During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was a 386 brigade that was the most capable of fighting, the 386 brigade had "three sons", the brigade commander Chen Geng was a little lame, known as a "cripple", and the brigade political commissar Wang Xinting had high myopia in his eyes, left his glasses, and his eyes were as blind as blind, and he was called "blind".
The chief of staff of the brigade was more conspicuous, his man was thin and long, and he looked very thin, as if the wind had blown and disappeared. He was Zhou Xihan, Chen Geng's most proud general and inseparable chief of staff. The relationship between Chen Geng and Zhou Xihan is very good.
In 1949, the great Battle of Huaihai ended, the Central Plains Field Army was reorganized into the Second Field Army, the column was reorganized into an army, Chen Geng was promoted to the commander of the corps, under the jurisdiction of three armies, Zhou Xihan was in charge of the most ace of the 13th Army, which was an old unit brought out by Chen Geng and Zhou Xihan, the predecessor of which can be traced back to the 386 Brigade.
Zhou Xihan was the first commander of the 13th Army. He commanded the 13th Army, shouted "Fight across the Yangtze River, liberate all of China", and embarked on the road of the Southern Expedition. This time, there were all kinds of difficulties and dangers, the mountains were far away and the water was long, Zhou Xihan and Chen Geng were full of dust, and they fought until they reached Liangguang and Yunnan.
On the eve of the expedition, Zhou Xihan had another son, which was his third son. The soldiers were very happy, what was the name given to the child? Liu Youguang, political commissar of the 13th Army, said: Now our 13th Army is about to get ready to go and embark on the road of the Southern Expedition, and this child has been born.
As soon as this remark came out, everyone agreed, and Zhou Xihan said that the political committee named it. The child born in a special historical period hopes that he will bring blessings to the southern expedition of the army. As it happened, Commander Chen Geng rushed from Luohe to the 13th Army to inspect the work, and Xi Chong chong told Zhou Xihan that the third old man was calling the Southern Expedition, which was most appropriate.
Then Chen Geng sat down with everyone and told the story of naming the child. He said that some are named according to the time of birth, and some are named according to the place of birth, all of which have the political background of the times and have a deep historical meaning.
For example, Chen Kang's daughter is called Bayi, who was born on the day of the founding of the army. Chen Geng also knew the name of zhou Xihan's eldest son, the second son. The boss was called Zhou Tai'an, it was 1944, the War of Resistance Against Japan came to an end, Zhou Xihan was transferred to the Yan'an Central Party School to study, and his wife Zhou Xuan gave birth to a boy.
The boy was conceived in the glorious Anti-Japanese Base Area of Taiyue District. Zhou Xihan took the Taizi characters of Taiyue and the An characters of Yan'an, and named him Zhou Tai'an. Chen Geng was also in Yan'an at that time, and he also said hello to Zhou Xihan, and the name was good.
Zhou Tai'an was once the executive vice president of the National Drama Theatre. Before Zhou Tai'an, Zhou Xihan also had a pair of daughters, twins, one named Zhou E, that was because Zhou Xihan was from Hubei and the other was called Zhou Jin, and that was because Zhou Xihan's wife, Zhou Xuan, was from Shanxi. Unfortunately, both daughters died prematurely.
In 1946, Zhou Xihan's second son was born in Yangcheng County, the base area of Taiyue, and Zhou Xihan took the Taizi of Taiyue and the Yang character of Yangcheng and named him Zhou Sun.
The births of Zhou Tai'an and Zhou Taiyang were both related to a sacred land, that is, the revolutionary base area in Taiyue District, where Chen Geng and Zhou Xihan and others fought together in a bloody and bitter battle, opening up an anti-Japanese base area, and Zhou Xihan served as the chief of staff of the Taiyue Military Region.
Chen Geng said that Zhou Xihan named the child, which was deeply rooted in the true tradition of Liu Bocheng, who led the 129th Division to open up the Taihang Mountain Anti-Japanese Base Area, and his eldest son was born and named Liu Taihang. There is also Zuo Quan's daughter, called Zuo Taibei, and so on.
On December 25, 1950, Zhou Xihan was stationed in Yunnan, his wife was about to give birth, it was too late to send to the hospital, Zhou Xihan decisively called the political commissar Liu Youguang and his wife to help, personally delivered his wife, shouted to make some boiling water, the wife lying on the bed immediately corrected him, you want to stew the child, it is warm water, not boiling water.
In the early morning of December 26, Zhou Xihan's fourth son was born, and it was 1950, and Zhou Xihan did not hesitate to name the child Zhou Kangyuan, taken from the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. As a generation of war generals, Zhou Xihan was not able to fight in Korea, which is not a small regret, and it is of course most appropriate to give his child such a name of epochal significance.