In September 1955, in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, the Central Committee decided to officially award medals to the outstanding generals in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, thus opening the prelude to the ten marshals of our country. However, there are also some people who are not involved in the award of titles because they are not in the army.
But the state has not forgotten their efforts, although there is no formal ceremony of awarding medals, after their death, they are still buried in the name of generals, including Geng Biao, who died at the age of 91, the famous "Fighting Tiger Taibao".
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Among the Red Army, there are many martial arts masters, among which the more famous ones are Xu Shiyou from Shaolin, He Long from Wudang and others, among whom Xu Shiyou is the most famous, and he rarely encounters opponents in the people, and even the shaolin monks do not fall behind in the fight, and are the undisputed god of war in the army.
But it was such a master, but it was not worth mentioning in Geng Biao's eyes.
In 1935, when geng biao, who was 26 years old at the time, met Xu Shiyou, perhaps young and crazy, he actually said in front of everyone: Than fists and feet or big knives, you are not my opponent. And Geng Biao dared to say such a thing, naturally he also had a sense of confidence.
Geng Biao's father, Geng Chunan, was the legendary "Great Inner Guard", strong in martial arts, once a personal guard around Cixi, during Cixi's westward escape, Geng Chunan was fully protected, was given the title of tiger head double hook by Guangxu, and was later called the double hook hero by the jianghu people, and his prestige shocked the world.
There is such a father, Geng Biao's childhood naturally spent in martial arts, perhaps providence, under the training of his father's devil, Geng Biao not only did not resist, but also immersed in it, and mastered excellent boxing and knife techniques in his youth, quite a trend of future heroes.
But the good times were not long, after the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Geng Chunan had no job, naturally there was no way to give Geng Biao a good life, when he was 13 years old, Geng Biao went out to work and lived a hard life.
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The days of part-time work were bitter and tiring, there was no so-called eight-hour work system at that time, and the energy of every worker was squeezed to the limit, but Geng Biao had been practicing martial arts in his spare time, laying a good foundation for his future military career.
In 1926, Geng Biao participated in the Liling Rebellion, and although he failed, he officially entered the ranks of the revolution and officially entered the Red Army in 1930.
Because of the martial arts practice since childhood, Geng Biao can often erupt into more powerful combat effectiveness in battle, and in case of danger, such an excellent soldier will naturally be promoted in the army, and by 1933, Geng Biao was already the commander of the Red First Army.
In 1934, Geng Biao's troops came to the XiangJiang River and started a very difficult battle, which was also Geng Biao's battle for fame. In order to give the large troops a head start, Geng Biao led the troops to attack all night, and encountered the enemy in the early morning, because the distance was very close, before they had time to shoot, the two armies engaged in a white-knife battle.
Geng Biao, who had been practicing swordplay since childhood, naturally came to hand in hand with white blade warfare, and it is said that he took several of his own guards and killed a whole platoon of enemies, and after retreating, his whole body was stained blood red, and the smell of blood on his body could not be dissipated for two days.
This battle made Geng Biao famous, but it also made him sick enough to choke, and he did not eat a full meal until the smell of blood completely dissipated.
After that, Geng Biao followed the large troops through famous battles such as Sidu Chishui, and met the Red Fourth Front in Sichuan Maogong in victory. This meeting, let Geng Biao and Xu Shiyou, the two masters successfully meet, both are practicing family members, after the encounter, it is natural to have a discussion.
General Xu Shiyou has rich experience and is kind, but Geng Biao is different, Geng Biao, who has just fought out, still carries a murderous spirit, after seeing Xu Shiyou, he said domineeringly: Than fists and feet or fight big knives, you are not an opponent.
The two set the time for the competition at that time, but at this time they already had different identities and belonged to different units, if they had an accident in the competition, it was likely to cause the two armies to be estranged, and after careful consideration, Geng Biao took the initiative to give up the competition, and a protracted duel disappeared.
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1937 was a year of great turning point in Geng Biao's life, when he was the chief of staff of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division, and he was going to follow the large troops to the front line of the anti-Japanese resistance, but suddenly received an order to stay behind, which was difficult to accept for a while.
Advocating battle, he naturally did not like the order to stay behind, and repeatedly went to his superiors to request to go to war, but Liu Bocheng rejected him and told Geng Biao that this arrangement was a decision made by Chairman Mao himself.
Geng Biao's play on the battlefield made the chairman see his ability, so he wanted him to lead the remaining regiment and be responsible for protecting the rear. Geng Biao eventually accepted the order to become the chairman's bodyguard and logistics captain.
Geng Biao also made his own achievements in the rear, because of the supply problem, the rear troops had to complete the heavy task of self-sufficiency, and inspired by the success of Nanniwan, they began to lead the soldiers in the rear to open up the wasteland and successfully solved the problem of eating.
But this is not enough, after field investigation, he determined that the local can hunt, so with some martial arts fighters, disappeared into the mountains, every time back, always bring back countless wild meat, to improve the food for the troops.
In order to maximize the effect of wild game, Geng Biao stipulated that meat should be eaten by the soldiers of the army, animal fur should be sold in the city, and the bones of animals should be ground into powder to treat some old soldiers' rheumatism.
Once, Geng Biao did not know what method was used, but he actually caught a tiger, which made Chairman Mao and Zhu Laozong very curious. This was the first time they saw a real tiger, and at that time Chairman Mao instigated Mr. Zhu to lift the tiger, and as a result, Mr. Zhu could not lift it after trying three times in a row.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Geng Biao did not continue to stay in the military, but as the first batch of general ambassadors in China, he has served as ambassadors of Sweden, Finland and other countries, but this is not a simple civilian position, in more than 20 years of ambassadorial experience, Geng Biao has been doing one thing silently.
In 1981, Geng Biao returned to China and received secret instructions to build China's first rapid reaction force, which was not in the sequence of regular troops, and Geng Biao, who served as the commander of the unit, naturally could not obtain the title of general in public, and Geng Biao was also willing to serve the country and the people wholeheartedly.
In 2000, the 91-year-old Geng Biao died, for this old man who dedicated his life to the motherland, the state gave a high degree of affirmation, on his tombstone, there are four shining big characters: General Geng Biao.