The National Day military parade is a way for the mainland to declare its force to the world, so every major year, the mainland will hold a huge military parade. However, during the ten years of catastrophe, the mainland did not hold any military parades for various reasons, which also caused the military parade to be disconnected for ten years. It was not until 1984 that a new generation of leaders, Comrade Deng Xiaoping, reorganized and resumed the military parade marking the 35th anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, and this military parade became one of the most successful military parades on the mainland so far. So, who is the commander-in-chief of this parade? He was 37 years old and became the Minister of Defense in his later years!
This man was General Qin Jiwei, who was born in 1914 in Huang'an, Hubei Province, and like many generals who came out of the jute uprising, he grew up and trained in the army. Qin Jiwei was only 13 years old when he first joined the revolution, and it was not until August 1929 that he officially joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. After joining the Red Army, he fought very bravely, so he became a company commander at a young age, and later became a regimental commander and acting division commander.
During the Long March, Qin Jiwei moved north with the Western Route Army. Once, Qin Jiwei's troops were trapped in the isolated city of Linze, and at that time, a large number of Ma family troops were surrounded outside the city, and this unit obviously had no way to survive. But Qin Jiwei was a general who was good at creating the impossible into a possibility, and under his leadership, the Red Army successfully broke out of the siege of the Ma family army and successfully caught up with the large troops. After this battle, Qin Jiwei became famous, and everyone knew that he was a general who was not afraid of death in battle.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the 37-year-old Qin Jiwei also led the 15th Army to fight in Korea, and presumably those who are familiar with this history know that the 15th Army was the main force ordered to hold Shangganling. After the Battle of Shangganling began, Qin Jiwei's division commander asked him to retreat so that his troops would not be wiped out. However, Qin Jiwei righteously told the commander: There are many units like the 15th Army in China, but there is only one shangganling, even if we wipe out our team, as long as we can hold shangganling, it will be absolutely worth it! It was also inspired by this bold remark that the 15th Army achieved a comprehensive victory in the Battle of Shangganling, and at the same time made this unit famous in history.
After returning from Korea, Qin Jiwei served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Kunming Military Region, and then successively served as commander-in-chief of the Chengdu Military Region and commander-in-chief of the Beijing Military Region. Just four years after the 84 military parade, Qin Jiwei became the minister of defense again, and was awarded the rank of general shortly after.