Chengdu Military Region was once one of the mainland's major military regions, formally established in May 1955, in charge of military affairs in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other regions, was once one of the most important military regions in the southwest region of the mainland, especially in 1985, after the Kunming Military Region was merged into the Chengdu Military Region, the status of the Chengdu Military Region was particularly important.
The man we are going to talk about today was once the political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region, and his name was Chen Renqi. Chen Renqi made outstanding military achievements during the revolutionary period and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general at the age of 42. However, during his tenure as political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region, Chen Renqi was dismissed from his post and sent to work in the refinery. What kind of story does Chen Renqi have?
Chen Renqi was born in 1913, a native of Longyan, Fujian Province. During the agrarian revolution, Longyan, Fujian Province, was a famous revolutionary hometown, and Chen Renqi, who grew up here, saw the vigorous development of the revolutionary movement at a very young age. In 1929, at the age of 16, Chen Renqi joined the Young Pioneers and began to participate in revolutionary activities. In 1930, Chen Renqi officially joined the Red Army and became a propagandist in the Political Department of the Red 21st Army.
After that, Chen Renqi served in the Red 21st Army, the Red 12th Army, the Red 22nd Army and the Red 7th Army, participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battles in the central base areas, and participated in the Long March with the Red Army. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Renqi remained in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region to defend the safety of his leaders. During the Liberation War, Chen Renqi followed the large army to the northeast, participated in the creation of the northeast base area, and witnessed the birth of new China.
During the revolutionary period, Chen Renqi engaged in political work for a long time and accumulated rich political work experience. When our army formed the Twenty-first Corps, Chen Mingren was appointed commander of the Twenty-first Corps, and Chen Renqi was appointed as the political commissar of the Twenty-first Corps.
Chen Mingren was previously a senior general of the Kuomintang, and the senior generals of the Kuomintang not only had adjutants, but also cooks and other people who took care of their lives. When the Twenty-first Corps was founded, Chen Mingren still retained a guard platoon and had his own cook. It is worth mentioning that this chef has followed Chen Mingren for many years and is familiar with Chen Mingren's tastes, and Chen Mingren also has special trust in him.
However, many cadres are quite critical of Chen Mingren's special chef, and Chen Mingren has no choice but to let the chef pack up and return to his hometown. Chen Renqi was shocked when he learned of it, quickly found Chen Mingren, apologized to Chen Mingren, and told Chen Mingren: "Your health is not good, the organization knows, and the water and soil are not satisfied, so there is no need to eat a big stove, and the chef does not have to be dismissed." But Chen Mingren insisted on dismissing the chef and said that he wanted to be like everyone else, and in the end, it was Ye Jianying who came forward, and Chen Mingren let the chef come back. Although Chen Renqi did not do the work of communicating with Chen Mingren, we can see from his attitude in handling things that Chen Renqi is an excellent political worker who can take into account the emotions of all parties and unite the centripetal force of the troops.
When he was awarded the rank in 1955, Chen Renqi, then 42 years old, was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and became a founding lieutenant general. After the award, Chen Renqi was transferred to the artillery and served as the secretary of the artillery party committee. In 1970, Chen Renqi was transferred to the Chengdu Military Region and successively served as the second political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region and the political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region. However, after the September 13 incident, Chen Renqi was also implicated, and in 1972, the relevant departments issued a [1972] No. 14 document to the Chengdu Military Region, which mentioned that "Chen Renqi made serious mistakes in direction and line and sectarian mistakes", and Chen Renqi, who was 59 years old at the time, was also dismissed from his post.
In 1973, Chen Renqi was sent to work at the Lanzhou refinery, where he remained for a total of six years until 1979. In 1981, the relevant departments re-examined the case related to Chen Renqi and revoked the charges against Chen Renqi in Document No. 14 of that year, and Chen Renqi was also unjustly punished. In 1983, Chen Renqi left for retirement, and in his later years he mainly publicized the revolutionary deeds of heroes, and died in 1994 at the age of 81.