The general is a man known for his frankness and kindness, but as a military general, he is not good at expressing emotions and has a short temper. Therefore, in his military and political career, he inadvertently offended many people, but there were relatively few friends who could really make friends. This characteristic gradually became apparent in his later career.
General Peng's closest comrades-in-arms included Huang Kecheng, Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi, Teng Daiyuan and others, all of whom were still alive after General Peng's death at the age of 74. And General Peng experienced the real loss of friends four times during his lifetime, and these friends were all important figures in the army. The premature death of these precious friends left the general deeply saddened. Which are the four founding figures?The first is General Duan, the introducer of General Peng's joining the party.
Maybe some friends are not familiar with the name Duan Dechang. In 1933, Duan Dechang was wrongfully executed, and the anti-rebellion movement in western Hunan and Hubei left a profound lesson for us. Duan Dechang fought under General ** and served as a political commissar and commander in the Red Sixth Army.
He joined the party earlier than Mr. Peng, and through an in-depth conversation in Yuquan Mountain, General Peng strengthened his revolutionary conviction and finally guided General Peng to join the party in 1928. It is precisely because of this experience that although Duan Dechang is younger than General Peng, the general's feelings for him are extremely deep, and he even regards Duan Dechang as his mentor.
Until the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Peng often told *** about his past with General Duan Dechang, and even choked up in silence when talking. ** also attaches great importance to this general, not only rehabilitated Zhaoxue for him early, but also awarded Duan Dechang the title of "No. 001" martyr. The second is General Deng Ping. Deng Ping served as the chief of staff of the Third Army Corps during the Red Army, and the commander of the corps was General Peng.
In addition, Deng Ping also launched the Pingjiang Uprising with General Peng, and like Duan Dechang, he was also a close comrade-in-arms of General Peng during the Red Army. Deng Ping was one of the highest-ranking generals to die during the Red Army's Long March, and he was tragically killed in the Battle of Zunyi in 1935. The similarity between him and Duan Dechang is that Duan Dechang was General Peng's introducer to join the party, while Deng Ping presided over General Peng's party joining ceremony on the same day.
Therefore, until the 50s of the last century, General Peng personally wrote an elegy for Deng Ping and presided over the erection of his monument, which shows the depth of this general's affection. The third is General Zuo Quan. Zuo Quan served as the deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army during the all-out war of resistance against Japan, and he and General Peng had outstanding performance in military cooperation and achievements.
** He served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army, fought side by side with Zuo Quan, and was known as the "Peng Zuo Army", jointly commanding the famous Battle of the Hundred Regiments, which terrified the Japanese invaders. Zuo Quan was the highest-ranking general of the Eighth Route Army to die in the Anti-Japanese War.
After General Zuo Quan died in 1942, ** was extremely sad, not only organized an assassination team to retaliate for Zuo Quan's death, killed dozens of Japanese criminals (Mashiko Advance Team), but also took on the responsibility of raising Zuo Quan's daughter Zuo Taibei (this name was taken by *** personally).
** He has never had children in his life, but he is so devoted to Zuo Taibei, and pins his thoughts on the descendants of the generals for the martyrs of Zuoquan, and the friendship between "Peng Zuo" has become a good story. The fourth is the famous General Chen Geng. Compared with the previous three generals, Chen Geng was relatively lucky, at least after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was awarded the rank of general. However, Chen Geng died of a sudden myocardial infarction in 1961.
**Deeply saddened, because during the Red Army and the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Geng and *** had a lot of intersections, and there was a deep friendship between the two. General Chen Geng is both civil and military, with a lively and humorous personality, which is in stark contrast to his resolute character, and the two often joke together. Chen Geng is one of the few generals in the army who is not afraid of offending.
At the time of the general's death in 1961, ** was at a low point because of the turmoil of the previous Lushan Conference. After learning the news of the death of his old friend, ** was in pain, tears welled up, and the pain in his heart was even more profound.