Luo Binghui

Luo Binghui

Luo Binghui (1897.12.22-1946.6.21), male, Han nationality, was born in Yiliang, Yunnan Province. He joined the Yunnan army in 1915 and was promoted to battalion commander because of bravery. In 1922, he took part in the wars of yuan Huguo, the eastern expedition and the northern expedition. In July 1929, he secretly joined the Communist Party of China. In November of the same year, he led the uprising of the soldiers of the Jingwei brigade in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, and joined the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. He has successively held the posts of commander in chief, brigade commander, second vertical commander of the Sixth Army, commander of the 12th army and the 22nd army. Shortly after the beginning of the fifth anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign, he served as the commander of the ninth Red Army Corps. He was the executive member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Republic of China. He led his troops to take part in the defense war of Guangchang and escorted the Anti Japanese advance team to the north. During the Anti Japanese War, Luo Binghui successively engaged in the United Front Work in Wuhan in the name of deputy chief of staff and deputy commander and opened up the Anti Japanese base in East Anhui. When the liberation war broke out in 1946, Luo Binghui was appointed as the second deputy commander of the New Fourth Army and the second deputy commander of Shandong military region, leading the Zaozhuang campaign. On June 21 of the same year, he died of illness in Linyi, Shandong Province and was buried in Linyi.

He was one of the 36 military strategists of the PLA recognized by the Central Military Commission after the founding of the people's Republic of China. Mao Zedong evaluated him as a soldier who was "upright and upright", "revolutionary in Yunnan army", "experienced in war, with military talent, and good at fighting". On September 14, 2009, Luo Binghui was rated as one of the 100 heroic models who made outstanding contributions to the founding of new China.

Life of the characters

Childhood oppression

Luo Binghui, born in December 1897 in Yiliang, Yunnan Province, is a poor family of Han nationality. He has lived a hard life since childhood. His father lived as a tenant farmer and trader, and was oppressed by the local tyrants for a long time. Luo Binghui was stubborn when he was young. When he was 11 years old, he argued with the local evil gentry and was hated. The next year, the landlord framed the Luo family. Luo Binghui went to the county town alone to complain. Finally, he was sentenced to a flat lawsuit for money bribery. But the lawsuit caused a shock in the whole town, saying that Luo Binghui was not easy to provoke. Luo Binghui also set up the goal of overthrowing local tyrants.

Join the army to fight

In the second year of the Republic of China, Luo Binghui had the idea of joining the army when he was angry and defiant at the fact that Xie Jiechen, a local tyrant, was punished by the army. With amazing perseverance, he walked hundreds of kilometers in 12 days to Kunming, the provincial capital, to seek military service. Because of nothing to do, he was not allowed to join. Later, he worked as a carpenter, cook and coachman in Kunming, and finally served as a soldier in the Tang Jiyao Department of Yunnan Province in 1915. As a result of his hard work, he was soon promoted to third class sergeant. In 1920, Luo Binghui became an accompanying sergeant of Tang Jiyao.

Anger abandons two Tang Dynasties

In 1921, Gu pinzhen and ye Quan of Yunnan army opposed Tang Jiyao, led the army to approach the provincial capital, and forced Tang Jiyao to step down. At that time, Luo Binghui, as an adjutant, was selected as a confidant to accompany Tang Jiyao and Tang Jiyu to Hong Kong. After seeing the erosive and luxurious life of the two Tang Dynasties, Luo Binghui realized that their luxury was all about eating the blood of the people and soldiers, and the saying that warlords saved the country and the people was all deceptive. After asking Tang Jiyao for leave many times, he left a letter and left Hong Kong quietly.

Take part in the Northern Expedition

In 1922, Luo Binghui went to Guilin to join the Yunnan army and took part in the war of yuan Huguo, the eastern expedition and the Northern Expedition led by Sun Yat Sen. When the second Northern Expedition captured Nanchang, Chen Jiongming mutinied in Guangzhou, and the Northern Expedition army returned to fight against Chen. Zhu Peide, the commander in chief of the front line, sent Luo Binghui and other five people to investigate the positions of Xu Chongzhi and Li Fulin of the Guangdong army as "participating officers". Chen Jun took advantage of the failure of the Xiang army to exchange defenses, and the Northern Expedition army was defeated like a mountain. Fearing that the Yunnan army would be annihilated without knowing it, Luo Binghui rushed 190 Li day and night, reporting the defeat to Zhu Peide and then passed out. The Yunnan army quickly withdrew from Hunan, avoiding the danger of the whole army being annihilated. In the autumn of 1926, the Middle Route Army of the Northern Expedition went straight to Nanchang. Luo Binghui was ordered to lead the second battalion to attack niuxing station. The battle was fierce. When he captured it, there were only more than 80 people left in the battalion. The battle opened an important door for the main forces to enter Nanchang.

Join the Communist Party of China

In March 1927, Luo Binghui attended the memorial service held in Nanchang for Zan Jian, the leader of Ganzhou Federation of trade unions who was killed by the Kuomintang, and heard the speech of Zhu De, who had become a member of the Communist Party of China. Zhu De told him that only by uniting workers, peasants and soldiers can we bring down warlords, local tyrants and evil gentry; only when the revolution is successful can we have work, land and food, and only then can China have hope. Inspired by this, Luo Binghui listened to Zhu De's lectures many times.

In April 1929, Luo Binghui became the leader of Jingwei brigade in Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province. The CPC Central Committee sent Zhao Xingwu, a member of the Yunnan Communist Party, to Ji'an to educate him. In July, Luo Binghui secretly joined the Communist Party of China. Then, following the party's instructions, Luo Binghui commanded the armed uprising in several counties in western Jiangxi with Ji'an as the center, and was later appointed as the head of the Jiangxi independent fifth regiment of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. After that, together with the Red Army officers and men, he defeated Wan'an, annihilated the Tang Yunshan section of the Kuomintang who had come to encircle and suppress, and moved to Hunan and Jiangxi, making great contributions to the consolidation and expansion of the revolutionary base in western Jiangxi.

After the Changting meeting in 1930, Luo Binghui was appointed as acting commander and commander of the 12th Red Army, and later as head of the 9th Red Army.

Take part in the long march

In 1934, the fifth anti encirclement and suppression campaign failed, and the red army began the 25000 Li Long March. Luo Binghui led the ninth Red Army to cross the Xiangjiang River and enter the southwest under the command of Mao Zedong.

In 1935, Luo Binghui led the ninth Red Army to cross the Jinsha River and enter Liangshan Yi area from Xichang. As a result, he completely got rid of the encirclement and interception of the Kuomintang army and realized the strategic intention of going north to resist Japan. In the Yi area, Luo Binghui carried out the party's ethnic policy, made friends with Yi compatriots, and gained the trust of Yi brothers, which made many Yi compatriots actively participate in the Red Army along the way. Under the leadership of the Yi compatriots, the ninth Red Army led by Luo Binghui passed through Liangshan Yi area and joined the main forces of the Central Red Army in jiangtaipu and huiningcheng.

Counter-Japanese War

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Luo Binghui bid farewell to Yan'an and went to central China to fight against Japan. In 1938, Luo Binghui was appointed deputy commander of the first detachment of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui. He fought side by side with Commander Chen Yi to fight against the Japanese army.

In May 1939, he crossed the Yangtze River with Ye Ting. In July, he served as commander of the fifth detachment of the New Fourth Army and deputy commander of Jiangbei headquarters.

After the southern Anhui Incident, in order to crack down on the Japanese army's raiding of the base areas, Luo Binghui, based on his years of experience in guerrilla warfare, formulated the "plum blossom stake tactics" characterized by ambush and mobile guerrillas, including ambush, entanglement, block, disturbance, annihilation, etc.

In 1937, due to years of hard fighting, Luo Binghui suffered from severe hypertension. When the news of the victory of the Anti Japanese war spread all over China, Luo Binghui was in a coma due to high blood pressure. When he was conscious the next day, people told him the good news, and Luo Binghui was inspired again. He insisted on returning to the front line and taking part in the surrender work.

The front line died of illness

In April 1946, when the war of liberation broke out, Luo Binghui became the second deputy commander of Shandong military region and the second deputy commander of the New Fourth Army. On June 9, under the command of Luo Binghui, the new fourth army launched an attack on the troops in Zaozhuang, annihilated all the other troops and liberated Zaozhuang. On June 21, 1946, Luo Binghui died of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 49.

Main achievements

In the autumn of 1929, responding to the call of the Communist Party of China, Luo Binghui led more than 600 people to launch an armed uprising in Ji'an, occupied Futian area, annihilated Tang Yunshan troops, consolidated and expanded the revolutionary base in western Jiangxi.

In 1941, the Japanese puppet army swept Yizheng. Luo Binghui, deputy commander of Jiangbei and commander of the fifth detachment of the New Fourth Army, laid an ambush 12 Li north of Yizheng in the form of plum blossom stakes. With inferior equipment, the new fourth army killed more than 500 Japanese puppet soldiers and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition. Luo Binghui's "plum blossom stake" has won many victories with few, and has achieved outstanding results, which has provided a lot of equipment support for the New Fourth Army.

In the battle of Zaozhuang in 1946, Luo Binghui, commander of the second column of the New Fourth Army, led the people's Liberation Army to annihilate more than 28000 Kuomintang troops, and more than 4000 Kuomintang troops were demoted, which delayed the Kuomintang's northward advance, created time for the main forces to march to the Northeast, and frustrated the Kuomintang's plan to open Jinpu road. After the death of Luo Binghui in 1946, the CPC Central Committee recognized Luo Binghui as a senior general of the Red Army and a famous Anti Japanese general.

In 1989, Luo Binghui was identified by the Central Military Commission as one of China's 36 famous military strategists and the only general of Yunnan who won this honor. On September 14, 2009, Luo Binghui was rated as one of the 100 heroic models who made outstanding contributions to the founding of new China.

Character evaluation

In October 1934, Luo Binghui led his troops to take part in the long march to cover the central organs and the main force of the Red Army going north, showing superb command art. The Central Military Commission praised the ninth Red Army as a "strategic light cavalry".

Zhou Enlai and Jiang Zemin respectively praised him as "the people's hero". Mao Zedong evaluated him as a soldier who was "upright and upright", "revolutionary in Yunnan army", "experienced in war, with military talent, and good at fighting".

Nim wells, the former wife of Edgar Snow, a famous American journalist, praised Luo Binghui as a "divine Taibao", "legendary hero" and "intelligent and courageous" in his book a journey to the West.

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Anecdotes of characters

Famous tactics

Luo Binghui has many creative tactics. During the agrarian revolution, the Red Army was mostly located in mountainous areas. He created guerrilla tactics such as "sparrow battle" and "jump beam array". During the Anti Japanese War, Luo Binghui created a set of tactics to lure, bewitch and disturb the enemy according to the terrain in the area of East Anhui (Huainan) and Hongze Lake

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