Foreword: Life is short, but the value of life can be infinite, whether you are healthy, physically sound, or weak and sick, physically crippled, but as long as you have a heart that does not accept defeat and is not willing to be mediocre, it is possible to have the opportunity to create your own maximum value, even if the result is failure, but after all, you have worked hard and tried.
War is cruel, but the ancestors who experienced the war always have a patriotic heart, there was a senior general of the People's Liberation Army, the ruthless fire of war made him physically crippled, but he was willing to contribute everything to the motherland, even if he was an ordinary warehouse manager, the huge gap in the position did not care for him, as long as he could realize his own value, this great general was called Sulu.
Heroes from General County
Liuyang in Hunan, named because it is located in the north of Liushui, and it is also the second largest county and city in Hunan, during the war years, it was the source of the autumn harvest uprising, so it also sent a lot of blood to the revolutionary team, and after the founding of the country, a total of 30 founding generals came from here, including the general Sulu introduced today.
In 1902, Sulu was born in Liuyang, in July 1927, he became one of the first members of liuyang to participate in the revolution, and in the same year he also joined the party, Sulu was flexible in mind, resourceful and brave, and he had repeatedly made military achievements, he had been promoted to regimental commander during the Long March of the Red Army, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance, he was ordered to come to Shanxi to develop the anti-Japanese team, and after the establishment of the Shanxi Youth Anti-Japanese Death Column, he served as the leader of the third brigade.
During the Hundred Regiments War, Sulu led his army to participate in the Bloody Battle of Guanjia'an, when the battle entered incandescent, he led his army to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, and finally completely annihilated the so-called elite Okazaki Brigade with his brother troops, although the troops paid a heavy price, but this battle played the military prestige of the Eighth Route Army, boosted the morale of the people in the base area, and after the war he was also praised by the head of the division.
Become a one-armed general
At the time of the victory of the War of Resistance, Sulu had been promoted to the commander of the First Military Subdistrict of the Taiyue Military Region, after the outbreak of the Liberation War, he served as the deputy commander of the 184th Division of the 18th Corps, he has been leading the troops to fight in North China, he has commanded dozens of battles in several years, during the Battle of Jinzhong, he led the 127th Regiment to carry out the Dongcun Blockade Battle with the enemy in Taigu, facing the enemy several times larger than themselves, they fought for four days and four nights, finally defeated the enemy, defended the enemy, and also laid the foundation for the final victory of the Jinzhong Campaign.
In April 1949, our army also launched a general offensive against Taiyuan, the combat mission of the 184th Division was to capture the Red House stronghold outside the east gate of Taiyuan, but the front of the stronghold was an open field, without any shelter, the soldiers launched several attacks, although they paid a lot of casualties, but still did not complete the task, some anxious deputy division commander Sulu decided to personally lead the attack.
They attacked left and right, and when they were about to approach the enemy stronghold, they stepped on a series of thunders, and after a series of explosions, many of the commandos fell in a pool of blood, and Sulu was also blown off an arm, but relying on the fire cover of other commandos, the follow-up troops quickly attacked and took down the stronghold, watching the completion of the task, Sulu, who had a broken arm, was willing to sit on a stretcher and go to the hospital, but because of his serious injuries, the severed arm could not be retained, and he had amputation.
The commander of the People's Liberation Army went to guard the warehouse
During the hospitalization, many comrades-in-arms and subordinates came down to visit him, looking at his empty right sleeve, many people shed tears, but Sulu said: "Without an arm, he still does the revolution", after being discharged from the hospital, he followed the 184th Division into the Great Northwest, and at the beginning of the founding of the Country, he was appointed commander of the Changzhi Military Sub-district, he worked in this post for five years, because of the recurrence of old injuries, his physical condition was not very good, in 1955, considering his physical reasons, his superiors asked him to leave his post to recuperate.
Although he did not want to leave the army, but eventually accepted the decision of his superiors, but he did not want to recuperate, thinking that he was still in good health, he could still do some work within his ability, under his repeated requests, the superior transferred him to the 495 warehouse as the warehouse chief, dry warehouse administrator is his own request, because he believes that the position does not matter, can contribute to the motherland.
The warehouse chief is also a regiment-level cadre, from a commander to a regiment-level cadre, many people are touched by his deeds, especially those who have a low eye for warehouse work, and they have also begun to do their work seriously.
Conclusion: However, for this person who made great contributions to the founding of New China, the country will not forget, a few months later, he suddenly received an order to enter Beijing to participate in the conferment ceremony, and conferred the rank of major general, before the title was still a regimental cadre, when he became a founding major general, he was the only case in the whole army, but according to the military merits and qualifications of General Sulu, it is completely possible to award the rank of major general.
After the award, General Sulu was appointed deputy commander of the Shanxi Military Region until 1975, when he worked in this position for a full 21 years, and in December 1976, General Sulu died of illness in Shanxi at the age of 74.