In May 1949, ** led two fighters to quietly infiltrate the Kuomintang 204th Division on the north bank of Suzhou Creek, and they infiltrated from a sewage well on the other side of the river and successfully entered the enemy position. ** Raided the enemy's headquarters, controlled the deputy division commander, and forced more than 1,000 Kuomintang soldiers to surrender. The feat took less than a night and was not shot at all, demonstrating the bravery and fearlessness of ***. At the age of 20, he was personally received by Nie Fengzhi, the commander of the 27th Army. This breakthrough of the Suzhou Creek defense line was of great significance for the liberation of Shanghai. Time flies, more than 70 years have passed, and now what kind of revolutionary story does ***, which is now in the age of mackerel's back?He was wounded five times.
In the summer of 1929, ** was born in Zhaoyuan County, Shandong Province. As the third child in his family, he showed unusual intelligence and cleverness from an early age. For this reason, his parents borrowed enough money to send him to private school. Despite his excellent grades, he was forced to drop out of school at the age of 12. The iron hooves of the Japanese invaders stepped into his homeland and completely disrupted his life. After witnessing the negative attitude of the Kuomintang army in the process of resisting Japan, his patriotic enthusiasm grew stronger and stronger, and he decided to defect to the Eighth Route Army. In 1944, he joined the anti-Japanese guerrillas in Jiaodong. At that time, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was coming to an end. Despite his young age and lack of combat experience, due to a good cultural base, he was selected to study at the Military and Political University in the rear.
In 1946, he joined the Chinese Communist Party. Through systematic study, his theoretical level and military capabilities were improved. In 1947, ** returned to the front line and served as an officer in the company of the Ninth Column of the East China Field Army. During his time in the East China Field Army and the Third Field Army, he successively served as battalion secretary and company instructor, and gradually accumulated some combat experience. He showed extraordinary courage and tenacity in battle. He has been injured five times, including one of which his right leg was blown off below the knee, causing severe inflammation and even facing the risk of amputation. Although he was eventually out of danger, four fragments of shells could not be removed.
During the Huaihai Campaign, his military command ability gradually matured, and he took the initiative many times in the process of confronting the Kuomintang troops, creating many classic victories in which the weak defeated the strong. He also became the most high-profile young commander in the "Jinan First Regiment". Promoted from major to general. During the liberation of Shanghai, the unit was incorporated into the 27th Army, and the seventh company led by him was one of the first PLA troops to enter the urban area of Shanghai. However, crossing the Suzhou Creek has become a difficult problem. Because in order to protect the municipal facilities of Shanghai, the troops could not use heavy artillery within the city limits**.
On the other side of the Suzhou Creek was stationed the 204th Division of the Youth Army, known as the "backbone of the party-state" of the Kuomintang, which occupied the Sixing warehouse and condescendingly blocked the river with heavy firepower to hinder our army's offensive. In order to overcome this dilemma, ** pondered and finally came up with a way to swim from the underground well to the other side. When the three people covered in mud appeared in front of the enemy, the panicked Kuomintang soldiers thought that they were mysterious people of unknown origin, and the defenders of more than 1,000 people in three battalions all surrendered, and the Sanye troops successfully crossed the river, and the 20-year-old *** became famous in the first battle. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he actively participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and participated in important battles such as Changjin Lake on the Korean battlefield.
After experiencing the baptism of artillery fire, ** quickly grew into an outstanding commander in our army. In 1955, he received a notice to declare his military rank, but considering his young qualifications, he modestly applied to the organization for the rank of captain. Although the organization did not approve his application, he was awarded the rank of major on the basis of his actual contributions. In that year, ** became the youngest major in our army. In peacetime, he never left the front-line work of the army, and successively served as the political commissar of the 81st Division and the political commissar of the Jinan Military Region. In 1987, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and Secretary of the Party Committee of the General Staff. In 1988, he was awarded the rank of general along with 16 other senior generals.
In the 90s, he continued to give full play to his expertise in army management, and successively served as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and minister of national defense. After 2003, he retired from active duty and no longer held important leadership positions. Today, at the age of 94, *** lives in Beijing, and he is the only surviving general in 88 years. Despite his advanced age, Chi Lao is still keenly concerned about the development of China's national defense cause.