Introduction
On April 24, 1970, my country's first satellite, Dongfanghong-1, was successfully launched at the satellite launch center. At this time, Premier Zhou was also watching the live broadcast of the launch of Dongfanghong No. 1 in the broadcast hall. He was both happy and worried. He was worried that the First Machinery Department, which was responsible for the civilian machinery industry, encountered difficulties in the process of development and lacked a suitable leading cadre to preside over the work.
Premier 2 Zhou
At that time, the Ministry of First Machinery was mainly responsible for civil machinery, telecommunications , ships and other businesses, and played a crucial role in the process of national socialist construction. Due to the turbulent situation at that time, the work of the First Department of Machinery was also affected to a certain extent.
Premier Zhou kept pace in the room, thinking about excellent generals. At this time, a figure of a man kept popping up in his mind. He said excitedly: "It's him, it's him, he will definitely do it."
Li Shuiqing was ordered in the face of danger. Premier Zhou: You still need to preside over the overall situation.
. Soon, Li Shuiqing, deputy commander of Jinan Military Region, who is inspecting the grassroots level, suddenly received a call from the central government. The voice on the other end of the phone was very familiar, and it was called by Premier Zhou himself.
Premier Zhou said on the phone: "The organization decided that you will be the minister of the First Machinery Department. You should prepare to come to Beijing to take office."
General Li Shuiqing
Li Shuiqing was extremely reluctant after receiving the transfer order, but the orders of his superiors must be abide by, so he came to Beijing reluctantly and met Li Desheng who greeted him and said, "Comrade Desheng, I don't want to come."
Li Desheng comforted him: "You are the general ordered by Premier Zhou himself, and I'm afraid you won't be able to come."
Then, under the leadership of Li Desheng, Li Shuiqing met Premier Zhou who had been waiting for a long time in West Flower Hall . As soon as Premier Zhou saw him coming, he said enthusiastically, "Comrade Shuiqing is here."
Looking at Premier Zhou, Li Shuiqing said straight to the point: "Prime Minister, I'm afraid I can't do this minister."
Hearing this, Premier Zhou mentioned the current situation facing the Ministry of Machinery: "Now, the Ministry of Machinery has encountered difficulties in its development process, and you still need to preside over the overall situation. I thought about it for a long time. It is most appropriate for you to preside over the work of the Ministry of Machinery."
Li Shuiqing said with some embarrassment: "I am a rude man and can't do such a meticulous job."
Premier Zhou was speaking at the meeting
Premier Zhou patted Li Shuiqing on the shoulder and continued, "Chairman Mao said that outsiders can lead experts. If you continue to work, you will become an expert. You must know that outsiders can also become an expert."
Seeing that Premier Zhou had already said this, Li Shuiqing didn't know how to refuse, so he assured Premier Zhou, "Prime Minister, don't worry, I will study hard after I go to the First Ministry of Machinery, and will never let down the trust of the Party and the people."
Premier Zhou agreed and asked, "This is it. 'May Day' International Labor Day is coming soon. That day, you first go to Tiananmen to meet the chairman, and then go to the State Council to work."
Shortly after, Li Shuiqing officially served as the fourth minister of the First Ministry of Machinery. As soon as he took office, General Li Shuiqing held a special meeting on the merger of the First Machinery Department and the Eighth Machinery Department and said: "We are doing a merger this time, not selection or reduction. If the merger is done, all departments should be merged, and we cannot be picky."
staff of the First Machinery Department took a photo with
Under the leadership of Li Shuiqing, the merger and the streamlining of institutions went very smoothly. At the same time, he also wrote to the State Council, arranging some old cadres to post. After
, he also actively carried out the work of rehabilitating unjust, false and wrong cases within the First Machinery Department, liberating a large number of old experts. He also paid attention to cultivating young cadres and cultivated a lot of talents for the country.
Generals who grew up in the war
Premier Zhou trusts General Li Shuiqing very much. During the war years, he made great contributions to China's revolutionary cause.
The poor people in the early years of the Republic of China
Since Li Shuiqing remembered, he saw his father's frown and his mother's sorrowful tears every day. In order to reduce the burden on the family, Li Shuiqing started herding cattle for the landlord's house when she was young, with only food and no wages.
Children who grew up in suffering are short-lived. The poverty of family, the hardships of life, the hardships of the world, and the sorrow of parents prompted Li Shuiqing to grow up very quickly and sow the spark of revolution in his young heart. Like most poor people, he longs to change his destiny one day and welcome the great savior who will make the poor master the family and be proud as soon as possible. In February 1928, just five months after the Autumn Harvest Uprising, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army came to Ji'an, Jiangxi, Li Shuiqing's hometown, and launched a campaign to fight against local tyrants and divide land.
Looking at what the Red Army soldiers did, Li Shuiqing was even more grateful in his heart. He also wanted to be a person like the Red Army, so he joined the Red Army with several partners from the same village.
At this time, Li Shuiqing was only 12 years old. Because he was young and could not carry a gun, he served as a propagandist in the team and was responsible for the propaganda work of the team. As he grew older, his courage and courage were fully demonstrated on the battlefield, and his comrades called him "Black Tornado".
Red Army soldiers
At the same time, he is more diligent and hardworking in his studies. He often learns late at night, increases his cultural knowledge level, and is committed to becoming a qualified political cadre. After his unremitting efforts, he finally grew into a qualified political commissar of our army. After the outbreak of the full-scale anti-Japanese war in 21937, Li Shuiqing, who served as the instructor of the Third Battalion in Independent Regiment of , the team followed the team to the front line in Shanxi. After
arrived at the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, the 115th Division launched the Pingxingguan Battle under the leadership of Lin Biao. Before the Pingxingguan Battle was launched, Nie Rongzhen gave a mobilization speech among the soldiers: "This is our first battle between the Eighth Route Army, Pingxingguan after being adapted. This battle must be fought well and must be won. We must show the prestige of the Eighth Route Army and the style of Chinese soldiers, so as to inspire the enthusiasm of the military and civilians across the country to fight against Japan and the morale of the military and civilians."
Listening to Nie Rongzhen's mobilization, Li Shuiqing's heart was even more excited. After returning to the team, he mobilized the entire battalion and led the team to set up an ambush at the "waist station" between Lingqiu and Laiyuan to prepare to welcome the Japanese invaders who came to reinforce.
Early on the morning of September 25, it was just dawn, and the fog became thicker and thicker, and there was no one to see a few meters away. Just as the fog was gradually dissipating, the Japanese Itagaki Division walked out of the pass and became closer and closer to our army's position.
A scene in the Pingxingguan Battle
With two gunshots, the entire battalion's pistols, rifles and grenades all hit the enemy fiercely. Suddenly, a sea of fire became in front of the position, and the flames and smoke rushed straight into the sky. The enemy was so dizzy that he was beaten by this sudden attack and kept running around. At this moment, Li Shuiqing seized the opportunity and rushed down the mountain with the soldiers of the battalion, and launched a hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
Suddenly, a Japanese lieutenant officer targeted Li Shuiqing. He rushed to Li Shuiqing with his sword and slashed towards him. After seeing this scene, Li Shuiqing was not panicked. He first blocked the enemy's knife with a butt, and then shot him in the chest. The enemy pounced on him and fell to the ground.
It turned out that Li Shuiqing was thin. He knew that if he fought with a bayonet, it would be difficult to have a chance of winning when fighting with the enemy, so he quietly pushed the only bullet left in the gun into the cavity. When the Japanese army rushed up, they were shot to death by Li Shuiqing. After more than seven hours of fierce battle, more than 300 Japanese invaders fell to the position of the Independent Regiment.After the battle, Li Shuiqing said, "We cannot pay attention to fairness on the battlefield. Either you die or I die. The Japanese army came to China and killed so many of our compatriots. How can we tell them fairness? Just do it."
A scene in the Pingxingguan Battle
Advancement During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as secretary of the General Branch of the 32nd Regiment of the Hebei-Chare Advancement Army, director of the Political Department of the 33rd Regiment of the Advancement Army, political commissar of the 7th Regiment of the Jin-Chare Advancement Army, and deputy political commissar of the 11th Military Sub-district of the Jin-Chare Advancement Army. He actively led the soldiers to fight against Japan and severely attacked the Japanese army's arrogance.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese people did not usher in the long-awaited peace. Chiang Kai-shek ignoring the opposition of the people of the whole country, launching a large-scale attack on the People's Liberation Army.
During the entire Liberation War, Li Shuiqing participated in the Pingjin Battle , the Liberation of Shijiazhuang, and the Taiyuan Battle . Among them, in the battle to liberate Taiyuan, Li Shuiqing made extraordinary achievements with his courage and courage.
On April 20, 1949, the battle to liberate Taiyuan officially began.
In order to protect the base camp that it has been running for 38 years, Yan Xishan has built a large number of fortifications, among which Wohu Mountain is called "the first fortress in North China". A total of 167 steel and concrete bunkers of various shapes were built here, as well as various densely connected secret passages, forming a dense firepower network that intersects.
Taiyuan Battle
Yan Xishan sent his own direct troops to garrison. Looking at the fortifications he built, Yan Xishan said arrogantly: "The Communist Army of this fortress cannot be captured within a month."
organization decided that the 199th Division of the 20th Corps of the North China Military Region would encircle Wohu Mountain, adopt the plan of siege but not attacking, and then take Wohu Mountain after attacking Taiyuan City. After receiving the order, Li Shuiqing, the commander of the 199 Division, took the combat order to surround Wohu Mountain and squeeze the feint attack.
But Li Shuiqing did not follow the steps, so he decided to test the general situation of the enemy first. He sent a platoon to launch a tentative attack on and tentatively launched . Unexpectedly, the soldiers occupied two enemy bunkers without any casualties, and at the same time forced one of the enemy's companies to surrender. Li Shuiqing realized that the enemy might be strong outside and the middle, so he reported to his superiors and invested more troops. As a result, our soldiers destroyed an enemy command post at a very small cost, and also captured the commander and deputy commander of the enemy's 68th Division.
As the battlefield situation changed, our army quickly changed its combat plan and launched a full-line attack on the enemy.
Li Shuiqing (first from left)
Li Shuiqing made a detailed report on the situation and also told her own plan, firmly indicating that she had made the worst plan. You can take at least one night to win the west of Wohu Mountain and gain the opportunity to win the Taiyuan Battle.
In the battle to capture Wohu Mountain Fortress, Li Shuiqing commanded the 199th Division to fight extremely fiercely. To everyone's surprise, Li Shuiqing led all the soldiers to conquer Wohu Mountain in just 10 hours.
After Wohu Mountain was taken down, Cao Guozhong, the captured commander of the 19th Army of the Kuomintang, said: "I originally thought it would take at least one week for you to attack the periphery of Taiyuan, and it would take a week for you to rest after the fight, but I didn't expect that you would just take one night to insert it. I really didn't expect it."
Shortly after the liberation of Taiyuan, the 199th Division led by Li Shuiqing received a new task. The organization asked them to train and prepare to participate in the founding ceremony review.
At the founding ceremony, the reviewing troops were victorious, and the ambition to serve the country remained unabated. At that time,
After the outbreak of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Li Shuiqing led his troops into North Korea to fight. Under the leadership of Li Shuiqing, the 199th Division won consecutive victories and achieved many great victories.
After the Korean War ended, under the arrangement of the party organization, Li Shuiqing came to Nanjing Military Academy to study. During his studies at Nanjing Military Academy, Li Shuiqing learned various knowledge eagerly, and his military ability was greatly improved. Finally, he graduated successfully with excellent grades.
In 1955, in order to commend those comrades who made contributions in the revolutionary war years, the Party Central Committee decided to award these revolutionary heroes the title. Li Shuiqing was awarded the rank of major general for his outstanding achievements.
In the 1960s, he served as deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region and member of the Standing Committee of the Military Region Party Committee, making outstanding contributions to the development of the PLA's military modernization.
Chairman Mao met with Li Shuiqing
In 1975, Comrade Deng Xiaoping made a comeback and presided over the daily work of the State Council. At this time, Li Shuiqing was still thinking about the development of the army, so he asked Comrade Deng Xiaoping that he could return to the army to work.
Comrade Deng Xiaoping decided to let Li Shuiqing be the first deputy commander of Nanjing Military Region , responsible for presiding over military work. In this way, Li Shuiqing became the only deputy commander of the Military Commission of major military regions across the country.
Li Shuiqing still did not give up the opportunity to learn during his work. He actively studied the rocket launcher . After years of research, he has achieved many research results and made outstanding contributions to China's missile and aviation industry.
comrade Deng Xiaoping
September 3, 2005, this day marks the 60th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. At the commemorative meeting, General Li Shuiqing, who was nearly 90 years old, spoke as a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, and expressed his determination to the public to serve the motherland.
In August 2007, General Li Shuiqing, who had fought for the party and the country, passed away, ending his life with great military achievements.
Li Shuiqing in his later years
There is no peaceful time in the world, it’s just that someone is carrying the burden for us. The older generation of revolutionaries represented by General Li Shuiqing protect this land with their own blood, and history and the people will eventually remember this hero.
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