During the Liberation War, especially on the eve of the three major battles, the Chiang family dynasty was already crumbling and the evil omen was revealed. The People's Liberation Army annihilated hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops in the battles of Yichuan, Linfen, Jinzhong, and Suiqi, the Central Plains were completely lost, and the main force of the Kuomintang army was forced to shrink to several regions and cities, like isolated islands, surrounded, and these so-called armies were tired of fighting to the extreme.
At this strategic turning point, a large number of Kuomintang troops, inspired by our party's lenient policy and powerful political offensive, have thrown themselves into the arms of the people and become a living force in the construction of new China.
However, in the period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression before the outbreak of the War of Liberation, because the Kuomintang army at that time was relatively strong in terms of weapons and equipment, and the number of generals of the Nationalist army who led the uprising was very small, I would like to introduce to you today a man who led the uprising of the troops during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Chen Ruiting was born on November 10, 1906 in Panlongzhuang Village, Aoshanwei Town, Jimo County, Shandong Province, to a poor peasant family. One day when he was 9 years old, he and a few friends saw seven or eight warships while playing on the beach, and curiously ran to the hillside in front of the village to watch. Unexpectedly, the warships suddenly aimed at them and fired, and the shrapnel fell like raindrops. Fortunately, their artillery techniques were inaccurate, and Chen Ruiting and his friends actually escaped death. From the adult's mouth, Chen Ruiting knew that the warships that used them as live targets were Japanese. Since then, his heart has planted the seeds of hatred for the Japanese army. I thought: Why should Chinese be bullied by the Japanese, how nice it would be if one day I also had cannons!
Later, he applied for the Jinan Normal School. After graduation, he became a teacher with great enthusiasm. But in the case of foreign enemies coveting and tigers, where can China, which is full of holes, tolerate the next desk? In the same year, in order to prevent the National Revolutionary Army from going northeast from the mountains, the Japanese army stationed in Shandong created the "Jinan Massacre" that shocked China: on that day, Chen Ruiting happened to go to Jinan to run an errand, and his residence was violently shelled by the Japanese army. A shell blew up a corner of Chen Ruiting's house, just 5 meters away from him. In distress again, Chen Ruiting was full of anger at the Japanese invaders. He could no longer sit still, and despite his family's opposition, he resolutely gave up the preferential treatment of 28 yuan per month and threw himself into the pen. In December of that year, Chen Ruiting was admitted to the Hebei Military and Political School (later known as the 7th Phase of the Whampoa Military Academy).
When the new cadets reported for duty, Chen Ruiting insisted that they be assigned to the artillery unit. After graduation, he was assigned to the supplementary team of the 28th Artillery Regiment under Yan Xishan as a lieutenant deputy. He could not forget the indiscriminate bombardment of the Chinese by the Japanese army, the suffering compatriots who died tragically in the fire of the Japanese army, and the experience of escaping from the japanese shells twice. Because of his bravery in battle, Chen Ruiting was successively promoted to artillery company commander and artillery battalion commander. In order to further master the artillery technology, Chen Ruiting was admitted to the second phase of the Nanjing Artillery School. That is, during his studies at the artillery school, Chen Ruiting's thinking underwent a fundamental change and secretly joined the party.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Ruiting served as the battalion commander of the artillery regiment, led his troops to participate in the Xifengkou War of Resistance and the Battle of Xuzhou, and led the artillery battalion to confront the artillery units belonging to the Japanese Tufeiyuan Division in the Battle of Heze garrison in Luxi. Chen Ruiting braved the smoke of artillery fire and always stood on the front line to command. A shell exploded next to him, Chen Ruiting was knocked to the ground, a piece of shrapnel more than 10 centimeters long was deeply embedded in the copper buckle of the front belt of his abdomen, and another piece of seven or eight centimeters long shrapnel hit his left pocket near his waist, and his comrades-in-arms were scared out of a cold sweat for him, but he said casually, "My life is big, the Japanese can't die!" ”
In the famous Battle of Wanjialing in Northern Ganbei, in the autumn of 1938, Chen Ruiting led an artillery battalion to participate in the battle. The Japanese Miyazaki Wing sneaked up on Kirin Peak in the town of De'an Whitewater. Chen Ruiting was ordered to lead his troops to directly shell the Japanese-occupied hill at a distance of 3600 meters, and due to the hit of the shells, the Kuomintang infantry took the opportunity to launch a charge and completely annihilated the Gongqi United. After the war, Chen Ruiting climbed the Qilin Peak to examine the corpses of the Japanese army and found that 80% or 90% of them were killed by artillery, and he said with emotion in his memoirs: "I fought with the Japanese army several times, but this battle was fought happily!" ”
Just when Chen Ruiting was fighting the Japanese army with great vigor, in January 1941, the Kuomintang diehards created the "Anhui Southern Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries, Chen Ruiting was forced to lead his troops across the Ying River to fight against the New Fourth Army.
The day after the uprising, just as Chen Ruiting was busy doing the work of his cadres, who expected that the wind and clouds would suddenly change and an accident occurred! The troops marched from Zhengji to Fengcheng and camped at night in a place called Cui Zhuang in Sinan County. Cui Zhuang was small, only living in the regimental headquarters, and other troops (including the guard company) lived in the villages around Cui Zhuang.
In the evening, after Chen Ruiting finished talking with people about work, he had just laid down shortly when he suddenly heard a chaotic sound of footsteps and human voices outside. Immediately get dressed and get out of bed and run toward the door. He had just gone out when two bayonets approached and stabbed him. He immediately turned back to his room with his wounds, stabbed him in the back again, and fell to the ground, motionless. Four or five people came in, and one of them said, "It's dead, let's go!" Another man fired a shot at him, and the bullet passed through his clothes, but it did not hurt his body.
It turned out that someone had defected and was also going to murder Chen Ruiting, and he had been shot 18 times, but he did not shoot another shot, but fortunately, Chen Ruiting was killed, and although he was seriously injured, he still did not die. Shortly after the mob left, the company of guards rushed over, found him on the ground, and immediately lifted him up, and the hygienist quickly bandaged him.
Chen Ruiting was finally saved, and his body gradually recovered. After being discharged from the hospital, he went to study at the Northern Jiangsu Cadre School, and because of his artillery background, he was appointed chief of staff and artillery commander of the New Fourth Army Command. In the ensuing War of Liberation, Chen Ruiting successively commanded the artillery regiment to participate in the Battle of Jinan, setting a precedent for our army to "use powerful artillery fire supplemented by explosions to seize the enemy's strong fortified and heavily fortified big cities." Later, in the Battle of Huaihai and the Battle of Crossing the River, it was even more powerful.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Ruiting successively served as the commander of the artillery of the East China Military Region and the principal of the Nanjing Artillery School, the chief of staff of the artillery of the Central Military Commission, the deputy commander of the artillery of the Central Military Commission, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955. On June 13, 2010, Chen Ruiting died in Beijing at the age of 105 due to ineffective medical treatment. There is a poem praising the descendants of this founding general: Chen Bing lined up to Vortex Huai, and his sharp spirit rushed through the haze.
Thunder and thunder shook the ears and storms, and raised the flag high to intimidate the enemy jackals.
The military career is hard to enjoy, and the thousand autumn merits are over-arranged.
Famous generals of all time are wise and disdainful of profit and money.
Decaying wood can be used as a beam and pillar, and the name is matched by the stone.