1July, 90714th, Xiao Ke was born in a poor scholarly family. When I was a child, I entered a private school and read four books and five classics. After that, he went to high school and attended Tongshan High School (later changed to Tongshan Middle School).

1923 was admitted to Jiahe Jiazhong Jianxi Normal School.

/kloc-in the winter of 0/925, I went to Guangzhou alone after graduating from a simple normal school in this county.

At the beginning of 1926, he was admitted to Coach College of Military Police of the National Government (later merged into Huangpu Military Academy). After graduation, I participated in the Northern Expedition and fought with the National Revolutionary Army in Jiangxi and Zhejiang.

At the beginning of 1927, he served as the political instructor and company commander of the No.11National Revolutionary Army in Ye Ting. After Chiang Kai-shek rebelled against the revolution, he devoted himself to the torrent of armed struggle against the Kuomintang reactionaries.

Joined China in May, 1927.

1In August, 927, Xiao Ke joined Ye Ting in the Nanchang Uprising. On the way south, the insurgents served as the 4th company commander of 7 1 regiment. Nanchang Uprising Army returned to China to organize the development of grass-roots branches after the failure in Chaoshan, Guangdong.

/kloc-at the beginning of 0/928, China Southern Branch was established in Jiahe County.

1928 1 once served as the guerrilla captain of Yizhang county, and later led an Yizhang agricultural army to participate in the southern Hunan uprising led by Zhu De and Chen Yi.

/kloc-at the beginning of 0/929, gongsijun marched into Gannan and minxi, and Xiao ke served as column commander and chief of staff. In the siege of Ningdu, he led the troops to the city wall first.

/kloc-in the spring of 0/930, he served as the commander of the third column of the Red Fourth Front Army and led his troops into Jiangxi and Hunan. Xiao Ke took advantage of the gap between the wars and made the 3rd column one of the main forces of GongSiJun according to the specific conditions of the troops.

1after June, 930, he served as commander of the 3rd column of GongSiJun and division commander of 12.

193 1 In July, Xiao Ke was transferred from the third column and served as the commander of the independent fifth division of Jiangxi Red Army, leading the troops to fight bravely and effectively cooperating with the crushing of the enemy in the third "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army.

1932 10, served as the commander of the Red 8 Army in the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet Area.

1934 1 month, under the command of the Central Military Commission, led troops to attack Nanxun Railway in the north. During the siege of the 46th Regiment of the Kuomintang Army, he led more than 4,000 people and galloped across the country for two months, with a journey of1250km. Under extremely difficult conditions, we fought flexibly and defeated six regiments and several security teams of the Kuomintang army. After returning to the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet area, he ambushed and annihilated a brigade of the Kuomintang army in Shashi, defeated four regiments of the Kuomintang army, and captured Hou Pengfei, the commander of the Kuomintang army. Commended by the Central Military Commission, he won the Second Class Red Star Medal.

1934 was elected as a member of the second Central Executive Committee of chinese soviet republic in February.

1In July, 934, he served as the head of the Sixth Red Army Corps and was ordered to lead his troops into the Western Expedition, which opened the way for the strategic shift of the Central Red Army and kicked off the Long March of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army.

1In August, 934, he led his troops from Yongxin, Jiangxi, through Hunan, Guangxi and Guizhou, and under the siege of nearly 40 regular enemy legions, crossed the enemy's territory for more than 2,500 kilometers.

1June, 934, 10 joined the Red 2 Army led by He Long, and later established the revolutionary base area of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou. Participated in all previous anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations in leading base areas.

1934165438+1in mid-October, with the cooperation of Red 2 Army, he led an ambush of10000, wiped out two brigades of the Kuomintang Army, defeated one brigade and one regiment of the Kuomintang Army and captured more than 2,000 people. In the encounter with Chen Jiahe, he commanded troops to annihilate a brigade of the Kuomintang army and killed Li Yanling, the commander of the Kuomintang army. In the Taozixi attack, the troops annihilated the Kuomintang soldiers 1 division, 1 brigade, 1 mountain artillery battalion and 1 infantry regiment in just two hours, and captured Zhou Zhixian, chief of staff of the Kuomintang military division.

1935 165438+ In October, the Long March started from Sangzhi, Hunan. Together with Ren, He Long, and others, he led his troops to bypass Fengshui Yuanjiang and go straight into the middle of Hunan, breaking through the encirclement of the enemy. Later, it advanced into eastern Guizhou and opened up the Soviet areas of Guizhou (West), Dalian (Ding) and Bijie (Jie). In the battle of Jiangjunshan, if the command was fixed, he held his ground for 7 days and 7 nights, delaying the enemy's offensive action. He also took part in the command of Wumeng Mountain's circuitous journey, the counter-offensive outside Xuanxian County, the encounter of Pudu River and the blocking war in Liu Jia.

1July, 936, the Second Red Army was established as the deputy commander.

1936 10 served as the 3rd1commander of the Red Fourth Front Army.

1936 12 was elected as a member of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the Chinese Soviet People's Republic. Leading troops to climb snow-capped mountains and grassland has made great contributions to preserving the strength of the Red Army and realizing the victory of the first, second and fourth armies.

1In August, 937, he served as deputy division commander of the Eighth Route Army 120 Division. Together with He Long and Guan Xiangying, they crossed the Yellow River eastward, sent troops to Shanxi, and established the anti-Japanese base area in northwest Shanxi. He led his troops to participate in the battle of Xinkou, and organized and commanded the battles to recover seven counties, including Hequ, Baode and Pianguan.

1February, 939, served as commander, political commissar and secretary of the military and political committee of the Eighth Route Army, and put forward the policy of "consolidating the anti-Japanese base areas in Pingxi, persisting in guerrilla warfare in eastern Hebei and developing new guerrilla base areas in Pingbei".

1940,65438+10, command troops to counter the enemy's "ten-way siege". After 14 days of fierce fighting, more than 800 Japanese puppet troops were annihilated and planes 1 plane were shot down. In the "mopping-up" campaign to crush the Japanese and puppet troops, hundreds of battles were won, more than 5,500 Japanese and puppet troops were annihilated, the Pingxi base area was consolidated, the Pingbei base area was opened up, the Jidong base area was developed, and it was developed to the south of Jehol and western Liaoning, forming a large revolutionary base area near the border of Jireza and western Liaoning, which created conditions for the liberation of Northeast China in the future.

1In February, 942, he served as the deputy commander of the Jinchaji Military Region, assisted Nie in persisting in, developing and expanding the Jinchaji anti-Japanese base area, commanded the anti-"mopping-up" campaign in this area, and summarized and popularized guerrilla warfare strategies and tactics such as mine warfare and tunnel warfare in central Hebei.

1943 Since August, he has served as a member of the Central Committee of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Branch of the CPC and acting commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. /kloc-0 returned to Yan' an in April, 944 to participate in the rectification movement and the Seventh National Congress of China.

1948 in may, according to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's instructions on running a "big military school", Comrade Xiao Ke participated in the establishment of North China Military and Political University and concurrently served as vice president.

1May, 949, he was transferred to the Fourth Field Army and the First Chief of Staff of the Central China Military Region, and participated in commanding troops to go south, cross the river and March into Central South. In contact with Democrats, he organized and planned the Zhangyi Uprising in Henan and the Uprising in Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren in Hunan, which contributed to the smooth liberation of Wuhan and the peaceful liberation of Hunan. He took part in commanding the Fourth Field Army to pursue fighter planes for thousands of miles, swept across Central South and Southwest China, and carried out six large-scale campaigns successively, annihilating 430,000 people in Central South Bai Chongxi Regiment and Yu Hanmou Department, liberating Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces and Hainan Island, and eliminating the remaining main force of the Kuomintang army in mainland China.

From June 65438 to June 0950, Comrade Xiao Ke served as the Minister of Military Training Department of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government. While establishing the Military Training Department, efforts were made to build military academies, organize the compilation of military laws and regulations, and guide the military training of the whole army.

1June, 954,165438+1October, Comrade Xiao Ke served as the deputy minister of the Ministry of National Defense, and in April, 1955, he also served as the deputy director of the PLA Training Director Department, responsible for the education and training of the whole army.

1957 1 1 month, as the director of the training department.

In the 1958 "anti-dogmatism" movement, Comrade Xiao Ke was wrongly criticized and dismissed.

1959 In September, he was transferred to the position of Deputy Minister of Agriculture, adhered to principles, opposed grandiosity, and corrected rash plans in rubber planting. He presided over the formulation of more than 40 comprehensive and professional laws and regulations, such as the Regulations on the Work of State Farms and the Decision on the Leadership and Management System of State Farms, which played a positive role in strengthening and improving the management of state farms.

1955 was awarded the rank of general and won the first-class August 1st Medal, the first-class Medal of Independence and Freedom and the first-class Medal of Liberation.

65438-0957 Director of Training Department and Secretary of Party Committee.

/kloc-in the winter of 0/969, he was wrongly criticized and sent to Jiangxi "May 7th" cadre school for labor "reform". In the face of adversity, we always have a firm belief, persist in learning, think independently, do not go with the flow, and maintain the revolutionary nature of people.

1972 in may, comrade Xiao ke was appointed president of the PLA military and political university. After returning to the leadership position in military academies, he worked around the clock, resisted the interference and destruction of the Gang of Four with other school leaders, paid close attention to the construction of leading bodies, teaching staff and teaching materials, and comprehensively rectified and restored the normal teaching order in the school.

1977 served as the president of the military academy and 1 political commissar, member of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

From 65438 to 0980, he served as deputy minister of national defense, president of military academy and first political commissar.

1August 1980 to1June 1983 served as the vice chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

/kloc-0 won the first-class red star meritorious medal in July, 1988. He was elected as a member of the first to third national defense committees, vice chairman of the fifth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of the eighth Central Committee of China, alternate member of the tenth Central Committee and member of the eleventh Central Committee.

1982 and 1987 were elected as members of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee.

He died in Beijing on June 24th, 2008 at the age of 10, 12: 00.

On June 2, 2008, Xiao Ke's body was cremated in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.