No, Xu Guangda's original name was Xu Dehua, and he was from Changsha, Hunan. Senior general of China People's Liberation Army, proletarian revolutionist and strategist. The first commander of the armored force of China People's Liberation Army and one of the top ten generals of China People's Liberation Army. After liberation, he served as commander of armored force of China People's Liberation Army, president of tank school, president of armored force academy and vice minister of national defense. 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. He is a member of the Eighth Central Committee of China and the first, second and third national defense committees. Persecuted during the Cultural Revolution,1died in Beijing on June 3, 969 at the age of 6 1.

Xu, formerly known as Xu, was born in Xujiahe Village, Pu Tian Township, Xin County, Xinyang City, Henan Province. He came from a poor peasant family and worked as a monk in Shaolin Temple. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he served as deputy director of the School Affairs Department of China People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, deputy brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army129th Division, brigade commander of the 3rd Brigade of Shandong Column, chief of staff of Shandong Column and commander of Jiaodong Military Region. During the Agrarian Revolution and the War of Liberation, he made great achievements and made immortal contributions to the liberation of China people. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), General Xu was awarded the rank of general, and served as deputy chief of staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, commander of the Nanjing Military Region, commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, deputy minister of national defense and member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC).