The history of mankind has waited patiently for the victory of the humiliated. - Tagore
In the northwest of Guangxi, there is a small county town with beautiful scenery, Donglan County, which was one of the earliest areas in the country to carry out the peasant movement, it was the birthplace of the Baise Uprising and the Red Seventh Army, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it became a famous general county, and there were five founding generals from here, one of which was General Wei Guoqing.
In 1925, he returned to his hometown to carry out the peasant movement, Wei Guoqing's father was one of the first to participate in the peasant movement, and later his father became the vice president of the peasant association, often leading the members of the organization to meet at home, the young Wei Guoqing stood guard for them to cover up, when he was 15 years old, his father was killed by reactionary forces, and he resolutely joined the local peasant self-defense army.
In 1929, Wei Guoqing followed Wei Baqun to participate in the famous Baise Uprising, the revolutionary team was further expanded, and finally this peasant rebel army was reorganized into the Red Seventh Army, Wei Guoqing became a squad leader in the Red Army, soon the Red Seventh Army came to the Central Soviet Region, Wei Guoqing participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle and the Long March in the Soviet Area, when the three main forces of the Red Army met in northern Shaanxi, Wei Guoqing had become the leader of the Red Army, participated in the famous Battle of Zhiluo Town, in one battle he was seriously wounded, fortunately rescued in time, when he was recuperating in the rear, After graduating from the yan'an anti-japanese university for further study, his military quality has improved a lot after his physical recovery, and his abundant military concepts and rich combat experience will allow him to show his skills in the next ten years of combat career.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he also came to Vietnam with heavy responsibilities to assist the Vietnamese people in their struggle against France, in the past four years in Vietnam, he led the military advisory group to cooperate with the Vietnamese military and people to win a series of battles, making outstanding contributions to the victory of vietnam in the final victory of the War of Resistance against France, shortly after returning to China, Wei Guoqing was awarded the rank of general, and has been working in the local area, serving as the director of the political department of the People's Liberation Army in the late 70s, supporting the political work of the whole army, transferring to the Central Committee in the 1980s and serving as vice chairman of the Fourth People's Congress, which is very remarkable.
Wei Guoqing's first wife was Liang Zhengxiang, born in Guangxi in 1920, after the Anti-Japanese War went to Yan'an to join the Eighth Route Army, met and fell in love with Wei Guoqing when he was studying at Yan'an Kang University, and finally came together, the two had a son, Wei Yunfeng, and the two divorced in 1946.
The second wife is Xu Qiqian, born in Suzhou in 1930, graduated from Suzhou Normal School, she was a primary school teacher, introduced to General Wei Guoqing, the two married in 1950, in 1990, Xu Qiqian left her job and retired, and now Mrs. Xu, who is more than 80 years old, is still alive, and she is in a very good physical state, she likes to read newspapers and raise flowers on weekdays, and lives happily under the care of several children.
The eldest son Wei Yunfeng, born in 1939 in Pingshun County, Henan, because his parents were busy with the revolutionary cause, he was fostered in someone else's home, until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to his father, in 1958 was admitted to the Kazakh military industry, after graduation has been engaged in scientific research work, as a senior engineer he once participated in the construction of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, the capital airport and some important border security inspection projects, at the age of 58 due to serious illness had to go through early retirement procedures, recuperation at home, died of illness in December 2014.
The second son, Wei Xiaoyi, born by Xu Qiqian, influenced by his family, his greatest ambition from childhood was to join the army, in order to realize this ideal, he studied hard, and finally admitted to the military academy with excellent achievements, became a soldier after graduation, and now serves as the executive director of the Eighth Route Army Research Association, and now he devotes his energy to the collection of information on his father's combat career and devotes himself to the writing of his father's biography of Wei Guoqing.