1in the spring of 927, he secretly joined the Youth League, an external organization of the Communist Party of China. 1928 12. Xiaohua, who attended junior high school in Li Wenlange Middle School in Xingguo County, joined the China * * * Production Youth League. After that, he participated in the armed riots in Xingguo twice.
1929 In February, Xiao Hua, who was only 13 years old, attended a training course for agrarian revolutionary cadres in Xingguo. In the spring of this year, Xingguo established the Communist Youth League Committee and served as a member of the organizing committee. At the end of the same year, he was elected as the county party secretary of Xingguo Youth League Committee.
1930 in March, Xiao Hua was transferred to the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants as a young member of the Military Commission of Gongsijun. In July, it became the official party member of China. 10 In June, he served as the political commissar of the third company of the special agent battalion. At the end of the same year, Sanlian took part in the first battle against "encirclement and suppression" in Longgang and Dongshao. In April of the following year, he was appointed as the political commissar of the spy camp. Soon, he led his troops to participate in the second campaign against "encirclement and suppression".
1932 1 month, after the third victory against "encirclement and suppression", representatives of the Youth League organized by the Red Fourth Front Army attended the first congress held by the Central Committee of the Youth League. After the meeting, he was transferred to the political commissar of the 30 th Regiment of the Red Tenth Division, and three months later, he served as the Minister of Youth Department of the Political Department of the Red Army Corps. In the fourth and fifth counter-campaigns against "encirclement and suppression", a youth work conference was held in time to stimulate the revolutionary enthusiasm of the vast number of young people to join the army and play a role in the revolutionary war.
1September, 933, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League established the "Little * * * International Division" in Ningdu, Jiangxi Province, and established the 15th Division of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army. Xiao Hua was appointed political commissar. Xiao Hua and Chen Guang, the division commander, led his troops to take part in the Koukou Campaign in northern Fujian, Tuancun Campaign in southeast Lichuan, Qiujiaai Campaign, Guangchang Campaign in April 1934, Naozhai Campaign in July, Pre-post Defence Campaign in August, and Shicheng Campaign in June 10. In these continuous battles, Xiao Hua and his teachers went deep into the front line to direct operations, fought fiercely with the Kuomintang army, defeated the enemy's repeated attacks, and resolutely completed the operational tasks entrusted by their superiors.
At the beginning of the Long March, the "Small International Division" under the command of Xiao Hua and Peng broke through the enemy's four blockade lines, repelled the enemy's repeated attacks, and completed the task of covering the column of the Central Military Commission.
1935 1, Xiao Hua was transferred to the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Red Army. In the "Sidu Chishui" campaign, he carried out political work and participated in the battle with the Fourth Regiment of the Second Red Army Division. Later, he led a working group to assist Liu Bocheng to form an alliance with Xiao Yedan, the leader of Yi nationality, so that the Red Army could pass through Daliangshan smoothly. When the Seventeen Warriors rushed to the Dadu River, Xiao Hua personally blew the horn on the river bank to encourage the warriors to successfully cross the natural barrier. In the battle of flying to capture Luding Bridge, he went north along the east bank of Dadu River with the right column, led the assault company to capture the wire ditch in one fell swoop, and strongly cooperated with the left column to capture the bridge. In June of the same year, he served as the political commissar of the first division of the Red Army Corps. In August, Xiao Hua and Chen Guang led the troops through the barren grassland. In September, he led the Red Second Division as the vanguard of the Legion, conquered the natural barrier Lazikou in Longnan and successfully arrived at Hadapu, a major town in Gannan. Then, he was transferred to the first brigade of the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment, the first column of the Red Army, as the political commissar. On June 10, Yang Dezhi led the first brigade, cooperated with the brothers to attack Tongwei City, fought fiercely in Qingshizui, and arrived in Wuqi smoothly.
After arriving in northern Shaanxi, Xiao Hua led his troops to participate in major battles such as Zhiluo Town, Crusade, Crusade and Shanbao. 1February, 936, during the crusade against Jiuyu, he personally went to the front line to direct the operation, which was brave and tenacious and seriously injured.
In the early days of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Xiao Hua served as the deputy director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army 1 15 Division, and participated in the famous Pingxingguan Campaign at home and abroad. Soon, Xiao Hua was appointed as the political commissar of the 343rd Brigade. 1937165438+10, Xiao Hua and Brigadier Chen Guang led an army to ambush in Yang Guang. In March of the following year, the Battle of Jinggou took place in Wucheng.
1In August, 938, the Central Military Commission established the Eighth Route Army's eastward advance anti-Japanese column, with Xiao Hua as commander and political commissar. After receiving the task, Xiao Hua led his troops into Leling County, the central region at the junction of Hebei, Shandong and Henan. Subsequently, while adjusting the leadership, the armed forces in the border region were expanded, guerrilla warfare was widely carried out, and the situation was quickly opened. On the one hand, the United front work against the die-hards was carried out, the "Hebei-Shandong-Henan joint defense" was disintegrated, and the reactionary militia was attacked, so that the anti-Japanese base areas in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan border region were quickly consolidated and developed.
At the end of 1939, Xiao Hua was appointed as the political commissar, commander and political commissar of the 343rd Brigade of Luxi Military Region. At the beginning of the following year, he was elected as the director of Luxi Administrative Office. In July, he served as political commissar of the North China Field Army. During this period, two stone-seeking campaigns were launched, which shattered the attempts of the die-hards in Shi Yousan and consolidated the anti-Japanese base areas in Hebei, Shandong, Henan and western Shandong.
194 1 year 65438+February, Xiao Huaren 1 15, director of the political department of Shandong Military Region. From then until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, during his work in Shandong, Xiao Hua assisted Luo Ronghuan in directing the Shandong army and people to smash the frequent "mopping-up" of the Japanese aggressors, and actively launched a political offensive against the enemy, winning over four puppet troops and transforming them into a new type of people's army. In leading the rectification movement, simplifying administration, and carrying out the "activities of the iron model party and army", we persisted in proceeding from reality, ensured the smooth progress of various movements, successfully completed various tasks put forward by the Central Military Commission, and continuously consolidated and developed the anti-Japanese base areas in Shandong.
After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, the central government made a major strategic decision of "expanding north and defending south", and ordered Xiao Hua to transfer troops from Shandong to cross the sea and March into the northeast under unified command. After Xiao Hua was ordered, he immediately organized a capable command organization to command tens of thousands of troops to break through the stormy waves and reach the Northeast smoothly. Then, immediately start work, open up Liaodong base area and gain a foothold.
1946 1, Xiao Hua was appointed commander and political commissar of Liaodong Military Region and secretary of Liaodong Provincial Party Committee. In April, he commanded the third column of Liaodong Military Region to defeat the continuous attack of Kuomintang troops on Benxi. In order to contain the enemy's main force, Xiao Hua and the leaders of the military region decisively launched the Anhai Campaign in May. The victory of this battle played an important role in the struggle after the northeast battlefield and was praised by electricity.
1946, 10 years 10 in late October, Xiao Hua sized up the situation, seized the favorable opportunity, and decisively organized the xinkailing campaign. Concentrate all the forces of the four columns, annihilate the 25th Division of the Kuomintang Army, and capture more than 5,800 people below the division commander and deputy division commander, thus setting a precedent for the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces to annihilate an entire division of the Kuomintang for the first time.
In order to strengthen the leadership of the Manchurian struggle, the Central Committee and the Northeast Bureau established the Manchurian Military Region, with Xiao Hua as deputy commander and deputy political commissar, and served as deputy secretary of the Manchurian Branch. On the issue of adhering to Nanman base area, he took the lead in supporting Chen Yun's correct decision to adhere to Nanman base area on behalf of Dongbeiju. From then on to the beginning of April, 1947, he actively assisted Xiao and commanded four battles to defend Linjiang, which completely broke the strategic attempt of the Kuomintang army to "go south first, then north first, then south first" and changed the situation in the northeast battlefield.
1948 in may, Xiao Hua was appointed as the political commissar of the first front command post of the northeast military region. Later, he took part in the battle to command the liberation of Changchun. During the siege of Changchun, he and Xiao conscientiously implemented the "long siege" policy of the Central Military Commission and the Northeast Bureau, and timely put forward the slogan of "siege first, then siege, psychological warfare first, then use troops". After a lot of hard work, we finally won the uprising and rebellion victory of the 60 th Army of the Kuomintang and the New 7 th Army, and peacefully liberated Changchun.
On the third day after the liberation of Changchun, Xiao Hua and Xiao Jinguang were ordered to lead their troops south day and night to participate in the peripheral operations in Shenyang. 165438+ 10, Xiao Hua was transferred as the commander of the special forces of the Northeast Field Army, shouldering the arduous task of creating new arms. Since then, Xiao Hua led the special forces of the Northeast Field Army and participated in the Liaoshen Campaign and the Pingjin Campaign.
After the founding of New China, Xiao Hua was transferred to the Air Force Political Commissar of China People's Liberation Army in March 1950, and was transferred to the Deputy Director of the General Political Department in June of the same year. 1954 1 1 month, concurrently serving as the first vice president of the School of Political Science. 1956 succeeded the head of the general cadre department. At the First Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee, he was elected as the Deputy Secretary of the Central Supervision Commission. Since then, he has served as Secretary of the Supervision Committee of the People's Liberation Army of China, and 1959 as Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Military Commission. During this period, he devoted himself to the research, summary and publicity of the glorious tradition of the People's Army, published many important articles, and participated in leading the formulation of the Regulations on Political Work of the People's Liberation Army of China. When he was ill, he wrote the Long March Songs.
10 during the unrest, he was illegally detained for seven and a half years. In adversity, he always adhered to principles and struggled hard. 1975 after returning to work, he served as the second political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences, the first political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region, the first secretary of the Party Committee, and the secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee. In June, 1983 was elected as the vice chairman of the Sixth CPPCC National Committee, in charge of the proposal work of the CPPCC.
Xiao Hua was elected as a member of the Central Committee at the Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth National Congresses and a delegate to the First and Fifth National Congresses. 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.
Xiao Hua died on August 5, 1985 at the age of 69.