In 1955, the mainland carried out the first major award ceremony, for the 1042 generals who fought on the battlefield to demarcate the military ranks, among these founding generals, there are 9 generals are one-eyed generals, today we will talk about one of the 9, General Li Wenqing.
General Li Wenqing was born in Songzi, Hubei, joined the Red Army in 1930, and participated in many anti-encirclement campaigns and participated in the Long March. In 1936, he entered the Red Army University in northern Shaanxi to study, and later served as the captain of the Kang Da Colonel, and in the Qihui Battle and the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, General Li Wenqing was present. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Li Wenqing served as deputy commander of the North Sichuan Military Region, and later after graduating from the Military Academy, he served as deputy commander of the Sichuan Military Region and the Chengdu Military Region, and Li Wenqing became Li Wenqing in 1955
The general was awarded the rank of major general.
General Li Wenqing was once one of the three fierce generals under He Long, during the Long March, he and the division commander He Bingyan once held a submachine gun, led the death squad to charge into battle, and fought a bloody road for the main force, after he participated in the revolution, he was wounded in 7 places all over his body, and his right eye was also blind due to injury, and He Long called "Li Blind". Although Li Wenqing is one of the three fierce generals under He Long, He Long has twice ordered him to be shot, why is this?
One time was during the Long March, General Li Wenqing was in charge of the break, and as a result, the team of more than 1,000 people was left with more than 400 people in the end, and when the whole team lost its combat effectiveness, the cavalry platoon in front was surrounded by the enemy, and General Li Wenqing, who was supposed to be reinforced, caused the cavalry platoon to die heroically due to the physical strength of the team. He Long attached great importance to this cavalry platoon, and was very angry after learning that the whole army was annihilated, and ordered General Li Wenqing to be tied up, and threatened to shoot him to death, resulting in Li Wenqing
The general did not cry out for mercy, but just yelled and let Lao Tzu die on the battlefield of resistance against Japan! This sentence alarmed Liu Bocheng, asked about the situation at that time, and persuaded He Long to "extenuate circumstances." He Long listened to Liu Bocheng's suggestion, but removed General Li Wenqing from his post as commander and asked him to carry ammunition to the front line. The second time was after the battle of Qihui, General Li Wenqing seized a pistol on the battlefield, but it was given to the female students in Yan'an by his political commissar. At that time, Yan'an was carrying out a rectification movement, and after He Long knew about this matter, he ordered General Li Wenqing to be tied up again, and was preparing to die on the spot.
After these two narrow escapes, General Li Wenqing reflected on his own problems, honestly started from his own post, and finally became a qualified founding general.