History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
We all know that most of the founding generals came from poor backgrounds and experienced hardships, so they joined the Red Army and fought for the poor people.
To say that the most bitter and bumpy childhood life is probably the founding lieutenant general Kang Zhiqiang.
Kang Zhiqiang was born in 1912 in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province, to a sharecropper family, when he was 3 years old, his father died of illness, and his mother was also frail and sick, and he could not support 6 children, so he gave Kang Zhiqiang to a family in the village as a grandson.
However, this family is not very rich, so Kang Zhiqiang went out to work, studied tailoring, and also worked as a blacksmith. You can imagine how difficult it is for a child who is only a few years old to go out to work and eat by himself!
Kang Zhiqiang is a very backbone child, working for people during the day and not going home at night, but sleeping in a broken temple, may also be disappointed in the family.
These experiences are suffering for many people, but for some people, they are also wealth, helping them to hone their superhuman will!
Kang Zhiqiang is undoubtedly the latter.
In 1930, at the age of 18, Kang Zhiqiang joined the Red Army and gradually grew into a famous general in our army.
During the Long March of the Red Army, Kang Zhiqiang fell seriously ill, and according to the regulations, he could not follow the troops, so his superiors gave him 80 pieces of ocean and asked him to stay in the homes of the common people and wait until he was well to find the troops.
However, Kang Zhiqiang knew that staying in the homes of the people was more vicious and less auspicious, even if he was not discovered by the Kuomintang, it would be more difficult to find a large army when he was well, so Kang Zhiqiang found Song Renqiang and said firmly: "My illness can still persist, that is, to climb, but also to follow the troops!" ”
Song Renqian saw that he was very determined and agreed. In this way, Kang Zhiqiang relied on tenacious willpower to defeat the disease and finally reached northern Shaanxi with his troops.
In the spring of 1938, Kang Zhiqiang came to the Jinji-Jiyu base area and served as the political commissar of the 689th Regiment of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the regimental commander was the famous Han Xianchu.
At the beginning of April, the long-planned sweep of the Japanese army began, and the soldiers launched a siege on our base area in nine ways. Faced with the heavy pressure of the army, our army launched a guerrilla war, and retreated from the battle, frequently going around in circles with the Japanese army, looking for a favorable opportunity to annihilate the enemy.
At that time, the position of the 772nd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Dai Jia'an, was occupied by the Japanese army, and the 689th Regiment, which rushed to the aid of the road, launched an attack on Dai Jia'an, and finally recaptured Dai Jia'an before the evening.
However, the situation is not optimistic, because the next day they will encounter Japanese reinforcements, which must be a vicious battle!
Late at night, Kang Zhiqiang said to Han Xianchu in the command post: "Tomorrow is the real hard battle, you need to take care of yourself." Han Xianchu heard his voice, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Soldiers will come to block, Old Kang, don't worry." ”
The next day, after the battle began, the Japanese army's charge was indeed very fierce, and launched a fierce charge with our army, Kang Zhiqiang paid close attention to the development of the war situation in the command post, and as everyone knew, there was a Japanese army that had already touched the periphery of the command post, less than 10 meters away from the command post!
Kang Zhiqiang noticed, grabbed the rifle with the bayonet on it, and shouted to the soldiers, "Follow me!" Then he rushed out of the command post and engaged in a white-knife battle with the Japanese troops who had surrounded him.
After half an hour of bloody fighting, the Japanese army was finally wiped out, but Kang Zhiqiang's left arm was also hung.
(Photo: Kang Zhiqiang on the left)
After the war, when Han Xianchu saw the injured Kang Zhiqiang, he said urgently: "You asked me to take care of myself, how did you hang the color upside down?" ”
Kang Zhiqiang smiled proudly, "Skin and flesh wounds, don't get in the way!" ”
In the long village, our army repelled 7 attacks of the Japanese army, annihilated more than 2,000 enemy troops, and won a big victory! After Liu Bocheng and Xu Xiangqian heard about the great victory in Changle Village, they repeatedly said, "Well played!" 689 regiments are good! ”
In the congratulatory message, Liu Bocheng wrote: "In the Battle of Changle Village, the 689 regiment of Han Kang and his two men played a momentum and a military might! ”
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Kang Zhiqiang took the initiative to apply for entry into the newly established Navy, and successively served as the director of the Naval Political Department of the East China Military Region, the political commissar of the Naval Academy, the political commissar of the North Sea Fleet, and the deputy political commissar of the Navy, and was awarded the title of vice admiral.
On November 1, 1986, General Kang Zhiqiang died of illness at the age of 74.