In 1958, Chairman Mao came to Jinan and cordially received Yang Dezhi, commander of the Jinan Military Region, and others, leaving behind a precious historical photograph. It can be seen from the photo that around Chairman Mao, from left to right, there are 5 people, all of whom are founding generals and good students of Chairman Mao.
In the photo, Chairman Mao smiled, and the five generals also smiled very brightly, and they all sincerely loved Chairman Mao. In those days, it was not easy to be received by Chairman Mao. These 5 generals around Chairman Mao were very powerful, and their later achievements were very great.
Who are they? Let's talk about it from left to right.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="59" > founding major general who lived 102 years: thanks to a kind lady</h1>
The one on the far left, named Zhong Bingchang, a native of Xingguo, Jiangxi, joined the Red Army at the age of 17 and joined the Party at the age of 18, was a general of the Red First Army of the Central Red Army, served as a nursing squad leader, a hospital instructor in the rear, and other positions, followed the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao, participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle in the Central Soviet Region, and walked through the 25,000-mile Long March.
One day after the Zunyi meeting, enemy planes came to bomb, and in order to rescue the wounded, a bomb exploded next to Zhong Bingchang, and he passed out at that time. After rescue, Zhong Bingchang woke up, but his injuries were too serious to keep up with the troops.
The leader of the unit wanted him to stay, and the road ahead was too difficult to walk. Although Zhong Bingchang was young, he understood what it meant to stay, and he had to follow the troops when he died. Even after several days of marching and fighting, the leaders of the troops could not control him, zhong Bingchang struggled to move forward, and finally fell behind, once again passed out on the side of the road.
When he woke up, he found that a kind lady was scrubbing his wounds, and it was this kind lady who saved him. While zhong bingchang was recuperating from his injuries, he asked the eldest lady to help him inquire about the news of the Red Army. One day, the Red Army crossed the Red River four times and fought back.
(Major General Zhong Bingchang)
Zhong Bingchang returned to his heart like an arrow, bid farewell to the life-saving lady, and when he left, he left all the silver dollars left to him by the army to the big lady. Having already gone far, Zhong Bingchang found that the eldest lady was still watching him, and he did not want to leave for a long time.
In the subsequent career of horsefighting, Zhong Bingchang often thought of the figure of the big lady in his mind. After that, after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Zhong Bingchang was awarded the title of Founding Major General and became a founding general of the Republic.
In 1958, Zhong Bingchang served as the political commissar of the 67th Army, which was subordinate to the Jinan Military Region. Suffering makes people live a long life, and Zhong Bingchang, who is difficult not to die, has a very high life, and he died in 2017 at the age of 102. This centenarian lived through a century and went through all stages of the Chinese revolution.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="58" > The commander of Li Dajun in Chairman Mao's eyes, from the red devil to the commander of the second artillery</h1>
Second from the left, the general with glasses, named Li Shuiqing, please note that in the group photo, Chairman Mao holds his hand tightly, just like the deceased. He was indeed chairman Mao's deceased. Li Shuiqing, a native of Jishui, Jiangxi, joined the Red Army at the age of 12 and joined the Party at the age of 14.
When Li Shuiqing was a trumpeter in the Red Army, he met Chairman Mao. The first time he saw Chairman Mao, Li Shuiqing also made a misunderstanding, chairman Mao at that time was holding a crutch, walking at the front of the line, Li Shuiqing mistakenly regarded him as a white bandit army, hurriedly reported to the company commander, ready to open fire.
The company commander came over and took a look at it and said, My God, at that time, Commissar Mao, Member Mao came, and quickly asked Li Shuiqing to blow the trumpet to gather the troops, and the company commander also criticized Li Shuiqing and said, You boy can really do it, and even regarded Commissar Mao as a white bandit army.
(Major General Li Shuiqing)
Li Shuiqing was a general in the Red First Army and served as a regimental cadre. When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Li Shuiqing participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan in the 115th Division, and then went to the Jin-Cha-Ji anti-Japanese base area led by Nie Rongzhen, and fought in North China from then on. In 1955, the Jinan Military Region was established, and Li Shuiqing served as the commander of the 67th Army, awarded the rank of major general, and was subordinate to the Jinan Military Region. He and Zhong Bingchang are a pair.
Yang Dezhi, commander of the Jinan Military Region, was also a general who came out of the Red First Army, and he was very important to Li Shuiqing. In 1957, Chairman Mao inspected the Qingdao Navy, and Yang Dezhi put Li Shuiqing's 67th Army in charge of Chairman Mao's peripheral vigilance work. Li Shuiqing was able to see Chairman Mao again.
In the early morning of July 12, Li Shuiqing came to Chairman Mao's residence and greeted Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao, of course, knew Li Shuiqing, an old subordinate, and affectionately called him Commander Li Dajun. Li Shuiqing successfully completed this vigilance work.
In 1968, Li Shuiqing was promoted to deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region, and later deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region. In 1977, Li Shuiqing served as commander of the Second Artillery Corps. The Second Artillery Was later the Rocket Force. At that time, the little red devil became the commander, which was really not simple. In 2007, Li Shuiqing died at the age of 89.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="57" > the second commander of the armored corps of the Republic</h1>
The third from the left is Chen Hong, who, like Zhong Bingchang and Li Shuiqing, is also a founding major general. Chen Hong, a native of Jinzhai, Anhui Province, joined the Red Army at the age of 15 and joined the Party at the age of 19, was a general of the Red Fourth Front, and walked through the Long March. When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Chen Hong went to the battlefield of Shandong.
One day in 1942, more than 1,200 commanders and fighters of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army were surrounded by the enemy. Chen Hong, who was the political commissar of the regiment at the time, immediately made a decision, disguised himself as a Japanese army, took advantage of the hazy night, loaded the bullets, and boldly moved forward.
The puppet army along the way saw that they were all wearing steel helmets and carrying three or eight guns with bayonets on their shoulders, and mistakenly thought that they were imperial troops, and did not care at all. When Chen Hong jumped out of the enemy's encirclement, the puppet army reacted, and it was too late.
(Major General Chen Hong)
Chen Hong participated in a series of vicious battles in the East China Battlefield, such as the Battle of Menglianggu and the Battle of Huaihai, and served as the commander of the 26th Army after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was also subordinate to the Jinan Military Region. The first commander of the armored corps of the republic was General Xu Guangda, and after Xu Guangda, it was Chen Hong. Why did Chen Hong, a founding major general, succeed the general and take charge of a major branch of the army?
In 1969, after the death of Xu Guangda, in order to facilitate the development and construction of the armored corps, the central authorities decided to select an outstanding general to serve as commander among the young generals who were deputy in the Grand Military Region, so that the commander could serve longer and be conducive to the stability of the leading body of the armored corps.
Chen Hong, 54, just meets that standard. Chen Hong not only served as the commander of the armored corps, but also served as the deputy commander of 4 major military regions, and his achievements can be described as very great. In 2004, Major General Chen Hong died at the age of 89.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="56" > founding general Yang Dezhi, a volunteer army in chairman Mao's eyes</h1>
The fourth from the left, everyone is estimated to know, he is the most famous of the 5 people, but also the highest position at that time, he is the founding general Yang Dezhi, who was the commander of the Jinan Military Region at the time, a native of Liling, Hunan, the leader of the Red Regiment of the Central Red Army, and the pioneer of the forced crossing of the Dadu River.
Yang Dezhi is one of the famous "Three Yangs" and the eldest brother in the "Three Yangs". Chairman Mao once spoke highly of this beloved general, calling Yang Dezhi his fellow Hunan countryman, and humorously said that Yang Dezhi had always been a volunteer army, and that he had volunteered at Jinggangshan in those years.
On the road of the Red Army's Long March, Yang Dezhi met Chairman Mao, who looked very emaciated, and Yang Dezhi was very concerned about Chairman Mao's body. Chairman Mao, on the other hand, said optimistically: It is better to be thinner, and it is better to be thinner and lighter to bear. The troops were arduous, and Yang Dezhi wanted very much to improve Chairman Mao's health, but he couldn't come up with anything good, so he had to get some pears for Chairman Mao to eat.
(Chairman Mao and Yang Dezhi)
Chairman Mao said that this was a good thing, and asked if there was any chili powder? Yang Dezhi was very confused, eating pears and asking for chili powder to do something. Chairman Mao said, you, a Hunan native, have not yet eaten peppers mixed with pears, right? Life is sour, sweet, bitter and spicy four tastes, we eat like this, is sour, sweet and spicy, there is no bitterness, I don't believe you taste.
This is Chairman Mao's philosophy of eating peppers and pears, and Yang Dezhi listened to it and ate it with great relish with Chairman Mao, as if forgetting the hardships on the Long March.
Yang Dezhi was a representative general of the Central Red Army, and in the years of the revolutionary war, he was always the main general, serving as a column commander and a corps commander, and when he went to the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he served as deputy commander of the volunteer army and commander of the volunteer army.
After returning to China, Yang Dezhi served as the commander of the Grand Military Region for a long time, serving in the Jinan Military Region, the Wuhan Military Region and the Kunming Military Region for 25 years, and only Xu Shiyou could match it. Xu Shiyou was a general representative of the Red Fourth Front, and Yang Dezhi was a general representative of the Central Red Army.
In 1980, Yang Dezhi succeeded Deng Xiaoping as chief of the general staff, making contributions to the modernization and scientific construction of the whole army. In 1994, Yang Dezhi died at the age of 83. As Chairman Mao's beloved general, his life expectancy is the same as Chairman Mao's.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > centenarian general awarded admiralship in 1988</h1>
The general on the far right, behind Chairman Mao's flank, his name was Li Yaowen, who was then the director of the Political Department of the Jinan Military Region, and Shandong Rongcheng. Li Yaowen joined the party at the age of 19 and then joined the Jiaodong Military Region, which was led by Xu Shiyou.
In 1945, Li Yaowen served as the political commissar of the Ninth Division of the Luzhong Military Region, which was headed by Qian Jun, Xu Shiyou's Shaolin disciple and later founding lieutenant general. Li Yaowen and the aforementioned Chen Hong are also a pair of old comrades-in-arms and old partners.
The Eighth Column of the East China Field Army was established, and the commander of the column was Wang Jian'an, li Yaowen served as the political commissar of the 23rd Division, and the division commander was Chen Hong. In the Battle of Menglianggu, the troops fought hard day and night, and Li Yaowen was very concerned about Chen Hong's body and said, "You go to sleep for a while, I'll be on duty."
Chen Hong really couldn't stand it, so he was ready to take a break, and when he looked back, he found that Li Yaowen was also very tired, but he was strong in spirit, holding the telephone speaker with an iron will, and commanding firmly. In 1949, the Eighth Column was reorganized into the 26th Army, and Li Yaowen served as the director of the Political Department.
(Li Yaowen)
The 26th Army entered Korea to fight, with Lee Yiu-moon as political commissar, marching and fighting in the ice and snow of minus thirty or forty degrees, overcoming the limits of human willpower. After returning to China, Li Yaowen was appointed director of the Political Department of the Jinan Military Region and awarded the title of major general.
In 1960, chairman Mao held a meeting in Guangzhou, and Li Yaowen went to attend, and Wen Yucheng, then deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, introduced to Chairman Mao that this was Comrade Li Yaowen, who had joined Yang Dezhi in the company as a soldier. Chairman Mao asked Li Yaowen what it was like to be a soldier in the company.
Li Yaowen replied that after a month of living in the company, he ate and lived with the soldiers, and he destroyed the five qi of the cadres, that is, official qi, twilight qi, arrogance, squeamishness, and magnanimity. He is worthy of being a general doing political work, and he is the head of the word. Chairman Mao praised and said, Well, it is not easy for a general to become a soldier.
In 1970, Li Yaowen was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Once, he went with Premier Zhou to report to Chairman Mao on his work, and Premier Zhou introduced Li Yaowen, and Chairman Mao asked him how he was doing in the Foreign Ministry. Li Yaowen replied truthfully that he had no experience. Chairman Mao said, wouldn't you have experience in being an ambassador for a few years? In 1972, Lee was transferred to the United Republic of Tanzania as Ambassador.
In 1980, Lee became the political commissar of the Navy. From the Army, to ambassadors abroad, to the Navy, Lee has done an excellent job in every field. In 1988, Lee was awarded the rank of admiral. In 2018, Lee Passed away at the age of 100.
Of the five generals around Chairman Mao, Li Shuiqing was the commander of the Second Artillery, Chen Hong was the commander of the armored corps, Yang Dezhi was the commander of the Great Military Region, the chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, and Li Yaowen was the political commissar of the Navy. Yang Dezhi was the founding general and Li Yaowen was the 1988 general. Among the 5 people, there were 2 hundred-year-old generals, namely Zhong Bingchang and Li Yaowen. The five were all founding generals who had worked hard and made great achievements, and they were all good students of Chairman Mao.