The deep friendship with the founding generals is something shared by many founding generals throughout history. General Fang Qiang is one of them, and his intimate relationship with *** during his time in the Red Army profoundly affected his life. General Fang Qiang, formerly known as Fang Aoxuan, was born in 1912 in a poor family on Changshou Street, Pingjiang County, Hunan Province. His parents were low-level porters who toiled day and night to support their family. Despite his poor family, Fang Qiang has shown a mature and sensible side since he was a child, often trying his best to assist his parents in sharing housework and heavy work.
He saw his parents working hard for a meager pay, and he was deeply dissatisfied with the injustice of society. This unequal status quo has inspired Fang Qiang's deep desire to change this society and pursue equality and justice. Although his family was not wealthy and did not receive a good education, in 1925, at the age of 13, Fang Qiang joined the workers' pickets, devoted himself to printing revolutionary propaganda and distributing leaflets, supporting the Guangdong Revolution** and supporting the Northern Expedition.
Although the concept of revolution is not very clear, Fang Qiang understands that it is for the welfare of the poor and the struggle for equality. While children his age often seemed shy and did not dare to express their beliefs boldly when handing out leaflets, Fang Qiang was undaunted and shouted revolutionary slogans, making his leaflets distributed most quickly. In 1928, Fang Qiang officially joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and served as the leader of the propaganda team of the Pingliu guerrillas, responsible for propaganda work.
Thanks to his ingenuity and excellent performance, he quickly grew through the exercises, became a member of the Red Army and was appreciated. This experience has also become one of the unforgettable memories of General Fang Qiang's life. In August 1932, Fang Qiang was appointed as the political commissar of the Provisional *** Guard Battalion of the Chinese Soviet, responsible for the security work of **. At that time, Fang Qiang's department was given the task of occupying the neighboring city of Liancheng, which was located directly east of Ruigentine Prefecture and posed a serious threat to the Red Army.
However, the Red Army was limited in strength and the main force moved north to participate in anti-encirclement activities, so it was unable to provide sufficient support. In order to ensure the victory of the revolution, Fang Qiang led the guard battalion to formulate a plan for a night raid on Liancheng County. They chose to attack while the enemy was asleep, taking the enemy by surprise, and many of the enemy troops died in their sleep. Fang Qiang led his troops to rush through the enemy's sentry posts, crossed the fortifications and directly reached the interior of the county seat, annihilating more than 100 enemies, capturing more than 200 people, and capturing a large amount of materials and ammunition.
However, in January 1933, Fang Qiang was shot while covering the retreat of the main force and was seriously wounded in the chest, but fortunately saved his life. However, the healing of wounds became a difficult problem, because at that time the entire Red Army was under the blockade of the Kuomintang, and the base areas were extremely scarce in terms of supplies and medicines. Fang Qiang's wounds were relatively large and needed enough nutrients to recover, but the Red Army was hungry and full most of the time, and the wounded relied on pumpkins and wild vegetables to feed their stomachs, and red rice was a luxury for them.
After learning about Fang Qiang's situation, he handed over a teapot of beef to the doctor, and said that his condition was not serious, and he would leave the supplies to those who needed it more. ** once said in a humorous tone: "You bring this to Fang Qiang and tell him that this is the prescription I personally prescribed." When Fang Qiang received the beef, he was deeply moved, especially when he learned that this was given by *** personally, he burst into tears. Recalling that experience, Fang Qiang once said with emotion: "I ate a teapot of beef, I ate it for a whole week.
It was this teapot beef that provided sufficient nutrition, so that Fang Qiang's wounds gradually healed, his physical condition gradually improved, and finally he successfully escaped from the brink of life and death. Since then, Fang Qiang has regarded *** as his savior. Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek launched the fifth "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army, because the ** leftist adventurism prevailed at that time, and the wrong strategy caused the Red Army to suffer heavy losses. ** He was also ostracized, but he made his point of view clear to Fang Qiang, believing that the confrontation with the Kuomintang must be cautious and not rash.
Fang Qiang is convinced of ***'s opinion, which has been verified from many battles. At that time, the Red Army was weak and had almost no chance of winning in a head-to-head confrontation, and Wang Ming's remote command could not flexibly respond to changes on the battlefield, which troubled Fang Qiangbei. Following the advice of ***, he decided to be flexible and not bound by the rigid requirements of **. Sure enough, in the next few battles, Fang Qiang took the initiative to avoid the enemy and won the victory with his own advantages. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in October 1950, Fang Qiang was appointed as the commander and political commissar of the Navy of the Central and Southern Military Region, making important contributions to the national naval cause.