introduction
Power can give people infinite power, lofty status, and can also make people become crazy step by step, disturbed by desires. In particular, the dictatorship of one person poses an unimaginable threat to the country and the people, so people have been studying the differentiation of power since thousands of years ago to achieve the purpose of checks and balances. In history, there have been countless causes of excessive concentration of power, which almost ruined the development of the entire country, and these events have become a lesson to be learned by New China.
After the founding of New China, the military power was adjusted many times to avoid the excessive power of a certain general from adversely affecting the country and the people. However, during the special period, a young general with seniority compared with other founding generals was specially selected to serve as the deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, and he even acted as the chief of the general staff later, making significant contributions to the stabilization of national security and army building.
01
Born in 1911 to a poor peasant family in Macheng, Hubei Province, the endangered general was born in 1911, and grew up in this heroic city, and Zhang Caiqian also had a yearning for revolution. Although Zhang Caiqian's family is not rich, his parents still firmly believe in the principle of "reading changes fate", smashing pots and selling iron to send his son to a private school to study, which allows Zhang Caiqian to accumulate a certain amount of cultural knowledge.
Unfortunately, the turbulent years did not give the family a chance to breathe, the warlord melee caused the people of Hubei to be displaced, Zhang Caiqian hated the evil deeds of the warlords very much, but he was only a teenager in his early teens at the time, and he knew that he could not change the status quo by his own strength.
By chance, Zhang Caiqian learned that the local revolutionary team was preparing to launch an uprising, and at the age of 16, he took the initiative to sign up and bravely kill the enemy with a gun taller than himself, which was the famous "jute uprising" in history. After this time, Zhang Caiqian was highly valued by the party organization, and he returned to his hometown to organize his fathers and fellow villagers to participate in the peasant movement, and did his best to promote the land reform policy, so that the people added a lot of trust to the party organization. After years of revolutionary work, Zhang Caiqian became a member of the village peasant association and the leader of the Young Pioneers, attracting countless young people to join the revolutionary ranks and injecting fresh blood into the party organization.
02
In 1930, Zhang Caiqian embarked on a long revolutionary journey with the Red Army troops, becoming a soldier in the Red First Army, and in his spare time he would study revolutionary theory in school. In the following year, Zhang Caiqian was incorporated into the Fourth Red Army of Eyu and Anhui, and in the same year he also joined the Communist Party of China, participated in many anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations in the revolutionary base areas of Eyu and Anhui, and experienced countless bloody battles at a young age, so he was promoted to the commander of the Red Army unit, and even the deputy division commander.
In 1934, Zhang Caiqian came to Sichuan and Shaanxi with his army to establish a revolutionary base area and sent revolutionary seeds to the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi. In 1935, Zhang Caiqian participated in the 25,000-mile Long March, and finally arrived in the Gansu region to meet other troops, and he also became a division commander of the Red Fourth Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Caiqian mainly stayed behind to fight in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region, and was later sent to Henan to establish an anti-Japanese base area, and he had personal experience with the cruel methods of the Japanese invaders, but fortunately, his military ability was good enough to help him win one hard battle after another. After several years of guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, Zhang Caiqian inflicted heavy damage on the enemy, and he was able to witness the surrender of the Japanese army in 1945, becoming one of the thousands of witnesses of history.
During the Liberation War, Zhang Caiqian became a general of the Central Plains Military Region, and he took advantage of the terrain advantages of western Hubei to carry out guerrilla warfare with the enemy, breaking through the encirclement and blockade of the Nationalist army with only 1200 people at a time, and successfully breaking the conspiracy of the Nationalist army to encircle and suppress.
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Zhang Caiqian, who had such a rich experience, was naturally valued, first appointing him as the commander of the 44th Army of the People's Liberation Army, and then being awarded the rank of lieutenant general. Zhang Caiqian was well aware that his qualifications and talents were far inferior to those of other generals, and he used all his time to make up for his knowledge peacock and actively participate in every struggle related to national security.
In 1971, Zhang Caiqian was suddenly called to the Great Hall of the People, explained to him the ins and outs, and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, hoping that Zhang Caiqian would be able to assume a leading position, strictly control the troops, and ensure that there would be no chaos in the country. Zhang Caiqian did not live up to the expectations of the premier, he not only completed his task well, but also conducted in-depth investigation of the personnel involved and shared a lot of work pressure. In 1980, Zhang Caiqian took up the leadership position of the Wuhan Military Region, and two years later he resigned from his job and lived a pension life with peace of mind.
epilogue
In that unpredictable period, Zhang Caiqian was able to withstand great pressure, swim against the current, and even complete the task well, which deserves the admiration of our descendants. In 1994, Zhang Caiqian died of illness in Beijing, and according to his will, his ashes were buried in the revolutionary cemetery in his hometown of Macheng.