During the war of resistance against Japanese aggression on the mainland, there were many heroic figures, including a legendary figure named Geng Biao.
Geng Biao
Geng Biao's father was a martial arts master, who once served as a bodyguard around the emperor, and the emperor once praised his martial arts as rare in the world, Geng Biao had followed his father to learn martial arts since he was a child, trained a good skill, and even "out of blue is better than blue". Geng Biao's life is also legendary, and he has contributed a lot to the development of the mainland.
Martial arts master
Geng Biao was born in 1909, the place of birth is Hunan, his family conditions are not good, his parents are farmers, when Geng Biao was seven years old, he followed his parents to Shonan, in order to survive, Geng Biao, who was only thirteen years old at the time, went to work in the nearby lead and zinc mines, Geng Biao was often bullied in the lead and zinc mines, and the evil capitalists constantly squeezed the peasants.
Lead-zinc ore
Under the education of the local party organization, Geng Biao was determined to follow the party organization since he was a child, resist the oppression of capitalism, and save the masses of the people in the depths of the waters; under the continuous influence of the party organization, Geng Biao grew rapidly, and just after turning sixteen, Geng Biao joined the Chinese Communist Youth League.
Workers' strike movement
By 1926, the revolutionary situation in Hunan had become severe, and Geng Biao had received instructions from the party organization and arranged for him and other companions to sneak into the enemy's arsenal and bring back a batch of the enemy's guns.
arsenal
Not long after, Geng Biao received a call from the party organization to go to Liling to lead the local migrant workers Red Guards, participated in the Liling Rebellion, and then led the Red Guards to join the 100,000 peasant army to attack Changsha. Later, after Geng Biao learned that the strength of the party organization had been attacked, he rushed back to Liuyang without stopping, contributing personal strength to the party organization, he took the position of guerrilla leader, actively led the guerrillas to carry out the struggle, and led the guerrillas to support every time the Red Army needed it.
guerilla
Geng Biao has courage and strategy, has a plan and a brain, is the first to stand up when the party organization has instructions, and actively serves the party organization, Geng Biao's outstanding performance won the recognition of the party organization, he became an excellent Member of the Chinese Communist Party in August 1928, officially joined the party organization.
Comrade Geng Biao
Next, under the call of the party, Comrade Geng Biao led his guerrillas into the ranks of the Red Army, and Geng Biao participated in hundreds of battles of all sizes and fought many vicious and hard battles. During the Long March of the Red Army, Geng Biao led the soldiers to bravely cross the Xiaoshui River and fight against the Xiang River, and the more courageous the battle, Geng Biao's behavior effectively promoted the smooth progress of the Red Army's operations.
Lead the guerrillas
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Geng Biao, under the leadership of Comrade Ye Jianying, waged a resolute struggle against the Kuomintang. After the founding of New China, Geng Biao spontaneously created a special force to deal with those difficult military forces, and this special force has also been retained to this day and is still an important force in the mainland's national defense.
special forces
In 1950, the mainland's Foreign Ministry needed talents, and the party organization decided to transfer Geng Biao, who voluntarily left the army and went to work in the Foreign Ministry after receiving the news, and then Geng Biao began his twenty-year diplomatic career. In diplomatic work, Comrade Geng Biao took a serious attitude and effectively promoted the development of the mainland's diplomatic cause.
Diplomatic records
Geng Biao was the first diplomatic ambassador sent by the mainland to the West, in the cultural exchanges between the mainland and the West, Geng Biao attached great importance to publicizing the cultural heritage and construction achievements of the mainland, which effectively promoted the influence of new China at that time.
Establish friendly diplomatic relations with Pakistan
In the course of exchanges with Albania, Geng Biao put forward his views on diplomacy to the Central Committee, and chairman Mao, after receiving Geng Biao's report, praised Geng Biao: "Geng Biao dared to tell the truth, reflected the real situation, and was a good ambassador. Geng Biao is serious about diplomatic work and has his own unique views, which have been unanimously affirmed by China and foreign countries, and Geng Biao's daughter also said that her father was a national hero.
Comrade Geng Biao and his daughter
In the later "Cultural Revolution," Comrade Geng Biao severely cracked down on Lin Biao and Jiang Qing and his gang, adhered to his original intention, was not at all moved by the erroneous foreign policy of Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four," and still adhered to the foreign policy of the central authorities.
During the Cultural Revolution
After his retirement, Comrade Geng Biao still cared about the affairs of the country, cared about the masses of the people, and actively donated money to the disaster areas every time there were difficulties in certain areas. Geng Biao also often wrote letters to the Party Central Committee, expressed his own opinions, and put forward many valuable opinions for the mainland's economic construction and political construction.
In Geng Biao's memoirs, he recounts the events of his life, and one of the pages records an interesting incident between himself and Chairman Mao, geng Biao mentions in his memoirs that he killed 4 tigers, ate tiger meat for the first time, felt that tiger meat and beef tasted similar, and peeled one of the tigers he caught and sent it to the front line. Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu saw this, and they also felt very interested, and said to Commander-in-Chief Zhu, Can you lift up the tiger yourself? Commander-in-Chief Zhu tried to lift the tiger up, but he didn't get up with a lot of energy, so Commander-in-Chief Zhu said that he had to eat nine bulls and two tigers to have such strength.
Memoirs of Geng Biao
Geng Biao later gave the bones of the tiger to the comrades of the central government to make wine, and the tiger wine could cure rheumatism. In Geng Biao's memoirs, the deeds of Commander-in-Chief Zhu in lifting the tiger are recorded, and in other relevant materials, this matter is also mentioned, and it is said that Commander-in-Chief Zhu tried for a long time, and he kept holding his neck red before giving up.
Later, when Geng Biao was serving as a diplomat to communicate with other countries, he met Chairman Mao, and Chairman Mao saw that Geng Biao still came up to him to shake hands, and while shaking his hands, he said: "Fellow villager, I also ate the tiger meat you sent..." The record of this interesting incident can also be found on the Internet, but in many places it is said that Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou are making a bet, but looking at Geng Biao's memoirs, it should be Commander Zhu.
A photograph from Geng Biao's memoirs
Comrade Geng Biao has made great contributions to China's development in his lifetime, he has always had a firm belief in communism, insisted on following the pace of the party, Geng Biao has a party card, he has always cherished it, carefully preserved, and is still very complete.
Party card
Comrade Geng Biao died on June 23, 2000 because of illness, and after Geng Biao's death, a memorial service was held in the auditorium of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, and the banner "Heavy Tribute to Comrade Geng Biao" was hung in the middle of the auditorium hall, and under the banner was placed a bust of Comrade Geng Biao.
Comrade Geng Biao
At this memorial service, in addition to Geng Biao's old friends and old comrades-in-arms, many central leaders also participated in the memorial service, and Comrade Geng Biao's old comrades-in-arms walked to Geng Biao's body, stood in silence, bowed three times to this great comrade, and made a final farewell.
The funeral scene of Comrade Geng Biao
At that time, the governor of Fujian Province also participated in the memorial service, he and Geng Biao's son, put comrade Geng Biao's ashes into the urn, according to many relevant records, the scale of the funeral at that time, comparable to the state funeral, before understanding Geng Biao's life, there may be many people just know about this funeral, but do not know why it is so large-scale, after understanding, only to know that Comrade Geng Biao, should be treated in this way.
Words alone cannot describe Geng Biao's contribution to the mainland, and this great founding general will always live in our hearts.
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