In the long revolutionary history, a group of outstanding military commanders have emerged, and they have dedicated their lives to the victory of the revolution.
military rank is a kind of affirmation of them. The conditions in the war years are arduous, and the long-lived founding generals can always attract attention.
The longest-lived marshal: Liu Bocheng
Marshal Liu Bocheng's life can be said to have "repeated achievements".
In his decades of revolutionary career, he led his troops to win many great victories, but he always maintained a modest attitude, never seeking credit and never showing his proud side.
In the early years, he was injured in the war against Wu Peifu and his right leg was injured. During the days of recuperation in Chengdu, he began to have time to calm down and study and think.
After years of exploration, he also felt that only the CCP can save China. The warlords have been fighting for so many years, but they have never been able to change the status quo of China.
Since the Agrarian Revolution, Liu Bocheng has been increasingly valued. After experiencing the war of resistance against Japan, Liu Bocheng's military literacy has been greatly reflected.
On the battlefield of the War of Liberation, many stories of his use of troops as good as a god began to spread wildly on the Central Plains. For the Shuai Cai, he not only had to be able to lead troops to fight, but also devoted himself to the regularization of the army after the founding of New China.
At that time, because he himself graduated from the Soviet Union's Fulongzhi Military Academy and was a typical "professional" marshal. In his sixties, in order to complete the glorious school-running task, he always took the lead in studying with the spirit of "daily and night", which made Military Academy greatly improve in professional settings and course construction.
In 1959, Liu Bocheng was already 67 years old. He still dragged his sick body into the army, analyzed many problems in a realistic manner, and wrote a detailed inspection report to the Central Military Commission and put forward many suggestions.
At that time, he often called himself a "disabled soldier" and repeatedly opposed others' words as "instructions". However, in actual work, many of the suggestions he put forward were still valued by the Military Commission and various headquarters.
1962's self-defense counterattack against India , Liu Bocheng was in Beijing, his heart was on the front line, he had already thought of a series of problems that the troops might encounter, and proposed many feasible countermeasures, which can be said to be "planning and winning a thousand miles."
1967, Liu Bocheng's eye disease gradually worsened, and he left Beijing and rushed to Jinan for treatment. Later, he traveled to Nanjing and Shanghai.
During the days of treating diseases and recuperation, Liu Bocheng still submitted materials to the Military Commission, including his views and suggestions on military training, school construction, etc. These are the crystallization of Liu Bocheng's decades of military career and his dedication to the Party and the people.
Ye Jianying also specifically notified the General Staff Department to ask them to collect all Liu Bocheng's speeches since 1960 and issue them to the headquarters of the Military Commission and relevant departments of the Beijing Military Region for reference and implementation.
By 1972, Marshal Liu Bocheng's left eye was completely blind, and his health deteriorated sharply. He had to receive treatment in the hospital for a long time.
After learning about this situation, the center also showed special attention to his body.
At that time, Premier Zhou also took time out of his busy schedule to visit him three times. The medical staff made efforts, but Liu Bocheng's physical condition did not improve much.
Liu Bocheng is old and his body cannot recover. He has been bedridden for a long time. After 1982, Liu Bocheng resigned from his position as the leader of the party, government and military for age and health reasons.
In October 1986, Marshal Liu Bocheng died in Beijing at the age of 94, and became the longest-lived one of the founding marshals.
The longest-lived general: Xiao Jinguang
Xiao Jinguang first joined the army in the autumn of 1925. At that time, Premier Zhou was also the director of the political department of the Whampoa Military Academy . According to his introduction, Xiao Jinguang went to Li Fuchun and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. At that time, Xiao Jinguang was only 22 years old.
And his advanced thinking was reflected a long time ago.
After the failure of the revolution in 1927, Xiao Jinguang and another young member of the Communist Party of China Liu Jun evacuated the revolutionary army and rushed to Hankou according to the instructions. On a river ship, Liu Jun proposed to go back to his hometown in Hunan to carry out the peasant movement. Xiao Jinguang persuaded at that time: "No matter how capable a person is, he will achieve nothing if he leaves the party."
Liu Jun did not listen to the advice and eventually went there himself. It was not until the uprising in the Kuomintang army in the late period of the Liberation War that he truly understood Xiao Jinguang's advice.
In the following revolutionary career, Xiao Jinguang played a huge role. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he carried out the defense mission of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. In 1940, he also negotiated with Wang Ruofei with Yan Xishan , which played an important role in breaking the economic blockade of the Kuomintang border region.
Later during the War of Liberation, he cooperated with the Northern Manchu troops to "go to the south of the Yangtze River" and smashed the Kuomintang's four large-scale attacks in three and a half months, completely reversed the situation in the Northeast, and made sufficient preparations for the future liberation of the entire Northeast. After entering the pass, he also made great contributions to the liberation of most parts of Hunan.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, everyone had to face the situation of being in trouble. Chairman Mao once said: "We will not only have a strong army, but also a strong air force and a strong navy."
Chairman Mao actually thought about the candidate for naval commander for a long time. He continued to screen among the generals who had received long-term training and finally determined Xiao Jinguang.
Faced with the current situation where everything has to start from scratch, Xiao Jinguang quickly devoted himself to his work. He visited and investigated grassroots units many times around the consolidation of coastal defense.
At that time, there was also information that the United States' nuclear submarine also transported the atomic weapon to South Korea. In order to break the nuclear threat , at the suggestion of Xiao Jinguang, my country also began the development of nuclear submarines, but due to lack of technology, it failed at that time.
In the memories of Xiao Jinguang's children, his father was awarded the rank of general at the rank awarding ceremony. Everyone watched his father with a happy smile on TV.
With Xiao Jinguang's efforts, the People's Liberation Army successively formed the first speedboat unit, the first Aviation Division, the first Submarine Division, etc., laying the foundation for the development of the Chinese Navy.
His work in the Navy lasted until January 1980, and later he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee.
After 1989, Xiao Jinguang's body was already very weak. He was deeply troubled by a variety of diseases such as large-scale myocardial infarction and tumor metastasis, and his condition was already very critical.
At that time, the People's Navy was about to hold a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of its founding. He was very happy after hearing this and wrote a congratulatory message.
It’s a pity that Xiao Jinguang died of illness in Beijing on March 29 at the age of 86.
General Xiao Jinguang failed to read the congratulatory message at the conference, and the navy leader read it on behalf of him with a deep feeling. When it comes to the Chinese Navy, Xiao Jinguang is also a name that cannot be avoided no matter how hard it is.
He is also the longest-lived general among the founding generals.
The longest-lived general: Lu Zhengcao
After participating in the revolutionary work for so many years, Lu Zhengcao has never changed his accent. When the friends around him heard this, they knew that he was from Northeast China.
During his growth, it was the year when the Japanese invaders bullied their compatriots in Northeast China. Since then, Lu Zhengcao secretly vowed that he would take revenge in the future.
In the following days, Lu Zhengcao also proved with practical actions that he had done it. In those years, he commanded many battles and also made very practical experience. When Chairman Mao wrote an inscription for the third anniversary of the establishment of the Hebei Central Military Region and the Third Column of the Eighth Route Army, he enthusiastically praised them as "a model of adhering to the plain guerrilla warfare and a model of the people's armed struggle."
When the War of Liberation, Lu Zhengcao was already a member of the Northeast Bureau. In addition, he was also the deputy commander of the Railway Corps of the People's Liberation Army of China. He effectively guaranteed the railway work and played an extremely critical role in ensuring the final victory of the Liaoshen Battle . After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lu Zhengcao has been working hard in the railway field. In the process of the construction of the Southwest Railway in the motherland, he played an important role. The completion of the Southwest Third Line Railway also improved the national defense transportation support capacity, which is of great far-reaching significance.
He is also in 1 He was awarded the rank of general in 1955.
Looking at Lu Zhengcao's life, it is also very exciting. He loves sports very much, especially playing tennis.
In order to form a Chinese tennis team, he kept chasing Marshal He Long in the 1950s and asked. Later, he found the Beijing leader Wanli and jointly built the earliest Tennis Stadium of the Sports Commission Training Bureau in Beijing.
When summarizing his life, Lu Zhengcao only used one sentence to describe: "I have only three things in my life, namely playing Japan, managing railways and playing tennis. "
In addition, Lu Zhengcao also had a special friendship with Zhang Xueliang .
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1991 Zhang Xueliang and his wife went to the United States to visit relatives. Lu Zhengcao also came to New York and contacted Zhang Xueliang. After meeting, the two were very excited and held hands and looked at each other.
This time, Lu Zhengcao also gave Zhang Xueliang a birthday gift. The two hadn't seen each other for decades. Zhang Xueliang was also very curious about Lu Zhengcao's life trajectory. Lu Zhengcao told a lot of things from the past and said: "The Northeast Army was very brave during the War of Resistance Against Japan and his sacrifice was also very tragic. Chiang Kai-shek will send the Northeast Army wherever they see danger. "
At that time, Lu Zhengcao also hoped that Zhang Xueliang would have the opportunity to set foot on his hometown in the Northeast, but unfortunately, Zhang Xueliang eventually died in the United States.
Lu Zhengcao's physical condition has always been good. Since he retired in 1983, he has also been concerned about national affairs and has made his own suggestions in many fields. In addition, he is also one of the main founders of the China Elk Foundation and the China Biodiversity Conservation Foundation.
He is also more "careless" in his education for his children. He said: "None of his children has inherited my military career or railway career, and I have no requirements, just let them be free. "
On October 13, 2009, Lu Zhengcao finished his life and died in Beijing at the age of 104, becoming the longest-lived founding general.
The longest-lived lieutenant general: Zhang Zhen
1930, Zhang Zhen, who was only 16 years old, joined the Red Army team, and experienced the Long March in After various trainings, the "little soldier" Zhang Zhen also grew into the battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Red Third Army.
Although he was young, he had many ideas during the battle and was extremely brave in the war. He had a bullet in his body for 10 years.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was already a staff officer of the Eighth Route Army's Office in Shanxi. He actively carried out the Anti-Japanese National United Front work in Yan Xishan, and excellently completed the various arrangements made by his superiors. Mission.
They will face a larger battle in an average of five or six days, and there are countless small battles. The New Fourth Army guerrilla detachment commanded by Zhang Zhen was able to destroy more than 6,000 Japanese and puppet troops in just one year of its establishment.
Like many other founding generals, Zhang Zhen also made great contributions in the War of Liberation.
especially in Huaihai Battle html During the 8 process, he and Su Yu jointly proposed to keep the main force of the Kuomintang army on the southern front in Xuzhou and its surroundings and gradually annihilated the important suggestions were finally adopted by the central government, which also played an extremely positive role in expanding the scale of the Huaihai Campaign.
During the Shanghai Campaign , in order to minimize losses, Zhang Zhen and the headquarters finally determined the plan for the Shanghai Campaign after repeated research.
He experienced countless battles in his life. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he often came to the grassroots to inspect. He never liked to listen to long-term reports, but was good at finding problems in details.
When Deng Xiaoping met with the representatives of the 14th National Congress, he deliberately stopped in front of Zhang Zhen and held his hand tightly to ask about his physical condition. At that time, Deng Xiaoping also said to Zhang Zhen: "You are 10 years younger than me, and you can still serve for a term."
In 1992, Zhang Zhen served as the vice chairman of the Military Commission and retired five years later.
Zhang Zhen still remembers this scene in his later years. He said: "Comrade Xiaoping is far-sighted and has a great deal of words, which has made me realize the important mission I shoulder."
military management strictly, Zhang Zhen has a strict set of standards for his family. The children are influenced by it and have a strong relationship with the army.
In the military family in the 21st century, the Zhang family has created an enviable achievement: his third son became an admiral, and his eldest son, second son and fourth son were all promoted to major generals.
Zhang Zhen saw the whole picture and he was very pleased when he saw the rapid development of the new China.
On September 3, 2015, General Zhang Zhen passed away at the age of 101. He also became the longest-lived founding lieutenant general. He participated in two rank awarding ceremonies in his life. In addition to the 1955 time, there was another time in September 1988 when he was awarded the rank of general.
Behind the general, there is no founding lieutenant general in the world.
reference
Liu Bocheng Chinese Communist Party News Network
Xiao Jinguang Chinese Communist Party News Network
Farewell ceremony for the body of founding General Lu Zhengcao will be held in Babaoshan Dazhong.com
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