preface
Everyone knows that there are 57 founding generals in our country, including 35 at the level of the main regiment, 19 at the deputy regimental level, 1 at the rank of the quasi-corps, and 2 at the level of the non-ranked. Today, we will talk about one of the ------------ Chen Xilian at the regimental level.
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Comrade Chen Xilian made outstanding achievements in the war years, and the battles he participated in included the well-known Hundred Regiments War, the "Advancing into Dabie Mountain" campaign, the Battle of Northern Henan, the Battle of Crossing the River, and so on. The reason why he was able to participate in these important and crucial battles was his own excellent ability and rich experience in the war.
Chen Xilian was born in 1915, he joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army early in 1929, and in the second year of entering the army, he was appreciated by the leaders at a young age and joined the Communist Party of China because of his outstanding performance.
When the Red Army grew to 100,000 people, the Kuomintang saw the growing Communist Party and was terrified and launched a war against encirclement and suppression. In order to preserve the military strength, the Red Army entered the Long March stage of "not being afraid of expeditions and difficulties". It was also this difficult stage that inspired the military ability of the little Chen Xilian.
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After the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served as the regimental commander and led his soldiers to blow up 24 Japanese fighters, a battle that boosted the momentum of all soldiers, and then caused the Japanese army to lose part of the air force in the northwest, so that it had to retreat to the rear.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, he began to serve as the commander of the artillery of the People's Liberation Army and concurrently served as the president of the Artillery Academy, from theory to actual combat to strengthen the artillery force, and in 1959 Chen Xilian became the vice premier of the State Council of China.
In order to give young people the opportunity to exercise, Chen Xilian, who passed the flower armor in 1980, made an important decision, that is, to remove the armor and return to the field.
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Returning to the masses, he has always maintained a low-key way of life. After the old comrades-in-arms learned of his resignation, they gathered with him for a chat when they had nothing to do, during which they mentioned that he should publish an autobiography, first, to let the masses of the people understand the hardships of the Communist Party, and second, as a founding general, he should record the glorious deeds of the past.
But he repeatedly waved his hand to refuse, the reason is that he is not worthy of this autobiography, the victory of the War of Resistance was completed by the entire military group, at that time thousands of soldiers, countless casualties, only he and less than a hundred people survived, they survived only by their own ability is impossible, it is the mutual protection of the soldiers that they have the luck to feel the light of the new China.
Later, someone wanted to write about the battle experience and arduous journey during the war, and the old comrade-in-arms once again found Chen Xilian, and he agreed to accept the interview. However, in the course of the interview, he basically did not talk about his past, but made a detailed description of the martyrs, the former comrades-in-arms, and the people at that time.
It was not until 1997, when the central authorities issued a notice to uniformly compile biographies of party history figures, that Chen Xilian, who could not be shirked at this time, accepted relevant interviews.
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Chen Xilian and his wife conceived five children in his lifetime, of which the eldest son was born to the first wife, because he died of illness before the founding of New China, and spent the rest of his life with the second wife. Except for the eldest son, who died prematurely due to illness during his growth, the other four sons all grew up to adulthood.
The third son, Chen Zaiwen, because of his excellent innate conditions, entered the Air Force of our country at the age of 17 and became a pilot, however, one day in 1982, he was unfortunately hit by an air crash when he was assigned to a mission. Chen Xilian lost his son in his old age, and his heart was sad, but he still packed up his emotions and told the leader that as long as he dealt with things well and did not have similar situations again, it was the most important thing.
epilogue
In 1999, Chen Xilian died of illness. He used his life to tell people what is the country and the world, worried about the country and the people, and the iron backbone, which is the example of our contemporary young people in this life.