In the ranks of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, there is such an excellent military general, who is known as "the thinnest in the world" because of his very thin and thin body. But even though he was thin, he was a tenacious tough guy.
He was the founding lieutenant general Zhou Xihan, the former commander of the Thirteenth Army of the Fourth Corps of the People's Liberation Army, and the Zhao Zilong in Liu Bocheng's eyes. Zhou Xihan can recruit good warriors, dare to fight and dare to fight, and is a rare military talent in our army.
Zhou Xihan's life is also full of legends, he smoked at the age of 8, joined the army at the age of fifteen, and once captured 9 lieutenant generals and 55 major generals in battle. Zhou Xihan made important contributions to the victory of the revolutionary cause and to the development and construction of the new Chinese navy.
Zhou Xihan has been fighting for decades in his life, he has never feared the enemy, he dares to fight even the most difficult hard battles, he has extremely high military command ability, Chen Geng and Xu Shiyou are his close friends.
Founding Lieutenant General Zhou Xihan
Founding Lieutenant General Zhou Xihan is a recognized general of our army, he has excellent military qualities, and has made outstanding military achievements for the revolutionary cause. Among the many founding generals in China, Zhou Xihan is definitely a legend.
Both Marshal Xu Qianqian and General Chen Geng had high praise for Zhou Xihan, and both regarded Zhou Xihan as a close friend. Zhou Xihan has a very good set of fighting, and he is also a hundred generals of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
In Zhou Xihan's life, he made many brilliant achievements. Chairman Mao once commented that Zhou Xihan was a man who was very good at fighting, and he was resourceful and led his army to defeat the famous Kuomintang army, huang Wei Corps.
Zhou Xihan was born on August 27, 1913 in Zhoujia'ao Village, Shunhe Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province, which can be described as a famous general county in China. Zhou Xihan's parents were sharecroppers, who made a living by cultivating land for the landlords, and were exploited and squeezed by the landlords and local tycoons.
When Zhou Xihan's father was forty years old, he had him, which was considered to be an old man. Zhou Xihan's father was extremely excited, because the Zhou family was a single transmission of three generations, and to his generation, the incense was not broken.
His father attached great importance to the education of Zhou Xihan, and he hoped that his son would get ahead and become a talented person, so although the conditions were difficult, he also sent him to a private school. Zhou Xihan's books have been read for a few years, but a revolutionary seed has been planted in his heart.
During the agrarian revolution, Zhou Xihan, who was only fourteen years old, participated in the jute uprising. Zhou Xihan was born extraordinary, and when he was a teenager, he set great ambitions and was determined to break through a career.
At first, Zhou Xihan embarked on the path of revolution, but his father did not support it. Because Zhou Xihan was the only son in the family, he was afraid that the Zhou family would cut off the incense. At that time, his father tried to prevent Zhou Xihan from leaving the house.
Zhou Xihan's father thought of using marriage to tie him up, and during that period it was also an arranged marriage, he quickly found a girl for his son, and soon let them worship and marry. But on the wedding night, the groom's official, Zhou Xihan, ran out of the house with a cigarette.
What everyone did not expect was that Zhou Xihan ran away from marriage on the night of his new wedding. The good boy is determined to be in all directions, and the young Zhou Xihan does not want the marriage to bind him.
Smoked at the age of 8 Joined the army at the age of 15
One of the interesting things about Zhou Xihan is that he learned to smoke when he was eight years old. Since then, the habit of smoking has accompanied him throughout his life. Of course, this also had a great impact on his physical health.
After Zhou Xihan participated in the jute uprising, he joined the army at the age of fifteen, and he joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and then joined the Communist Party, becoming an excellent young party member.
Although Zhou Xihan is still young, he has performed very well in the Red Army. At that time, Zhou Xihan's first impression was that he was thin, his body looked very thin, tall and thin, and he was also known as "the thinnest in the world".
Although Zhou Xihan's figure is thin, he is definitely a fierce general when he fights, and his fighting style is in stark contrast to his figure. Although it is "the thinnest in the world", no hard battle can defeat Zhou Xihan.
Zhou Xihan was a very thoughtful soldier, he was resourceful, and he improved quickly in the army. Zhou Xihan, who was then the secretary of the Youth League Committee of the Thirty-eighth Regiment of the 13th Division of the Red Army, was appreciated by Xu Xiangqian, then deputy commander of the Red First Army, for a bold proposal.
Xu Xiangqian was Zhou Xihan's Bole, and he felt that Zhou Xihan was very insightful and had goods in his head, so he decided to cultivate him well. Zhou Xihan also continued to grow and progress, and later promoted to staff officer of the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front.
In 1934, at the age of twenty-one, Zhou Xihan was promoted to chief of the operations section of the Red Ninth Army, and his genius military ability was also demonstrated. With his excellent military command ability, Zhou Xihan was highly valued by the leadership.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Chen Geng appointed Zhou Xihan as the chief of the operations unit of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and made him his chief of staff. Zhou Xihan's military ability is obvious to everyone.
In 1939, when the Japanese army carried out a major sweep of the base area in southern Hebei, the key moment was that Zhou Xihan took advantage of the favorable terrain and led the army to carry out an ambush operation with the Japanese army. In this battle, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties.
Both Chen Geng and Liu Bocheng gave high praise to Zhou Xihan's combat level, and Liu Bocheng praised Zhou Xihan as a rare military talent. In the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, Zhou Xihan continued his previous brilliant achievements. Especially in the Battle of Yangerling, Zhou Xihan's performance was very prominent.
In addition, Zhou Xihan also led a team to successfully escort the artillery regiment of the Eighth Route Army headquarters to Yan'an for recuperation.
Killed 9 lieutenant generals and 55 major generals
Zhou Xihan was a brave and resourceful military general, who was not afraid of fighting hard battles, dared to fight with the enemy, and was also good at using his brain. He seemed to be able to pinch and calculate, and he knew the ever-changing situation on the battlefield very well.
In Zhou Xihan's life, his outstanding performance during the Liberation War was the most amazing. He was the "thinnest man in the world" and had captured 9 lieutenant generals and 55 major generals during the Liberation War.
In 1946, Zhou Xihan served as the commander of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region. During this period, Zhou Xihan used the strength of three regiments to surround and annihilate the "First Brigade under Heaven" led by the Changsheng general Huang Zhengcheng of the Kuomintang army.
This battle Zhou Xihan won a complete victory, and Liu Bocheng was very happy. Chen Geng has the cooperation of Zhou Xihan, a talented conductor, and is also like a tiger. Zhou Xihan completed the combat task brilliantly every time.
In the Battle of Huaihai, Zhou Xihan alone became the brigade commander of four brigades. Chen Geng had great trust in Zhou Xihan, so he entrusted him with such a difficult task, and in the face of such a difficult task, Zhou Xihan also dared to go up.
The Huang Wei Corps of the Kuomintang Army was the main force of Chiang Kai-shek, and the Huang Wei Corps had an army of 120,000 and was well-armed. Therefore, the Huang Wei Corps was known as Chiang Kai-shek's ace army.
In the Battle of Huaihai, Zhou Xihan made a great contribution, and he led his army to crush the Huang Wei Corps. After that, Zhou Xihan was also directly promoted to the commander of the 13th Army. Although such a promotion span is very large, Zhou Xihan deserves it.
Most notably, during the Liberation War, in a series of battles, Zhou Xihan led the army to kill and capture a total of sixty-four officers of the Kuomintang general rank. Nine lieutenant generals and fifty-five major generals were captured.
There are not many military generals who can achieve such brilliant results, and Zhou Xihan's military command ability is very strong. After the founding of new China, Zhou Xihan was awarded the rank of vice admiral at the grand award ceremony in 1955.
In the peaceful years after the founding of New China, although Zhou Xihan no longer had to go to the battlefield, he was still making unremitting efforts for the military development of the motherland. In 1958, Zhou Xihan became the chief of the general staff of the Navy, and he made important contributions to the naval cause of our country.
brief summary:
In his lifetime, Zhou Xihan made important contributions in the period of the agrarian revolution, the war of resistance against Japan and the period of the War of Liberation. Zhou Xihan dedicated his life to the cause of the party without complaint or regret.
After the founding of New China, Zhou Xihan worked hard for naval construction. Premier Zhou gave Zhou Xihan a high evaluation, and he became an expert in the navy and a well-deserved hero of our party and our army.
Zhou Xihan joined the army when he was fifteen years old, he was the thin man in the mouths of his comrades-in-arms, and was called "the thinnest in the world". He commanded battles on the battlefield with courage and strategy, and during the Liberation War, he captured 9 lieutenant generals and 55 major generals.
In 1988, Zhou Xihan was hospitalized for treatment because of a fracture, but what was unexpected was that he died in the middle of the night after being admitted to the hospital at the age of seventy-five. Zhou Xihan has been a horseman for a lifetime, and his glorious achievements will always be remembered by future generations. My generation should be self-reliant, live up to Shaohua, and forge ahead.