In 1995, General Zhang Wannian, then Chief of General Staff, inspected the combat readiness and training of the 31st Army of the Nanjing Military Region. When Zhang Wannian inspected the 31st Army, three generals accompanied him and left this precious group photo. Who were they?

today introduces to you an old photo from 27 years ago. In 1995, General Zhang Wannian, then Chief of General Staff, inspected the combat readiness and training of the 31st Army of the Nanjing Military Region. The predecessor of the 31st Army was the 13th Column of Sanye, with its first army commander Zhou Zhijian and political commissar Chen Huatang.

After the liberation of Fujian in 1949, the 31st Army has been stationed on the southeast coast. Its status and role are self-evident. When Zhang Wannian inspected the 31st Army, three generals accompanied him and left this precious group photo. Who are they?

Picture | General Zhang Wannian inspects the 31st Army group photo

In the middle of the group photo is the famous General Zhang Wannian, born on August 1, 1927, from Huang County, Shandong Province. During the War of Liberation, Zhang Wannian fought in the Northeast Field Army and made many military exploits. In March 1949, as a representative of heroic models, he was reviewed by Chairman Mao and Mr. Zhu at Xiyuan Airport in Beijing.

Picture | General Zhang Wannian

After the Battle of Pingjin, Zhang Wannian followed the 41st Army of the Fourth Field to fight south. During the battle of Shitouwei in Rong County, Guangxi, he commanded more than 20 people to capture an enemy security group of more than 21,500 people. In 1979, Zhang Wannian was the commander of the 127th Division and the deputy commander of the 3 Army. He adopted the tactics of "killing a chicken with a bull's knife" and concentrated superior forces to fight a war of annihilation. He achieved four battles and four victories. The Vietnamese army even shouted "Destroy the 127th Army." Capture Zhang Wannian alive" slogan.

Picture | Zhang Wannian on the frontline

Since then, Zhang Wannian has served as commander of the 43rd Army, deputy commander of the Wuhan Military Region, and commander of the Guangzhou and Jinan Military Region. In October 1992, he was appointed Chief of General Staff. Promoted to the rank of general in 1993.

The general on the right is Lieutenant General Fang Zuqi, then political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region. He was born in October 1935. His ancestral home is Huizhou, Anhui, and he grew up in Jingjiang, Jiangsu. Fang Zuqi experienced the Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation War in his childhood and youth. Although it was a time of chaos, his family was very supportive of his studies. Fang Zuqi lived up to expectations and excelled in studies from childhood to adulthood.

Picture | General Fang Ziqi

In October 1950, after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Fang Ziqi, who was in high school at Xinghua Middle School in Jiangsu Province, deeply felt the mission of "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country" and resolutely signed up to join the army without telling his family. The recruiting cadre at that time asked him: "Does your family agree to be a soldier?" Fang Ziqi said firmly: "I have brothers and sisters, it doesn't matter if I am missing."

Because Fang Ziqi has a high level of education, he is very smart. , with a gentle appearance. In July 1951, he enlisted in the confidential training brigade of the Northeast Military Region Headquarters. After participating in 10 months of confidential professional training, Fang Zuqi followed the Third Tank Division into Korea on June 25, 1952. He recalled : "The entire mountain forest of North Korea is burning, and the cities and countryside are all ablaze. Rubble, wherever you look, there is a very miserable scene. "

Picture | After entering the DPRK as a young man, Fang Ziqi served as a confidential translator at the Volunteer Army Armored Command Post, and translated a large number of combat commands, For telegrams such as campaign decision-making and logistics support, he was awarded third-class merit once. What impressed him most was the heroic deeds of Qiu Shaoyun's sacrifice in the fire and Huang Jiguang's eye-catching heroic deeds in the telegram.

Picture | In his later years, Fang Ziqi

After returning from North Korea, in May 1970, Fang Ziqi went to work in the Political Department of the Shenyang Military Region, and in February 1988, he was appointed political commissar of the 16th Group Army. Since then, he has served as director of the political department of Guangzhou Military Region and Beijing Military Region. In December 1993, he was appointed political commissar of Nanjing Military Region. In 1998, he was promoted to the rank of general.

The general with the back hand next to Fang Ziqi is Li Jing, the then deputy chief of staff. He was the first deputy chief of staff to be a commander of naval aviation, and had served in the army, air force and navy. Li Jing is 2 years younger than Zhang Wannian, and they are both fellows from Shandong.

Picture | General Li Jing

In November 1946, 16-year-old Li Jing enlisted in the Shandong Liberated Area Army and served as a mortar gunner of Company 60. At this time, Zhang Wannian had followed the troops of the Shandong Jiaodong Military Region to the Northeast battlefield. During the War of Liberation, Li Jing successively participated in the Menglianggu Battle , Southwest Shandong Campaign , Yanzhou Battle , etc. He was not afraid of sacrifice during the battle and was awarded military merit twice.

In November 1949, the People's Air Force was established, with Liu Yalou serving as the first commander. In May 1950, the Air Force recruited pilots from the entire army. Li Jing, who had excellent military and political qualities, was selected to study at the Sixth Aviation School of the Nanyuan Air Force in Beijing. After graduating in April 1952, he was assigned to the Air Force Flying Corps in Northeast China. In October of that year, he was awarded third-class merit for repeatedly flying into the air to complete interception missions.

Picture | Young Li Jing

In August 1955, Li Jing's flying regiment was assigned to the navy. He successively served as the regiment's air combat shooting director, flight group captain and regiment leader, and intercepted the escaping and reconnaissance of the Kuomintang military aircraft many times. In 1969, 39-year-old Li Jing served as the commander of the Naval Aviation Division.

In May 1973, Li Jing was transferred to the naval agency as deputy chief of staff, and successively served as commander of the naval aviation force and deputy commander of the navy, making important contributions to the modernization of the naval aviation force. In October 1992, Zhang Wannian was appointed Chief of General Staff, and in November, Li Jing was promoted to Deputy Chief of General Staff. In May 1994, he was awarded the rank of general.

Picture | Li Jing condolences to the troops

The general wearing brown sunglasses behind Zhang Wannian, third from the right, is General Gu Hui, the commander of the Nanjing Military Region at the time. He is 2 years younger than Zhang Wannian, and both of them were born in the Fourth Field. It's just that Zhang Wannian is in the 4th column of the Northeast Field Army, and Gu Hui is in the 5th column. During the War of Liberation, Gu Hui participated in the Liaoshen Campaign and the Pingjin Campaign. His unit was also reorganized into the 42nd Army. Guhui was in the 374th Regiment of the 125th Division.

When the Korean War broke out, the 42nd Army was performing military reclamation missions in the Beidahuang, and then quickly conducted war training to prepare for combat in North Korea. Late at night on October 19, 1950, Guhui followed the 125th Division from Ji'an across the Yalu River to fight in North Korea, and participated in one to five battles successively.

Picture | Admiral Gu Hui

Gu Hui, like Zhang Wannian, participated in the 1979 self-defense counterattack against Vietnam . He was the commander of the 124th Division at the time and was assigned to the Eastern Front operations of General Xu Shiyou, commander of the Guangzhou Military Region. In less than a month, the 124th Division wiped out 2,991 enemies and successfully captured Gaoping, the important provincial capital of North Vietnam. It was commended by the Military Commission.

After the war, Gu Hui served as commander of the 42nd Army, deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region, and in April 1990, commander of the Nanjing Military Region. Guhui is very strict in running the army. Once, the Nanjing Military Region authorities organized a light weapons shooting assessment. Unfortunately, it rained heavily, and someone suggested that Guhui postpone the assessment. Guhui said directly : "Can you still choose the weather during a war?" After saying that, he didn't even wear a raincoat and walked onto the shooting range with a gun.

Picture | Guhui (first from right)

Today, General Fang Ziqi is 86 years old and General Li Jing is 92 years old. They are in very strong health and are still concerned about national defense and military construction. General Zhang Wannian died of illness in January 2015 at the age of 87, and General Gu Hui died of illness in September 2013 at the age of 83. Salute to the four generals!