3,000.
The Western Route Army was forced to break through, and the Red 9th Army was responsible for covering. At dawn on March 12, the Western Route Army rested near Liyuan Fort, and the Red 9th Army arrived at Liyuankou and continued to serve as the first guard.
Chen Haisong led the guards to climb the heights to observe the terrain and prepare for battle. Seeing that the soldiers had finished resting, he reminded everyone: "After resting, go up the mountain to be on guard, be careful!" ”
As soon as Chen Haisong's words fell, the enemy behind him gave hot pursuit.
Chen Haisong urgently ordered nearby troops to seize Sijiangshan, but the soldiers of the Red 9th Army were already exhausted, and after the battle and the breakthrough, they were in shabby clothes and their faces were exhausted.
Due to many days of starvation, they were unable to carry out their mission, and could only climb halfway up the mountain to be suppressed by the enemy. In desperation, Chen Haisong could only command the soldiers to occupy some dirt bags on the south side of the pass for cover.
After fierce fighting, the soldiers of the Red 9th Army were in a predicament of running out of ammunition and food, and some even had to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. Seeing this scene, Chen Haisong couldn't help but shed tears.
However, he understood that now was not the time to be sentimental, and in order to preserve the revolutionary forces, he assigned tasks and ordered Chen Yigui, director of the Security Bureau, to organize the evacuation of the personnel as soon as possible.
Although there is only a dead end to stay, if you retreat, there may be a glimmer of life. However, Chen Haisong did not choose to retreat, he insisted on fighting, leaving the chance of survival to others.
This spirit of selfless dedication deserves our admiration. As the political commissar of the Red 9th Army, Chen Haisong could not retreat, he had to stay to protect the safety of the main forces of the Red Army. Chen Haisong said to Chen Yigui: "Now you take a part of the troops to escort the retreat of the agency personnel, and you must ensure their safety!" ”
Chen Yigui rejected his offer and insisted on staying to fight the enemy forces and protect Chen Haisong's safety. Chen Haisong knows that Chen Yigui's persistence is a manifestation of his trust and responsibility, as well as respect for him as a political commissar.
He knew that only by sticking to this place could he protect the safety of the main forces of the Red Army and realize their revolutionary ideals.
Chen Haisong said with a cold face: "What nonsense are you talking about? If you still regard me as your political commissar, immediately protect the retreat of the cadres of the organs! I can't back down, I'm going to set an example to the other fighters, I'm going to go with them.
And I can't go, I need to pin down the enemy and ensure the safety of the main forces of the Red Army. Chen Yigui wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Chen Haisong: "Don't grind anymore, let you go, you can leave."
The comrades of the organ are not strong in combat, and if they stay, they will only die in vain. It is one that can escape one by one, and preserve the strength of the revolution. So, Chen Yigui led a part of the soldiers and cadres to break through and retreat, while Chen Haisong led dozens of soldiers who volunteered to stay behind to hold their positions.
After a fierce battle, they almost ran out of ammunition. At this time, the enemy noticed that our soldiers did not have many bullets, and they shouted "rush, kill" and rushed towards our positions.
When Chen Haisong saw this scene, he shouted: "Soldiers of the guard platoon, rush with me!" Then he rushed towards the enemy group.
Chen Haisong, political commissar of the Red 9th Army, climbed the mountain bag in order to observe the battlefield situation. was discovered by the enemy and died at the age of 23. His sacrifice grieved all the warriors and wiped out the entire army.
However, his spirit still inspires us and allows us to remember his bravery and determination to make an even greater contribution to our homeland.
Chen Haisong: Young and Promising Commander of the Red Fourth Front Army In May 1937, the ** Military Commission held a memorial service for Chen Haisong and other senior cadres. ** Ren Bishi and other leaders attended the memorial service.
Chen Haisong, a young and promising commander of the Red Fourth Front Army, won high praise from the leaders for his talent and courage during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He has been mentioned to others many times, saying that if he is still alive, he will definitely be able to contribute more to the country.
**I also once lamented that Chen Haisong was the core leader of the Red 9th Army, and without him, there would be no achievements of the 9th Army. Chen Haisong's sacrifice is heart-wrenching, but his bravery and ingenuity will always be remembered.