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In 1955, General Lai Chuanzhu, who was in charge of the rating, handed over the list of generals to ***.
The chairman looked at it carefully and said to him, "It's no problem, I just have to add someone to you." ”
He hurriedly asked, "Chairman, who else?"”
** added the words "Lai Chuanzhu" to the list, and then said: "I know Comrade Chuanzhu's concerns, but you are only a lieutenant general, so what about other generals?"”
The general still humbly said: "Alas, I have not done enough practical things......”
Comrade Chuanzhu, don't be modest, this matter is settled. ”
General Lai was once known as the "great steward" of the New Fourth Army, and Comrade * also appraised him as an excellent chief of staff.
Moreover, he was also the first person to discover and recommend Comrade Lei Feng, so how did such a legendary general grow up?
Excellent "pioneer officer".
General Lai Chuanzhu participated in the revolution at an early age, and in 1926, at the age of 16, he attended Gannan Middle School, came into contact with Marxism, and began to participate in progressive activities.
In the autumn of that year, he joined the "Youth Cadre Society" organized by Chen Zanxian, as well as the "Workers' and Peasants' Sports Training Class".
The flowers of revolution are blooming everywhere, and the whole country is permeated with an atmosphere of revolutionary rejuvenation.
However, all this came to an abrupt end in Chiang Kai-shek's mutiny.
On March 6, 1927, Lao Chiang openly betrayed the Northern Expedition and instructed others to kill Comrade Chen Zanxian.
Lai Chuanzhu, a 17-year-old teenager, was not afraid at all, and resolutely attended the memorial service, and a month later, he joined the Chinese Communist Party.
According to the organizational arrangement, he returned to his hometown to engage in revolutionary activities and served as the branch secretary of Baishi Township, Ganzhou.
He secretly mobilized the masses in the local area, and organized the peasant Red Guards, as well as the "10,000 branches of the Communist Party of China".
This is where his organizational skills come in, but soon, he runs into difficulties.
According to his recollection, in January 1928, an armed uprising was being prepared in southwestern Jiangxi, and his hometown was also involved in the event.
As the secretary of the local branch, he naturally wanted to organize the event, but unfortunately, because of the huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and the enemy, the activity failed.
Three days after the riot, the enemy marched towards Dabu in two directions, all the way down the pit.
When the enemy passed through Kongtong Mountain, the two groups of men and horses were beaten down by the general and the masses, and they also killed the commander of the Jingwei Regiment all the way down the pit.
The man's horse was confiscated, his watch was seized by the general, and more than a dozen guns were obtained.
The first wave of the enemy's attack was defeated, which made everyone very happy, and the second wave of the attack was the same, and the new batch of enemy troops were beaten away by everyone before they arrived at the port.
Comrade Zhu Ruhong led the troops all the way to the area behind the Blind Wentan, which was particularly close to Ganzhou.
Everyone frightened the enemy, the gates of Ganzhou City were closed, and there were two successive victories, and at the same time, the general and other comrades went to a meeting with the Gannan Special Committee.
On their way back, they passed through Yudu, so they participated in local activities, and the local team surrounded Yudu for three days and three nights, but they never took the city gate.
Unfortunately, on a rainy day, the peasants were a little tired, and the enemy launched a ** at that time, so the rebellion in Yudu failed.
After that, he returned to Dabu to resume his activities, where he held out with the masses for a month.
After the failure of the uprising, the general embedded himself in the city of Ganzhou and searched everywhere for the location of the local special commission organs.
What he didn't know was that the organ had already been destroyed, and the secretary of the special committee, Zeng Yansheng.
Luckily, as soon as he entered, he saw someone waving him to hurry away, so that he could avoid stepping into the trap of the enemy.
After that, he heard that on Jinggang Mountain, ** was preparing for the Autumn Harvest Uprising, so he managed to find an organization and joined the 1st Army and 1st Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, officially starting his military career.
In April 1928, he assumed the post of party representative of the Jinggangshan Spy Company, specifically responsible for the defense of the chairman and the division headquarters.
After the smooth convergence of the two teams of Zhu and Mao, the 4th Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was born, and he joined it with the chairman, experienced 1 to 3 "meetings and suppressions" in Jinggangshan, and accumulated valuable combat experience.
Under the chairman's command, he left the impression on most comrades that he was charging ahead, and after the start of the Long March, he became a "vanguard officer."
On December 16, 1930, the Kuomintang launched its first "encirclement and suppression" against the Red Army.
Under the name of "former enemy commander-in-chief," Zhang Huizan led the 18th Division to the Soviet area, and wherever they went, they got the "three lights."
Along the way, Zhang Bu also posted slogans such as "shaved his head" all the way, which was very arrogant.
However, in the first battle of Longgang, they were slapped in the face, and the Red Army won a complete victory, eliminating the direct subordinate teams and 2 brigades of the 18th Division, capturing more than 9,000 enemies and capturing a number of **.
More importantly, the Red Army captured Zhang Huizan alive, and everyone's morale soared, and the top soldier of the enemy division who captured alive was General Lai.
When Zhang was captured alive, he was wounded by shrapnel in the mouth, and after this battle, his name spread among the troops.
In October 1934, the general at that time was already the political commissar of the 1st Division of the Red First Army, and he assumed the important task of "vanguard officer" of the Long March and the protection of the ** column.
In November, they came to the Xiangjiang River, where the fourth line of defense was set up, and it was a very crucial battle, and they had to fight.
After a hard-fought battle, the Red Army managed to break through, but also at great cost, and there were still 8 at the time of departure60,000 until the Battle of Xiangjiang, which was sharply reduced to 30,000.
Among them, General Lai, together with division commander Li Jukui, led the 1st Red Division to block the pursuit of the enemy, which played a major role in covering the whole army to cross the river.
After this, General Lai continued to fight with his team, but he encountered an even more dangerous battle and almost hung by a thread.
What really happened then?
The "big butler" of the New Fourth Army
On April 23, 1935, more than three months after the end of the Zunyi Conference, the Red Army's Long March entered a turning point in history.
At that time, Xue Yuebu blocked the way to the flank of the Red Army's ** column, and at that time, the comrades of the ** Central Revolutionary Military Commission were all in the ** column, which was very dangerous.
General Lai Chuanzhu took the lead and led the 5th Regiment to seize the commanding heights in the northeast, outnumbering the enemy four times.
They only had 4 machine guns in their hands, and no matter how difficult the conditions were, they still repelled the enemy's attacks again and again, and even engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
During this time, the general was shot through the chest by an enemy bullet, which was only 2 centimeters from the heart.
Even if he was shot, he still held out until the end of the battle, knowing that the **column was safely transferred, he fell down with peace of mind and was sent to the regimental health team**.
He was in a coma for four days and four nights, and returned from the ghost gate, after which he recuperated for a period of time and went to the "Kang Da" to study Xi.
There he raised his ideological level and formed his own system of military thought.
At the beginning of December 1937, he graduated from Kang University, and at the request of **, he went to Wuhan to participate in the formation of the New Fourth Army.
Three years later, in 1940, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army successfully joined forces and established the General Headquarters, and on November 25, the general was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the General Command.
In December, the Central Military Commission again arranged for him to concurrently serve as deputy commander of the Fifth Column, and his responsibilities became more and more heavy.
At that time, the Kuomintang diehards secretly planned the second upsurge, intending to eliminate the New Fourth Army, which had grown to 100,000 people at that time, and created the "Southern Anhui Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries.
After the incident, on October 20, 1940, ** ordered the rebuilding of the New Fourth Army, and General Lai was appointed chief of staff.
Five days later, the newly established military headquarters held its inaugural meeting in Yancheng.
At that time, after the invasion of **, the ranks of the New Fourth Army were seriously damaged.
Under such circumstances, the general re-planned the strategic zone of the combat units according to the combat areas of the various units.
His plan was approved by the ** Military Commission and officially divided, from the beginning of the establishment of the New Fourth Army to the reconstruction of the army, there have always been generals.
In the 10 years since the formation of the New Fourth Army and its abolition, the posts of chief and deputy commanders, political commissars, and directors of the Political Department have been replaced.
However, the post of chief of staff has always been held by General Lai, and in addition to this, he has another important accusation, that is, managing the funds of the troops.
Lao Chiang secretly dealt with the party and did not give the New Fourth Army military funds for a long time, so they could only rely on themselves.
Before the death of Generals Ye Ting and Xiang Ying, the New Fourth Army had a large number of 100,000 people, and it can be said that it was even more difficult to streamline and economize.
Although the New Fourth Army suffered losses, its scale was still not small.
So, this work is quite difficult for General Lai, but miraculously, he ensures that the army is basically functioning.
It is no wonder that Comrade *** praised him, especially his work achievements, and also commented that the New Fourth Army had "such a good chief of staff."
Therefore, everyone praised him from the bottom of their hearts as the eternal "great steward" of the New Fourth Army.
Later, thanks to the efforts of General Lai and everyone, the New Fourth Army grew tenaciously and opened up a new situation of anti-Japanese resistance, and also successively established eight anti-Japanese democratic base areas.
Thanks to their efforts, a total of 34 million people were liberated, 470,000 enemies were annihilated, and 140,000 recalcitrant troops were killed.
And, in the subsequent development, the New Fourth Army grew to 310,000 people, known as the "Great Wall of the Central China People".
In addition to fighting in the War of Resistance Against Japan, on the battlefield of the War of Liberation, the general also shined.
At that time, what major battles did the general experience?
Legendary Admiral
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, General Lai Chuanzhu was transferred to the Northeast Battlefield, served as the political commissar of the Fourth Field Army and the 15th Corps, and participated in the three major battles.
Among the battles he participated in, the Battle of Hainan Island was the last major battle of the Liberation War.
At that time, the enemy** gathered 100,000 troops on the island, commanded by Xue Yue, who implemented the defense around the island.
In addition, there are 50 ships and 45 aircraft, forming a three-dimensional defense of land, sea and air.
Xue Yue named the defense line "Boling Defense Line" in his own words, which shows that he was full of confidence in his military deployment.
Looking at the People's Liberation Army, the "Sea Crossing Corps" has a total of 100,000 people, and it is under the unified leadership of the South China Branch.
Among them, General Deng Hua is the commander, General Lai Chuanzhu is the political commissar, and General Hong Xuezhi is the first deputy commander and chief of staff.
In this battle, the fighters did not have an advantage, the voyage was long, the water was fast, and the landing site was far beyond the range of artillery, so it was impossible to cover the fire.
Faced with such a situation, the leading comrades of the XPCC decided to combine smuggling and forced crossing, and secretly landed on a "wooden sail."
First, a small force landed to pave the way for a large force to attack, and then the main force attacked with the support of the smuggling troops.
On the eve of the war, General Lai specially did ideological work for the soldiers, and everyone's morale was greatly boosted and they were not afraid of difficulties.
After more than a month, two groups of four advance troops quietly landed successfully, without the slightest notice.
On April 10, after the advance force completed the task of "smuggling", the main force was divided into two echelons and forced to cross to northern Qiong.
As expected, the main force successfully crossed the Qiongzhou Strait, which was beyond Xue Yue's expectations, and he urgently transferred five divisions to counterattack the landing force.
In this regard, Deng, Lai, and Hong had already anticipated this, and immediately ordered the seven regiments to march north.
Seeing this, Xue Yue could only evacuate, and on May 1, the South China Sea was liberated, and the battle was annihilated**330,000 people, 1 prisoner80,000 people, more than 4,500 people in the People's Liberation Army.
This battle was fought beautifully, and it was the largest "wooden sail" operation in the history of warfare.
Outside the battlefield, perhaps few people know that the story of Comrade Lei Feng can be known to every household depends on the efforts of the general.
He was the first to discover Lei Feng, and after learning of the advanced deeds of this warrior, he was keenly aware that this spirit should be vigorously promoted.
Therefore, he suggested that Comrade Lei Feng attend the Youth League Congress of the Shenyang Military Region and make a tour report to the troops of the Military Region.
Soon he became a role model for the school Xi in the whole district, but unfortunately, on August 15, 1962, Lei Feng died in the line of duty.
Behind him, General Lai wrote a letter asking the Ministry of Defense to award Lei Feng's squad the title of "Lei Feng's class."
Soon, under the advocacy of the leaders of the Party Committee of the First Military Region, the spirit of Lei Feng spread throughout the country, and thus this soldier became a household name.
Unfortunately, just three years after the "Lei Feng Spirit" spread, on December 24, 1965, General Lai died suddenly of acute hepatitis.
Marshals, generals, and generals bid him farewell, 4 fighter jets escorted the ashes, and at the memorial service, after leaving the field on weekdays, he showed heartache and regret.
On the day of General Lai Chuanzhu's death, the chairman's house happened to burn braised pork, which was his favorite dish, and he didn't eat a bite, sitting alone in the room and lighting a cigarette.
**In his eulogy, the general remembered that they had worked together, cooperated very tacitly, and trusted and supported each other very much.
He believes that when he worked with General Lai, he always felt very close, and it was precisely because of their cooperation and unity that the leadership of their military region was very united, thus influencing leaders at all levels.
General Chen used nine "very" in a row in the article to highly affirm and appraise General Lai Chuanzhu's personality charm.
Although Admiral Lai Chuanzhu left suddenly, he made great contributions during the war years and the construction of the motherland, and his achievements will always be remembered!