Before we introduced the successive naval commanders of New China, do you know anything about the naval commissars of New China? Among them, the previous terms were General Zhang Aiping, General Su Zhenhua, Lieutenant General Li Zuopeng, General Su Zhenhua, General Ye Fei, and General Li Yaowen.
And our protagonist today is the sixth naval political commissar Admiral Li Yaowen, I believe that everyone is also very familiar with General Li Yaowen, he is also a revolutionary predecessor who has experienced the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, and has also made great contributions to the Chinese revolution.
General Li Yaowen is Shandong Rong adult, born in May 1918, when he was a child Li Yaowen is a person who likes to learn, but happy is that the family conditions are indeed not allowable, helpless after he finished high school, he had to drop out of school, after he began to work in the early days to make money, under the introduction of friends, Li Yaowen went to work in the education center, unexpectedly, after working here, Li Yaowen met a lot of progressive people in our party, under their influence, Li Yaowen gradually began to understand what Marxism-Leninism was.
After that, Li Yaowen began to carry out secret work for our party, such as collecting useful information, organizing youth theater troupes, performing anti-Japanese dramas, etc. After working for a period of time, our party also greatly appreciated Li Yaowen, and some time ago it was also regarded as an examination of him, so in 1937, the 19-year-old Li Yaowen was finally approved to join our Communist Party of China.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Comrade Li Yaowen successively served as a member of the Propaganda Committee of Rongcheng Provisional County of the CPC, a political commissar of the First Road Headquarters, the director of the Political Department of the "Three Armed Services," the political commissar of the Third Detachment of the Jiaodong Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Brigade, and the Political Commissar of the Twenty-first Brigade.
In addition, Li Yaowen also led his troops to participate in the Shandong military and civilian counteroffensive, and captured countless strategic materials, and at this time Li Yaowen had already served as the political commissar of the Ninth Division of the Luzhong Military Region, and indeed in just 8 years, Li Yaowen's position had been promoted so quickly, indicating that his ability was indeed too outstanding.
In the War of Liberation, Li Yaowen also made many meritorious achievements, and participated in the Battle of Laiwu, the Battle of Menglianggu, the Battle of Shatuji, the Battle of Huaihai, etc. In the Battle of Shatuji, Li Yaowen also annihilated the Kuomintang Fifty-seventh Division and captured the commander of the lieutenant general division alive.
By the way, Lee Yao-man also participated in the great War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and experienced the second, fourth, and fifth battles and the defense operations in the Pingkang and Jinhua areas, during which his political work ability was also praised by his superiors.
After returning to China, Li Yaowen successively served as director of the Political Department of the Shandong Military Region, director of the Political Department of the Jinan Military Region, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Jinan Military Region, ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, and in 1980 he was appointed political commissar of the Navy. In addition, in September 1955, General Lee Yiu-man was awarded the rank of rear admiral, and in September 1988, he was awarded the rank of admiral.
Surely you know that the Battle of Nansha occurred on March 14, 1988, right? At that time, the Chinese Navy and the Vietnamese Navy had an armed conflict in the waters off Chigua Reef in the Nansha Islands of China, and the Vietnamese Navy first opened fire on Chinese personnel and ships, after which Li Yaowen commanded a limited self-defense counterattack throughout the whole process, and finally dealt a strong blow to the arrogance of the Vietnamese army.
On April 10, 2018, Former Navy Commissar Li Yaowen died in Beijing at the age of 100.