Although he fought several battles in his lifetime, such as the Northern Expedition, the Great War of the Central Plains, the Eight-Year War of Resistance, and the Cause of Liberation, he never served as a Red Army or the Eighth Route Army, let alone participated in the early construction of our Party and our army.
However, at the ceremony of the award in 1955, the great man gave him a high evaluation and personally awarded him the rank of founding general.
Who is he? What merits did he have and why did he receive such a great honor?
In 1927, during the Northern Expedition, when Dong Qiwu was the leader of the advance detachment, he made great contributions to the elimination of warlords. He then personally led his troops to snipe the enemy at the front line of the Huairou Stone Factory and repelled dozens of enemy attacks.
In 1936, Dong Qiwu became the brigade commander and completely annihilated the Japanese puppet army in Honggeltu.
After that, the Lark Temple battle was won and the foundation was laid.
After the outbreak of the Eight-Year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Dong Qiwu led his troops deep into the hinterland of the enemy army to conquer the fallen cities, and then in order to protect the land and defend the people, after more than 300 large and small battles, he finally won.
In 1947, when our party was making all-out efforts for the cause of liberation, Dong Qiwu served as chairman of Suiyuan and concurrently served as commander of security. At that time, the enemy's top brass were all above the rank of general, but he politely refused, and then he was besieged by many parties and stopped issuing guards.
Deeply feeling hopeless, he actively organized self-help and publicized a large number of our party's ideological policies for the country and the people.
Finally, in 1949, with the help of his old superior Fu Zuoyi, he led 100,000 troops to launch the Suiyuan Peace Uprising. Later, he was incorporated into our army and made great contributions to the cause of china's liberation.
Soon after the founding of the People's Republic of China, our army once again turned to a foreign country, and Dong Qiwu personally led more than 100,000 people to the battlefield.
Under the concentrated suppression of enemy aircraft and artillery, he organized the death of the troops to live after death, not only built the airfields in Nanshi, Taichuan and other places, but also completed the tasks assigned by his superiors in advance at the cost of sacrificing 700 soldiers. After the end of the war, Dong Qiwu returned to China just in time for the whole army to be streamlined, and at that time the great man personally told him that he was supposed to be treated as a deputy of the large military region of your zhengbing regiment, but then you had no military power, so he also let you become a commander of the main corps.
After listening to the leader's explanation.
Deeply moved, he then took on the burden of organizing army building.
On the eve of the 1955 award ceremony, although Dong Qiwu had served as a senior general in the enemy army, he did not expect much in terms of merit.
However, when conferring the rank, he learned that the organization had drawn up the rank of general for him, and in addition to being deeply honored, Dong Qiwu took the initiative to request General Yang Chengwu to lower his rank.
After reporting to the leaders, Yang Chengwu explained that you are a party member and can not be awarded the rank of general, but he not only has experienced more than ten years of war of resistance, but he has also worked hard and made high contributions in foreign wars.
When Dong Qiwu listened to the leader's solution.
At this time, the old tears flowed and burst into tears, so when he was awarded the title, he became one of the 55 founding generals.
By 1980, Dong Qiwu had endured organizational tests for many years and finally achieved his wish and joined our party.
In 1989, Dong Qiwu died of aggravated illness at the age of 90.