In early 1949, the Second Field Army was established, and Li Da was appointed as the chief of staff. As the number three figure in the Second Field Army, he followed the Second Field Army to participate in many battles and achieved outstanding results. After the outbreak of the Korean War, the Volunteer Army rushed to the Korean battlefield to aid the war. Li Da was ordered to serve as the chief of staff of the Volunteer Army, and played an absolute role in the summer counterattack. When was awarded the title of in 1955, Li Da was awarded the title of general. He was originally a great prospect, but suddenly disappeared after 1958. What exactly happened?
Li Da was born in 1905 in a small village in Mei County, Shaanxi, my country. His original name was Li Desheng. Because of his poor family, he worked for the landlord's family with his family since childhood. It was not until he was 11 that he had the opportunity to study in a private school. To support him in order to study, his father got up early and went to bed late. Later, he borrowed money from others to support him in his five years of study.
17 years old, through hard work, Li Da was admitted to a provincial private middle school, and soon transferred to a provincial normal school. Here, he was exposed to progressive ideas for the first time, and then actively participated in student movements.
After graduating from middle school, Li Da returned to his hometown and became a primary school teacher in the local area. Because of his acceptance of progressive ideas, Li Da always had a passion in his heart. He didn't want to be a teacher in his hometown for the rest of his life, and he also wanted to contribute to the revolution. In 1926, Li Da was admitted to the Northwest Second Military Academy with excellent results. Although the training period was only one year, Li Da benefited a lot in just this year.
A year later, Li Da's training period expired and after graduation, he was assigned to the 2nd Army of the National Revolutionary Army and served as the platoon leader of the second lieutenant .
After the Central Plains War, Chiang Kai-shek ordered an encirclement and suppression of our party. Li Da's army was ordered to participate in the war. Li Da was very puzzled by Chiang Kai-shek's approach. He invaded foreign forces and did not resist foreign enemies first, but actually closed the door and attacked his own people. Although Li Da was reluctant, he had to act on orders.
In fact, there were many people within the Kuomintang army who had the same ideas as him at that time. Through the active communication between our party and the Kuomintang staff, in December 1931, Li Da, Dong Zhentang and others launched the Ningdu Uprising and successfully joined our party's camp. After Li Da joined our army, he was promoted from company commander to regiment commander in just one year.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Li Da participated in no less than a hundred battles. He was meticulous and carefully planned the battle plan. Before each war, he would do pre-war reconnaissance work in advance, observe the terrain, draw detailed marching maps, and formulate the most realistic combat plan, so that our army would always fight. Thanks to this, Li Da has always been known as the "living map" in the army. Even Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping praised the Chief of Staff.
During the War of Liberation, Li Da assisted Liu and Deng to launch many battles and achieved remarkable results. In February 11949, the Nakanoya where Li Da was located was adapted into the 2nd Field Army, with Liu Bocheng as commander, Deng Xiaoping as political commissar, and Li Da as chief of staff. He became the No. 3 figure in the Second Field Army after Liu and Deng.
After the founding of New China, Li Da was transferred to work in Southwest and Yunnan Military Region. In addition to being responsible for the daily work of the military region, he is also responsible for annihilation of the remnants of the Kuomintang’s armed forces in the southwest region.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, North Korea issued an application for assistance to our country. Chairman Mao thought about it and felt that he would send troops to fight. In October 1950, the first batch of volunteer troops gathered to the Korean battlefield. Li Da was unable to go to the war with the army as soon as possible because he had a job task. He felt somewhat regretful.
1953, Li Da finally waited for the order to send him to the North Korea to aid the war. After came to the Korean battlefield, he used his combat expertise, participated in organizing and commanding the summer counterattack, and achieved absolute victory, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent armistice. returned home in 1954 and was awarded the rank of general in 1955.
After returning to China, Li Da served as the deputy director of the Training General Department of our Army, mainly responsible for the management and military training of Nanjing Military Academy. At that time, our country had a good relationship with the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union had a strong strength in both military power and other aspects. Therefore, in military teaching, Li Da used Soviet military military textbooks to train our army. Of course, he did not copy and blindly use the Soviet textbooks, but learned from the strengths and weaknesses, and absorbed the other party's good experience and excellent ideas to cultivate and arm our army. In the late 1950s, China's relations with the Soviet Union became subtle. Whether in terms of military needs or political development direction, the two sides had major differences in their ideas. They gradually drifted away from each other, and the relationship between the two countries became tense.
Li Da has always insisted on using Soviet military textbooks to train our army, and was fermented by "people with heart". Li Da believes that knowledge and experience are innocent. We should not completely deny each other's good things because of the tense relationship between the two countries. Learn from each other's advanced experience and use it to arm ourselves. What's wrong with it?
Because of this idea, he was judged as " dogmatism ". In that era, Li Da was persecuted and immediately imprisoned. This level lasted for 4 years.
Just like that, Li Da was locked up in a confused manner. During his detention, Li Da did not give up on himself, nor did he complain. In addition to being forced to write a review letter and being humiliated every day, he would also insist on studying in his spare time, and he believed that learning was endless. A group of people forced him to admit his mistake every day, but the resolute Li Da never admits his mistake, and he will never admit his mistake. is a revolutionary soldier who has been baptized by war. He can distinguish right from wrong. The pride of the soldier tells him that he must not compromise.
1972, after being detained for 4 years, Li Da was finally acquitted. Many people think that he disappeared, but in fact, it is not true. Li Da was framed by a sudden change. The organization resumed work for him. After returning to work, Li Da is still the one Li Da at the time, confident and determined and unyielding.
