General Du Guoping
General Du Guoping was born on November 29, 1904 in a poor peasant family in Tongsipai Village, Guangji County, Hubei Province (now Wuxue City ). Due to family poverty, I helped my family work in farming when I was a teenager.
1928, Du Guoping participated in the Tongsi Pai Liu Liuxi Farmers Association and the local armed Red Guards to fight against local tyrants and evil gentry in Taibai Lake District. In June 1929, he participated in , of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and worked as a soldier in the first squadron of the Guerrilla Brigade in Guangji County, East Hubei. In June 1930, he worked as a soldier in the Third Company of the Fourth Column of the Red Eighth Army, and in October he worked as a soldier in the First Regiment of the Red 15th Army. In January 1931, Du Guoping was appointed as the squad leader of the third company, the platoon leader of the second platoon of the 29th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Red Fourth Army, and the deputy company commander of the second platoon of the third company. In the same year, he joined the Communist Party of China. Participated in the battles in Pihe , Tofu Shop, Mojiao Tower, Shuangqiao Town and other places. In March 1932, when Du Guoping was appointed as the platoon leader of the second platoon of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Red Fourth Army, he participated in the 48-day battle of Sujiabu, commanded by Xu Xiangqian. While fighting against the enemy in close combat, he shot two enemies with one shot. After one of the enemies was knocked down, a pocket watch fell out of his arms. Seeing that it could move, he put it away and handed it over to the company. The Sujiabu battle was a great victory, killing more than 30,000 enemies, including one enemy commander-in-chief, five brigade commanders, and 11 regiment commanders. More than 20,000 guns, 43 artillery pieces, and four radio stations. They shot down one enemy plane, effectively shattering the enemy's third "encirclement and suppression" of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Revolutionary Base. Afterwards, Du Guoping served as company commander of the Third Battalion of the 35th Regiment, secretary of the Party branch, and political commissar, and chief of staff of the 36th Regiment of the 12th Division. He joined the army to participate in the Red Fourth Front Army Long March.
In late July 1937, Du Guoping entered the third phase of the Yan'an Anti-Japanese University to study. After graduation the following year, he stayed at school as the deputy captain of the fourth team of the Liushudian Brigade. In October 1938, Du Guoping was ordered to be the leader and led more than 80 young students from Yan'an to the Wuhan New Fourth Army Office. He was sent to the Jiangbei Guerrillas of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army as chief of staff, the captain of the teaching brigade of the Pistol Regiment of the Fourth Detachment, and the commander of the 14th Regiment of the Fourth Detachment. In 1940, when Liu Shaoqi was carrying out anti-Japanese work behind enemy lines east of the Tianjin Pu Line, Du Guoping participated in the counterattack of the Japanese and puppet troops in the east of the Tianjin Pu Line to defend the safety of Liu Shaoqi and other leaders. After the Southern Anhui Incident in January 1941, Du Guoping was appointed as the commander of the 12th Regiment of the Fourth Brigade of the 2nd Division of the New Fourth Army and was ordered to study in May. After graduation in December, he served as Chief of Staff of the New Fourth Army Jinpu Road Western Joint Defense Command. Participate in battles such as Jinniu Mountain. In July 1943, Du Guoping was ordered to study at the Yan'an Central Party School. During his study period, he was elected as the top representative of the Party and participated in the Seventh National Congress of the Party.
In August 1945, Du Guoping went to Jilin, Northeast China from Yan'an Party School, served as deputy commander of Jibei Military Sub-district, deputy commander of Andong Military Sub-district, chief of staff of the Independent Eighth Division of Mudanjiang Military Region, and chief of staff of Mudanjiang Military Region. From July 1946 to March 1947, he participated in the bandit suppression struggle in Raohe, Xincun, and Baoqing , and promptly eliminated the traitors and their remnants. In August 1948, Du Guoping was appointed as the political commissar of the First Detachment of the Railway Corps of the Northeast Field Army. Participated in Liaoshen Battle and Pingjin Battle .
After the founding of New China, Du Guoping served as the political commissar of the First Detachment of the Railway Corps and the commander of the 21st Division. Since 1955, he has served as the commander of the 190th Division of the 64th Army, the first deputy commander and chief of staff of the Heilongjiang Provincial Military Region, the vice chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial CPPCC, the deputy director of the Provincial People's Congress, and the head of the Heilongjiang Provincial Military Region Advisory Group.
In 1955, Du Guoping was awarded the rank of major general. He won the second-level August 1 Medal, Second-level Independence and Freedom Medal, and the second-level liberation Medal. He is the representative of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
In 1983, Du Guoping resigned and recuperated (deputy regiment-level treatment).
On June 24, 1992, Du Guoping died in Harbin at the age of 88.
