In early 1950, Geng Biao was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as China's ambassador to Sweden, and he was also the first Chinese ambassador to be sent to the West.
In the next twenty years or so, Geng Biao struggled with China's diplomatic cause, and with his high political level and experience, he handled a large number of foreign affairs, established friendly diplomatic relations with many countries, and made great contributions to the development of China's diplomatic cause.
In the year when Geng Biao had just become ambassador, in order to welcome diplomats from China and celebrate the first anniversary of the founding of New China, Sweden held a large reception, and Geng Biao, as the Swedish ambassador, and other diplomats participated in the banquet. At this reception, there were more than 500 celebrities from all walks of life in Sweden, and as China's first ambassador to the field, Geng Biao did not shy away from the stage, and he calmly talked with the people present at the reception.
At this time, a Swedish officer suddenly came to Geng Biao and asked, "Your Excellency, Ambassador, I heard that you are a general, I don't know how many soldiers you brought in those years?" ”
Geng Biao smiled, "Probably a hundred thousand." As soon as his voice fell, the Swedish officer immediately gave Geng Biao a military salute, showing great excitement that those present no longer dared to underestimate the Chinese ambassador.
Because the entire Swedish army at that time did not have as many soldiers as Geng Biao, they did not expect that Geng Biao, who was engaged in diplomatic work, actually had an incomparably brilliant combat experience.
Why would a great general who once commanded thousands of troops and horses step onto the diplomatic stage? In Geng Biao's life, what are the twists and turns and legends of life experiences?
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Determined to save the country and become a general
On August 26, 1909, Geng Biao was born in Hunan, and the Geng family was a local poor peasant family. But his family is more legendary, his great-grandfather relied on more than ten years of hard study to pass the examination, his grandfather learned to practice medicine everywhere, his father Geng Chunan went out to run around at a young age, and after traveling in the rivers and lakes, he also learned martial arts in the pro-barracks for nine years.
Just when the martial arts were completed and about to enter the imperial palace, Empress Dowager Cixi ordered the disbandment of the samurai.
Geng Chunan had no choice but to pack up his things and return to his hometown, because of social turmoil and various impacts, the Geng family had fallen in the local area, Geng Chunan learned some crafts, and since then he has made a living doing handicrafts. At the request of his father, Geng Biao began to learn some fist and foot kung fu from an early age.
It also cultivated his tenacious, hard-working spirit, which was also his outstanding performance in the team afterwards and laid a solid foundation.
Later, there was a famine in Geng Biao's county, and in order to make a living, Geng Biao's parents took him to Changning County, Hunan. Because of their craftsmanship, the Geng family father and son continued to work in Changning County. But at that time, the oppression of the people by the dark society was very serious, and my father worked all day to earn money, but the money he earned was difficult to support the family.
As the eldest son in the family, Geng Biao went to the Shuikou Mountain Mine as a child laborer at the age of 13 to earn money to subsidize the family.
Because his parents attached great importance to knowledge education, although he lived in poverty, Geng Biao still read books and it was easier to understand the revolutionary principles that he had come into contact with.
At that time, when the workers' movement was prevalent, the flames of revolution burned all over the country, and under the education and guidance of the local Communist Party, Geng Biao gradually became enlightened, his understanding of Marx became more profound, and his ideas of resisting oppression and serving the country and saving the country became stronger and stronger.
His father, who had suffered from social oppression, was also impressed by the truth of the revolution, and he supported Geng Biao to join the revolution
。 With his father's support, Geng Biao became more energetic, and the workers' revolution led by Chairman Mao and others set off huge waves throughout Hunan, and Geng Biao was also affected and participated in the local strike movement.
Thanks to the efforts of the workers, the strike movement was victorious, and the capitalists agreed to pay back wages.
His active performance in the workers' strike movement led Geng Biao to join the Communist Youth League of China, carry out armed struggle under the command of the Party, and cooperate with the main Red Army to carry out guerrilla struggle.
Because of his outstanding performance, he quickly turned to the Chinese Communist Party, and also helped the Workers' Red Guards at Shuikoushan and got more than a dozen rifles.
In 1930, Geng Biao's unit was incorporated into the Red Army, and three years later, he became the commander of the 4th Regiment of the Second Division of the Red 1st Army, and in many battles with the Kuomintang army, he led the army to break through the encirclement and suppression of the other side and won many battles. The experience of the teenager allowed Geng Biao to practice a lifetime of kung fu, and when facing the enemy army,
He took the lead in attacking, running at the forefront of the team every time, and the team under his leadership was also brave and good at fighting and dared to resist the enemy.
In the Battle of the Xiangjiang River, the troops of our army were tightly surrounded by the enemy army, which was a battle that had a bearing on the life and death of the Red Army, a battle of five days and five nights, and when our army set out, only less than 40,000 people were left, and we saw that the ammunition ran out of food.
The enemy's blockade line became tighter and tighter, but Geng Biao blocked the enemy's fifteen regiments with the strength of one regiment, winning space for our army to retreat. As the regimental commander, Geng Biaochong was at the forefront of the battle, covered in blood, and had already put life and death aside.
Because of the courageous charge of Geng Biao and others and the breaking of the enemy's encirclement and encirclement, our army finally broke through the Kuomintang blockade line and crushed their intention to annihilate the Red Army on the Xiang River
。 During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Geng Biao commanded the troops to launch an attack on the Japanese army and puppet troops stationed in Zhangjiakou, with excellent strategy and courageous combat effectiveness.
Taking the city occupied by the Japanese army for many years in one fell swoop allowed the local people to finally get rid of the oppression of the Japanese army.
During the Liberation War, Geng Biao repeatedly made great achievements, fought countless victorious and vicious battles, made outstanding contributions to the liberation of the motherland, and also realized the aspiration of the young people to save the country. After the founding of New China,
In 1955, the conferment ceremony was held, but as a Geng Biao who had made great achievements in the war, he did not participate in the conferment ceremony.
Take off your military uniform and change into a suit
In 1950, at the age of 41, Geng Biao left the army and was arranged by Premier Zhou to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, becoming China's first ambassador to go abroad
Because he was separated from the army system, Geng Biao did not participate in the award ceremony and became the only defense minister in China who was not awarded a military rank. Why did Premier Zhou choose Geng Biao to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
Geng Biao is an important general in the history of our Party, who has led our army to countless victories; in Chairman Mao's view, he has a high political consciousness, a firm stand, and can resolutely serve the interests of our country. And his ability is obvious to all, and his strategy on the battlefield can also be applied diplomatically. The image of a diplomat representing a country, Geng Biao is not only outstanding in appearance,
The military atmosphere on his body is very strong, and now everything in our country has just started, and the diplomatic cause has only just developed, so it is most appropriate for Geng Biao to become a diplomat.
In addition to these reasons, it is also related to Geng Biao's way of dealing with the world. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, our side held many negotiations with Chiang Kai-shek, and in 1946, Geng Biao assisted Ye Jianying and Li Kenong to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek. As soon as they arrived in Beiping, they were closely monitored by the Kuomintang, and when Geng Biao discovered that there were Kuomintang agents behind him,
Not only was he not angry, but he also paid attention to methods, had a peaceful attitude, fought wits and courage with the agents, and successfully won the trust of the agents.
Once Geng Biao went to the movie theater and found that there were two spies behind him quietly filming and stalking, Geng Biao was not angry because he found the spies, he went directly to buy three movie tickets and invited each other to watch the movie together. Geng Biao's reaction made the two agents not react for a while, and they did not know how to answer, and after a while they sneaked away. Because before Geng Biao was in the army, he mingled with the soldiers,
He did not have any leader's shelf on him, and after discovering the spies, his attitude towards them was also very kind.
One day, Geng Biao found that one of the agents who often followed him had not been seen for several days, and he specifically inquired about the other agents, only to learn that this agent was sick. What is unexpected is that Geng Biao actually went to the pharmacy to buy medicine personally, visited the sick agent, and was very concerned about the other party's body, Geng Biao's behavior made the other party very moved, and the original time together during this time made the agent have a very good feeling for Geng Biao.
Because of this incident, the agent actually directly said what he knew. Only then did Geng Biao know that the Kuomintang had actually installed a bugging device in Ye Jianying's room.
Geng Biao quickly told Ye Jianying the news, and sure enough, he found a wiretap in the room, and it seemed that the Kuomintang really had no sincerity in negotiating, not only arranging for secret agents to follow, but even making such a thing as a wiretap.
While condemning the Kuomintang's behavior, everyone also admired Geng Biao. He was able to treat Kuomintang agents with peace of mind, as if he were friends, and he could remember each agent.
It is in this way that people in other camps can maintain a calm and calm attitude, and the brain is very flexible, able to deal with unexpected situations and make the best solutions. These characteristics of Geng Biao made Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou see that China lacked diplomatic talents at this time, and Geng Biao was suitable from all aspects. For central arrangements,
Geng Biao calmly accepted that diplomacy is also a major cause of national development, and he knows how important good diplomacy is to China now.
Achievements have been made in the diplomatic cause
At that time, Premier Zhou appointed Geng Biao to Sweden as a diplomat, but Geng Biao spent the first half of his life on the battlefield and knew nothing about foreign languages. Moreover, in the past, our country did not have diplomatic activities on the right track, and now it has insufficient experience in diplomacy.
In order to improve China's diplomatic level and put the diplomatic cause on the right track, Premier Zhou gathered the ambassadors who will be going to various countries in Beijing for unified training.
In order to successfully complete the diplomatic tasks assigned by the organization, the 43-year-old Geng Biao began to learn foreign languages from scratch. He must not only learn English, but also have a deep understanding of the international situation and the relationship between countries. In addition to this diplomatic knowledge, Geng Biao and his wife also need to learn diplomatic etiquette, understand foreign customs and habits, posture and habits also need to be changed, this period of China's diplomatic road is very difficult, because of the intervention of the United States, many countries have turned our country away.
Sweden was the first Western country to establish diplomatic relations with China, and our Ministry of Foreign Affairs attaches great importance to this, and Geng Biao and others who accepted the mission of envoy are also very attentive.
But then one thing stuck with them. Because the first thing the ambassador does after sending a mission to the country is to present the credentials to the head of state. However, the teacher who taught Geng Biao and others about their interests had never done such a thing, nor did they know how to submit the letter of state.
The submission of the credentials is the most important thing that diplomatic representatives do when they go to the capital of the country where they are stationed, and if this matter is not done well, will it not be a disgrace to China?
Just when everyone was helpless, Premier Zhou thought of a way. At this time, the ambassadors of several countries came to China, and after they presented their credentials to Chairman Mao, several ambassadors could go and observe them, so that they could know what the process of submitting the credentials should be.
Under premier Zhou's arrangement, Geng Biao and his party went to The Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai, where the chairman met the envoys, in a small room next to it. It was here that a dozen ambassadors watched through a small hole in the window as other countries submitted their credentials.
At this point, Geng Biao was completely victorious over the mission activities.
After Geng Biao served as ambassador to Sweden, he also served as an envoy of three countries in a row, the pressure was very great, and the things that needed to be dealt with every day were also very much, but Geng Biao completed all the tasks assigned by the organization with outstanding ability and perseverance not to accept defeat, and not only made outstanding contributions to the development of China's diplomatic cause.
For foreign developed culture and scientific and technological achievements, he also actively studied, wrote the successful experience of the other party into a report, and transmitted it to China, which also played an important role in China's economic development.
Soon after Geng Biao was stationed in Sweden as an ambassador, the United States intervened in the Korean Civil War and led a large army into Korea, seriously threatening the security of China's territory. In order to defend the national territory, maintain world peace, and resist imperialist aggression, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army went to fight in Korea.
At that time, the United States was good at using international public opinion, which led most countries to be unaware of the truth of the war, and the international community was also confused by the hypocrisy of the United States.
Moreover, since January 1952, the US military has carried out germ warfare on the border between Korea and China's northeast, and a large number of bacteria-carrying organisms have appeared in our garrison. In order to expose the US conspiracy, Geng Biao exposed the US crimes to the international community.
However, international public opinion controlled by the United States has greatly influenced the thinking of people from all walks of life in the West, who believe that the United States cannot do such a terrible thing.
Geng Biao did not give up, he collected evidence of US germ warfare, explained this real thing to the international community, and finally under countless evidence allegations, the crime of using germ warfare in the United States was also exposed to everyone. The Swedish people were also impressed by Geng Biao's spirit of giving up.
In Swedish newspapers, his name also appeared many times.
From the reception in Sweden, I learned that Geng Biao was once a general who led more than 100,000 soldiers, and everyone admired him very much, and now faced with the evil deeds of the United States.
Geng Biao also dared to expose and peel off the hypocritical cloak of American humanitarianism, so that the world could see the ambitions and crimes of the United States.
On June 23, 2000, when Geng Biao died in Beijing at the age of 91, Chairman Mao commented on him: "If you dare to tell the truth, you are a good master." ”
Geng Biao is not the most conspicuous of the older generation of revolutionaries who have brilliant stars, but he can go from an ordinary small worker to a general who leads an army of more than 100,000 people, and after the founding of New China, he did not hesitate to take off his military uniform, change into a suit, and wander around the international community, making brilliant achievements for China's diplomatic cause. He was a true soldier who had been baptized with countless bullets and bullets, and he was also a brilliant diplomat.
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