In 1941, a nationalist commander secretly sent a telegram to the Ccp's Southern Bureau, requesting to lead an uprising and prepare to lead his soldiers to surrender to the Communists. On the side of the CCP, Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De did not say much, but directly called back to the regimental commander: agree to the uprising. In this way, he led more than 1,000 soldiers who were willing to surrender, and went through all kinds of hardships to come to the location of the New Fourth Army. So, who is this National Army Commander? It turned out that he was Chen Ruiting, the founding general who was awarded the rank of major general after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In 1948, Chairman Mao decided to personally meet Chen Ruiting, although it was the first time to meet, but because Chairman Mao was busy with affairs at that time, Premier Zhou said after thinking about it, it was best not to meet for more than five minutes. Chen Ruiting also understood and accelerated the reporting process. But Chairman Mao was very interested in him and extended the meeting time to ten minutes. At this meeting, Chairman Mao also entrusted Chen Ruiting with an arduous task. It was he who accomplished this task brilliantly, greatly ahead of the liberation of all Of China, and washed away the shame of China over the past hundred years. So, what exactly is this task?
Chen Ruiting was born in 1906, is a native of Jimo County, Shandong Province, a very ordinary family, farming for a living. At this time, China was in a dark and chaotic state, the people were not happy, and the people had to struggle in the whirlpool of life, but also had to avoid the trampling of the invaders' iron hooves at all times. In 1914, many Japanese troops were stationed in various areas of Jimo, ready to attack Qingdao. Chen Ruiting usually collected firewood and herded cattle on the East Mountain with his friends in the village, and on this day he heard that there were Japanese soldiers, and out of curiosity, they ran to the East Mountain to see the cannons in the Japanese army. But when the Japanese soldiers spotted them, they turned their guns at them and fired at them. Fortunately, the shells only landed on their side and were not injured. But this incident planted a seed of serving the country for the young Chen Ruiting, and the Japanese were so unscrupulous on Chinese territory, which made him feel very angry in his heart.
Despite the difficult conditions at home, the family did their best to educate him. At the age of 10, he was sent to a private school in the village to study the Four Books and Five Classics. Four years later, he transferred to a primary school in Aoshanwei to continue his studies, where he received a good education and a sense of patriotism. At that time, when the May Fourth Movement broke out, Chen Ruiting was also influenced by the student movement and took to the streets with his classmates to publicize and boycott Japanese goods. Although he had also received an old-fashioned education, he was not feudal, and when the Aoshan Wei held a sacrifice ceremony, he was very unaccustomed to this behavior, so he designed and robbed his classmates of the offerings. In 1925, Chen Ruiting was successfully admitted to the First Normal School of Jinan. During his time at school, he completed his homework with distinction. After graduating three years later, he became a primary school teacher in Qingdao. The work treatment is very good, the leader also takes good care of him, and his life will continue like this.
In 1928, when Chen Ruiting arrived in Jinan, he was unfortunately bombed by the Japanese army, and the shells landed a few meters away from him, and even his residence was collapsed. Wherever the Japanese shells went, they suddenly turned into a scorched earth, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and people were screaming and wailing everywhere. Having experienced the artillery fire of the Japanese army twice, Chen Ruiting's heart could no longer contain his resentment against the invaders. Seeing that the mountains and rivers are shattered, the Japanese have destroyed my homeland, and slaughtered my people, the country has reached the autumn of critical survival. He could no longer sit idly by, and resolutely decided to give up his current good life despite the opposition of his family and devote himself to the pen. In December of that year, he was admitted to the Whampoa Military School, and because of his own tragic experience, he insisted that he be assigned to the artillery unit to study.
In 1935, in order to better learn artillery technology, he was admitted to the Nanjing Artillery School. While studying in Nanjing, he met his old classmate Wang Xinggang, an underground party member lurking in the Kuomintang army, who, under the influence of Wang Xinggang, came into contact with Marxism and was deeply attracted by the revolutionary forces of the Communist Party. Later, secretly joining the Chinese Communist Party in 1937, the party organization, after careful consideration, decided to let him continue to conceal his identity and lurk within the Kuomintang in order to play a greater role.
Since joining the army, Chen Ruiting has fought extremely bravely, and with his excellent artillery skills, he has made many meritorious achievements in the battlefield, and has been promoted to artillery company commander and battalion commander. In 1938, during the Battle of Heze Garrison, he led his artillery battalion into a fierce confrontation with the Japanese Doihara Army. In this battle, he has always insisted on commanding the battle on the front line, the Japanese shells fell on his side and exploded, and the broken shrapnel was deeply embedded in his body, but he comforted everyone despite the pain, stabilized the hearts of the army and never retreated. In the later Battle of Wanjialing, Chen Ruiting even charged with artillery troops, and more than half of the Japanese troops were killed by shells, making an important contribution to the Kuomintang army's recapture of Qilin Peak. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Ruiting participated in many wars against Japan and made great contributions to the cause of the national revolution.
However, at that time, the communist conditions were difficult, the strength of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was very different, and the Kuomintang was fierce to the Communist Party's methods, and many of its subordinates were suspicious and did not dare to act rashly, so only more than 1,000 people responded to the uprising. Early the next morning, Chen Ruiting led more than 1,000 people to the location of the New Fourth Army day and night. After arriving at the garrison, Zhang Aiping, the representative of the New Fourth Army, held a welcoming ceremony for them and reorganized them into an independent brigade, with Chen Ruiting as the brigade commander. Zhang Aiping once reminded Chen Ruiting that because the situation was complicated, it was necessary to investigate this unit under the opponent in time to prevent changes, but he did not expect to be really hit by him. Soon, the independent brigade led by Chen Ruiting mutinied.
One night, several officers under Chen Ruiting contacted more than twenty people to prepare for the rebellion. Chen Ruiting heard the movement outside the door, just about to get up to check, as soon as he left the door, he was stabbed into the body by 2 bayonets and fell to the ground. Chen Ruiting could only close his eyes and pretend to be dead, but the rebels were not at ease and made up another shot before leaving. After they left, Chen Ruiting endured the pain and quickly commanded his cronies to control the situation and capture the assassins. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on him, Zhang Aiping led the support army and medical personnel to arrive in time, although Chen Ruiting was seriously injured but did not worry about his life, the party organization immediately used the best medical conditions to treat his wounds, and sent people deep into the enemy-occupied areas to risk their lives to buy expensive medicines. The principal leaders of the New Fourth Army also came to visit, and after Chairman Mao and General Manager Zhu learned about his affairs, they telephoned him to offer condolences and affirmed his important contributions. This time, the army mutinied the soldiers under the army to take advantage of the chaos and ran a lot, and Chen Ruiting also felt very regretful, if he could have investigated earlier, he might have been able to avoid such a thing.
After a period of treatment, Chen Ruiting's body finally recovered its health. With the approval of the party organization, he went to the Northern Jiangsu Cadre School to continue learning military technology. In 1946, Chen Ruiting was appointed artillery commander of the New Fourth Army. However, at that time, the New Fourth Army was insufficient in strength and backward in weapons, and he could only serve as an artillery commander without guns, and even the cadets of the artillery unit were transferred from other places and had not undergone special training. However, he was not discouraged, and he always encouraged the artillery cadets under his command, although there are no guns now, chiang kai-shek will send them to us. In 1947, our army won a victory in the war with Chiang Kai-shek's army and captured a large number of weapons, including dozens of new American artillery, a batch of mountain artillery and mortars, and more than twenty tanks, which greatly increased the strength of Chen Ruiting's artillery unit. Since then, in the battle against the Kuomintang army, Chen Ruiting's artillery unit has made many battle achievements and played a huge role.
On the eve of the three major battles, Chen Ruiting went to Xibaipo to report to the Party Central Committee on the situation of the artillery units at the instructions of his superiors, and was personally received by Chairman Mao. At that time, Chairman Mao was discussing talks with Marshal Ye Jianying, and because the chairman was busy with affairs, Premier Zhou told him that the meeting should not last more than five minutes. Chen Ruiting understood very well, afraid of delaying time, so he accelerated his speech speed in the process of reporting, and quickly completed the report. But Chairman Mao was intrigued by him and did not rush to let him go, but asked him about the situation on the front line, extending the original 5 minutes to 10 minutes. After the dialogue, Chairman Mao personally sent him to the door. In addition, at the end of the conversation, Chairman Mao even assigned Chen Ruiting an arduous task. Chairman Mao said in a serious tone that artillery is very important, and we must build a good artillery contingent, and recommended him to serve as the commander of the Huaye artillery. Chairman Mao's approval made him very happy, and he immediately made a promise that he would not fail to live up to Chairman Mao's expectations. Chen Ruiting later mentioned to others that chairman Mao's attitude of Corporal Li Xian made him feel very admired.
Chen Ruiting did what he said and did not disappoint Chairman Mao. A month later, in the Battle of Jinan, he commanded the artillery regiment under his command, and for the first time realized the breakthrough of our army in suppressing the enemy army with artillery nets and destroying the enemy's heavy guards to seize the big cities, which brought a heavy blow to the Kuomintang army, raised our army's eyebrows, and encouraged the liberation war of the whole country. Later, he led the artillery units to achieve gratifying achievements on many occasions, which played a key role in the victory of our army and affected the situation of the national liberation war.
In 1949, before the Battle of the Crossing River began, the British fleet openly sailed the Yangtze River with provocation. But the British fleet underestimated us, and China at this time would no longer be as humiliated as it was in the Opium War a hundred years ago. After Chen Ruiting discovered that the British fleet was attacking, he immediately ordered an artillery warning, but the British fleet not only did not retreat, but opened fire on our side. Since they were stubborn, Chen Ruiting immediately organized his artillery to return fire, severely damaging the four escort destroyers such as the British "Ziying" and "Companion", forcing the British fleet to flee the Yangtze River. This victory was of great significance, breaking Britain's right of inland navigation over our country and ending the hegemonic position of the great powers over our seas for a hundred years. The century-old shame was finally washed away, and for a while, the crowd was indignant, and the people cheered, which greatly enhanced the national self-confidence and extinguished the prestige of the Western powers.
After the founding of New China, Chen Ruiting continued to hold important positions in the artillery unit, and successively participated in many major tasks such as the Kinmen Shelling Campaign and the creation of the missile unit, making great contributions to the construction of the new Chinese artillery unit. He has made countless achievements in his life, but he has always been indifferent to fame and fortune and does not care about personal gains and losses. When his old classmates from Taiwan visited him and were very surprised to learn that his monthly salary was not as good as when he was the commander of the Nationalist Army, Chen Ruiting just laughed at this, and he felt that his treatment was already very good and he felt very satisfied. Chen Ruiting also issued an appeal to the Taiwan compatriots through his old classmates, hoping for the early reunification of the two sides of the strait. In 2010, at the age of 105, Chen Ruiting left us forever after dedicating his life to the country.
It is precisely because of countless fighters like Chen Ruiting that we can usher in the liberation of the nation and the independence of the country, and have today's peaceful and prosperous life and a better life. They have dedicated their lives to the country and the people, but they have never considered themselves, and the merits they have made and the brilliance of their personality will always shine in the long river of history, and the people of the Chinese will not forget them. How fortunate we are to be born in times of peace. Therefore, we must know how to cherish, maintain this hard-won happiness, and work hard for the prosperity and strength of the country, and strive for life!