After the founding of New China, due to the delay in the war, the rank system began to be established again, and all soldiers who contributed to the war received corresponding rewards, which was a major event in the army, including many old chiefs who had grown up in obscurity, although their soldiers had grown into chiefs or even marshals, but they were still respected by the soldiers.
Zhan Caifang is one of them, as one of the earliest members of the army, his soldiers are all over the army, everyone respects him as an old chief, which shows the old age of his qualifications, and Zhan Lao's life in the army is also a wonderful portrayal of his life, which is the epitome of his life.
Growing revolutionary fighters
As we all know, most of the PLA soldiers are the children of workers, peasants, and soldiers, born in poverty, and have gradually come to the new China period with the belief of liberating the people, and Zhan Caifang is no exception.
Zhan Caifang, like most Red Army soldiers, was born in a poor peasant family, life is sloppy, more unfortunately Zhan Caifang's mother died when he was young, grew up in an incomplete family, a few years later, his father also died one after another, the family suddenly had no adult support, the young Zhan Caifang can only act as the top pillar of the family, relying on the landlord to herd cattle and other livelihoods to support his brother.
Fortunately, the sister who married out sympathized with the brother's difficulty, took the younger brothers to live at home, fortunately the brother-in-law is also an empathetic person, and did not dislike the wife's brothers as a burden, but took care of their lives safely, and even taught Zhan Caifang to read and write in his leisure time, so that Zhan Caifang became a literate and hyphenated person, adding security for future survival.
The brother-in-law is Dong Biwu's nephew
So he recommended Zhan Caifang, who had already read and read, to work as a school worker in the Wuhan Middle School founded by Dong Biwu, which was convenient for Zhan Caifang to increase his insight, and it was this opportunity that changed Zhan Caifang's life.
After entering Wuhan Middle School as a school worker, Zhan Caifang came into close contact with the new wave of revolutionary ideas, had an epiphany about his life, and felt that he should make his own modest contribution to the motherland that was plagued by many disasters, so Zhan Caifang took care of his studies in addition to being a school worker in school, and soon got the appreciation of his superiors, and his personal thinking also made great progress, and soon after he returned to his hometown to organize and carry out peasant activities.
In 1927, Zhan Caifang joined the Communist Party and became a glorious Communist Party member, and he himself was promoted because of his outstanding performance in the jute peasant uprising, and continued to contribute to the revolutionary cause.
Since then, in his long revolutionary career, Zhan Caifang has met many revolutionary friends, and these revolutionary friends have become famous figures later.
Revolutionary sentiment everywhere
Zhan Caifang has been in the army for more than fifty years, and how many comrades-in-arms he has met have, this will be told.
In 1955, when the country implemented the military rank system, Zhan Caifang was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and his former comrade-in-arms came to congratulate him, and this comrade-in-arms was the famous Xu Xiangqian.
Mention Xu Xiangqian is familiar to everyone, he has his figure in several major battles, especially in the liberation campaign, and Zhan Caifang just happened to participate in these battles, the two are close comrades-in-arms, from here we can see that although the former comrades-in-arms have become one of the ten marshals, it does not hinder the revolutionary war friendship between the two.
Another of his more prominent subordinates was Li Xiannian, who later emerged in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Li Xiannian later became the president of our country
, also said to others
Zhan Caifang is his old squad leader,
It can be seen that the revolutionary friendship between the two is not short, and zhan Caifang is also very respectful.
Acting Chairman Dong Biwu once commented on Zhan Caifang, saying that he was a man of great wisdom and foolishness and great courage and cowardice, which shows that Zhan Caifang's inner world is a very rich person, and he will not be awkward because his official title is not as good as his former subordinates, and it also reflects a different kind of comradeship.
In addition to Xu Xiangqian and Li Xiannian, there were also Xu Shiyou and Chen Xilian who had deep revolutionary feelings with Zhan Caifang, who were later well-known generals, and what is interesting is that their revolutionary friendship is not only enduring, but also more and more exudes a humorous taste, which makes people listen very kindly.
The thing is this, one day Zhan Caifang went to visit Chen Xilian, when he went, Chen Xilian was not there, only Chen Xilian's wife was there, and when he saw the old chief coming to visit, he was very excited, and he greeted him one after another, and then quickly let the guards go and call Chen Xilian home, and specially instructed the guards to say:
"Go and tell the chief, the chief is coming!"
Such interesting words show the importance that Chen Xilian's family attaches to Zhan Caifang, and also reflects the affinity between them, and the words are full of intimate taste.
A lifelong public servant
Because Zhan Caifang's qualifications in the military are relatively old, and he has also made many outstanding military achievements, when he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, some people fought for Zhan Caifang, thinking that Zhan Caifang should get a higher military rank, but Zhan Caifang was serious: "I did the revolution for the people, not for the rank, and so many comrades died in the war years, what about them?" The words made everyone sigh at his righteousness and feel ashamed of his words.
Why do everyone call Zhan Caifang a Zaigong,
It turned out that Zhan Caifang never ate meat,
This habit is not developed later, but rather
Since she was a child, Zhan Caifang did not eat meat, mainly eggs and vegetables
Then, after not eating meat all his life, he got the name of Zhai Gong, which is a joke of everyone and one of zhan Caifang's special signs.
Since ancient times, people who have eaten fasting have a good heart, zhan caifang is no exception, whether it is the cruel war years, or the later period of new China, Zhan Caifang has adhered to the belief of helping others and serving the public, which makes people very admirable.
During the war years, he could risk his life and risk finding a life-saving medicine for his comrades-in-arms and saving the lives of his comrades-in-arms in case; after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhan Caifang was appointed deputy commander of a military region, and he devoted himself to the infrastructure construction of new China without complaint, until he died of illness in Beijing in 1992, and the chief of the chief completed his magnificent life.
brief summary:
Zhan Caifang, who had never studied formal military courses, gradually grew from a poor peasant boy to a lieutenant general in New China, not only tempering his growth through history and war, but also accompanying him on a difficult road with countless comrades-in-arms.
It was these obscure old chiefs who built up the solid foundation of the army and recommended batch after batch of generals and talents for New China.