In the war years, there were countless heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country, they were heroes of the motherland and the people, and they used their bodies to open up the way forward for the motherland. Dong Cunrui was one of them, and on the battlefield, he disregarded his personal safety, held an explosive package in his hand, and used his life to blow up the enemy's bunker and save countless comrades-in-arms. It is precisely because of one person's propaganda of Dong Cunrui's heroic deeds that it has been passed down to this day. He is the protagonist of our story today - the former general political commissar of the armed police force, the official to the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and his wife is the daughter of the marshal, who was awarded the rank of major general. What other stories are there in him? This issue of the Big Historical Figures column is an exclusive secret for you.
Born in 1920 in Hunan, Li Zhenjun was born in a family of scholars, his father was one of the last xiucai in the late Qing Dynasty, and he attached great importance to his education problems, entering primary school to read and read when he was a teenager, and then entering middle school to continue his studies because of his good grades. At this time when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Li Zhenjun could not sit still in the academy, he could not hold back the mood of joining the revolution, with the support of his father, arrived in Yan'an with the handwritten letter of the chairman's mentor Xu Lao, joined the revolutionary army, he gave up his studies and joined the revolutionary contingent, he wanted to use his own meager strength to do something for the motherland, in 1937 he became a real Communist Party member, inspired to serve the country, but also ready to dedicate himself at all times, the original intention has been set, never wavering, Thus began his revolutionary career.
In 1942 he ushered in a major challenge after joining the revolution, when he was an instructor, he was not successfully arrested by the enemy during the great sweep of the enemy army, and the commander of the Wang regiment who was arrested together surrendered and defected because he could not bear the pain of flesh and skin, and Li Zhenjun did not flinch in the face of the enemy's coercion, he resolutely did not yield, and was finally escorted by the enemy to the northeast coal mine to work as a coolie, where he worked while thinking about how to escape, and in 1943 the coal mine riot he was able to successfully escape and successfully returned to the team.
In these battles, many enemies were annihilated and the enemy suffered heavy losses, which seriously weakened the enemy's strength, dealt a blow to the enemy's morale, and revitalized the morale of our army. In these several battles, Li Zhenjun had courage and insight and achieved outstanding results. In the implementation of the reorganization work, Li Zhenjun took on this task, at that time the environment was harsh, there were tasks before and then there were wars, in such a difficult environment, Li Zhenjun was seriously injured in many places, but he was not discouraged and did not give up, resolutely completed the task entrusted to him by the organization, and his courage is worth learning from us.
In 1948, the Battle of Longhua broke out, when Li Zhenjun witnessed the whole process of the heroic teenager Dong Cunrui dragging an explosive package in his hand and rushing to the enemy's bunker to carry out the blasting process regardless of his personal safety, the scene was shocking, in a short period of time, the enemy's bunker was successfully blown up, and it was this short moment that took the life of a young soldier. Dong Cunrui became a well-known hero in every household.
Guo Junqing has always appeared in front of everyone as a boy before, but in the case of war, she suffered from gynecological diseases, during treatment, her identity was really discovered, it turned out that she was a daughter, Li Zhenjun in the organization of the selection of combat heroes, he set Guo Junqing as a hero of the towel, the contemporary Mulan. It is precisely because of Li Zhenjun's cultivation and propaganda that Guo Junqing, the "Mulan in the Army", has been well known to everyone.
Under the introduction of others, Li Zhenjun married He Jiesheng, the daughter of President He, and the two spent the rest of their lives hand in hand, Li Zhenjun was once the general political commissar of the armed police force, the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and his wife He Jiesheng was awarded the rank of major general. He has courage and insight on the battlefield, regardless of personal safety and danger, always in mind the motherland, the heart of the people, in the political work has also made great achievements, in 2008 Li Zhenjun died in Beijing, at the age of 88, his life is extraordinary, concerned about the safety of the motherland and the people's suffering, he dedicated his life to the people of the motherland.
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