In July 1933, the Red Eleventh Army in northeastern Jiangxi was reorganized into the Red Seventh Army Corps, which was subordinate to the Red First Army. After its establishment, the Red Seventh Army Corps participated in the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign in the central base areas. In July 1934, the Red Seventh Army Corps was reorganized into the advance team of the North to resist Japan, after which the troops entered the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi base areas, and merged with the Red Tenth Army led by Fang Zhimin to form the Red Tenth Army Corps.
The person we are going to talk about today was the political commissar of the Red Tenth Army, and his name was Le Shaohua. During the revolutionary period, Le Shaohua did a lot of fruitful work in the military industry, providing reliable support for the front line, and after the founding of New China, Le Shaohua served as the vice minister of the Northeast Industry Department and the director of the Military Industry Bureau. It's a pity that during the "three antis" period, he was mistreated. So, what is the story of Le Shaohua?
Le Shaohua was born in 1903 in Zhenhai, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, to a poor peasant family. As a teenager, in order to make a living, Le Shaohua went to Shanghai and became an apprentice in a hardware factory. It was also during his work in the factory that Le Shaohua came into contact with progressive ideas, joined the trade union, and actively participated in various anti-imperialist and anti-feudal movements, embarking on the revolutionary road of saving the country and the people.
In 1927, Le Shaohua joined our party and became an honorable party member. It was also in this year that the Great Revolutionary Movement failed, and in order to preserve the revolutionary fire, Le Shaohua was sent to Moscow, the Soviet Union, and entered Sun Yat-sen University, where he systematically studied revolutionary theory.
In 1931, after returning to China, Le Shaohua was sent to Shanghai and engaged in radio work for a period of time. In 1932, he was sent to the central base area and joined the Red Army. After joining the Red Army, Le Shaohua served as deputy political commissar and political commissar of the 15th Red Army, political commissar of the Red Seventh Army, and political commissar of the Red Seventh Army.
In July 1934, the anti-Japanese advance team was established, and Le Shaohua served as the political commissar. During this period, Le Shaohua actively publicized our party's anti-Japanese proposition, won the support of many patriots and the masses, and strengthened the anti-Japanese armed forces.
After the establishment of the Red Tenth Army, Le Shaohua continued to lead his troops north, but unfortunately, in 1935, he was besieged by the Kuomintang in Huaiyu Mountain, and was seriously injured during the breakout stage, and returned to his hometown to recuperate. In August 1936, Le Shaoguo went north to Yan'an, the holy land of the revolution, and restored organizational relations, after which he entered the Red Army University to study. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Le Shaohua stayed in Yan'an and engaged in political work in the military industrial sector for a long time, making important contributions to supporting the anti-Japanese front.
During the Liberation War, Le Shaohua was transferred to the Northeast and served as the director of the Jixi Military Industry Office, mainly responsible for the military production in the Northeast and supported the liberation of the Northeast. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Le Shaohua served as the vice minister of the Northeast Industry Department and director of the Military Industry Bureau, during which he led the military industrial enterprises to produce weapons to support the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. At the same time, Le Shaohua also actively did a good job in the research and development of weapons and equipment, especially the 90-mm anti-tank rockets developed and produced, which played an important role in the Korean battlefield and made indelible contributions to the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In 1952, during the "Three Antis", Le Shaohua was mistreated, and he chose to die and committed suicide in January 1952 at the age of 49. Twenty-eight years after Le Shaohua's death, that is, in 1980, the relevant authorities re-investigated his case and restored all his reputation.
It is worth mentioning that Le Shaohua's wife is named Pu Daiying, and Pu Daiying's sister, named Zhuo Lin (formerly known as Pu Qiongying), is the wife of Duke Deng. In other words, Le Shaohua and Deng Gong are still brothers-in-law.