You may not know that when the title was awarded in 1955, there was only one female general in our army, and she was Li Zhen, who was awarded the rank of major general. In addition, among the colonels who are one level below the major general, there are four outstanding women, who are all heroines of our army and deserve to be deeply remembered.
Among them, Lin Yueqin is the wife of ***, and her deeds are also worth learning from.
Lin Yueqin, a revolutionary soldier in Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, was born in a family with a deep revolutionary tradition. Her father, Lin Guangshun, is one of the underground party members who frequently appears in film and television dramas, and is the prototype of our party's underground traffic officer.
Lin Yueqin was deeply influenced by her father since she was a child and actively devoted herself to the revolutionary cause. At the age of 15, she became the director of the Children's Bureau of the Special Committee of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Region, and at the age of 16, she joined the Red Fourth Front Army and worked until she was the commander of the women's engineer battalion.
In her revolutionary career, there is a story that is still told today. That is, Lin Yueqin handed over the weapons of Zhang Guotao's guards. On one occasion, Zhang Guotao's guards took advantage of the bully and broke into the women's engineer camp without permission.
Although there was a clear rule that gay men could not enter the women's barracks without permission, Zhang Guotao's guards broke in regardless of the regulations. This directly angered Lin Yueqin, and she ordered the officers and soldiers of the women's battalion to surrender the weapons of Zhang Guotao's guards and lock them up.
This indomitable female fighter, with her courage and determination, showed us the spirit and conviction of the revolution. She is a great woman and her story will always inspire us to move forward.
Lin Yueqin resolutely disciplined those who violated the rules, and Zhang Guotao was angry and demoted her to the commander of the transportation company, a move that was seen as a personal vendetta. However, Lin Yueqin did not sink because of this, she and *** tied the knot in Yan'an and held an important position in the Liberation War.
In the 1955 investiture she was awarded the rank of colonel, becoming the only female colonel at the time. In 2003, Lin Yueqin passed away at the age of 89. Similarly, Tan Zheng's wife, Wang Changde, was also an outstanding woman who made important contributions to the revolutionary cause.
Wang Changde, a native of Langzhong City, Sichuan, joined the revolution at the age of 17, became the commander of the service company of the General Hospital of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army at the age of 19, and participated in the Long March with the Red Fourth Front Army.
After arriving in Yan'an, under the guidance of *** and Lin Yueqin, he met and married Tan Zheng, and entered the palace of marriage in May 1937. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Changde served as the principal of the Central South Military Region Cadre Children's School, and was later transferred to Beijing to serve as the deputy director of the Military Museum of the Chinese Revolution.
In 1960, he was awarded the rank of colonel. However, on October 13, 1971, Wang Changde unfortunately died of illness at the age of 55, becoming the first of the four female colonels to pass away and the first of the wives of the top ten generals.
and the third is Li De's wife Xiao Yuehua.
Xiao Yuehua, an ordinary girl born in Dapu County, Guangdong, was forced to become a child bride when she was young due to her poor family. However, the experience of working in a factory and Peng Pai's speech inspired her to devote herself to the revolutionary cause.
Since then, she has gradually made her mark in the Red Army and has become a female cadre. However, the behavior of Li De, the representative of the Comintern, in the **Soviet zone was greatly despicable.
Not only did he cause great harm to the Chinese revolution, but he was also chaotic in the relationship between men and women, often harassing lesbians, and causing his image among the masses to plummet.
* In order to eliminate his influence in this regard, it was decided to find him a wife. And this candidate is Xiao Yuehua. Although Xiao Yuehua became a victim of this decision, she always adhered to her revolutionary beliefs and proved the value and status of women in the revolutionary cause with practical actions.
Her story teaches us that even in the most difficult moments, we cannot give up on the pursuit of truth and freedom.
Although Xiao Yuehua had no feelings for Li De, and even disliked him extremely, she still obeyed the organization's arrangement, married him and had a son. However, her sacrifice did not change Li De's conduct, but during the Yan'an period, he was still obsessed with Flower Street and Willow Lane, abusing Xiao Yuehua, which made Xiao Yuehua unbearable.
In the end, under the personal interrogation of ***, Xiao Yuehua and Li De divorced, ending this unhappy marriage. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiao Yuehua served as the director of the office of the Hunan Provincial Department of Communications, but due to health reasons, she was transferred back to the army and was awarded the rank of colonel in 1960.
On November 3, 1983, Xiao Yuehua died of illness at the age of 73. The other one is named Mao Cheng.
Mao Cheng, a native of Yitong County, Jilin Province, is an unsung hero. After joining the Communist Party of China in 1932, he has been engaged in underground transportation. Later, she was secretly sent to study in the USSR and graduated with honors.
After returning to Yan'an, she continued to work in covert struggle under the leadership of Li Kenong. When the Anti-Japanese War was about to be won, because of her outstanding work ability, the organization sent her back to her hometown in Northeast China to serve as the head of the Social Intelligence Department of the Harbin Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, leading the intelligence work in Harbin.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mao Cheng was transferred to the General Staff as Deputy Minister of the Liaison Department, and was awarded the rank of colonel in 1960. Although she did not have much revolutionary experience, the nature of her work and her quiet dedication made her a true unsung hero.
She served as secretary of the Jilin Municipal Party Committee, vice chairman of the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial People's Congress, and died on September 23, 1995 at the age of 80.