At the beginning of May 1933, in the headquarters of the Red 3 Army, the guards reported to the commander He Long.
He Long was thinking about strategy in front of the map. When he heard these words, his face quickly became tense. He said, "Bring the child here at once. No, I went to see it. " Then he strode away and rushed to the door of the headquarters.
Seeing the child, He Long burst into tears, grabbed the child and asked loudly, "Four guys! What's the matter with you? What about your mother? "
The child looked at He Long with dull eyes and cried for a long time and said, "Uncle, you have to avenge my mother ...! "。 The child soon fainted because of fatigue and sadness.
This child is the "Minimum Red Army" determined by the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army, the nephew of Marshal He Long, and the legendary artillery inventor Xiang Xuan. One of his inventions became a hero in the Huaihai Campaign of the Liberation War.
Xiang Xuan is the son of He Long's sister He Man. When he was still in the womb, he "followed" his mother in guerrilla warfare in the mountains. When he was over one year old, his mother was arrested for betrayal by a traitor. Xiangxuan was also put in prison with her sister who just turned five months old and her eldest brother who just turned five. Later, He Mangu was brutally killed by the enemy, and three young children were still in prison. His aunt He Ying bribed the prison guard and rescued three brothers and sisters. From then on, Xiang Xuan's three brothers and sisters began to call He Ying "Mom".
He family is a martial arts family in Hunan, and Xiang Xuan is even more gifted. As soon as he got steady, he began to learn martial arts from He Ying's mother. Later, he became interested in ordnance and pestered He Ying to teach him to shoot. He Ying demonstrated several times, and he also knew. He plays quite well. This year, Xiang Xuan was only three years old.
In a blink of an eye, in May of 1933, He Ying led several guerrilla members home to help transplant rice. She didn't know that Qin Fuzhai, the defense bureau of the reactionary armed Sangzhi regiment, had got the information and was coming at them! At dawn on May 6, the enemy suddenly attacked, and He Ying rushed to fight, and soon all his comrades around him fell down. Seeing that there was no possibility of survival, He Ying put two rings, five silver dollars and a pistol into a small bag and handed it to Xiang Xuan around him. He fled through the back window and sought revenge on the Red Army.
In a firelight, He Ying's hut was reduced to ashes. Xiang Xuan fought back her tears and tried to escape, but she was discovered by the enemy. One of them fired a shot and hit Xiang Xuan's right ankle. Xiang Xuan endured the pain and continued to run. She was familiar with the terrain and gradually got rid of the enemy. Dragging an injured leg, he struggled to find the headquarters of the Red Army and his uncle He Long. This is the scene at the beginning of this article.
A few days later, the deputy commander of the Fourth Guerrilla Brigade in Hefeng County, Hubei Province led the troops to fight back. Why did Britain really take revenge? Xiang Xuan lived in the Red Army Hospital for half a year until he recovered.
This time, Xiang Xuan's behavior was later understood as a message from the Red Army. So1May 6, 933 became Xiang Xuan's date of joining the army. It was also based on this date that he was later rated as the "smallest Red Army".
After recovery, Xiang Xuan became a correspondent and orderly around He Long. He Ying's small pistol was also left in Xiangxuan's hand with the special permission of He Long. He Long likes this little nephew very much, but he never dotes on him. On the contrary, he is very strict with him. Every time Xiang Xuan accepts a task, he can finish it well. So soon, he made a lot of contributions. But He Long is very strict with his relatives, and always gives priority to others when he gets credit, so Xiang Xuan was just an ordinary soldier one year before he joined the army.
1935, 9-year-old Xiang Xuan set another record: he became the deputy monitor of the communication class at the headquarters of the Second and Sixth Red Army Corps. You know, Xiangxuan achieved this result only under the constant "suppression" of my uncle He Long, and its weight is heavier than others.
Also in this year, the troops led by He Long will follow the Central Red Army to start the Long March. At this point, He Long is very nervous about the future of the porch. If the child is not allowed to participate in the Long March, how can he live? He has already hung up with the enemy. If you take him to the Long March, can a 9-year-old child face the severe marching test?
Just as he was hesitating, he found He Long and asked Xuan to take part in the Long March. He said excitedly, "I want to follow my uncle!" " No matter how hard I try, I'm not afraid! You don't have to take care of me on the road! I can do it! "
He Long looked at her little nephew lovingly, leaving tears of relief. In this way, Xiangxuan became a real "Hong Haier" and started the Long March with the troops.
Xiang Xuan is not the only "Hong Haier" in the 25,000-mile Long March, but he is the youngest. At that time, many children were left behind by their parents and lost contact. There are also many people who did not survive the Long March and eventually became loyal souls on the land of China. In order to protect these little red devils, the Red Army headquarters specially selected a mule for Xiang Xuan and other young baby soldiers to ride. In the end, with the care of many parties and their own efforts, Xiang Xuan survived the arduous long March. This is a miracle!
After arriving in northern Shaanxi, Xiang Xuan started his own communication business. But at this time, northern Shaanxi is different from Hunan, and the results of production and life tend to be perfect. At work, Xiang Xuan began to realize his lack of cultural knowledge, so he proposed to study in a border school, starting from primary school. Since then, he never gave up studying until he graduated from Kangda University.
With the improvement of educational level, Xiang Xuan, who is interested in firearms and artillery, focuses on artillery knowledge. After the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army was poorly equipped and lacked heavy firepower. Xiang Xuan put forward the concept of "flying thunder cannon" through thinking and practice.
The "flying thunder cannon" was really famous in the Huaihai Campaign. At the end of 1948, the Central Plains Field Army and the Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps carried out double accumulation operations. Nakano, who lacked heavy weapons, offered a "thunderbolt". Nakano's "thunderbolt" is a huge gasoline tank filled with propellant and explosives. When launching, the explosive charge hits the opponent's position through the propellant. After the explosion, the power is huge, and its shock wave can make people lose their combat ability.
It can be said that if there is no "flying thunder cannon", it is a question whether the stevie hoang Legion will be defeated so soon. If we persist for a few more days, we are likely to meet Du Gang, and the difficulty of the campaign will be greatly improved. Therefore, to a certain extent, the "flying thunder cannon" can be said to be the key to the success or failure of the Huaihai Campaign, and its role is quite huge.
In the history of contemporary war, Nie Zhangpei is recognized as the inventor of the "flying thunder gun". But when it comes to principles, it was first put forward by Xiang Xuan.
Xiang Xuan's "Flying Thunder Gun" is similar to Nie Zhangpei's version. It's just that the equipment is a little crude, and sometimes even oil drums are not used, so we can only dig holes in the ground as launchers. But at that time, it was already a sharp weapon to destroy the city and pull out the village, helping the Eighth Route Army to fight many hard battles. In addition, Xiang Xuan also transformed a lot of Qing dynasty soil cannons, which made these old guys rejuvenate.
Xiang Xuan is a professional in the transformation of weapons. Originally, he didn't have to go to the front. And he himself, however, often risked his life and appeared in the front line of the battle.
Xiang Xuan took part in the battle of Bailey as the company commander of the engineering company. This time, he went to the front again and bombarded the enemy's bunker with "flying thunder cannons" and earth cannons. At the height of the battle, an enemy Grenade exploded beside him and fell to Xuan in a pool of blood.
Later, the health team found that his neck, back, waist, hip, knee and right foot were all injured. Many wounds are difficult to treat, and shrapnel can only be left in the body. Worst of all, Xiang Xuan's right eye is completely blind.
Why did the one-armed general who commanded the operation think Xiang Xuan was not well protected? He went to Marshal He Long to "review". He Long was worried, and in turn comforted him: "Even if he (Xiang Xuan) died, it's no big deal! Other people's children can be sacrificed, but my children are different ... "
Later, Xuan stayed away from the battlefield, but still worked in the army. He has always remembered the words of his uncle He Long: "It was the revolutionary mule who raised you, and it was the revolutionary milk who raised you! You must repay it with everything you have! " Although he was scarred, he never relaxed his demands on himself. 1955 The whole army was awarded the title for the first time, and Xiang Xuan, who just turned 29, was awarded the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. 1960 was promoted to colonel for his outstanding contribution. 1982 Retired from Chengdu Military Region and became a revolutionary propagandist studying in a factory. Today, 97-year-old Mr. Xiang Xuan is still alive and still playing his own light and heat.