In January 1949, after the peaceful liberation of Peiping, the two sides focused on Suiyuan, when the chairman said that the suiyuan problem was resolved in the "Suiyuan way".
What is the "Suiyuan Way"?
It is to sign a peace agreement first, and then wait for the opportunity to launch an uprising. On June 8 of that year, the Suiyuan Peace Agreement was officially signed, and on September 19, Suiyuan launched an uprising.
In this uprising, Fu Zuoyi played a very important role, and it was also an important reason for the chairman to adopt the "Suiyuan method", because the chairman of Suiyuan Province who led the uprising was an old subordinate who had followed Fu Zuoyi for 21 years, and he was Dong Qiwu.
Dong Qiwu was admitted to the Bin Ye Middle School founded by Yan Xishan in his early years, but when he graduated, he was expelled for offending the people in the Overseer's Office, and after several twists and turns, he joined the Northern Expedition Army, made great contributions during the Northern Expedition, and was promoted to deputy colonel after the war, but in 1928, Chiang Kai-shek began to exclude non-concubine troops, and Dong Qiwu could only leave and defect to Fu Zuoyi, who was the commander of the tianjin garrison.
Dong Qiwu, who was missed by Yan Xishan and Chiang Kai-shek's camera, was reused by Fu Zuoyi.
After the September 18 Incident in 1931, the northeast fell, and he could not resist the indignation in his heart, Dong Qiwu asked Fu Zuoyi to resist the Japanese, and soon the opportunity came, in 1933 Fu Zuoyi ordered him to participate in the Long March War of Resistance, when Dong Qiwu led his troops to fight the Japanese army in Huairou for 15 hours.
After the Suiyuan War of Resistance in 1936 began, the first battle of the Red Geltu Campaign was commanded by Dong Qiwu, and then in the Battle of the Bailing Temple, he completely defeated the Han rebels, recovered the lost land, and effectively promoted the arrival of the national anti-Japanese climax.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he had the privilege of summing up the acquaintance with Elder He, and after listening to him explain the essence of guerrilla tactics, he benefited a lot, and after that, he used flexible tactics to fight against the Japanese army and fought many victorious battles, and after the victory of the War of Resistance, he was soon promoted to chairman of Suiyuan Province and commander of security.
Dong Qiwu, who was ostracized by Chiang Kai-shek more than a decade ago, has now become a fragrant bun, and the old Chiang wants to award him a general in order to win him over, but Dong Qiwu, who has long been disappointed in the Nationalist army, did not go to Nanjing to receive a title, but led the Suiyuan Uprising to join the People's Liberation Army.
After the Suiyuan Uprising, the rebel contingent was reorganized into the 23rd Corps, with Dong Qiwu as the commander of the corps, and 100,000 Suiyuan rebels rushed to the Korean battlefield after the founding of the Country, and under the dangerous situation of being bombed by US aircraft at any time, they built three airfields and auxiliary projects, and completed the construction task with great sacrifice.
In 1952, the whole army was reorganized, the 23rd Corps was downsized to the 69th Army, and Dong Qiwu served as the commander, but he was designated as the rank of the main regiment, and the chairman talked to him at that time and said to him: "It is said that the level of the main corps should be the deputy of the large military region, but then there is no military power." So, let's make you a military commander. After listening, Dong Qiwu was very moved.
In 1955, the People's Liberation Army first implemented the rank system, when it was planned to give Dong Qiwu the rank of general, before the uprising Dong Qiwu has always been a lieutenant general rank, this time he felt that it was very satisfying to maintain the original title, did not expect that it was the rank of general, he wrote a letter to the chairman hoping to be demoted to the rank of lieutenant general, which was handed over by General Yang Chengwu.
However, after receiving the letter, the chairman said: "You Yang Chengwu is a party member, you can be awarded the title of general, but Dong Qiwu is a famous general who participated in the anti-Japanese uprising for 12 years, and he must be awarded the rank of general." The chairman made up his mind, and at the ceremony of awarding the title, Dong Qiwu conferred the rank of general.
After the abolition of the military rank system in 1965, the monthly salary of the generals was also reduced, but there were regulations that the monthly salary of the uprising generals could not be changed, and General Dong was very satisfied with the treatment given by the organization, but there was a regret, that is, he was not yet a party member.
He applied to join the party four times, and at the end of 1982, the 83-year-old General Dong Qiwu was finally approved, and he was so excited that he wrote a poem
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