General Wang Zhen is a member of our army, a tiger general, who fights bravely and fearlessly, and intimidates the enemy. As the saying goes, there are no weak soldiers under a strong general, and General Wang Zhen is so brave, his men are naturally all heroic heroes. Under General Wang's command, his 359 Brigade alone had three generals who had lost their arms in the war: Zuo Qi, Yan Fusheng, and Peng Qingyun. Based on the experience of these three generals alone, we can imagine how bloody General Wang's troops are, and they are all heroes of the republic. Today, we will talk about one of the three one-armed generals, General Zuo Qi.
General Wang Zhen in his youth (from the Internet)
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zuo Qi served as chief of staff of the 717th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army and political commissar of the 718th Regiment. One day in mid-November 1937, a Japanese transport team triumphantly broke into the base area of our Eighth Route Army, without taking our army seriously. In fact, the Eighth Route Army has already received information and is waiting to eliminate this invincible arrogant Japanese army!
General Zuo Qi in his youth (from the Internet)
Finally, the Japanese convoy drove into the ambush circle that our 717th Regiment had already set up. Zuo Qi, then chief of staff of the 717th Regiment, ordered: "Fight, fight fiercely!" So, the warriors opened fire fiercely together, and rushed while fighting, constantly compressing the encirclement.
Eliminate the Japanese army
Under the intensive fire of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army lost its effective resistance and had no choice but to shrink its troops and retreat to the bottom of the car to resist. Zuo Qi's chief of staff saw the situation and personally led the troops to charge the enemy. Unfortunately, in the process of rushing forward, he was hit in the right arm by a row of bullets fired by the enemy, and the blood spurted in an instant!
When the warriors saw this, they jumped up to save him. However, Zuo Qi's chief of staff roared at the soldiers in a rare way: "You are all going to leave me alone, and quickly give me the elimination of the Japanese Devil Branch!" Seeing the state, the warriors turned around and rushed to kill the devils, and soon they completely annihilated this group of Japanese invading troops!
When the battle was over, the soldiers turned back to look for the badly wounded Zuo Qi chief of staff, only to find that he had multiple gunshot wounds on his right arm, and blood almost soaked his whole body. Because of the excessive bleeding, Zuo Qi's chief of staff had passed out, and only a very weak breath remained!
Three One-Armed Generals (from the web)
But very fortunately, at that time, Dr. Bethune was not far from the troops, and the chief of staff of Zuo Qi received meticulous treatment from Bethune. Although his right arm was almost broken by the Japanese army, after Dr. Bethune amputated him, he finally survived and was lucky to survive.
General Zuo Qi (from the internet)
After General Zuo Qi was healed, he continued to fight on the anti-Japanese battlefield; later, he participated in the Great War of Liberation and made great achievements for the independence of the motherland. After the founding of New China, Zuo Qi was awarded the rank of major general in 1955, which is the people's affirmation of his great merits!