Ding Qiusheng, in our modern Ding family, can be regarded as a personal figure, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955, which is the highest rank in my Ding family.
However, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in order to go to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, he did not hesitate to be punished. What's going on?
After August 1937, China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression reached a period of full-scale outbreak, and the Red Army and the southern guerrillas were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. At this time, Ding Qiusheng was studying at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in Yan'an, and while studying at the Anti-Japanese University, in addition to studying the revolutionary principles of resisting Japan and saving the dead, he also listened to comrades from the occupied areas accusing the Japanese aggressors of various crimes.
At that time, Ding Qiusheng, who was full of righteous indignation, felt that as a Chinese, especially as a soldier, he should go to the front line to fight against the Japanese invading army and personally kill several Japanese soldiers. Therefore, at that time, he only had such a thought, going to the front line to kill the devils and avenge the Chinese!
Before the study of the Kang Da was over, the superiors issued an order to transfer Ding Qiusheng to the Central Military Commission Engineering School as a political commissar. At that time, Ding Qiusheng was in a state of vigor that wanted to go to the anti-Japanese front, and he resolutely did not report to the engineering college.
At that time, Tan Zheng, director of the Rear Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, talked to Ding Qiusheng, talking about the future development of the troops from the importance of the engineering school, from the plan of the Central Military Commission to the discipline of the army, and the soldiers should obey orders and obey the organizational arrangements. ”
Ding Qiusheng was very emotional, could not listen to it at all, still insisted on going to the front line, and did not want to report to the engineering school. Tan Zheng finally said solemnly: "If you disobey the order in this way, you will be punished." Ding Qiusheng replied without showing weakness: "I will not go if I am punished!" ”
This is a good thing to say, but he still can't get in the oil and salt.
Tan Zheng reported the matter to the chairman. Although Ding Qiusheng and the chairman were also relatively familiar, the chairman still said very seriously: "If you give an order and do not carry it out, how can you do it?" The military is disciplined. It is necessary to manage the army strictly, and it is even more strict to manage cadres. Disobedience to orders is punished! ”
Originally, Ding Qiusheng thought that he was familiar with the chairman, and his idea of asking to go to the anti-Japanese front would be reported to the chairman, and the chairman would definitely let him go to the front, but he did not expect that the chairman would give him a demotion sanction: not only was he not approved to go to the front, but he was punished with a warning from within the party, and at the same time, he revoked the appointment of the political commissar of the engineering school of the Central Military Commission and transferred him to the eighth route army to serve as an inspector in the inspection group of the Eighth Route Army.
Of course, through study, Ding Qiusheng later figured out that abiding by the discipline of the army and the party is something that a communist must abide by. He was reappointed as a political commissar at the Central Military Commission Engineering School.
In 1942, Ding Qiusheng finally realized his long-cherished wish to go to the anti-Japanese front, and in 1942 he was sent to lead a team to the front line of the Shandong Anti-Japanese War, and served as the director of the political department of the 1st Brigade of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army. Later, he was appointed political commissar and director of the political department of the 4th Regiment of the Luzhong Military Region, political commissar of the 8th Division of the Shandong Field Army, political commissar of the 3rd Column of the East China Field Army, and political commissar of the 22nd Army of Sanye.
Comrade Ding Qiusheng died on January 4, 1995, at the age of 82.