Many people have learned the article Dong Cunrui bombing the bunker when they were students. This familiar story has been passed down by word of mouth among many Chinese people. Although many people know the existence of the hero Dong Cunrui, few people know who the person who discovered this story was.
He participated in the revolution at a young age and participated in many important battles during the War of Liberation; After the founding of New China, he was awarded the rank of colonel and later ruled in Hunan; his wife was also the daughter of a marshal. Who is he? What kind of stories have happened to him? He is the storied figure Li Zhenjun.
1. Start a revolutionary journey at a young age
Li Zhenjun was born in 1920. His hometown is in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province. Because his father was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, under the influence and influence of such a family atmosphere, Li Zhenjun also liked reading since childhood. After going to school, Li Zhenjun not only worked hard, but also had excellent academic performance. was successfully admitted to the very famous Yuanli Middle School in the local area.
While studying in school, Li Zhenjun could always hear news about the frontline war of resistance. Every time he was full of passion, especially wanting to serve the country, go to battle and kill the enemy, and drive the invaders out of the country. Not long after, he told his father about this idea.
His father particularly understood his lofty ambitions, but out of concern for his son's safety, he contacted his old friend Xu Teli and wrote a letter of introduction to his son. Soon after, Li Zhenjun came to the revolutionary holy land of Yan'an . He started his own revolutionary path at the age of 16. The next year, Li Zhenjun successfully joined the Communist Party.
After coming to Yan'an, Li Zhenjun entered Anti-Da , where he systematically learned revolutionary ideas and related theories. Because he had received a good education and was considered a high-level intellectual at that time, the organization arranged for him to stay in school after the study.
In May 1942, Li Zhenjun and his comrades were surrounded by the Japanese army. At that time, the enemy's troops were many times more powerful than them. Although they fought hard, many soldiers still sacrificed gloriously. In desperation, he originally planned to disguise himself as an ordinary person and escape, but he was eventually captured by the Japanese army.
Later, the Japanese army sent him to the northeast to dig coal, but fortunately he finally escaped and returned to the army. During his arrest by the enemy, he always had revolutionary beliefs and beliefs, and never changed from beginning to end.
2. Propaganda heroic deeds of the War of Liberation
After the outbreak of the War of Liberation, Li Zhenjun led his troops to wipe out the enemy's troops in southwestern Jiangxi, and liberated more than 20 local cities. In addition, he also participated in many famous battles. With his courage and ability, he not only defeated the enemy, but also contributed his own strength to the liberation of New China.
In addition to making great achievements in the War of Liberation, Li Zhenjun also discovered many heroic stories. Through , he could make more people know the existence of many heroes on the battlefield.
1948, when the 11th Column of the Northeast Field Army attacked Longhua , in order to win the battle, Dong Cunrui, as the squad leader, sacrificed himself to raise an explosive package and blew up the enemy's bridgehead. At that time, Dong Cunrui was a soldier under Li Zhenjun.
He saw with his own eyes the entire process of Dong Cunrui bombing the enemy's bridgehead bunker. At that time, my comrades didn't know what Dong Cunrui was carrying the explosive bag to do. When everyone reacted, Dong Cunrui had already died.
Li Zhenjun is worthy of being an excellent political cadre. After the battle, he quickly held a meeting and reported Dong Cunrui's deeds to the relevant departments as soon as possible. Since then, the army has vigorously promoted and carried out the movement to learn from Dong Cunrui, which has allowed Dong Cunrui's spirit to be continuously inherited and carried forward in the army, and at the same time, it has also allowed the image of a generation of heroes to be passed down to the world.
Not only that, discovering and promoting Dong Cunrui was just his first achievement. Later, the "Mulan in the Army" Guo Junqing, Huang Zushi, Ouyang Hai and other propaganda models were also the work he discovered and personally participated in the sorting of his deeds.
3. He was awarded the rank of colonel and became the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee
After the founding of New China, Li Zhenjun was sent to participate in the bandit suppression movement in Guangxi. Because the local terrain was very complex and the remnants of the Kuomintang were still scattered everywhere, the most important thing is that in order to protect their own safety, the local people still hid guns in four characters, so it is even more difficult to suppress bandit suppression operations. After two years, they finally returned the people to a safe and peaceful Guangxi.
Later, Li Zhenjun was awarded the rank of colonel, and in 1960 he was promoted to the rank of colonel. Li Zhenjun also served as the secretary of the provincial party committee in Hunan. He has always believed that knowledge can change people's destiny, so he attaches great importance to the development of education. Xiangtan University was founded by Li Zhenjun, and he also served as the principal.
Because Li Zhenjun's first wife died early, the organization was worried that he had no time to take care of his personal life problems because he was too busy with work. Fortunately, Li Zhenjun and He Jiesheng met later. After a period of understanding and getting along, the two of them chose to get married in 1978.
After marriage, the two lived a happy life. They supported each other and treated each other's children as their own, and the family atmosphere was also happy. He Jiesheng's father was Marshal He Long, the famous founding marshal.
Although Li Zhenjun retired and did not hold any position in his later years, he has always done his best to do things for the country and the people.
Conclusion
In 2008, 88-year-old Li Zhenjun died of illness in Beijing, ending his legendary experience in his life. It is precisely because of the general like Li Zhenjun who regards serving the people as his belief in life that the country can be more prosperous and strong.
