This admiral, known by the chairman as a "true fellow", has served three times as deputy chief of the general staff, which is unique
On National Day in 1969, the chairman was meeting models from all fronts across the country on the upper floor of Tiananmen Square.
At this time, a one-armed soldier dressed in military uniform walked up to the chairman and saluted him with a military salute.
The chairman smiled, shook the hand of the visitor cordially, and said, "You are my real fellow, you are a tile ping, and you are a cow watcher." ”
Peng Shaohui, who was called "True Fellow" by the Chairman, was born in July 1906 in Shaoshan City, Hunan Province, just 4 kilometers from the Chairman's former residence, Shaoshan Chong, in Waziping Village, Yanglin Township.
He was awarded the rank of general in 1955 for losing an arm in battle and was known as the "One-Armed General".
Among the 10 "one-armed generals" awarded by New China, each of them had a fierce battle behind them, and so did Peng Shaohui.
In 1933, Peng Shaohui, then commander of the First Division of the Third Army, participated in the Fourth Anti-"Encirclement and Suppression" Operation.
He led his troops to assist on the northern front, successively conquered Yihuang and Le'an counties, and cooperated with the main force to besiege the enemy in Nanfeng.
After that, he moved to the Eastern Front, participated in the battles of Huangshidu, Shaowu, Huwan, and Fengshanpu, and brilliantly completed the early combat tasks of anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns.
Later, in the Battle of Huangpi in southern Yihuang, Peng Shaohui led his troops around the rear of the enemy, attacked the flank of the enemy's 59th Division, and annihilated a brigade of the enemy.
After more than 20 minutes of bloody fighting, the Red First Division occupied the main position of the enemy's Eleventh Division, seriously wounded the enemy division commander, and won the crucial battle of the entire fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" victory.
Unfortunately, when Peng Shaohui led his troops to pursue and annihilate the enemy, he was hit in the left arm by the enemy's machine gun bullets twice in a row, breaking the bone, he clenched his teeth, tied the wound with a bandage and continued to command the battle, until he passed out and was rescued and sent to the Red Army hospital.
At that time, his injuries were so severe that the medical staff tried every possible means to perform three unsuccessful operations, and finally decided to amputate his left arm.
This battle was the pinnacle of Peng Shaohui's red army period, the Central Revolutionary Committee awarded him a second-class Red Star Medal, although he lost an arm, he still bravely moved forward in the subsequent battles.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the brigade commander of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division and the commander of the Second Military Subdistrict in northwestern Jin, and led his troops to participate in several anti-sweeping campaigns.
In 1943, he was transferred to the vice president of kang da general school, and at the end of the year he became the principal of the seventh branch of kang da, and his military career always seemed to have an indissoluble relationship with military academies, so he was also known as "principal general".
During the Liberation War, he served as acting commander, column commander and commander of the Jinsui Lüliang Military Region, and participated in the Battle of Taiyuan, the Battle of Fumei, and the Pursuit of Longdong, all the way to the northwest.
After the founding of New China, Peng Shaohui once again wrote a legend, and he served three times as deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, which is unique.
In October 1954, Peng Shaohui was appointed deputy chief of general staff of the People's Liberation Army for the first time. At that time, just 5 years after the founding of New China, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which lasted for three years, had ended in victory, the platter's combat tasks had been gradually reduced, and it had the objective environment and conditions for a comprehensive transition to peaceful construction.
Shortly after Peng Shaohui took office, in April 1955, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, drawing on the leadership mechanism of the Soviet army, and based on the Military Training Department of the General Staff Department, the Military School Management Department, and the Military Edition Bureau, the PLA Training Directorate Department was established to be responsible for the training work of the whole army. In October of the same year, Peng Shaohui led a delegation of the Ministry of National Defense to the Soviet Union to observe the Soviet military exercises.
He noticed that the commanders of the Soviet Army were not only familiar with the rules, but also able to use them creatively, reflecting a high tactical and technical quality, and later he presided over the formulation of various regulations and regulations of our army centered on the combat regulations.
In January 1960, Peng Shaohui once again served as deputy chief of the army, focusing on the organization and system of the troops, participating in the preparation of the all-army competition, promoting the great improvement of the military quality of the whole army, and writing a brilliant chapter in the history of the training of the People's Liberation Army.
In August 1969, he was appointed deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army for the third time, presiding over the joint compilation work, which was very difficult during this period, and he was still working with illness.
As early as 1970, the PLA General Hospital found that Peng Shaohui had a cardiac aortic aneurysm, which was already very large and at any time there was a danger of rupture.
The health doctor prescribed him "six no-nos", and even bent over, standing up, and coughing were not allowed to exert force.
But he was calm, mentally as optimistic as ever, and insisted on a lot of heavy work as usual.
The secretary and the guard advised him to rest early, but he said, "You young people sleep a lot, go to bed early!" ”
The secretary explained to him that some documents were not urgent and could be processed tomorrow, and he said: "The work of the day must be done on the same day, and there are tomorrow's things tomorrow!" ”
He was full of revolutionary optimism and often said: "I have a time bomb on me, I don't know when it will explode, so I will do more when it does not explode." ”
In April 1978, Peng Shaohui was in a trance and his face was pale, and he said to his wife: "These two days I have had severe pain in my chest and back, which is different from the pain in the past.
Madame advised him to go to the hospital for a check-up, and he shook his head and said, "There is still a lot of work waiting for me to do." ”
On 25 April, Admiral Peng Shaohui died at the age of 72 due to deteriorating conditions.