On September 27, 1955, the grand award ceremony in Beijing announced the birth of the top ten marshals and ten generals of New China. This news has aroused enthusiastic responses throughout the country and has also spread to Taiwan on the other side.
Chiang Kai-shek, who had lived in Taiwan for more than six years, had been closely following the developments on the mainland, and he had been greatly attracted by the ceremony of conferring titles on the new China. He immediately ordered a list of bestowers to be collected.
Looking at the familiar names on the list, Chiang Kai-shek's heart swelled with mixed emotions. These people used to be his opponents, which made him feel extremely pressured, but if you want to ask him who he admires the most, it must be one of the founding marshals.
Chiang Kai-shek pointed to the name of ** and said to Song Meiling: "This person is really amazing! "If a general can win the admiration of his enemies, he is undoubtedly an outstanding general!
The ** that Chiang Kai-shek admired so much, had clashed with Chiang Kai-shek many times, and was also the most troublesome opponent for Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek had sent assassins to assassinate ** many times, but they were all unsuccessful.
Why, then, did Chiang Kai-shek speak so highly of **? What stories have happened between them?
*, born in 1901 in Lezhi, Sichuan, his life experience has an indissoluble bond with Chiang Kai-shek.
At that time, internal and external troubles made the country face great challenges, and the family conditions were not superior, however, his parents firmly believed in the power of education, and they insisted on letting ** finish his studies, laying a solid foundation for his life.
* Since he was a child, he knew that the future of the country and the nation was his responsibility, and he was determined to become an aspiring young man, making unremitting efforts to save the country and the people, going out to study, and seeking a way to change the destiny of the country.
In August 1919, in order to solve his inner doubts, ** went to France to study alone. There, he witnessed the brave march of the French workers to the streets against the capitalists in order to fight for equality.
They are united in their struggle against the enemy under the guidance of Marxism, and although their strength is weak, they are extremely combative. This scene deeply touched **, and since then, he has developed a strong interest in Marxism and has regarded it as a faith.
* I know that it is not enough to study revolutionary theory in France. The Marxist was practical, so in October 1921 he participated in the activities of young students in France and dedicated his blood.
However, during the event, he was unfortunate and was later repatriated to his homeland. At home, he began his heroic struggle. As soon as he returned to his homeland, he immediately contacted Cai Hesen, joined the Communist Youth League under his guidance, and in November 1923, successfully became a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
*, this outstanding member of the Communist Party has gone through many trials and tests, and has gradually become an important leading figure of our party. On August 1, 1927, the Nanchang Uprising broke out, and after learning the news, Comrade ** immediately resigned from his job as the director of the Political Department of the Military Officers' Training Corps in Wuhan and rushed to Nanchang.
On the way, he encountered many difficulties and setbacks, but he persevered and eventually encountered the rebel forces. When Comrade ** reunited with Prime Minister ***, ** was very happy.
They have not been able to see each other again since they were separated in France last time, but *** said that although the conditions are difficult now, when the victory is in the future, he will definitely invite Comrade ** to a French dinner to celebrate their successful reunion.
* Firmly said: "My mission is to join the revolution, what position do you assign me?" "* immediately assigned ** to the 25th Regiment of the 73rd Division as an instructor.
Since then, ** began his military career. It was also from this moment that he and Chiang Kai-shek began a fierce struggle.
In January 1928, ** and ** jointly led the Shonan Uprising, they established a series of base areas and guerrilla units, and joined the main forces with the ** Red Army, which became an integral part of the 4th Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and the Red Army grew again.
Chiang Kai-shek was furious, the Nanchang Uprising and the Autumn Harvest Uprising had already given him a headache, but there was ** turned out of nowhere! Chiang Kai-shek decided to encircle and suppress the Red Army with a strong force, and the war against encirclement began.
In countless battles, ** accumulated rich command experience, which laid the foundation for his future command of large corps. Our army, under the leadership of *** and others, repeatedly defeated the enemy's attacks, which made the Kuomintang helpless.
Due to the erroneous leadership of Bogu and Li De, the Red Army was defeated in the Fifth Anti-Encirclement War and had to embark on the journey of the Long March. In October 1934, when the Long March began, ** was wounded in a battle and could not move with the large army, so he could only stay in Jinggangshan to recuperate.
Chiang Kai-shek, who learned of this, decided to launch an attack on the unsuspecting Jinggangshan base area. In the face of such danger, how will the seriously injured ** get out of danger?
In the face of the fierce offensive of the Kuomintang army, ** showed incomparable calmness and courage. After careful consideration, he decided to use the tactics of guerrilla warfare, which was used for three years!
The wisdom of * is amazing, he uses the terrain of mountains and forests to constantly transfer the base area, so that the number of people and equipment advantages of the first can not be played at all. No matter how sophisticated the cannon is, it can't play a role in the mountains and forests, but with its familiarity with the terrain, it successfully shifts the position, making it helpless.
* Good at base construction, his first task is to contact the local people and mobilize their forces. He knows the voice of the people, and if you are good to them, they will be good to you.
Whenever the Kuomintang army attacked, the people would notify ** in advance, and when the enemy arrived, he had already led the army to retreat. Chiang Kai-shek tried his best to capture **, but not only did he not succeed, but instead caused heavy losses to his troops, which made him very anxious.
He made up his mind to cut off the supplies, and if anyone dared to provide food to the **, he would punish him severely! His plan was to force ** to show his feet and then eliminate his guerrilla forces in one fell swoop.
However, Chiang Kai-shek's plan seems to have been overly optimistic, and he underestimated the level of trust that the people had in **. Although the Kuomintang reactionaries were like paper tigers, everyone still dared to help in secret.
In the past, when everyone provided assistance to **, there were at least some clues to follow, but now, due to the secret actions of the people, ** has a headache.
* Extremely self-sufficient, not entirely dependent on the people, he dug wild fruits, ate wild vegetables, and if necessary, ate bark and grass roots with his soldiers, and although he sometimes went hungry, he resolutely refused to surrender to the Kuomintang.
Not only that, ** also took advantage of this opportunity to sneak attack Chiang Kai-shek's troops, which made Chiang Kai-shek's plan to close the mountain fail, and was bitten by **, which made him feel very ashamed.
When Chiang Kai-shek heard about this, he commented: The most tenacious, the most resourceful, and the most difficult to exterminate. ”
Chiang Kai-shek, in desperation, decided to use the most vicious means - burning the mountains and forests with incendiary bombs to besiege **. However, at this critical moment of life and death, the outbreak of the Qiqi Incident interrupted his plan.
With Japan's full-scale invasion of China, the people of the country have united to resist Japan. Faced with this situation, Chiang Kai-shek realized that insisting on the civil war and the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army would be against the tide and would be spurned by the people, so he decisively gave up the encirclement and suppression of ** and joined the ranks of resistance against Japan.
* Having been relieved, he immediately organized an anti-Japanese volunteer army, which was echoed by many, and even some of the landlord gentry offered to help.
* After 10 years of struggle, the general said with emotion: "The cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, anti-Japanese resistance is the key, and democracy is self-redemption." Let us be firm in our beliefs and not become people like Chen Duxiu. ”
After making these remarks, ** led his troops north to resist the Japanese and reached a certain peace agreement with Chiang Kai-shek. Although on the surface, Chiang Kai-shek claimed to unify against Japan, but in private, he was deeply hostile to **.
This is mainly because the previous encirclement and suppression made him lose too much face.
* With excellent leadership and the ability to unite the masses, it has demonstrated incomparable deterrence. He is good at doing ** work, and even Chiang Kai-shek once wanted to win him over, after all, his brother was an official under Chiang Kai-shek.
However, ** rejected Chiang Kai-shek's invitation and resolutely stood on the side of the people. Chiang Kai-shek was very dissatisfied with this and was determined to get rid of **. He found an opportunity to assassinate **, and finally succeeded in killing **.
At that time, ** served as the head of the first detachment of the New Fourth Army, partnered with General Su Yu to fight behind enemy lines in the Jiangnan region.
With its heroic and fearless fighting spirit, the New Fourth Army has become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Japanese. However, what was unexpected was that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to attack the New Fourth Army from behind.
In 1940, as the Japanese offensive slowed down, Chiang Kai-shek, whose sense of crisis had waned, began to think crookedly again. He sent Han Deqin to mobilize 30,000 troops, claiming that there were 100,000 people, preparing to destroy our New Fourth Army in the Huangqiao area.
Our troops continued to establish base areas in northern Jiangsu, which caused friction with Han Deqin's troops. ** Keen to perceive Chiang Kai-shek's intention to backstab.
* Ordering our army to prepare for battle, Han Deqin divided his troops into three routes, blocked the ferry and the main road, and burned a large number of ships, forming an obvious encirclement situation. This marked the beginning of the famous Battle of Yellow Bridge.
The Battle of Huangqiao broke out in September 1940. Han Deqin led the army to take the initiative to attack our army's base area, and our army carried out a defensive counterattack, and defeated the enemy's vanguard in the Yingxi area, annihilating more than 1,000 people.
After winning the first battle, ** immediately sent people to Han Deqin's office, calling on him to abandon the civil war and unite with the outside world. At the same time, he also publicly exposed the recent provocations committed by the Kuomintang, and forced Chiang Kai-shek to abandon the plan with ** pressure.
Chiang Kai-shek was unwilling to let go of the fat of **, he didn't defeat him three years ago, and he had to defeat him this time. He urged Han Deqin to attack, and Han Deqin asked the New Fourth Army to give up Jiangyan, and in order to show sincerity, the New Fourth Army took the initiative to give up Jiangyan.
But the enemy still refused to stop, and attacked more fiercely. Seeing Han Deqin toasting and not eating and drinking, ** immediately ordered a counterattack.
Our army skillfully set up an ambush to lure the enemy into the depths. Han Deqin really hit the plan, thinking that he could easily defeat the New Fourth Army. He was unable to stand alone and violated the taboo of the soldiers. Mr. Chen seized the fighter plane and surrounded Han Deqin's army.
In the Battle of Huangqiao, our army broke through the enemy army and divided them, so that the enemy army was isolated, and finally Han Deqin's large army suffered heavy losses, and even Chiang Kai-shek gave up the attack plan against **.
The victory of Huangqiao is a famous battle during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression of our army, ** in the face of the provocation of the Kuomintang reactionaries, as well as the offensive of Chiang Kai-shek and Han Deqin, he showed outstanding leadership and military talent, defeated the strong enemy with inferior troops, and became one of the classic battles in the history of China.
After this battle, the Kuomintang lost the hearts and minds of the people, but our army stabilized its position in central and northern Jiangsu, won the trust of the people, and opened a new chapter for the War of Resistance in Central China.
After the Battle of Huangqiao, Chiang Kai-shek's grudge against ** was even deeper, and it was only because the common enemy was the Japanese that he swallowed his anger. After the Japanese were driven out, Chiang Kai-shek had more freedom of action, and he unleashed a civil war against ** again!
This time, Chiang Kai-shek sent his number one general, Zhang Lingfu, and a fierce battle broke out on the land of Shandong! And the Battle of Menglianggu has also become another masterpiece of **.
Mr. Chen, the enemy is about to attack, why don't we do it? ”
* The strategy is to overcome the urgency with ease. Our army took the initiative to abandon Xintai, Laiwu and other places, making the enemy more impatient, while our army waited for work at leisure, confused the enemy, and made the enemy think that we were vulnerable, but in fact we were looking for the best time to counterattack.
Sure enough, Zhang Lingfu went deep alone and made meritorious contributions, and just fell into the trap we carefully arranged. Although he did not have a military school education, his years of experience allowed him to see through Zhang Lingfu's weaknesses at a glance.
It is really sad that the revolutionary forces, with my absolute superiority, were defeated by the inferior rabble bandit army, which is an unprecedented loss for me! It can be seen that he has suffered a huge blow in this war.
Whether it is Han Deqin or Zhang Lingfu, although their troops are well-equipped and have a large number of troops, they were all defeated by Mr. Chen's men, which shows that Mr. Chen is indeed a military wizard who uses soldiers like a god.
* The general went all the way south and participated in the Huaihai Campaign and the battle to liberate Shanghai. The Battle of Shanghai was another classic example of the battle he commanded, and it was also the largest urban siege of our army during the War of Liberation.
This is due to his skillful use of the strategy of "attacking the heart first, attacking the city first" in the "Art of War", and successfully won this important battle through a two-pronged attack and siege tactics.
Shanghai, China's economic center, is of great significance to both the Communist Party and the Kuomintang. This is the most prosperous city in the interior of our country, and the Kuomintang is well aware of the importance of holding Shanghai, so it has built a large number of hidden forts and barriers here, making every effort to stop the advance of our army, and even preparing to engage in street battles with our army.
It was a very difficult battle, the enemy was hiding in the homes of the people, and we had to destroy the enemy as much as possible while protecting the buildings. ** The general vividly compared the battle to "fighting rats in a porcelain shop", which shows how difficult it was.
However, in the face of such difficulties and the large number of pillboxes built by the enemy, the ** general did not feel worried, he thought deeply, advanced layer by layer, and finally succeeded in liberating Shanghai in only 16 days.
It can be said that without the command of **, our army may not be able to achieve such a major victory.
* During the Battle of Shanghai, on the one hand, he led the troops to overcome difficult problems and pull out the nails laid by the enemy; On the other hand, he actively contacted people from all walks of life in Shanghai to ensure their safety and unite scholars and intellectuals in Shanghai.
It is precisely because of the joint efforts of both inside and outside the country that Shanghai was liberated so smoothly and truly embodied the aspirations of the people. In addition, the military discipline of the ** army is strict, and after they entered the city of Shanghai, they did not take away a stitch from the masses, nor did they borrow the people's houses to rest, but chose to spend the night on the street, even if they suffered, they did not let the people suffer.
After the defeat of the Kuomintang, they left behind a large number of spies to sabotage and spread rumors that the Communists would oppress the people when they entered Shanghai. However, ** and the troops he led broke these rumors with real actions.
After the Kuomintang evacuated Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan, still with ill intentions, secretly plotting to sabotage Shanghai, and attempting to assassinate **. However, facts have proved that the Communist Party has always been committed to the welfare of the people and has won the support and support of the people.
* While maintaining social order and stability, the marshal also invested a large number of elite experts to successfully bring the spies to justice, ensuring the tranquility of Shanghai and bringing the people to live and work in peace and contentment.
Although Chiang Kai-shek attempted to assassinate ** and threatened that "the People's Liberation Army can take Shanghai, but it is not good to govern Shanghai", Marshal ** was not intimidated by these, but sought solutions from economic experts, and actively invited experts from all walks of life to participate in production and construction, and also mobilized the enthusiasm of the masses to let everyone devote themselves to socialist construction.
Under the leadership of Marshal **, Shanghai finally recovered from the mess left by the Kuomintang and achieved tremendous economic and cultural development.
* Presided over the economy of Shanghai, solved the problem of gangsters and prostitutes that had plagued him for many years, rebuilt social morality, and rebuilt the city. Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to sigh to Song Meiling: "This person is really amazing!" ”
In 1955, the list of the top ten marshals was announced, and Chiang Kai-shek had a higher opinion of **.
Chiang Kai-shek admired ** so much, but failed to take it for his own use, which may be a big regret for him. ** The life of the marshal was full of magnificence and brilliance, he was wise and brave in wartime, and was able to unite all parties in peacetime, go deep into the people, and was a man with great wisdom and big heart.
With such a person as an opponent, Chiang Kai-shek's defeat seemed predestined.