What happened to the Red Army adviser Li Deliu's wife
What was the reason for the Long March of the Red Army? It was the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement campaign that made the Red Army lose its strategic initiative. In order to preserve its strength, the Red Army could only make a strategic shift and go to the Yan'an revolutionary base in the northwest region.
So, why did the fifth anti-encirclement campaign fail? This has a close relationship with a man named Li De. As a military adviser at the time, he was primarily responsible for this.
So, who is Li De? And how did he become a military adviser to the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party? Let's take a look.
Li De was not Chinese, but an adviser sent by the Soviet Comintern. After the Long March, he returned to the Soviet Union and never set foot in China again. Although he was not in China for long, he had a lot of experience, having served as a military adviser to the Red Army and married two Chinese women in China.
His arrival was inseparable from Wang Ming's help, the two met in the Soviet Union, and Bogu was Wang Ming's friend. In 1932, Li De received a task from the Comintern, and when he was in charge of a simple task, he accidentally met Bogu in Shanghai.
At the invitation of Wang Ming and Bogu, he joined the Red Army base. At that time, he did not have a certificate of service in the Comintern, but through Wang Ming's operation in the army, he eventually succeeded in becoming a military adviser.
Li De knew that his military capabilities were limited, and he did not interfere in the Red Army's operations at the beginning. However, in order to consolidate their position, Wang Ming and Bogu constantly instigated Li De to intervene in the Red Army and take over the command.
With his position in the Comintern and a certain ability, Li De gradually became the supreme commander of the Red Army. Li De's tactics may have worked in skirmishes, but his ignorance of China's national conditions led him to completely copy Soviet military theory to the CCP Red Army, which did not work.
As far as the Red Army of the Chinese Communists is concerned, only by combining it with reality can it gain the strategic initiative. However, Li De did not realize this, which ultimately led to the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression of the CCP Red Army.
Li De's first wife was Xiao Yuehua, a soldier of the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, who came from a poor background and devoted herself to the revolutionary cause since she was a teenager, and was a brave and fearless fighter.
The union between her and Li De was not voluntary between the two, but an order from her superiors. Due to his high position in the Red Army, he kept asking for a partner in order to meet the needs of his personal life.
Due to the small number of women in the base and Li De being very picky, his superiors ordered Xiao Yuehua to become Li De's wife. However, the two were not happily married, as their thoughts were very different and they often had arguments.
They also have a daughter, but after Xiao Yuehua arrived in northern Shaanxi, she had to go to Kang University to study, so the opportunities for the two to meet were reduced, the conflict deepened, and Li De also cheated on Shanghai actor Li Lilian.
In the end, Xiao Yuehua filed for divorce from him. After the divorce, Xiao Yuehua devoted herself wholeheartedly to the revolutionary cause, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, she served in the army until her death in 1983.
His second wife, Li Lilian, is a well-known singer in Shanghai with beautiful and touching beauty. During the Sino-Japanese War, she chose to go to Yan'an, where she met Li De. The two fell in love at first sight at a dance party and quickly fell into passionate love.
Li Lilian is proficient in English, and there is no barrier to communication between the two. As they got in touch with each other, their relationship gradually warmed up, so in 1938, the two entered the marriage hall hand in hand, and made a vow to spend the rest of their lives in China.
However, as fate would have it, the Comintern demanded an immediate return from Lee. Although Li De tried to take Li Lilian with him, because she didn't have any proof of going out, Li Lilian couldn't accompany her in the end.
The two were separated because of this, and they never saw each other again for decades afterward. However, Li Lilian has always stuck to her life. She starred in dramas in Yan'an and contributed to the country through art.
With the founding of the People's Republic of China, she served in the Ministry of Children's Affairs until her death in 1965.
Li De, as a representative of the Comintern, had a major negative impact on the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party. Judging by his two marriages, both women were victims of misfortune.
From a deeper perspective, Lee's actions also reflect his personal selfishness. After the marriage ended, he chose to leave, but the two women lost their precious youth and happiness.
However, all this may be arranged by fate, and we don't need to go too deep.