General Li Zhongxin
General Li Zhongxin was born in July 1916 in a farmer's family in Lidian Village, Zhaozhuang Town, Xiaoxian County, Jiangsu Province (now Xiaoxian County, Anhui Province).
In November 1937, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone Li Zongren established the Chief Officer and the General Mobilization Committee of the Fifth War Zone in Xuzhou, Jiangsu. At that time, the people of Xiaoxian , which belonged to Xuzhou , responded immediately and launched a vigorous anti-Japanese and national salvation campaign. Li Zhongxin accompanied Li Zhongdao, secretary of the Xiao County Working Committee and cousin of the Communist Party of China, to participate in a series of activities of the Mobilization Committee, and began to collect guns and prepare to organize the people's anti-Japanese armed forces. In mid-May 1938, the Japanese army captured Xiaoxian County and established the pseudo regime . In early July, Li Zhongdao contacted several armed forces to attack the county, drove the puppet organization out of the county, and established the Xiaoxian Anti-Japanese Guerrillas. Soon after, it was organized into the 17th Brigade of the Second Corps of the Huxi People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps, and Li Zhongdao was appointed as the captain. Because of his flexibility and wit, Li Zhongxin quickly became the backbone of the anti-Japanese armed forces. On August 23, Li Zhongxin brought four soldiers to the Japanese stronghold in Huangmiao with the cover of consolation gifts, quickly killed the Japanese troops standing guard, allowing the guerrillas to enter the stronghold smoothly, eliminated 20 Japanese troops who were taking a nap, seized 418 Type 38 rifles, one pistol and one machine gun, and no casualties were found in the guerrillas. Subsequently, Li Zhongxin participated in the battle to break through Jinpu Road, Longhai Road and Huangkou Station, attacked the puppet army and traitors for many times to maintain the meeting, intercepted the Japanese and puppet supplies, and showed his bravery.
1949, Li Zhongxin was transferred from Fuyu, Jilin to the Songhua River.
In May 1939, Li Zhongxin's troops were incorporated into the Sulu-Luyu Detachment of the Eighth Route Army and launched an anti-Japanese and anti-stubborn struggle in the Sulu-Lu-Yuan Border Region. In the spring of 1940, he left Xiaoxian with the East Admiralty Detachment led by Liang Xingchu and advanced to the Sulu Border Region and to the Binhai area. In the second half of the year, he was reorganized into the Fifth Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. He participated in the battles of removing the Cuizhuang stronghold in Huxi, the three attacks of Yucheng , the ambush of the Japanese army in Guiguangou, and the surprise attack on Tancheng . At the end of the same year, the Fifth Brigade was ordered to go south to the Huaihai Anti-Japanese Base Area to support the New Fourth Army's operations. After the Southern Anhui Incident in January 1941, the Fifth Brigade of Teaching was reorganized into the Independent Brigade of the New Fourth Army, and Li Zhong trusted the instructor of the Third Battalion of the Second Regiment of the Independent Brigade. Participated in the struggle to consolidate and develop the anti-Japanese base in Huaihai District, and participated in the Chengdaokou Battle. At the end of 1942, he returned to Shandong with his troops to build. Join the battles against Jiazishan, Maershan, against "sweeping" and attacking Zhucheng , Ganyu and other battles in .
In July 1954, Li Zhongxin was in the military study field of Beiling, Shenyang.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Zhongxin, who was then the chief of staff of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Division of the Shandong Military Region, advanced to the northeast with his troops. He served as deputy commander, commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Division of the First Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance and commander of the Gongzhuling County Security Command of Jilin Province, deputy chief of staff of the Second Division of the First Column of the Northeast Field Army, and chief of staff of the 113th Division of the 38th Army of the Fourth Field Army. In March 1946, the Kuomintang army divided its troops into three groups and launched a large-scale attack on our Northeast Democratic Alliance. The Fourth Regiment of the Second Division where Li Zhongxin was located was ordered to resist step by step and block stubbornly, delaying the enemy's attack. In early April, Li Zhongxin led his troops to participate in the counterattack against the enemy's new 38th Division in Liutiaogou and Xinglongling, and participated in the peripheral battle of Siping Defense Battle . In early June, on the way to retreat from the periphery of Siping , Li Zhongxin and his troops took the initiative to seize the favorable fighter jets and wiped out more than 1,900 enemy 88th Divisions at Xinzhan and Rafa. In November, participating in the battle of the three main columns of the Northeast Democratic Alliance in the areas north of Western Manchuria and Changchun forced the Kuomintang army to temporarily stop the offensive against South Manchuria and turn its main target to North Manchuria. Subsequently, Li Zhongxin participated in the three battles of the south and four protections of Linjiang in and the summer, autumn and winter offensive operations launched by our army in Northeast China. In the second phase of the summer offensive in in June 1947, Li Zhongxin, then the commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Division, led his troops to launch an assault on the western district of Siping. At 20:40 on the 14th, he took the lead in breaking through the defending positions, and then developed in depth and fought fiercely for a week. Later, because there were as many as 35,000 enemies defending Siping, they had strong combat effectiveness and strong fortifications, and the Second Division suffered heavy casualties. On the 21st, they were ordered to withdraw from the battle.
1967, the head of the 38th Army inspected the underground construction project of the troops. From left: Liu Haiqing, Li Zhongxin, Wang Meng.
In battle, Li Zhongxin always commands from the front. In late February 1948, Northeast Field Army decided to form a siege group with ten divisions to attack Siping again. Li Zhongxin led the Fourth Regiment to take on the main attack mission again. In order to complete the task of attack, Li Zhongxin and the regiment headquarters cadres carefully studied the combat plan and distinguished the tasks of each battalion. They also walked with the regiment political commissar Yu Jingshan overnight in the knee-deep snow to the battalions and companies to check the pre-war preparations, and commanded the troops to dig traffic trenches under the enemy's nose. Each comrade in the mine clearance group is required to carry a bag of wood ash or fine coal to mark the attack route; the blasting team is required to prepare for continuous blasting. At 8 a.m. on the 12th, the vanguard company of Li Zhongxin's command headquarters rushed to the city wall and carried out continuous blasting. It took only 7 minutes to open the breakthrough. The regiment assault squad took advantage of the momentum and inserted the first red flag into the top of the Siping City. In the Liaoshen Battle, which began in October of the same year, Li Zhongxin led his troops to participate in the battles of siege of Changchun, western Liaoning, encirclement and annihilate the enemy Liao Yaoxiang's corps and conquer Shenyang. In the Tianjin Battle in in January 1949, the Second Division was responsible for the main attack on the left wing of Tianjin City from west to east. Li Zhongxin, then chief of staff of the division, led a regiment to attack bravely before our artillery fire ended. The regiment's assault company first broke through the Xiaoxiying Gate among various siege troops and inserted the first red flag onto the top of Tianjin city; then attacked in depth, first attacking to Jintangqiao , and met with the brothers. Subsequently, Li Zhongxin followed his troops to central and southern China and participated in battles such as Yisha, Hengbao, Xiangxi, Guangxi, and southern Yunnan.
1968, Li Zhongxin visited Yadong, Tibet to inspect the food of the company when inspecting border work.
After the founding of New China, Li Zhong trusted the deputy commander and commander of the 112th Division of the 38th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, and led his troops to participate in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. After returning to China in 1953, he served as the 38th deputy commander and commander of the Tonghua Security District. In 1967, he served as deputy chief of staff of Chengdu Military Region. In 1980, he served as an advisor to the Shenyang Military Region Command.
In 1964, Li Zhongxin was promoted to the rank of major general. He won the Second-level Independence and Freedom Medal, , Second-level Liberation Medal and Independence Merit and Honorary Title .
On December 27, 1997, Li Zhongxin passed away in Shenyang.
