The full name of the 1st Army in southern Shaanxi is the 1st Army of Southern Shaanxi.
In December 1935, some officers and men of the 4th Regiment of the Shaanxi 2nd Brigade of Yang Hucheng launched an uprising and wanted to join the Red Army, but because the Red 25th Army had just arrived in southern Shaanxi and was not familiar with the situation, they were not allowed to use the banner of the Red Army, but used the name of "Southern Shaanxi Guerrilla", and in May 1936 it was reorganized into the 1st Army of the Anti-Japanese Coalition Army of Southern Shaanxi under the Red Army.
Do you know who the commander of this "Anti-Japanese Coalition Army's 1st Army in Southern Shaanxi" is?
He is the founding major general He Zhenya.
He Zhenya was born in 1913 in Hanyin, Shaanxi, and after graduating from high school, he was admitted to the 17th Route Army Officer Training Class of Yang Hucheng's Department, and after graduation, he was assigned to the Shen Xiting Department of the An Sui Army.
In 1932, he was influenced by he Long's 3rd Red Army to enter Hubei and Sichuan through the east of Pingli, which aroused his strong desire to join the revolution. At the end of this year, He Zhenya, then the leader of the 7th class of the Pingli County Cadre Education Class, and more than 10 small partners set up the "Red Guard Regiment for Resisting Japan and Saving the Country in Southern Shaanxi" with more than 10 small partners, serving as the commander-in-chief.
In December 1935, He Zhenya's An Sui Army was reorganized into the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the Shaanxi Provincial Garrison, and he served as the platoon leader of the 2nd Platoon of the 9th Company, because 1 platoon of the 4 regiments he belonged to held an uprising in Yingpan, Zaoshui County, and the Xi'an Appeasement Office urgently ordered the 4th Regiment to go to Xi'an for training. At this time, he felt that it was the best time for them to revolt and join the Red Army, because the Red 25th Army was also near them. At midnight on December 11, he sent Liu Baoshan, Zhou Mingjun, Fu Dongshan, and Zhao Zhenqing to lead the company back to the company headquarters in Chang'an County, executed Zhang Xiwu, the commander of the 9th company, and then led the 112 men of the whole company to quickly withdraw and drive back on the pretext of carrying out their tasks, and entered the Qinling Mountains through Dayukou to announce an uprising, hoping to join the Red Army.
However, for the reasons mentioned earlier, they did not use the banner of the Red Army, but instead used the name of the guerrillas in southern Shaanxi. Although He Zhenlai failed to use the banner of the Red Army, their discipline and so on followed the example of the Red Army everywhere, and they turned to Zhen'an, Zaoshui, Shiquan, Hanyin, Ankang, and Ningshan to fight the rich and help the poor, punish bullies, and carry out guerrilla activities, which were welcomed by the broad masses of the people, and the troops also grew to nearly a thousand people.
In order to preserve their strength, in March 1936, they agreed to accept the "Recruitment of Security" and became a special service brigade under the Ankang Security Command, with He Zhenya as the captain.
Although he temporarily accepted the "recruitment", He Zhenya's original intention to join the Red Army was as always.
In August 1936, the Northwest Special Branch issued instructions, in accordance with our party's general policy on establishing an anti-Japanese national united front, ordered He Zhenya to lead a special service brigade to hold a second uprising, and established the 1st Army of the Anti-Japanese Coalition Army in southern Shaanxi.
He Zhenya served as the commander of the army, Shen Min (1916-2014, Hanyin, Shaanxi, later director of the Military Affairs Department of the Air Force Headquarters) as the political commissar, Du Yuhua (1914-2004, a native of Baocheng, Shaanxi, major general of the founding of the People's Republic of China) as chief of staff, and Xu Haishan (1914-1938, Hanyin, Shaanxi, sacrificed) as the director of the political department.
In December 1936, the 1st Army of the Anti-Japanese Coalition Army in southern Shaanxi was reorganized into the Red 15th Army Guard Regiment, with He Zhenya as its commander.
He Zhenya later participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and the War of Resistance Against U.S. Aggression, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and died on October 24, 1978, at the age of 65.
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