As the saying goes: "Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi", in this fickle world, everything is possible, so don't look down on anyone, maybe one day in the future, the person you look down on will become a person you can't climb. In the history of our country, there is such a general with great achievements, and he could have enjoyed excellent treatment with honor, but he never thought that because of an accident, his glamorous life was instantly shrouded in darkness. This general is China's famous "legendary general" Chen Zaidao, when he "regained his sight", his heart still wanted to return to work to contribute to the country, however, who would have thought that he, an old general with brilliant achievements and deep qualifications, would be a deputy commander for someone who once held a position lower than himself? And the superior of this deputy commander is the invincible "victorious general" Han Xianchu, whom we often say. So what incident was Chen Zaidao, who was full of honor, removed from his post? What kind of fate does he have with Han Xianchu? Next, let's take a look at the legendary lives of these two generals.
The courage of the second way: Chen said again
What led to Chen Zaidao's dismissal was the July 20 incident that caused a sensation throughout the country, and Chen Zaidao was the person in charge of the Wuhan Military Region at that time, so he was framed by people with bad intentions, causing his life to instantly fall into darkness. In people's impression, Chen Zaidao is an upright and cheerful person, and he works very hard no matter what he does, which has a lot to do with his birth environment and his childhood experience. Chen Zaidao is a real rural person, and his parents rely on the little farmland in the family to make a basic living. Chen Zaidao has been a very sensible child since he was a child, and he did not complain about his parents because they failed to create superior living conditions for him, but often helped the family do farm work to help his parents reduce some of their burden. However, an unfair fate gave this sensible child a miserable childhood.
When Chen Zaidao was very young, he witnessed the death of his relatives one after another, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to him at a young age, but fortunately, this sensible child had complete will and did not give up his life because of the tragic experience. At the age of 17, Chen Zaidao embarked on the road of revolution and began his magnificent life, helping the Northern Expeditionary Army to fight, and also participated in the famous Jute Uprising. In 1928, due to Chen Zaidao's outstanding performance in all aspects, his superiors decided to approve him to join the Communist Party of China. In 1932, our army encountered the enemy's heavy troops on the way to the west, in order to highlight the encirclement, as the battalion commander Chen Zaidao led the soldiers to launch many fierce struggles with the enemy, after Chen Zaidao and the unremitting efforts of the soldiers, they finally made a breakthrough, covering the main force to successfully break through. At the same time, his 32nd regiment also set a record of "one victory over a hundred" in this battle, and was awarded the medal flag. In some later battles, Chen Zaidao gave full play to his combat ability without reservation, often taking the enemy by surprise.
In 1934, our army began the Long March, and then, Chen Zaidao also followed the troops on the road of the Long March, and also served as the deputy commander of the Red Fourth Army. During the Long March, he actively led his subordinates, supported the work of comrades such as ***, and also taught his troops to live in peace with other comrades.
After the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Zaidao, who was deeply respected by his superiors, took on the mission of leading the troops to life and death, fighting desperately with the enemy on the battlefield, and also flexibly used his mind to lead the troops to carry out various tactics to deal with the enemy, and smashed the Japanese army's conspiracy many times, making the Japanese army grit their teeth with hatred for him. Not only that, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Zaidao also united the masses to form an anti-Japanese mass organization and vigorously developed anti-Japanese armed forces, so that the scale of our army continued to expand. In order to train more outstanding cadres, Chen Zaidao founded a cadre training class, expanded it into an anti-Japanese military and political school, and personally served as the principal to guide the school's various work and lead all comrades to teach these students and learn strategic knowledge. Through Chen Zaidao's unremitting efforts, in just half a year, Chen Zaidao trained many outstanding cadres for our army, which made them play a great role in the struggle against the Japanese base in southern Jin, and at the same time made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan.
After the outbreak of the Liberation War, Chen Zaidao personally led the troops to participate in major battles such as the Southwest Lu Campaign and the Huaihai Campaign, flexibly used the command tactics in his mind, and inflicted heavy losses on a large number of Kuomintang troops. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Zaidao, who had made great military achievements, was awarded the rank of general and won many medals. There, he set an example, never used his identity to seek any benefits for himself, and actively contributed to the party and the people. However, there are unforeseen circumstances, and Chen Zaidao would never have thought that because of a major event, his life ushered in a dark time, and he was removed from his post and participated in labor reform. After the special period, the unyielding Chen Zaidao made a comeback, although he did not return to his post back then, but he still maintained a sincere heart for the party and the country, and dedicated the rest of his life to the party and the country.
Commander Whirlwind: Han Xianchu
In Chen Zaidao's life, there are many people who have influenced him, one of which is Han Xianchu, who helped him in his dark period, and this person also has a legendary life like Chen Zaidao. Han Xianchu and Chen Zaidao are fellow villagers, they are both authentic Hubei people, but Chen Zaidao is older than Han Xianchu. Because of his poor background, Han Xianchu has been a very sensible child since he was a child, but who would have thought that such an ordinary person would later become a character like Xu Shiyou, who gritted his teeth at many bad people. At the age of 16, Han Xianchu, who wanted to contribute to the country, did not hesitate to embark on the road of revolution and participated in the famous Jute Uprising. In 1930, he was recognized by his superiors for his outstanding achievements and became a member of the party with honor.
In 1934, Han Xianchu also joined the team of the Long March without hesitation like Chen Zaidao, and on the difficult road of the Long March, he stepped forward many times, risked his life, helped the team escape from danger, and was even willing to stay at the end to block the pursuers. It was the middle of November, the weather was very cold, and the size of their battle was limited by the location where they were, so in order to be able to resist the pursuers with all their might, they decided to move their battle to Funiu Mountain. At that time, due to the sudden drop in temperature, many soldiers were still wearing thin clothes, so their way forward became very difficult, but what was even more unexpected was that on the way to transfer, they were ambushed by the enemy, and in the case of being attacked by the enemy on the back, Han Xianchu's unit instantly fell into a passive state. In order to hold the position, Han Xianchu decided to fight to the death, leading the soldiers to fight to the death with the enemy regardless of hunger and cold, after several fierce battles, they finally turned the passive into the active and repelled the enemy, and Han Xianchu also became famous in this battle.
Later, Han Xianchu also actively participated in many wars, leading by example, even if he was seriously wounded, he did not think of leaving the battlefield, so he set a good example for the soldiers, at the same time, he was valued by his superiors, and his position was constantly rising. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the deputy commander, and also led the soldiers in the Battle of Pingxingguan to annihilate thousands of enemy troops, when the Japanese army gathered the Ninth Route Army to approach our army, Han Xianchu led the troops to relieve the siege, and even put life and death aside, and the Japanese army fought five times in a white-knuckle battle, and finally repelled the Japanese army, and successfully rescued the troops besieged by the Japanese army. In the course of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Han Xianchu repelled the enemy in many battles with his outstanding military talents, and made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan.
Later, when the Liberation War broke out, Han Xianchu, who was highly valued by his superiors, went to the battlefield without hesitation, and also participated in many battles, the most impressive being the Nanban struggle. After the outbreak of the struggle in South Manchuria, at that time, due to the severity of the situation of the struggle in South Manchuria, some people put forward the idea of withdrawing from South Manchuria, but they never thought that this idea would be opposed by other people.
In his opinion, as long as they can hold on to the place of South Manchuria, they will have the confidence to contain the enemy's main force and pull the enemy's battle line, and at the same time, it will be more conducive to the future strategy. After weighing the pros and cons, everyone gave up the decision to evacuate South Manchuria. Because Han Xianchu's combat ability in the army is relatively outstanding, so the superior leaders asked him to lead the army to fight against the enemy, in the course of the battle, he relied on his wisdom and rich combat experience to annihilate thousands of enemy troops, and made great contributions to the victory of the war, and he is also known as an invincible, invincible general. In 1950, Han Xianchu followed the troops to the battlefield of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and made brilliant achievements in four battles. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general and was awarded several medals of honor.
Chen and Han worked together to contribute to the country
In the eyes of many people, Han Xianchu is a person with a plan and a value for love and righteousness, as long as it is what he wants to do, it is difficult for ordinary people to change his decision, so even Commander-in-Chief Peng's order he dares to disobey. In the army, Han Xianchu can be said to be a model of uniting his comrades-in-arms, he often thinks about his comrades-in-arms, and many times when his superiors ask him what he needs, he always thinks of his comrades-in-arms for the first time, so the soldiers he brings respect him very much. After Chen Zaidao was dismissed because of the July 20 incident, he was sent to a farm in Jiangxi for labor reform, when Han Xianchu was the commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, and Jiangxi happened to be under his jurisdiction, so the two people who had never known each other became acquainted. Han Xianchu was very sympathetic to Chen Zaidao's experience, he couldn't bear to see Chen Zaidao still in the wind and sun on the farm when he was old, so he decided to help his fellow countrymen, and specially greeted the farm, so that the people inside would take care of Chen Zaidao.
At that time, Chen Zaidao was already about 60 years old, and his health was not as good as before, so Han Xianchu arranged Chen Zaidao to Fuzhou, so that he could receive good recuperation conditions, and at the same time, he also specially arranged for him to have a health doctor and a full-time driver. In 1971, ** went to the south to inspect, and after Han Xianchu met ***, he specially mentioned the question about Chen Zaidao, and told Chen Zaidao that he wanted to come back and continue to contribute to the country. Regarding letting Chen Zaidao do his best for the party and the country again, ** did not think about it, he and *** discussed this matter before, but as far as the situation at that time is concerned, it is obviously impossible to reinstate Chen Zaidao, not to mention that there was no shortage of regular positions in all military regions in the country at that time, and in terms of Chen Zaidao's qualifications, many people did not dare to accept this veteran general with deeper qualifications than them, after some careful consideration, ** simply pushed the boat down the river and decided to let Chen Zaidao be Han Xianchu's deputy.
After hearing that *** agreed to Chen Zaidao's comeback work, Han Xianchu was excited, and at the same time he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, although he made a successful comeback, but he could only be his deputy, which was indeed a little aggrieved. But Chen Zaidao didn't think so, but expressed his heartfelt thanks to Han Xianchu, after all, it was not easy to come back and continue to work, and he didn't care about any official position. In this way, the two helped each other, became teachers and friends, and became good partners. Although Han Xianchu's position is higher than Chen Zaidao's now, Han Xianchu does not have any leadership in front of Chen Zaidao, on the contrary, he respects Chen Zaidao very much, and trusts him very much, let him grasp the military appearance and discipline of the army, Chen Zaidao did not live up to Han Xianchu's trust, no matter what he does, he is meticulous, although his age is here, but his will to fight is still the same as back then, which makes the soldiers have to admire, Han Xianchu also has great respect for this senior.
Conclusion
Since joining the revolution, Chen Zaidao and Han Xianchu have dedicated their lives to the revolution, and have made great contributions to the cause of national construction, and have made immortal meritorious deeds. On the battlefield, they stood up and fought desperately for their comrades-in-arms, defeated the enemy many times with their rich combat experience and firm will, showed outstanding military talent, and made great contributions to the peace of our country. Although Chen Zaidao's qualifications are higher than Han Xianchu's, "identity" did not become an obstacle to getting along between the two, and they also established a strong revolutionary friendship.
Through the stories of the two, we can see the open-mindedness of these two founding generals, and at the same time, we can also see their excellent qualities of being upright and selfless, uniting cadres, and daring to take responsibility, which is also the reason why we appreciate and value the two.