Why did Chen Geng take a back seat?Why did you agree to this decision?In 1959, ** ordered Chen Geng to take a back seat, which caused Chen Geng's dissatisfaction and**.
Although he was unwilling to take a back seat, ***'s decision was recognized by ***, which eventually led to Chen Geng's "forced" retirement.
1. Military careerTo understand why Chen Geng was asked to take a back seat, you first need to understand his military career.
When it comes to Chen Geng, people usually think of the title of "Huangpu Three Heroes".
At the Whampoa Military Academy, he not only achieved excellent results, but more importantly, Chen Geng was his life-saving benefactor during Chiang Kai-shek's Eastern Crusade.
When Chiang Kai-shek had difficulty moving, Chen Geng once carried him on his back for miles and asked for support, a move that saved Chiang Kai-shek's life to a certain extent, allowing him to continue the civil war.
Later, Chen Geng firmly chose the Communist Party, which made Chiang Kai-shek very regretful: "Chen Geng once saved me, he is a talent, I value him very much, but he actually chose the Communist Party, it is really confused!."The reason why Chen Geng firmly chose to stand on the side of the Communist Party is a long way.
The degree has been affected by ***.
At that time, ** served as the director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, and his talent and demeanor left a deep impression on Chen Geng.
Under the leadership of ***, Chen Geng gradually understood the communist ideology, so he chose to join the Communist Party.
Subsequently, Chen Geng held many important positions in the Communist Party, served as the chief of staff of the Red Fourth Front Army, and was also the organizer of the ** Special Branch, and performed well in various battlefields.
However, "the battlefield sword has no eyes", and Chen Geng was also injured many times.
In 1927, during the Nanchang Uprising, Chen Geng, as the battalion commander, took the lead in charging and was shot in the left leg.
Despite his injuries, he persisted in his fight and did not seek ** until the end of the uprising, fortunately the injuries were not serious.
However, during the 1932 Battle of Shinji, he was severely wounded in his right leg, but he continued to fight until his movements became difficult**.
Unfortunately, it was too late, leaving a permanent scar on the right leg.
Chen Geng has endured many pains, but he is always strong in front of people.
In fact, the pain in his body has been tormenting him constantly.
Even after the establishment of the state, he did not stop recuperating and went to the DPRK again.
Initially, ** did not plan to let Chen Geng go to North Korea, because of his physical condition.
However, due to the lack of military talents in China at that time, coupled with Chen Geng's resolute request, he finally had to agree to his wish.
In 1952, Chen Geng triumphantly returned to China.
However, just when everyone thought that General Chen could finally recuperate with peace of mind, they found that Chen Geng limped on the scaffolding of the construction site.
In addition, Chen Geng received a new task from the chairman, that is, to establish a military engineering academy to cultivate more outstanding talents.
This is the famous "Kazakh military industry".
As soon as he arrived at the place, Chen Geng quickly threw himself into the work, whether it was site selection, construction, or even curriculum design, he personally handled it.
Regardless of his physical exhaustion, he personally climbed the scaffolding, communicated with the workers, and even checked the quality himself, wishing that he could have three heads and six arms.
In addition, many founding matters need to be approved and signed, but at that time, *** was entangled in a lot of things and was distracted.
Chen Geng was distressed by this, but in order to be able to get the signature smoothly, he did not hesitate to make outrageous moves.
For example, when *** had a meeting, he simply waited outside, or even waited outside for the prime minister to go to the toilet, and handed in the documents as soon as he came out.
This series of actions made the prime minister quite helpless, but he could not do anything about him.
Fortunately, Chen Geng was strong, and in only seven months, he built more than 30 teaching buildings, with a total area of about 100,000 square meters.
However, buildings alone are not enough, excellent faculty are needed for the college to thrive.
Therefore, he began to mobilize talents from all over the world, and even ran to the *** to "stalk" for this, and finally succeeded in poaching a group of outstanding professors.
Chen Geng attached great importance to these professors, and he set aside a dormitory building for them, equipped with nannies and cooks, while he lived in an ordinary small bungalow.
He even solved the problems of employment and education for the accompanying family members.
However, these initiatives inevitably caused some discontent, and many comrades complained about it.
Instead of standing idly by, Chen Geng convened a meeting to make the issue clear: "China's construction requires the participation of intellectuals, and their hard work and Xi are crucial.
What we need now is cooperation, not comparison.
After his frank speech, no one dared to talk about it anymore, the two sides were united more and more closely, and the college gradually got on the right track.
Looking at the difficult but successful establishment of this school, Chen Geng's heart was full of gratification.
During the years of war, Chen Geng's body suffered great damage.
In 1954, he began to have frequent angina pectoris.
At the beginning, for the sake of work, he kept his illness from **, until one day, Chen Geng suddenly fainted, and ** learned about it.
This coma also really frightened several leaders of **.
When he woke up again, it was already 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, and Liu Yalou, Mr. Peng and other leaders were with him at his bedside.
** jokingly complained: "Your life is almost gone, look how you are still going to do it!".Chen Geng realized that he had already patrolled the Ghost Gate.
The first to discover him was his youngest son, Chen Zhiya, who still remembers that scene vividly because he saw his father crying.
Chen Geng has always shown his happy side to everyone, which shows how much torture this illness has caused him.
For the sake of his physical health, ** forced him to stay in the hospital for three months before he was released, and he must also recuperate after discharge, and cannot go to work unless he has a doctor's certificate.
But Chen Geng began to grind doctors again, and finally got the proof.
With the proof, he threw himself into the high-intensity work again.
At first, people advised him to do less work, but when he saw that his health was slowly improving, he stopped trying to persuade him.
However, in 1959, Chen Geng suffered from myocardial infarction again, but fortunately he was admitted to the hospital in time and successfully rescued.
But this time, ** insisted on not letting him continue to work, and Mr. Peng also specially ordered him to take a back seat.
Knowing that he was suspended, Chen Geng was unwilling and went directly to Mr. Peng, but was refused.
He went to *** again, however, this is a matter of physical health after all, and ** is no longer left to him.
In desperation, Chen Geng could only be "forced" to take a back seat.
Even so, even at this point, he still hasn't been able to recover much.
Epilogue. In 1961, Chen Geng suffered another myocardial infarction and finally died in Shanghai at the age of 58.
Regrettably, before his death, he did not complete the concept of the "Summary of Combat Experience" and only completed the "Preface" in the book, and the book was left on his desk.