preface
How powerful is Geng Biao? Fighting the four tigers bravely, the name shocked the whole army, and even Chairman Mao could not help but marvel! Xu Shiyou is not an opponent? Such a powerful person, why did he not have a military rank after the founding of the country? When we learn the truth, why do we all feel sorry for it?
Born into a martial arts family! Determined to participate in the revolution
Geng Biao
Geng Biao was born in 1909 in Liling, Hunan Province.
His family's family was originally not bad, but later because of the turmoil of the times, the situation at home also plummeted! When Geng Biao was seven years old, because he could not live anymore in his hometown, his parents took him and began to flee the wilderness. In order to be able to survive, Geng Biao began working as a child laborer in the mine at the age of 13.
Although Geng Biao's family declined, his father Geng Chunan was a very famous figure at that time, Geng Chunan was a family of martial artists and was strong in martial arts. Because of his very good reputation, Empress Dowager Cixi, after hearing about it, recruited him into the palace and let him serve as a bodyguard in the palace.
Geng Chu Nan was not only a great kung fu, but also very serious when he worked, and later when the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, Cixi Cang fled in panic.
Because of Geng Chu'nan's meritorious escort, Cixi and the emperor rewarded him with a pair of "tiger head double hooks". Since then, Geng Chunan's reputation has become even louder, and people have begun to call him "Double Hook Hero".
Because his father was strong in martial arts, Geng Biao was also very obsessed with martial arts since he was a child. In this way, under the careful teaching of his father Geng Chunan, Geng Biao's martial arts improved rapidly, and his strength was infinite, even more than his father.
Late Qing guards
Later, under the influence of revolutionary ideas, Geng Biao joined the revolution and began decades of revolutionary life. Not long after joining the revolution, due to the changes in the revolutionary situation, the party organization transferred Geng Biao away from his hometown of Shuikoushan. After leaving Shuikou Mountain, Geng Biao worked very hard, and sometimes he could not take care of eating when he was busy.
Later, he actively participated in the formation of the Liling guerrilla group, during which time Geng Biao led the guerrilla group to attack the landlord Haoqiang many times. He also cooperated with the main forces of the Red Army in the struggle against the Kuomintang reactionaries on many occasions. At this time, Geng Biao had completely grown into a qualified revolutionary fighter. Because the work carried out by Geng Biao and others in the Liling area is very good, the scale of the base area is also getting bigger and bigger. Later, it even gradually evolved into one of the earliest major red base areas of our party.
In 1928, because Geng Biao's ability was very prominent, it attracted the attention of the party organization. Therefore, Li Jusheng, a party representative, came to the Liling area for inspection, and when talking with Geng Biao, Li Jusheng saw that Geng Biao's thoughts and beliefs were very mature. He asked him about his age and asked if he would like to join our party. Geng Biao saw the leader ask this question and replied very firmly that he was 18 years old. Li Jusheng looked at the young warrior in front of him, who was only eighteen years old, and had already behaved so prominently, so he told Geng Biao,
"So young? You are already a member of the Communist Youth League, and when you reach the age of 18, you can automatically become a party member!"
Geng Biao was very happy after hearing this, but still suppressed the excitement in his heart, saying:
"Joining the party is a very sacred thing, and although I can automatically become a party member, I still hope to be able to follow the normal procedure."
Red army
Not long after that, Li Jusheng received Geng Biao's application to join the party, and Li Jusheng saw geng biao's earnest words in the application. In addition, he is really good at performing, and according to the regulations, he can also join the party. Therefore, after careful consideration with other members of the party, geng biao's application to join the party was agreed. After Geng Biao knew that the party organization had agreed to join the party, his heart was very moved, and tears appeared in his eyes.
Because his belief since he was a child is to "learn martial arts to serve the country". Earlier, when he was in his hometown, he heard that the Communist Party was different from other parties, and when he fought for the poor, he had already made up his mind to follow the party. Now that his dream has come true, he is naturally very happy!
Turned to the north and south, and made great achievements
In 1931, when the revolutionary situation was already very grim, the Kuomintang reactionaries mobilized a large number of troops in an attempt to "encircle and suppress" our base areas. At that time, Geng Biao's Red Third Army was marching, but suddenly received orders from the headquarters. Headquarters said that the original plan had changed, so that the senior leaders of the troops could go to the meeting. Geng Biao and the others did not dare to delay after receiving the order, and immediately rode to the mouth of the mountain with several leaders. At this time, the chairman was waiting for them here, and Geng Biao saw from a distance that the chairman was very anxious, so when he was about to arrive, a flying leap jumped directly in front of the chairman.
Chairman Mao
Everyone was stunned, but because of the urgency of the situation, the chairman did not have time to say anything else, and went straight to the subject, telling them to let them lead the troops to the side path. Geng Biao looked at the path that the chairman said on the map, and instantly knew what the chairman really meant when he asked them to take this path instead! So he told the others about the chairman's strategic concept, and then he interspersed behind the enemy and lurked next to the enemy. Prepare to seize the opportunity to encircle the enemy.
Immediately afterward, with the commander's order, Geng Biao led his men to rush out. At this time, the Kuomintang troops were frightened, and they could not figure out why the Red Army could fall from the sky, and one by one they were frightened and urine flowed. Soon our army won the victory, and at this moment he could not help but think of the chairman's wise decision-making on the mountain now, so he admired the chairman's military ability even more!
In October 1934, the Red Army had begun the Long March due to the failure of the fifth "anti-encirclement and suppression" campaign.
Despite this, the Kuomintang reactionaries remained undeterred and mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to prepare for the final "round-up" of our Party. When the Red Army troops reached the vicinity of the Xiang River, they were trapped in the layers of encirclement of the Kuomintang. The situation was extremely critical, and as the commander of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the First Red Army, he was assigned to open the way for the main force of the Central Red Army and ensure that the Central Red Army could successfully cross the Xiang River.
Bloody battle on the Xiang River
After receiving the order, Geng Biao immediately made relevant deployments, because he knew how strategic the mission was!
Soon, the strategic plan of our army was formulated, and the main force of the Red Army began to prepare to cross the river. At this time, the Kuomintang troops also began to launch a fierce attack on our army, and Geng Biao led the soldiers of the 4th Regiment to resist heroically. With flesh and blood, he successfully resisted wave after wave of enemy attacks. At this time, the Kuomintang troops also received the death order issued by Chiang Kai-shek, so the scale of the attack became larger and larger, and all the weapons that could be used were used. Soon the battle went into a stalemate, and there were even many hand-to-hand combat.
The soldiers of the Red Army were fearless and actively fought back. Chiang Kai-shek saw that the Kuomintang soldiers could not be attacked for a long time, and their morale was getting weaker and weaker, so he sent many planes to help the army. In addition to dropping bombs, these planes also scattered a lot of "letters of persuasion". He tried to defeat our army by means of both soft and hard methods, but in the end, Chiang Kai-shek's plot was foiled!
After several hours of continuous fighting, the Central Red Army finally crossed the Xiang River smoothly, but our army also paid a very heavy price in this battle.
After crossing the Xiang River, Geng Biao led his troops and escorted the Party Central Committee to the vicinity of the Guihuang Highway. After that, under the instructions of the central authorities, they met with other units of the First Division!
In 1935, Geng Biao led his troops to the vicinity of Wuqi Town, and after arriving at Wuqi Town, Geng Biao received orders to repair the area, so he ordered the troops to stay in place and rest. When the local villagers heard that the main force of the Red Army was stationed here, they began to send the rations and other items they had saved to the Red Army troops. Since the Red Army troops had a stipulation that they could not take a needle and a thread from the masses, Geng Biao did not accept it.
However, helplessly, the villagers insisted repeatedly, and Geng Biao could only agree. But they also didn't want anything for the villagers. When they were idle, they carried water and chopped firewood for their fellow villagers, and the villagers were very touched by this. At this time, there was an old lady who saw that the shoes worn by Geng Biao had long been torn, and her heart was very uncomfortable, so she thought of making him a pair of shoes. But at this time the troops received orders and were to be dispatched the next day.
Therefore, in order to make good shoes for him before the troops were allocated, the old lady actually stayed up all night without sleeping. Finally, before the troops left, they gave the shoes to Geng Biao, who was very touched when he saw the thousand-layered bottom cloth shoes in his hand. I said thank you to the eldest lady several times in succession! He also said that in the future, he will make more efforts to fight for the poor. Then he turned around and followed the troops and left resolutely, by this time his eyes were already full of tears!
Looking at the troops who were far away, the villagers were very reluctant. But they knew that the Red Army soldiers would surely come back.
Red Army and fellow countrymen
Fighting the four tigers, even Xu Shiyou is not an opponent?
In 1940, the War of Resistance Against Japan entered the most critical time. Geng Biao was ordered to carry out a "large-scale production campaign" in the "Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia" region, and when the land was being cleared, the villagers said that there were often beasts of prey in this area.
These beasts not only destroy crops, but also often harm people. After Geng Biao heard about it, he led his troops to start a month-long hunting campaign.
In addition to some wild boars and leopards, there are four huge tigers. This time, Geng Biao's name can be said to have spread in the base area.
After that, Geng Biao decided to send the largest tiger to Yan'an.
Along the way, there was an endless stream of onlookers, and everyone admired Geng Biao's bravery. After arriving at the headquarters in Yan'an, both Premier Zhou and Chairman Mao were meeting at the time. Geng Biao placed the dead tiger in the compound of the headquarters, and more and more people were watching. This also alarmed the chairman and the prime minister, who went out to see that there was a dead tiger lying on the ground, and it was very large. When he learned that geng biao had sent it, he always praised Geng Biao's bravery.
Then the Chairman said to the Prime Minister:
Enlai, you are also a person who practices martial arts every day, can you lift this tiger up?"
Seeing the chairman ask this question, the prime minister began to be eager to try. But after trying several methods, the tiger still did not leave the ground, and seeing that the tiger was so heavy, the prime minister could only give up. Since then, many military and political cadres have tried, but in the end they all failed!
The Chairman is in Yan'an
Seeing that everyone had failed, the chairman refocused his gaze on Geng Biao's body and wanted Geng Biao to try. When everyone heard the chairman's proposal, they all expressed their desire to see if Geng Biao could lift it up! Geng Biao was not able to resign, so he came to the Dead Tiger. Only to see him stomp on the ground with both feet, exert all his strength, and at once pick up the dead tiger, and then circle around the courtyard. When the chairman saw geng biao's divine power, he said humorously:
"In ancient times, Wu Song fought tigers, and now there are Geng Biao to send tigers"!
Everyone laughed!
The chairman wanted to inquire about Geng Biao's process of subduing the tiger, so he left Geng Biao behind. The two talked about the late night all the time, and finally they had to give up because it was too late!
The next day, the news that Geng Biao had sent away Chairman Tiger spread throughout the army, and General Xu Shiyou was no exception. After he learned that Geng Biao had killed the tiger, he thought of practicing martial arts with him. However, every time General Xu Shiyou made such a request, Geng Biao refused. Later, Geng Biao saw that General Xu Shiyou had been pestering him to practice martial arts, so he had to say to Xu Shiyou:
"You are not my opponent"
Xu Shiyou saw that he should not fight and had no choice but to give up.
Xu Shiyou
Over time, some people began to say that the reason why Geng Biao did not compete with Xu Shiyou was because he was afraid of him. Because everyone knows that Xu Shiyou studied with Shaolin and practiced a good martial art, he will say this. In fact, the truth of the matter is not so, the reason why Geng Biao did not compete with Xu Shiyou. On the one hand, it was because he believed that fists were used against the enemy and should not be used to hit his own people. On the other hand, because he had also learned a lot of martial arts from his father, whether it was Southern Fist or Qigong, or DaDao, he was not weaker than Xu Shiyou.
If you really fight, you may be injured, and no matter who loses and who wins, it will not look good. Therefore, he refused to compete with General Xu Shiyou!
Originally, everyone thought that such a martial arts master would definitely stay in the army all the time. As a result, I never expected geng biao to engage in civilian work after the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was even transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became an ambassador abroad. Geng Biao also lived up to expectations, he actively studied foreign languages, and successively served as ambassadors to Denmark, Finland, Pakistan and other places.
It was precisely because he transferred to civilian work that he was not awarded a title when he was awarded the title in 1955, which became a regret in the hearts of many people. Because everyone thought that if Geng Biao participated in the awarding of the title, he would definitely be able to evaluate a general.
In 1981, the Party Central Committee appointed Geng Biao as Minister of National Defense. And he also became the only defense minister in New China without a military rank!
On June 23, 2000, Geng Biao died of illness, and after his death, the party, government and army were deeply saddened. In order to commemorate his contribution to new China, the Party Central Committee decided to bury him in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. The meritorious deeds of this republic that bravely marched forward in wartime and stayed abroad for a long time in peacetime have been buried here ever since, and many people still come to worship him to this day!