Among the founding marshals, Mr. Peng is known for his hot temper and bold personality, and among the founding generals, there is also a general whose temperament and personality are similar to Mr. Peng's, and he is General Zhang Aiping, who is known as the "Excalibur General". Zhang Aiping's temper is very stubborn, the waist bar is very hard, especially at the critical moment, he is for the truth, he is even more righteous and dares to touch hard, without giving anyone face, many people are afraid of him.
So how hot is General Zhang's temper? Let's see what your superiors say.
Zhang Aiping
Founding Marshal Ye Jianying: Ai Ping is a person who rushed a little, but when she started her work, she was bold and bold, and she was a person who was good at creating a situation under difficult circumstances. At present, the Party especially needs such cadres.
Deng Xiaoping: "There are two people in the army who can't afford to mess with them, and you, Zhang Aiping, are one!"
From the words of Ye Shuai and Deng Xiaoping, we can feel Zhang Aiping's fiery personality of going straight forward, which can be summed up in two words: "rush" and "hard". And today we are going to talk about a touching thing about General Zhang. It happened in 1977, when Deng Xiaoping had just returned for the third time to take over the army's work, and it was precisely when it was necessary to be able to do the work, so it was planned to arrange for Zhang Aiping to take over the post of secretary general of the Central Military Commission.
Military fans who are familiar with military history know that the secretary general of the Central Military Commission has a very high status in our army, is a core key post, and can be said to be a high authority. Surprisingly, however, Zhang Aiping unexpectedly refused to Deng Xiaoping and resigned from the post. What's going on here? At that time, why did Zhang Aiping refuse this position? It all started with Deng Xiaoping's third comeback.
Deng Xiaoping
In 1977, under the active impetus of Ye Shuai, Chen Yun, Wang Zhen and other revolutionaries of the older generation, China's political arena ushered in an important personnel change, that is, Deng Xiaoping's third comeback. On the eve of the Eleventh National Congress, Deng Xiaoping, who had just resumed his post as chief of the general staff, threw himself into the leadership of the army without stopping.
Since the work of the armed forces is very complicated and urgently needs the assistance of a competent secretary general of the Central Military Commission, where can we transfer such a "good assistant"? Deng Xiaoping looked at the generals and thought of one person, that is, General Zhang Aiping, who was known as the "Desperate Sanlang.".
Soon after, Deng Xiaoping personally asked Zhang Aiping to meet and discuss important matters, and during the conversation, Deng Xiaoping confided in Zhang Aiping, hoping that he would become secretary general of the Central Military Commission in order to assist him in doing all the specific work of the army.
At that time, Zhang Aiping held two positions, one was deputy chief of the general staff and the other was director of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission. If he can be further promoted to the rank of secretary general of the Central Military Commission, it will paint a perfect symbol for his military career.
However, in the face of this higher position, Zhang Aiping was not moved, but chose to resign resolutely, refusing to take this position, and at the same time, she recommended another person to Deng Xiaoping, that is, the founding general Luo Ruiqing.
The military career is very precious, obviously got a higher opportunity for promotion, why did Zhang Aiping choose to refuse? In fact, this is related to Zhang Aiping's spirit of hard work, when Zhang Aiping was mainly engaged in the research and development of three "national weapons" of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission: intercontinental missiles, submarine-to-ground missiles, and communication satellites, that is, the "two bombs and one satellite" cause.
This undertaking has a heavy responsibility, it concerns the great cause of the revitalization of the Chinese nation, and it is even more related to the security of the republic; although the secretary general of the Central Military Commission has a higher official position, Zhang Aiping has not paid attention to the promotion of his post at all, and he is determined to continue to take root in the cause of "two bombs and one satellite" in his lifetime to fulfill his historical mission. In this regard, he meaningfully said to Deng Xiaoping what he said from the bottom of his heart:
"The army, saying this and saying that, the most fundamental problem is the modernization of weapons and equipment, which is not an overnight achievement. Judging from the current situation of senior cadres, there are many people engaged in military administrative work, but there are relatively few who are engaged in weapons and equipment and grasp national defense science and technology. I have been assisting Mr. Nie in this stall since 1956, for 20 years, and I think it would be more appropriate to be your assistant in this regard. I am 67 years old this year, let's work for another 3 years, try to make our army equipment look good, and hand it over to you! ”
Zhang Aiping's words are very simple, no bold words, no flowery words, but the sentences reveal the spirit of hard work and a high sense of responsibility. Especially the last sentence "I am 67 years old this year, do it for another 3 years, and strive to make our army equipment look good, hand it over to you!" ", but also reflects the lofty style of an older generation of revolutionaries, reading it makes people tear up.
Three years later, in May 1980, China's own intercontinental missile was successfully launched, and with a loud bang, Zhang Aiping could no longer suppress her inner excitement and wrote a poem with a stroke of her pen:
The east wind was raging, and the fire was raging. The thunderbolt strings swayed, and the sound shook the ocean waves. Mo Dao was born with a lot of difficulties, and he liked to climb dangerous peaks even more. Today's carved bow full moon, dare to flatten the wolf smoke!
Nowadays, the heavy weapon of the country and the protection of China have a happy life in which we live and work in peace and contentment. Here, let us pay high tribute to General Zhang.