Founding Lieutenant General Chen Xianrui was the former Xu Haidong 25th Army, when he was the squad leader, Liu Zhen and Han Xianchu were two soldiers in his class, and during the war years, Han Xianchu and Liu Zhen both became famous generals of our army, and both of them surpassed the squad leader Chen Xianrui in battle.
In September 1955, when the Central Military Commission awarded the title in Beijing, Chen Xianrui was awarded the title of founding lieutenant general, and the two soldiers in his class, Liu Zhen and Han Xianchu, were awarded the rank of general, and after the title was awarded, Liu Zhen and Han Xianchu saluted Chen Xianrui, but Chen Xianrui repeatedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, there are generals who salute the lieutenant general." ”
Han Xianchu and Liu Zhen forcefully pulled Chen Xianrui to the front and solemnly saluted him, And Han Xianchu said, "The squad leader is the squad leader, and you will always be my squad leader." ”
Liu Zhen said: "I joined the army because you, the squad leader, brought it with me, as the saying goes: The squad leader is the mother of the army, without the squad leader who earnestly educated me, enlightened me, and guided me, there would be no Liu Zhen today." ”
What else could Chen Xianrui say, he brought out these two soldiers so modestly, he had to accept the military salute of the two men.
Chen Xianrui is a native of Jinzhai, Anhui, Anhui Jinzhai County produced many famous founding generals in China, Hong Xuezhi, Pi Dingjun, Xu Liqing, Lin Weixian, Xiao Quanfu, etc., and there are 59 founding generals in statistics.
Chen Xianrui, who joined the Red Army at the age of 15, served successively as the squadron leader of the pistol regiment of the Red 25th Army during the agrarian revolutionary war, the political commissar of the 224th regiment battalion, the director of the political office of the 223rd regiment, the commander-in-chief of the guerrilla army in Hubei and Shaanxi, and the commander of the 74th Division of the Red Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Red 74th Division was reorganized into the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, with Chen Xianrui as the director of the Left Guard Office, and soon after, the 115th Division Left Guard Office was reorganized into the Fourth Regiment of the Shaanxi Gansu-Ningxia Left Guard Corps, chen Xianrui served as the regimental commander, responsible for the task of defending the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, from 1939 to the spring of 1940, the Kuomintang diehards set off the first anti-communist upsurge, the Left Guard Corps decided that Chen Xianrui was appointed deputy brigade commander of the First Garrison Brigade, and from August 1941, Chen Xianrui was appointed deputy brigade commander of the First Garrison Brigade and commander of the Fourth Garrison Regiment. Enter the anti-university study.
In October 1944, in order to unify the leadership and command of the anti-Japanese struggle of the people of Henan, the Henan Military Region and the Henan People's Anti-Japanese Army with Wang Shusheng as the commander were established, chen Xianrui served as a member of the party committee of Henan District, and the commander and political commissar of the third anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in western Henan, advancing into western Henan and developing and expanding the anti-Japanese base area.
In March 1945, the Henan Military Region held a general meeting to establish the three local committees and three special offices in western Henan, and Chen Xianrui served as the secretary of the party committee, the commander of the sub-district and the political commissar.
In October 1945, in order to avoid civil war, Chen Xianrui was ordered to lead his troops to evacuate western Henan with Commander Wang Shusheng, go south to Tongbai Mountain, serve as commander of the Yuzhong Military Sub-district and commander of the Independent Third Brigade, and later served as deputy commander of the Baibai Military Region and commander of the Henan Southern Military Region, and participated in the Battle of Tongbai.
In February 1946, Chen Xianrui served as the political commissar of the 15th Brigade of the Central Plains Military Region, for more than a year, he led his troops to persist in the struggle in southern Shaanxi, pinned down a large number of Kuomintang troops' attacks on North China and Northwest China, and when he was the deputy commander of the 38th Army, he led his troops to annihilate 25,000 enemy troops, effectively cooperating with the operations of the Northwest Field Army and the main force of Liu Deng's army. In March of the same year, he served as deputy commander of the Shaanxi Southern Military Region and deputy commander of the 19th Army, continuing the work of suppressing bandits and opening up new areas
After the liberation of the whole country, in May 1950, he served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Chen Xianrui served as director of the Political Department and deputy political commissar of the 19th Corps of the Chinese Volunteer Army, and was awarded the National Flag Medal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, First Class.
In 1955, Chen Xianrui was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and was awarded the Order of August 1, Second Class, the Order of Independence and Freedom, First Class, the Liberation Medal, First Class, and the Order of Merit of the Red Star, First Class.
From December 1970 to 1974, he successively served as deputy political commissar and political commissar of the Beijing Military Region, presiding over the daily work of the Military Region.
Once, when the general went to a certain army in Hebei to inspect the work, the general's car was driving on the national highway, at this time, it was four or five o'clock in the morning, people were sleeping, at this time, the general saw a group of gangsters on both sides of the highway to pick the doors of the shops, smashing and looting, the general instructed the driver to stop the car immediately, ordered the guard staff to notify the guard car in front of him to turn around and block the gangsters, the general and the entourage got off the car, blocked the way for the gangsters to escape, the gangsters were frantically committing crimes, and saw that someone surrounded them. The leader of the gangsters said, "You are nosy! The road is facing the sky, each half way, you drive your way, I make my fortune. ”
The general angrily accused: "Are you making a fortune?" You are robbing, taking advantage of people's sleep, prying the door and locking it, you are committing a crime, and now I order you to obediently put down your things and do not move, otherwise, the legal net will be restored, and there will be no leakage, can you escape? ”
When the gangsters heard this, they prepared to flee backwards, but they were blocked by the car of the guards who turned around and returned, and the leader of the gangsters saw that there was no way to escape, and tried to make a dying struggle, and the leader of the gangsters said to the general: "You let me have a way to live, and there will be heavy thanks in the future, if you don't agree, then fight a fish to death, we are all outlaws." ”
The general scolded, "What bullshit are you putting in?" What qualifications do you have to negotiate terms with me here? Honestly put down the looted things, obediently raise your hands and surrender, and strive for leniency. ”
The general took the pistol from the guard's hand, clicked, the bullet was loaded, and ordered the gangsters: "Don't move, who is moving, the gun does not have long eyes?" ”
The leader of the gangsters shouted, "Brothers, don't be afraid, he doesn't dare to shoot, he just scares and frightens us." "After saying that, I tried to come up and grab the gun."
The general unceremoniously fired two shots at his legs, hitting this guy with blood on both legs, and immediately fell to his knees, and when the other gangsters saw it, they were so frightened that their legs and stomachs turned their muscles, and obediently raised their hands to catch it.
The general asked the guards and fighters to make a simple bandage for the leader of the gangsters, stopped the bleeding, and asked the guard staff officer to take the guard pilot car to the local police station to report the crime, and the public security police quickly arrived and took the gang of gangsters who stole the people's property away from the scene.
The people in the shops were alarmed, some saw their shops being pried and their belongings stolen, and they came forward to inquire, and the general returned the property confiscated from the gangsters to the masses, and everyone was grateful to the general and his party, and after saying goodbye to the local people, the general went on the journey again.
The deputy chief of staff who accompanied the general praised the general and said: "Political commissar, your shooting technique was very fast, and you quickly shocked the gangsters, and I really admire you." ”
The general smiled and said, "What is this, when we fought the Kuomintang and bandits, we didn't know that they were dozens of times more ferocious than these gangsters. What are these little thieves? ”
The entourage laughed.