Chen Changhao's Revolutionary Career (Figure, Photograph, Portrait)

Author: Fan Qing
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: Chen Changhao held a pivotal position during the Red Army era: one of the "three horses" (Zhang Guotao, Chen Changhao, Xu Forwarding) governing the; as the Chief Political Commissar of the Red Fourth Front Army and the Chairman of the Military and Political Committee of the Western Route Army, he was the commander of the largest Red Army main force during the Long March; from the time he served as the Political Commissar of the Red Fourth Army, he fought alongside Xu Forwarding for six years. After the failure of the Western Route Army, Chen Changhao miraculously survived and returned to Yan'an, where he began a long "life of self-criticism" under the guise of being a "person awaiting punishment." In 1939, the Party Central Committee arranged for him to go to the Soviet Union for stomach treatment. During this time, he worked as a stone miner and a firefighter; he also participated in the Battle of Stalingrad and received the "Medal for the Defense of the Motherland." In 1952, he was finally allowed to return to China and served as the Deputy Academic Director of the Marxist-Leninist Institute and the Deputy Director of the Central Translation Bureau. After the Cultural Revolution broke out, he could not escape the calamity and died by taking poison on July 30, 1967. In August 1980, the Party Central Committee held a memorial service for Chen Changhao, who had suffered unbearable humiliation. This book, spanning 380,000 words, uses rich and detailed historical materials to describe the legendary life of Chen Changhao. For those interested in Party and military history, it offers significant reference value in exploring questions such as whether Chen Changhao was "Zhang Guotao's man," what the so-called "secret telegram" incident during the Long March was about, and whether Chen Changhao should be held responsible for the failure of the Western Route Army.