<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Centennial 149: Chen Zaidao</h1>
Author: Forget about the jianghu
Chen Zaidao was one of the famous "Three Chens" of Erye, who operated the Base Area in Southern Hebei during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
In September 1955, the "Three Chens" were all awarded military ranks, of which Chen Geng was a general, and Chen Zaidao and Chen Xilian were both generals. Chen Zaidao's seniority was very deep, and he was very famous during the Red Army period and the War of Resistance, but during the liberation period, he also led Liu Deng's army 2 columns into a "girl column".
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Liu Deng commanded 31,000 people in the Taiyue Column of Chen Geng, the Southern Column of Chen Zaidao, and the Taihang Column of Chen Xilian, and in the Battle of Shangdang, 35,000 of them were annihilated, of which 31,000 were taken prisoner, adding a heavy weight to the chairman's negotiations in Chongqing.
The Shangdang Campaign was the first large-scale contest between the two sides, and the "Three Chens" made outstanding contributions to this victory.
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Chen Zaidao, formerly known as Cheng Zai Dao and Cheng Zai Dao, was born in 1909 in Macheng, Hubei Province. The Hubei compatriots who were born in the same year as him also have Chen Shiyu, and the Hubei who is "only Chu has talent" has also produced famous generals such as Lin Biao, Xu Haidong, Wang Shusheng, Chen Xilian, Han Xianchu, and Liu Zhen.
Cheng Zaidao lost his father at an early age and relied on his mother and sister for his life, but fortunately his uncle funded him to enter a private school. However, Cheng Zaidao's stubborn personality often skipped school, and he did not learn much in private school for several years. After his sister and mother died of illness, Cheng Zaidao followed his uncle to plan food in the field, and in his spare time, he also followed his uncle to learn martial arts. Cheng Zaidao, who snoozed after reading a book, learned kung fu but was very enlightened.
At the age of 17, Cheng Zaidao joined the Peasants' Self-Defense Army. When registering, the clerk wrote down "Chen Zaidao", and then he made a mistake and became his real name. In November 1927, Chen Zaidao participated in the Jute Uprising and became one of the 72 warriors of the Edong guerrilla Mulan Mountain.
Shortly after joining the guerrillas, Chen Zaidao returned home and was introduced to marry Xiong Huizhi. A week after the new marriage, Chen Zaidao returned to the army, and the husband and wife never saw each other again. Chen Zaidao went to Sichuan and Shaanxi with the Red Fourth Front, and his wife was hunted down and sold by human traffickers to a tailor as his wife.
Wang Jian'an and Chen Zaidao
In 1931, Chen Zaidao was promoted to platoon leader of the Red 31 Regiment, headed by founding Lieutenant General Ni Zhiliang.
Whenever there is a big battle, Ni Zhiliang always thinks of Chen Zaidao, and Chen Zaidao did not disappoint Ni Zhiliang. The following year, Ni Zhiliang was promoted to commander of the Red 10th Division, Chen Zaidao was promoted to company commander, and in August 1932, Ni Zhiliang was appointed commander of the Red 4th Army and commander of the 11th Division, and Chen Zaidao was promoted to battalion commander.
In the fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle, the Red Army was blocked at the steep slope of the mountain, and Ni Zhiliang once again ordered Chen Zaidao. Just as he was breaking through the enemy position, a bullet penetrated from his right arm and out from under the back and neck, Chen Zaidao simply handled and continued the battle, and when he arrived at the hospital, the doctor told him that he was less than half a centimeter away from death. Shortly after his recovery, Chen Zaidao was promoted to commander of the 11th and 31st Regiments of the 11th Division and the commander of the 11th Division.
However, Chen Zaidao's "problem" of loving the charge has not changed at all. What made commander-in-chief Xu scratch his head was that Xu Shiyou, commander of the Red 25th Division, and Later Wang Jinshan, commander of the Red 93rd Division, were the masters who fought and did not die. Chen Zaidao and Xu Shiyou still loved to fight with the enemy with big knives and red, and Xu Xiangqian had no choice but to order: Chen Zaidao and Xu Shiyou are not allowed to charge!
However, in the ensuing battle, Chen Zaidao, who had a hot brain, once again rode into the enemy position, and Xu Xiangqian summoned Chen Zaidao and said quietly: "The cavalry regiment lacks a platoon leader, who do you think is suitable?" Looking at Chen Zaidao's confused face, Xu Xiangqian said, "I see that you Chen Zaidao is the most suitable." ”
Chen Zaidao understood this, and quickly apologized and said: Commander-in-Chief, next time I will not dare again.
In August 1937, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and Chen Zaidao served as the deputy brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division.
Deputy Division Commander Xu Xiangqian focused on introducing to the division commander Liu Bocheng the "Three Fierce Generals" Xu Shiyou, Wang Jinshan, and Chen Zaidao, and since Xu Shiyou was still studying at Yan'an Kang Da at that time, Master Liu used Wang Jinshan and Chen Zaidao to measure and give him a lot of room for development at the first opportunity.
At the end of 1937, as the 115th, 120th and 129th Divisions occupied three "eye" positions in the Three Jins, Shanxi had basically "worked". In the next step, it is necessary to consider going east to the Taihang Mountains to establish an anti-Japanese base area in the Ji'nan Plain, and Liu Bocheng and Xu Xiangqian also thought of the fierce general Chen Zaidao at the same time.
In January 1938, Chen Zaidao and Li Jingyu led 3 companies, machine gun companies and 1 cavalry company into southern Hebei. Before leaving, Brigade Commander Chen Geng specially explained to Bu Shengguang, chief of staff of the EastWard Column: "Give you two years, if Chen Zaidao still beats bare sticks, I will ask you!" ”
With convenient transportation, abundant products and a large population, Ji'nan is an ideal place to create an anti-Japanese base area.
After Chen Zaidao and Li Jingyu met Xu Guangyi at Weijiazhuang in Longping County, they learned that Liu Guodong, the "Liu Motou" of Julu County, was competing with Qiu Qingfu and Wang Ziyao for territory. Chen Zaidao sent people to mediate, and several "land snakes" were temporarily reconciled with their own concerns, and Chen Zaidao was stationed outside the city.
Early the next morning, Chen Zaidao sent a cavalry company to pull away, and all the way to the dust, Wang Wenzhen and Zhen Fuxi saw that there were many people and horses in the Eighth Route Army, showed timidity, and quickly invited Chen Zaidao to dinner. Chen Zaidao seized the opportunity to publicize the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese policy and hid a needle in his pocket to warn against making enemies of the people.
A few days later, Chen Zaidao led the troops into Julu and reorganized the "Liu Motou" department. Subsequently, Zhao Yunxiang's "Hebei Nationalist Army No. 2 Road" and Duan Haizhou's "Young Anti-Japanese Volunteer Regiment" were incorporated, and the team grew to more than 10,000 people and gained a firm foothold in the Ji'nan Great Plain.
In 1938, Chen Zaidao, Song Renqiang, and Li Jukui were in Ji'nan
In April 1938, when the "Six Departures" in Southern Hebei were aggressive, Chen Zaidao asked the 129th Division for help.
Deputy Division Commander Xu Xiangqian personally led the "Ludong Column" composed of the 769th Regiment of the 9th Division, the 689th Regiment of the 115th Division, and the Zeng Guohua Detachment to Ji'nan. Chen Zaidao, with Xu Qianqian's support, only took 2 months to beat tens of thousands of people to the "Six Departures" and stabilize the base area.
Between the battles, chief of staff Bu Shengguang did not forget the task assigned by Brigadier Chen Geng, and in the Nangong Women's Rescue, a college student and female cadre Zhang Shuangqun was discovered, and Bu Shengguang gave Zhang Shuangqun a "task": to help Commander Chen find a suitable object.
Zhang Shuangqun received such an "important task" and passed the female comrades he knew several times in a row.
A few days later, Bu Shengguang came again, and also brought Chen Zaidao's resume: Commander Chen has taken a fancy to you, and he will take a stand as soon as possible. After saying that, he dropped his resume and turned around and left. Zhang Shuangqun read the resume and wrote a letter to Chen Zaidao, who happened to be out of town, and the letter was seen by Bu Shengguang.
The next day, Zhang Shuangqun received a telephone notice: Commander Chen Zaidao is looking for you. However, when they saw Chen Zaidao at the headquarters, they realized that they had all been fooled by Bu Shengguang. Chen Zaidao immediately told Zhang Shuangqun: I really like you, why don't you just get things done right away?
In November 1938, Chen Zaidao and Zhang Shuangqun married in Ji'nan, and the husband and wife followed them for 54 years.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Zaidao, who had been running Southern Hebei for 7 years, participated in the Shangdang Campaign. Subsequently, the Ji'nan Column was reorganized into the 2nd Column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army, which was one of the earliest 4 main columns of Liu Deng's army, and the remaining 3 columns were Yang Dezhi and Su Zhenhua of the Jiluyu Military Region, the Taihang 3rd Column of Chen Xilian and Peng Tao, and the 4th Column of Taiyue of Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi.
Battle of Lunan
How did Chen Zaidao, who was "desperately three langs" of the Red Army and "courageous and strategic" in the War of Resistance, bring out the "girl column"?
This also begins with the battle of "Yangshan Ji" in the Southwest Lu campaign in July 1947, because the combat effectiveness of Song Ruike's reorganized 66th Division was not bad, coupled with the heavy rain in the autumn, Chen Zaidao's 2nd Column and Chen Xilian's 3rd Column attack were repeatedly blocked, and the 3rd Column of the main attack suffered great losses.
Liu Bocheng urgently called a halt, criticizing Chen Zaidao for "killing three thousand enemies and inflicting eight hundred self-inflicted losses," adjusting tactics, and once again making a general attack to destroy the enemy army.
Due to the unfavorable attack on this attack, Chen Zaidao and the 2nd Column were jokingly called the "Girl Column". In the subsequent process of approaching Dabie Mountain, Noji and 2 Columns acted together, but Chen Zaidao dropped the chain again, and his performance was not good, and Liu Deng angrily named Wang Jinshan 6 Vertical Escort.
In February 1949, due to the serious problem of bandits in Henan, Chen Zaidao was left in Henan to suppress bandits.
In 1952, the chairman inspected the Yellow River Road through Kaifeng, when the conditions were simple, Chen Zaidao gave up the house he lived in to the chairman. In 1954, Chen Zaidao was appointed deputy commander of the Central and Southern Military Region.
In 1955, Chen Zaidao, who was transferred to the commander of the Wuhan Military Region, was awarded the rank of general.
In September 1961, the chairman accompanied British Marshal Montgomery on a tour of the Yangtze River, and when introducing Chen Zaidao, he said: Although he was born as a farmer, he was brave in fighting!
In 1972, with the efforts of Han Xianchu, commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, the chairman agreed that Chen Zaidao, who had been idle for 5 years after suffering disasters in a special era, would be given to Han zaidao as his deputy, and Chen Zaidao was grateful. In 1977, Chen Zaidao served as the last commander of the Railway Corps until his abolition in 1983.
In October 1985, Xu Shiyou died, and Chen Zaidao was deeply saddened: "When Old Xu left, who else would drink with me and discuss martial arts?" ”
On April 6, 1993, General Chen Zaidao died of illness at the age of 84.
In his later years, Chen Zaidao said
【Deeply cultivate the history of war, carry forward positive energy, welcome to submit, private messages will be restored】