Only 30 of the 1614 founding generals are left: 18 have reached or over 100 years old
On April 7, 2017, General Wang guide, the founding general, the former deputy political commissar of the railway soldiers and the director of the Political Department, died in Beijing at the age of 103.
From 1955 to 1965, China awarded or promoted 10 Marshal of the People’s Republic of China, 10 general general of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, 57 General General of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, 177 generals of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and 1360 generals of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
According to the statistics of the reporters from the Bureau of Guanhai settlement, there were only the last 30 major generals left in the 1614 “founding generals” of that year, all of whom were over 90 years old, among them, 18 people are over 100 years old.
He joined the Army at the age of 17 and started the “Sparrow battle” behind anti-Japanese enemy lines”
According to public information, wang guide was born in 1914 in shanghang, fujian province. He joined the communist youth league of china in 1930, participated in chinese workers’ and peasants’ red army the following year, and then joined the communist party of china. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of major general and won the second grade Order of Bayi, the second grade Independent Freedom Medal and the second grade Liberation Medal. In 1988, he won the first grade Red Star Honor Order of Merit.
When it comes to Wang guide, the “Sparrow battle” he founded seems to be known by more people. In his memoirs, it was mentioned that at 9 o’clock in the morning of November 26, 1937, the enemy’s troops with more than 600 artillery soldiers used marching columns, just like ordinary marching troops, and no reconnaissance alert was sent. The front started, and the troops behind gathered into a formation, bullied our army without artillery, and walked towards fan village with a line of troops. The second battalion, eight companies, one in the northwest of fan village, met the enemy. When the distance was more than 200 meters, the ambush soldiers took down four or five enemies with a row of guns. The Japanese army scattered out on the spot to fight back. Rifles, machine guns, throw cartridges and artillery fired at me, but they did not dare to launch a charge. At the same time, five or sixty enemy cavalry headed south of fan village.
Xu Shenji, the head of the Army, estimated that the enemy cavalry might detour back to fan village and commanded the troops to retreat secretly from the village to the east of fan village to occupy the new position. When the enemy saw that he didn’t fight back, he went forward to fan village while shooting. When the enemy continued to advance to the front of the hill which was more than 500 meters east of the village, he was suddenly severely blocked. Our army opened fire with light machine gun rifles and knocked down more than a dozen enemies. The enemy launched a counterattack on the spot, and the machine guns, rifles and bullet craters opened fire together. Then the artillery also opened fire, and the sound of guns rang in the valley. The enemy cavalry also came to the east of the village. At this time, my blocking troops retreated to the new position in the west of the village on peitien. The enemy hit again for a while and did not return the fire, and began to move forward again. My front detachment retreated to the west new position of beiqu River village to fight, and the enemy began to chase angrily.
At this time, the battle groups in the second and third rows of the eight companies ambushed on the hillside of beiqu Hebei, and launched a side shot at the enemy’s “Sparrow Tactics”. Not only was the enemy’s vanguard attacked, and the follow-up troops were also hit at the same time. Holding the nose of the enemy in a row, in peitien, beiqu river, xiqu river, dongqu river, and even the mountain ditch of wugong village, they led into ten miles of road step by step, killing and injuring more than 100 japanese troops, destroy one car. By 3 pm, the enemy packed up the bodies and wounded soldiers and began to retreat. The battle groups in the second battalion of the July 7th Regiment continued to attack the enemy on the side, leading a row of tracking and chasing the enemy deeply, and went straight back to fan village. The enemy snatched several carts and a dozen mules from fellow villagers in fan village and pulled the wounded soldiers and bodies back to Taigu city.
The enemy consumed more than 200 rounds of shells for 6 hours on this day, but no one was killed or injured in the seven-seven Regiment. “Only listening to the sound of enemy guns, no casualties were found in our army, and the enemy was destroyed to protect himself. This battle was really beautiful.” The political commissar of Wang guide reported the war report to the division department. The division commander Liu Bocheng praised the seven seven one regiment and the Second Battalion, praising this as a typical attrition warfare, consuming the enemy and preserving himself, and put this battle into a very vivid name, called “Sparrow battle”.
Since then, the style of “Sparrow battle” has been spread.
Thousands of “founding generals” only left the last 30 major generals in 1955, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army implemented the military rank system. The founding general was the senior general of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army who was awarded the military rank in the following period of time.
From 1955 to 1965, China awarded or promoted 10 Marshal of the People’s Republic of China, 10 general general of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, 57 General General of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, 177 generals of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and 1360 generals of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. They have made great contributions to the founding of the People’s Republic of China, so they are called “founding generals”. In history, there have been four founding generals awarded the title. The earliest one was in September, 1955, 798 people were awarded the title.
After consulting public reports, the reporter of Guanhai bureau of understanding found that Nie Rongzhen was the last founding Marshal to die, Xiao Jinguang was the last founding general to die, and Lv Zhengcao was the last founding general to die, zhang Zhen, the last founding general, also died in September 3 last year at the age of 101.
Since 2010, the number of founding generals has fallen by more than double digits every year, namely 29 in 2010, 25 in 2011, 14 in 2012 and 10 in 2013, and 14 people in 2014, 20 people in 2015 and 10 people in 2016.
Up to now, there are only the last 30 “founding generals” left.
18 active people have reached or exceeded 100 years old.
At the level of the founding generals, there are still 30 people who are healthy at present. They basically participated in the revolution during the red army, and the average age is nearly 100 years old.
According to statistics, at present, a total of 12 major generals were awarded in 1955; 7 of the officers who were promoted to major generals in 1961 were still alive; 11 of the officers who were promoted to major generals in 1964were alive.
Looking at the sea, the bureau of investigation found that the age of the 30 major generals who are now in health has exceeded 90 years old, and 18 of them have reached 100 years old or over 100 years old.
Among the 30 people, the oldest is Major General Yin Guohong, who is 106 years old. The youngest is Wang Fuzhi, who is 94 years old.
In their late years of life, they were still concerned about the country. Not only did they change their names for the construction of the missile force, but they also denounced Zhou Yongkang, Xu Caihou and other big Tigers in an interview with the military newspaper. There were also Xiong zhaoren, celest Chong is contributing to poverty alleviation.
Denounce Zhou Yongkang, Xu Caihou and other big Tigers
The ambition of being born in 1917, he participated in the red army of workers and peasants in 1934, joined the League in 1935, and transferred to the Communist Party of China in 1936. He spent three years on snow-capped mountains and grasslands, from the land revolution to the anti-Japanese War, from the war of liberation to the War of Resistance against the United States and aid the north and south, creating many classic battle cases. He served as the commander, brigade commander, division commander, the chief of staff, the Fifteenth Army Chief of the Army, the president of the Artillery Technical College, the deputy commander of the artillery, the commander of the Second Artillery, the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, etc., are members of the 12th Central Committee and the 13th CPC Central Committee.
According to the articles published in the liberation army daily published on december 31, 2014, the old red army and the former commander of nanjing military region experienced ups and downs in the war of defending their ambitions and died in nine lives. His original name was “defending Zhi”, because he determined to build the missile force of our army and changed his name to “defending Zhi”. Its loyalty to the party and its national safty ambition are admirable.
Xiang Shouzhi told reporters that when talking about faith, there was a question of how to treat the situation. Our loyalty to the party’s cause is based on a correct understanding of the situation. If you think this party is great and its cause will surely win, you will fight for it persistently. In connection with the current social reality, although there are still many unsatisfactory things, it is an indisputable fact that great changes have taken place in China. He also asked three questions: When will China’s economy develop as fast as it is now? When will the common people eat and wear like now? When did the Chinese nation look so proud as it is now? This fully shows that our party’s line, principles and policies represent the interests of the people. This is the most basic basis for our loyalty to the party’s cause. He said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has strictly governed the party and fought against corruption with great efforts, which has achieved remarkable results. This is a sign of our party’s confidence and strength.
For the “tiger” that the central commission for discipline inspection has knocked out one after another since the 18th national congress of the cpc, it shows the sense of justice of an old party member and an old soldier. In 2015, when he was interviewed by the Liberation Army Daily, he angrily scolded Zhou Yongkang and Xu Caihou, and the words were extremely harsh: “Zhou Yongkang, Xu Caihou and others abandoned their faith, betrayed the oath under Party flag, and went to the opposite side of the party and the people, shameful and pathetic!”
Retired Xiong zhaoren busy poverty alleviation silkworm breeding
Xiong zhaoren, born in 1912, participated in Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army in 1929. after the Long March, he was integrated into the New Fourth Army to go north to fight against Japan. In the War of Liberation, he made important contributions to welcoming the main force of the People’s Liberation Army to go south over the river. After the founding of New China, he won the third-level Order of Bayi, second-level independent Freedom Medal, first-level liberation medal and first-level red star Merit Medal.
Xiong zhaoren (second left)
In June 1983, the organization decided to leave Xiong zhaoren, who was 71 years old. However, he left endlessly and resolutely reported to participate in the “battle” of the old district construction “. The leaders of the Army and the local people advised him to have a good rest and spend his old age peacefully, but he insisted on refusing. He said: “without the support of the people in the old districts, our party and army would not survive and develop; Without the bloody sacrifice of the people in the old districts, there would be no new china. We old soldiers have the responsibility to care about the old areas and build the old areas.”
Some media reported that in order to fully understand the situation of the old district, xiong zhaoren, like guerrilla warfare in those years, wore undercover, carried kettles and dry food, and went to every old district and most base villages in fujian province to investigate and study on travel with light luggage and few attendants. If you want to get rid of poverty and backwardness, you must find a way to build up poverty and get rich as soon as possible. On the basis of a large number of investigations and studies, a grand blueprint has been drawn: building railways and highways and improving traffic conditions; Improving cattle raising and silkworm raising and strengthening breeding industry; Transforming large reservoirs and developing electricity; realize the “five-way” (access, electricity, water, radio and television, telephone) project; Strengthen the construction of the two civilizations.
Mulberry breeding is a breeding industry with low investment, quick results and high benefits. There are many mountainous areas in old districts and revolutionary base villages, which can be exploited and utilized in large quantities. Giving full play to this advantage will soon produce economic benefits. With the support of relevant departments, Xiong zhaoren decided to take Western Fujian as the pilot of Mulberry breeding. In order to master the first-hand information, in the summer of 1989, he led relevant leaders and experts from the Old District Office of Fujian province, the provincial Sericulture Research Institute and the Provincial Silk joint company to conduct on-the-spot investigation in 6 villages and towns, and his confidence increased greatly, I feel that the development of sericulture production in western Fujian has broad prospects. Under his leadership, the inspection team wrote a feasibility report to the provincial government. The provincial government agreed. Since then, Mulberry breeding activities have gradually moved from Western Fujian to old areas in the whole province.
In order to solve the problems of sericulture seeds and breeding technology, Xiong zhaoren led relevant personnel to learn from the experience in other places. Among them, the investigation in Guangdong Wengyuan County was another severe test he had experienced in his twilight years. After leaving this afternoon, it began to rain, and the car skidded on the muddy mountain road from time to time. The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the mountain road becomes more and more difficult to walk. In front of it, a mountain above one kilometer has to be turned over. The highway is full of Puddle of Mudd, and two deep pits are pushed out by cars on both sides, making it difficult for off-road vehicles to pass. When the car reached the top of the mountain, it couldn’t move forward any more. It is 1 o’clock in the morning. Originally, it was expected to arrive at the destination before 7 o’clock that night, but now it is only half of the journey. Hunger, darkness and cold wind came all together. There was no place in front of the village, no shop in the back, and no contact with the outside world. Everyone had to wait quietly in the car. The sky was just shining and they set off again in the rain. When they arrived at Wengyuan county, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and smiled at the same time: everyone was covered with sweat and mud, mottled, it looks like wearing camouflage.
Zhang yuhuawei’s donations in poor areas exceeded 500000
According to the report of the liberation army daily, he joined the party in 1935 celest chong and took part in leading the anti-japanese armed uprising of tianfushan. In 1938, he took part in the battle of lei temple, the first battle of anti-japanese war in jiaodong, and later took part in the war of liberation and the war to resist us and aid korea. He told the reporter: “From being a company instructor to being a political commissar, all my comrades fell down. In 1951, our 118th division was in North Korea. At that time, I served as the political commissar. One morning, division commander Luo Chunsheng and chief of staff Tang Jingzhong held a combat meeting in a tunnel. Zhang Lie, director of the Political Department, and I held a political work meeting in another tunnel. Suddenly, a bomb was dropped on Meiji. The chief of staff died on the spot. The division commander was seriously injured and was sent to the hospital for rescue. I often think that the victory of the Chinese revolution has not come easily!”
The old general’s life is very simple. Over the years, he sent 150000 kilograms of rice to the masses in poor areas and donated 500000 yuan. He said, this is to repay the kindness of the people, and it is also a meager force for the country to do an old soldier.
Celest Chong once said, “I have three mothers: giving birth to my mother, raising my people, and cultivating my party.” His words expressed the deep feelings of an old soldier towards the party and the people.
30 founding generals currently alive”
(Originally titled “The last 30” founding generals “, 18 people have reached over 100 years old”)
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on April 7, 2017, General Wang guide, the founding general, the former deputy political commissar of the railway soldiers and the director of the Political Department, died in Beijing at the age of 103. From 1955 to 1965, Wang guide awarded or promoted 10 People’s Republic of China