Xu Guoxian. Xu Guoxian (1916-2000), a native of Lianhua County, Jiangxi Province, died at the age of 84.
He joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in 1929, was incorporated into the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1930, and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in 1933.
During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as a member of the Young Pioneers of Lianhua County of the Young Communist Party and a member of the County Soviet Guard, a soldier and squad leader of the communication squad of the 22nd Division of the Red 8th Army of the Hunan and Jiangxi Military Region of the Red Army, a platoon commander, company commander and instructor and battalion commander of the 49th Regiment of the 17th Division of the Red 6th Army Corps, an instructor of the model division and battalion of the 6th Army of the Red Second Front Army, and a student of Yan'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University; He participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations in the revolutionary base areas of Hunan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou, and the Long March of the Red Army.
Major General Li Quan. During the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively served as the first battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 718th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army (instructor Hou Zhengguo), the deputy head of the Pingshan Independent Regiment of the 359th Brigade (regiment commander Chen Zongyao, political commissar Li Quan), the deputy head of the 718th Regiment of the 359th Brigade (regiment commander Chen Zongyao, political commissars Luo Zhang, Liu Ziqi, Li Quan), the head of the Yanbei Detachment of the 359th Brigade (political commissar Tan Wenbang), the deputy commander of the Yanbei detachment (commander Liu Su, political commissar Chen Fengtong), and the head of the 359th Brigade Special Service Group (political commissar Tan Wenbang), Captain of the 4th Brigade of the 1st Detachment of the Eighth Route Army (Political Commissar Liao Ming), and the Captain of the 4th Detachment of the Hunan People's Anti-Japanese Rescue.
Major General Tan Van Bang.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he successively served as the commander of the 719th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the 2nd Column of the Central Plains Military Region (political commissar Long Bingchu), the deputy brigade commander of the 359th Brigade of the 2nd Column of the Jinsui Field Army (brigade commander Guo Peng, political commissar Li Quan), and the commander of the 359th Brigade of the 2nd Column of the Northwest Field Army (political commissar Li Quan).
Since February 1949, he has served as the first division commander of the 5th Division of the 2nd Army of the First Field Army of the People's Liberation Army (political commissars Li Quan and He Jiachan).
Lieutenant General Guo Peng. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as deputy commander of the 2nd Army of the People's Liberation Army, commander and political commissar of the 5th Division, secretary of the Aksu Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China in Xinjiang Province and commander of the military subdivision.
In 1952, he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and successively served as the deputy commander of the 1st Army of the Volunteer Army (army commanders Huang Xinting and Tang Jinlong, political commissars Liang Renjiao and Yan Jinsheng), and acting army commander.
In 1958, he returned to China and entered the Beijing Higher Military Academy of the People's Liberation Army to study.
In 1959, he served as the commander of the 21st Army of the People's Liberation Army.
From 1960 to 1972, he served as deputy commander of the Xinjiang Military Region.
From 1975 to 1982, he served as deputy commander of the PLA Engineering Corps.
In 1955, he was awarded the rank of Major General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and was awarded the Order of August 1 of the Second Class, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Second Degree, the Order of Liberation of the First Class, and the Order of Merit of the Red Star of the First Class.
He was elected as one of the top ten deputies of the Communist Party of China, a deputy to the Fifth National People's Congress, and the first of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Member of the 6th and 7th National Committee.
Mrs. Chang Cuiyun (year of birth and death unknown), a native of Zizhou County, Shaanxi Province.
Lieutenant General Huang Xinting.
Brief introduction of some of the characters involved in the article:
Hou Zhengguo (1910-2002), a native of Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, was promoted to the rank of major general in 1960.
Chen Zongyao (1908-1945), a native of Chaling County, Hunan Province, was a martyr.
Luo Zhang (1905-1993), a native of Wanzai County, Jiangxi Province, was the founding major general.
Chen Fengtong (1897-1980), a native of Neixiang County, Henan Province, was elected as a member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955.
Long Bingchu (1914-1975), a native of Lianhua County, Jiangxi Province, was promoted to the rank of major general in 1961.