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Tan Zheng is one of the founding generals of New China and has made a very significant contribution to the road of revolution.
At the beginning of the revolution, Tan Zheng's father Tan Runqu did not agree to his son Tan Zheng joining the army and participating in the revolution, so when he learned that Tan Zheng, who was already an elementary school teacher, had resigned from his job behind his back and was ready to join the army.
The father and son quarreled, and learned that Tan Run District was supported by Chen Geng during the quarrel, so that Tan Zheng decided to join the army, so the angry Tan Run District went to Chen Geng's house to find Chen Geng's father and blamed Chen Geng for "hooking" his son.
So how did Tan Zheng go from being a primary school teacher to a founding general?
So why didn't Tan Zheng's father want his son to join the revolution? What was the revolutionary road of Tan Zheng and Chen Geng that made the two become founding generals on the same day 28 years later?
Tan Zheng's legendary life with twists and turns
In 1955, in order to give ten leaders who made great contributions to the road of the Chinese revolution, the rank of general, that is, what we call the founding general, the ten founding generals, the story behind each of them is very attractive.
Especially Tan Zheng, because he can be awarded the rank of general is different from other generals, Tan Zheng is not relying on the front line to fight and kill the enemy, but the only one who was awarded the founding general because of his outstanding achievements in political work in the army.
Tan Zheng's life can be regarded as a legendary life, and Tan Zheng at the beginning was just an ordinary elementary school teacher who taught in his hometown. Tan Zheng graduated from the Dongshan Academy, and because the Dongshan Academy cultivated many excellent revolutionaries at that time, Tan Zheng was deeply influenced by the school and embarked on the road of revolution without hesitation.
Tan Zheng's father was afraid that his son would participate in the revolution after graduation, so as soon as Tan Zheng graduated, he immediately found him a job as a teacher in his hometown. In the eyes of outsiders, the teacher's professional status is high and stable, but Tan Zheng is becoming more and more unhappy and depressed all day.
Because when he first went to Dongshan Academy, Tan Zheng's father did not support it, and Tan Zheng insisted on going to this school despite the opposition of his family.
It is because this school has produced many talents, and Tan Zheng has always regarded them as role models in his life, hoping that one day he can also fight for the revolution.
Today, Tan Zheng's life runs counter to his ideals. Tan Zheng was not willing to be a teacher in his hometown and lived the second half of his life peacefully.
He felt that the great ideals and ambitions in his heart had nowhere to be realized, and after much deliberation, Tan Zheng chose to resign his teaching post for the revolutionary ideal and apply for the Whampoa Military Academy.
Tan Zheng's real name is actually Tan Shiming, which means "I leave a name, Guangzong Yaozu", which was a feudal name at that time, and Tan Zheng did not want to leave a name.
Therefore, determined to write from Rong and participate in the revolution, the first thing he did was to change his original feudal name to Tan Zheng, completely breaking with feudal society.
Tan Zheng, after joining the army, met the person who changed his life's fate - Mao Zedong, although Mao Zedong was injured at that time, his words at that time gave a lot of confidence and energy to the demoralized team at that time.
Those words also surprised Tan Zheng, and he silently recorded Mao Zedong's words at that time with a pen.
Later, Tan Zheng met Mao Zedong through Luo Ronghuan's introduction. Mao Zedong and Tan Zheng chatted a lot that day, and learned that Tan Zheng was not only from Xiangtan, Hunan Province, but also alumni who graduated from Dongshan Academy, so that the two saw each other at first sight.
Tan Zheng's excellent work and firmness to the revolution slowly attracted Mao Zedong's attention, so one day Mao Zedong called Tan Zheng to his house, hoping that Tan Zheng would be his secretary. Tan Zheng, who was recognized, of course happily agreed.
In this way, Tan Zheng suddenly became Mao Zedong's first secretary from a primary school teacher at that time, assisting Mao Zedong in drafting manuscripts and transcribing articles.
Tan Zheng also did not live up to Mao Zedong's trust, he did his best to work, although he did not stay with Mao Zedong for a long time, but he got more study and experience to participate in military work, and his ability was well improved.
Slowly, Tan Zheng's literary style and ideas were seen and recognized by more people. Tan Zheng wrote articles during the counter-encirclement and suppression campaign to boost the morale of the army, and also wrote a "Report", which was called the "Tan Zheng Report" because of the huge repercussions.
Tan Zheng wrote one historic article after another through his own paper and pen, and used his ability to complete every task brilliantly on the road of revolution, and was recognized by many people.
After the liberation of the country, Tan Zheng did not stop his enthusiasm for the revolution, he found that after the cessation of the war, the morale among the soldiers was very weak, Tan Zheng attached great importance to this issue, so he has been actively trying to change this situation.
Tan Zheng's life is very exciting, from the beginning of the primary school teacher to participating in the revolution to becoming a founding general, in fact, there has always been one person's credit, that is, Tan Zheng's good friend Chen Geng.
The relationship between the two of them is also very deep.
The brotherhood of Chen Geng and Tan Zheng
Chen Geng is 3 years older than Tan Zheng, and the hometown of both people is from Xiangxi, Hunan Province, which is very close, and Chen Geng and Tan Zheng's families were relatively rich at that time, and the two families have always intersected.
Chen Geng was sown at a young age to serve the country. Because Chen Geng's family was a family of generals, Chen Geng's grandfather was once known as "General Wuxian".
Chen Geng has been practicing martial arts with his grandfather since he was a child, and his grandfather will always show the young Chen Geng the scars left by the war, and tell why his scars were injured, telling the story of that time.
Those stories of resisting and killing enemies made Chen Geng admire his grandfather and regard him as a hero in his heart, which also made Chen Geng, who was still a child, want to grow up to be a hero who fought for the country like his grandfather.
Originally the Chen family of the family of martial arts, Chen Geng's father Chen Shaochun's generation began to attach importance to literature, Chen Shaochun was bent on cultivating the Chen family into a scholarly family, no more fighting and killing, so Chen Geng's father sent Chen Geng to Qixingqiao Junior Primary School.
Because the Chen family and the Tan family have always been in contact, Chen Shaochun let Chen Geng borrow to live in the Tan family. Chen Geng and Tan Zheng not only read books, but also play together in their leisure time, and soon the two became good friends who talked about everything.
Unlike Chen Geng, who is a family of martial arts, Tan Zheng's grandfather is a Xiucai of the late Qing Dynasty, and the family was originally a family of scholars, so Tan Zheng's father wholeheartedly hoped that Tan Zheng could study well and become a teacher in the future, teaching and educating people in his duty.
The two have lived in different environments since childhood, so Chen Geng and Tan Zheng's personalities are also very different, one is lively and active, the other is full of bookishness, and it is precisely because of this that the road to be taken in the future is completely different.
The two got along for three years while they were in school, and soon it was time to graduate. Chen Geng's father originally hoped that Chen Geng would study and inherit the family business in the future.
However, Chen Geng has been nurtured by his grandfather since he was a child, and he is determined to become a hero who is loyal to the country, how can he inherit the family business according to his father's arrangement.
So Chen Geng has been looking for opportunities to realize his ambition to serve the motherland, and in 1916 Chen Geng secretly left home and signed up for the Xiang Army, in order not to let his father find him, he also changed his name Chen Shukang to Chen Geng.
At that time, Chen Geng's father knew that his son was not as opposed as he imagined after he joined the army, but he was very supportive of the revolution, and it was precisely because of his father's education that Chen Geng received both his grandfather's martial arts ability education and his father's literary education, so that Chen Geng could be literate and martial arts, and forged ahead on the road of revolution.
Tan Zheng saw that Chen Geng had found the direction of his life and went to join the army to serve the motherland, but what about himself? Do you want to follow the wishes of your fathers and stay trapped in this small mountain village?
In these days with Chen Geng, he had heard Chen Geng tell many stories about the outside world, which made him yearn for life outside the village, and he wanted to serve the revolution like Chen Geng and those young people.
So Tan Zheng made up his mind to go out, go to Dongshan Academy to study, and get in touch with the outside world, but he was strongly opposed by his father.
Because his father, who had some outdated thinking, felt that this kind of school was not suitable for Tan Zheng, and he was afraid that Tan Zheng would choose not to return to teach in the future.
Helpless, Tan Zheng could only tell Chen Geng what he really thought in his heart, and Chen Geng knew what his good brother thought, so he told Tan Zheng not to panic, he came to find a way to let Tan Zheng go to Dongshan Student.
Finally, with the help of Chen Geng's father and grandfather, Tan Zheng got his wish and went to Dongshan Academy.
After entering Dongshan Academy, Tan Zheng seemed to live a new life, knew a lot of news at home and abroad, and came into contact with many revolutionary movements, Tan Zheng could not suppress the blood in his bones, so he participated in many revolutionary movements, and was elected by his classmates as the chairman of the school's student government.
After Chen Geng found out, he was also very proud of his good brother, and often wrote letters to encourage him to join these revolutionary movements and sharpen himself through these examples.
Tan Zheng and Chen Geng were good brothers who played together since childhood, but there was one thing that made the relationship between the two close and close. That is, Tan Zheng and Chen Geng's most beloved sister Chen Qiukui became married.
Tan Zheng and okra were childhood sweethearts, and when Tan Zheng went to Chen Geng's house to play, he found that the people in Chen Geng's family were very easygoing, and not old-fashioned, Chen Geng's grandparents often read and play with Tan Zheng.
Coming and going, Chen Geng and Okra had a relationship, the two fell in love and decided to enter into marriage, which made the Chen family and the Tan family happy, Tan Zheng and Chen Geng in addition to being good brothers, Chen Geng also became Tan Zheng's eldest brother.
In 1926, although Tan Zheng received many progressive ideas in school, he still followed the life course arranged by his father after graduation, and after graduating from Dongshan Academy, returned to his hometown to become an elementary school teacher.
Tan Zheng's father couldn't be happier when he saw his son with a stable job and a happy family, on the other hand, Chen Geng went to the Whampoa Military Academy after becoming a soldier, and he became more and more firm in his life ideals.
Tan Zheng was depressed at home all day. Because Tan Zheng knew in his heart that he did not want to be a teacher, he wanted to be a revolutionary. Tan Zheng told his wife Chen Qiukui what he really thought in his heart, and Chen Qiukui was very supportive.
After receiving the support of his wife, Tan Zheng immediately wrote to Chen Geng to explain his ideas and wanted to join the revolution. Chen Geng greatly appreciated Tan Zheng's courage to participate in the revolution despite his family's opposition, and supported Tan Zheng's pen and follow.
So Tan Zheng applied for the Whampoa Military Academy without his father and quit his job as a teacher.
This made Tan Zheng's father very angry, rushed to Chen's house, blamed Chen Geng for "abducting" his son, although Tan Zheng's father said so, but he knew in his heart that this was Tan Zheng's own thoughts.
Chen Geng considered that Tan Zheng had not danced knives and guns since he was a child, and was not a material for martial arts, so he was recommended by Chen Geng and first let Tan Zheng, who was devoted to the National Revolution, serve as a sergeant, so that he could not only experience Tan Zheng in the transition first, but also let Tan Zheng play his literary expertise.
After joining the army, Tan Zheng did not live up to Chen Geng's recommendation, in addition to following the army to the playground every day, he also practiced each project such as holding a gun very seriously, in order to be able to one day make his own contribution to the country on the real battlefield.
Although Chen Geng and Tan Zheng were not in the same barracks, they were in different positions. But both of them have been working hard for the revolution and for the ideals in their hearts.
Chen Geng and Tan Zheng were awarded the founding generals on the same day
Chen Geng has participated in the revolution for more than 40 years, faced countless opponents, experienced hundreds of large and small wars, and his military ability has long been very strong.
At the same time, Tan Zheng also used his own pen and ink and political ability to solve problems for the country again and again, and both of them were playing their own great role in the revolution.
Because of the busy revolutionary cause, the two hardly met each other, until after the start of the Long March, during the Long March, the two were regarded as two generals and made great contributions to the revolution.
During the Long March, Chen Geng served as the commander of the Red Army cadre regiment under the direct leadership of the Central Military Commission. Under the leadership of Chen Geng, this regiment fought bravely and well. When our position was broken by the enemy, Chen Geng was able to rely on his command ability to carry out continuous counterattacks against the enemy, so that the enemy retreated step by step, and finally recaptured the position.
Moreover, Chen Geng also took the lead in crossing the Jinsha River, laying the foundation for the victory of the Red Army, and during the Long March, Zhou Enlai was seriously ill, and Chen Geng immediately organized a stretcher team and carried Zhou Enlai on the road.
Later, Zhou Enlai said emotionally: "You saved Chiang Kai-shek during the Eastern Crusade, and you saved me again on the Long March."
Tan Zheng served as the director of the political department of the first division during the Long March, and in order to break through the enemy's blockade, Tan Zheng formulated a strategic plan, set up a checkpoint to surprise the enemy, and hit the enemy by mistake. Break through enemy lines.
And in the next few wars, it was the legion led by Tan Zheng that took the lead, and all cleared the obstacles. It was recognized by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai.
In this way, the army led by Tan Zheng and Chen Geng achieved excellent results, and both of them completed their tasks brilliantly in the Long March.
On 27 September 1955, a ceremony was held for the conferment of seniors by officers. Mao Zedong awarded Zhu De and 10 others the rank of marshal; Zhou Enlai conferred the rank of general on Su Yu and 10 others, and Chen Geng and Tan Zheng were also awarded the rank of general.
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