1931年3月,徐海东被调到红四军十三师三十八团当团长。在一次战斗中,他不幸负伤,被送进红军医院。手术后一个月,他便拄着棍子回到了部队。当时三十八团天天打仗,不能没有指挥作战的团长,组织上又不知徐海东何时出院,于是就任命了一位新团长。徐海东回来后,一时成了没处安置的干部。师政委要他留在师部等待分配,徐海 March 1931, Xu Haidong was transferred to the Red Army thirteen division thirty-eight regiment headed. In a battle, he was unlucky and wounded and was taken to the Red Army Hospital. One month after the operation, he returned to the unit with a stick. At that time thirty-eight regiment to fight every day, can not command without commanding the head of the organization did not know when Xu Haidong was discharged, so he appointed a new head. After Xu Haidong came back, he suddenly became a cadre who had no place. Political commissar asked him to stay in the division waiting for distribution, Xu Hai