(Vientiane History Special Author: Tao Sheng)
February 12, 1900: Trikov's biography: Military adviser to the unification of The Northern Expedition of China, a Soviet hero who defeated the German army
Trikov was born on February 12, 1900, to a peasant family in Tula Province, Russia. Because of his poor family, he went to St. Petersburg at the age of 12 to support himself and worked as a hard worker in a factory.
In 1917 (at the age of 17), the factory closed, and he joined his brother, who served in the Navy, and became a trainee sailor. Soon after, the October Revolution broke out, and he followed the Baltic Fleet and surrendered to Soviet power.
In 1918, he came to Moscow to attend a short training course for military instructors, became the first cadet, and was received by Lenin. At this time, the Allied armed intervention in Soviet Russia, Trikov suspended his studies, and went to the front. He moved to the southern, eastern and western fronts, successively serving as a company commander and regimental commander, and received two red flag medals.
(Statue of Trikov)
In 1922 (at the age of 22), Trikov entered the Frunze Military Academy for further study. After graduating in 1925, he stayed in the Chinese Department of the Oriental Department to further study, thus becoming acquainted with China.
In 1927 (at the age of 27), he came to China and served as a military adviser in the National Revolutionary Army. He helped the National Revolutionary Army in the Northern Expedition, which enabled Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government to complete the national unification.
(Trikov and his wife, 1926)
In 1929 (at the age of 29), Zhang Xueliang tried to reclaim the Soviet Union's control of the Middle East railway privileges, and eventually used force, and the Middle East Road Incident broke out between the two sides. The two sides broke diplomatic relations, and Trikov returned to China as the plenipotentiary representative of the Soviet Far East Army Command, demanding the unconditional surrender of the Manchurian defenders.
In the 1930s, under the leadership of Stalin, a terrible internal "Great Purge" broke out. The young Trikov was fortunate to avoid it, and instead was quickly promoted by filling the vacancy. In 1938, he was promoted to major general and then commander of the army group.
(Trikov in 1930)
In early 1939, Nazi Germany expanded its army and the Great War was on the verge of breaking out. At this time, Japan occupied most of China, hesitating between attacking the Soviet Union in the north and attacking Britain and the United States in the south.
In December 1940, Trikov traveled to China again as head of the Soviet Military Advisory Group and became Chiang Kai-shek's military adviser. During his stay in China, Trikov communicated information with all parties and assisted in the signing of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty. Japan attacked southwards, and the Soviets managed to avoid a two-front battle.
(Trikov, who worked as a military adviser in China in 1940)
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States and Japan went to war. In January 1942, the United States sent Stilwell to be chief of the general staff of the Chinese theater and also became a military adviser to Chiang Kai-shek. Trikov was summoned back to the Soviet Union to participate in the Great Patriotic War against Germany.
He returned to China to serve in the 64th Army and was the actual commander. He led his army around Stalingrad to negotiate with the Germans and won the counterattack. In September, he was promoted to commander of the 62nd Army, responsible for the defense of the city of Stalingrad.
(In 1942, Trikov was at the command post of the 62nd Army.)
At this time, Stalingrad was in danger, and all sides believed that it was only a matter of time before it was captured by the Germans. Trikov reorganized his army, ordered the headquarters of the group army not to retreat across the Volga River, and the army was reduced to zero to form assault groups, and even fought alone to carry out brutal urban street battles.
Through his efforts, he repeatedly defeated german troops several times larger than himself; he completed the task of the Soviet High Command "not to take a step back". In November, Stalingrad counterattacked in full swing, and he led his army across the Volga, and the German army was defeated. The Soviet Union seized the lead in the Great Patriotic War.
After the battle, the 62nd Army was promoted to the "Guards", and Trikov was awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, "Hero of the Soviet Union".
(Trikov who became a "hero of the Soviet Union")
In 1943, Trikov led an army to liberate Odessa, Ukraine's second largest city, and Moscow fired 240 salutes to celebrate this victory.
In 1945 (at the age of 45), he participated in the capture of Berlin. On 1 May, he went to the front to negotiate german surrender with German representatives, only to be shot and shot in the thigh and knee joints, but was fortunately rescued by the messengers.
He also became the last senior Soviet general to bleed and be wounded in the war against Germany. On 9 May, he attended the signing ceremony of Germany's unconditional surrender. He was also again awarded the "Hero of the Soviet Union".
(Trikov with the German president in 1951)
After the end of World War II, Trikov was further promoted by virtue of his outstanding military achievements. In 1948, he was promoted to general and became commander-in-chief of the Soviet army cluster in Germany. In 1953, he became commander of the Kiev Military District, and in 1955 he was promoted to field marshal. In 1961, he was appointed Vice Minister of Defense and elected a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
In 1969 (at the age of 69), China and the Soviet Union clashed in the area around Zhenbao Island in Heilongjiang. At that time, Trikov strongly advocated the launch of nuclear missiles, but ultimately did not adopt them.
(Trikov in 1979 (right))
In 1972, Trikov became the head of the group of superintendents of the Ministry of Defense, and began to focus on the study of military theory and summarized his life experience. He has completed "Tempering Youth in the Fire of War", "Mission in China", "From Stalingrad to Berlin", "The Battle in Ukraine", "The Battle of the Century" and other books.
On March 18, 1982, Trikov died of illness at the age of 82.
(In 2018, Putin paid tribute to the tomb of Marshal Putin)
(The 239th work of the Vientiane History and Biography Writing Camp, and the 12th work of camper "Tao Sheng")