No charge is allowed
In the war years, most of the generals had a brave fighting style and had to take the lead in charging at every turn. General Chen Zaidao went from being a soldier to a senior commander step by step and had rich combat experience. However, there were always times when General Chen Zaidao couldn't hold back the blood in his heart and would always charge with his troops.
Often as a commander, he sits in the rear and coordinates the battle in the front, and unless it is a critical moment, he will not take the lead in the charge under normal circumstances.
August 8, 1932
Our troops were attacking the enemy's stubborn positions, and several charges were blocked by the enemy. Chen Zaidao directly took the lead in the charge himself, followed by the warriors.
The enemy army was not a vegetarian either, and also rushed towards us, and Chen Zaidao took a bayonet and engaged the enemy. He wasn't the kind of general who came from the academy, but rather
Fight out of the battlefield
, combat skills are even more skilled. Three strokes and five divisions by two solve the enemy in front of him, and then he fights with the enemy again.
The battlefield is not a contest, there are all kinds of means, and there are countless cold guns. This time, Chen Zaidao was encountered, and during the fight with the enemy, one of the enemy soldiers was injured and fell to the ground, and before he died, he fired a shot at Chen Zaidao, making people invincible. Chen Zaidao was hit in the arm, and at this time the war was in full swing, and Chen Zaidao endured the end of the war.
For Chen Zaidao's charge, many subordinates did not know how to dissuade him. Every time I promised to be good, but as soon as I went to the battlefield, I changed my mind. After Xu Xiangqian learned of Chen Zaidao's deeds, he specially gave him orders before each battle:
"Chen Zaidao is not allowed to charge."
Just because of this charging incident, Xu Xiangqian and Chen Zaidao also had some interesting things happened. On a certain day, Chen Zaidao did not resist taking the lead in the charge, so Xu Xiangqian talked to him:
"The cavalry regiment still lacks a platoon leader, you see who is suitable."
Chen Zaidao didn't understand what it meant, so he didn't answer, and Xu Xiangqian said directly: "I see that you Chen Zaidao is very suitable, and likes to charge into the battlefield." At this time, Chen Zaidao understood and hurriedly said:
"Commander Xu, don't dare to do it again next time."
Love Affair
When General Chen Zaidao first joined the revolution, he originally had a wife. However, at that time, the reactionaries were harsh on the families of revolutionaries, and General Chen Zaidao's wife was not spared. When he learned of this, the general was deeply sad, but he hid this sadness and devoted himself to the revolutionary cause.
During this period, some people also introduced Chen Zaidao to the object, but they were all rejected by him.
After the Long March arrived in Shaanxi
Everyone's tense nerves can be relaxed slightly, and then some people like to draw a red line. Chen Zaidao was the commander of the Red Fourth Army at that time, and there were many female soldiers in the cultural and industrial corps of his subordinate units, and at this time many female soldiers were married by the red line.
Chen Zai said that he didn't care very much, but his old comrades-in-arms were very anxious.
Because Chen Zaidao was still single, his old comrades-in-arms advised him to find another revolutionary partner
But he just doesn't listen very stubbornly. Chen Zaidao's chief of staff, Bu Shengguang, saw it in his eyes and one day entrusted Zhang Shuangqun, who was working in the Women's Rescue Association, to introduce a wife to Chen Zaidao.
After receiving this commission, Zhang Shuangqun paid more and more attention to Chen Zaidao, and secretly had feelings. General Chen Zaidao also had a good feeling for the female warrior, neither of them was a twisted person, and after confirming each other's intentions, he reported to the organization to prepare for marriage. After the two remarried, they had a good relationship, and later Zhang Shuangqun followed the general to Ji'nan.
Military and civilian families
General Chen Zaidao has always kept the people in mind and has never changed. Chen Zaidao once said:
"As long as you stand with the people, there will be no problem of collapse."
In 1938, Chen Zaidao led the troops to carry out anti-Japanese resistance in the southern Hebei region, and no matter when, he first grasped the issue of military discipline and must not affect the normal life of the people.
In 1941, due to the weather, the harvest was not good, coupled with the robbery of the Japanese puppet army, the people's life was very difficult. Chen Zaidao took the lead in saving grain and used all the grain saved by the troops to help the people. It may be that this kind of sincerity to the people has made General Chen Zaidao always have a high evaluation in the hearts of the people in Ji'nan.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Chen Zaidao once ate Western food with the military attaché of the embassy, but the general did not like to use forks, only used soup spoons and the like. At that time, the military attaché of the embassy said to the general: "Commander Chen, you had better use the lower fork, this is very convenient." General Chen Zaidao said with a smile:
"I'm not used to it, I'm more used to stacking straw with a fork."
In his later years, Chen Zaidao liked to go to the street alone to look around, look at flowers, observe shops, etc. Sometimes General Chen Zaidao would also play chess with passers-by, and then argue with passers-by over the gains and losses of the chessboard, and life was also quite comfortable. Of course, he was also very concerned about the lives of the people in the old revolutionary areas, and often said to the people around him:
"The people in the old areas have made tremendous contributions to the victory of the revolution, and we must pay attention to whether their living conditions are good or not."