Senior Colonel Mao Cheng, I am Lantai, and today I will tell you about the legendary life of Ms. Mao Cheng, the only female colonel when she was awarded the title in 1955. Although there were regulations that officers who had obtained the rank of major or above before the first abolition of the military rank system could be called "founding generals", in fact, when the title was first awarded in 1955, there was only one female major general (Li Zhen), and there was only one female colonel, that is, Mao Cheng.
Although Xiao Yuehua and Marshal Lin Yueqin's wife are also "founding female colonels" in a broad sense, Xiao Yuehua was still working in the Hunan Transportation Department when the title was awarded in 1955, and Ms. Lin Yueqin was the principal of Beijing No. 11 Middle School.
It was not until 1960 that Xiao Yuehua returned to the military system from the local system to recuperate, and in order to allow her to enjoy the treatment of a full division, she was awarded the rank of colonel.
Ms. Lin Yueqin was awarded the rank of colonel in 1961, which was to allow Lin Yueqin to better take care of Marshal ***'s health and at the same time reduce his work load.
** Although the marshal has already held the post of head of the General Administration and marshal, the rank of chief of staff must be held by an officer of the rank of full division. Therefore, in order to comply with the regulations, Ms. Lin Yueqin was awarded the rank of colonel in 1961.
Unlike her, Senior Colonel Mao Cheng already had a military position when she was awarded the title in 1955, and she was the deputy director of the Liaison Department of the General Staff, the deputy secretary general of the Investigation Department of the Communist Party of China, and the principal of the Cadre School of the Investigation Department of the Communist Party of China.
Senior Colonel Mao Cheng's more important position was the principal of the Cadre School of the Investigation Department of the Communist Party of China, which was mainly responsible for cultivating excellent fighters on the intelligence front and the covert front at that time.
Next, Lantai will give you a brief introduction to the legendary life of Colonel Mao Cheng.
Mao Cheng, formerly known as Wu Wenpu, was born in 1915 in a poor family in Dongjianshan Township, Yitong Manchu Autonomous County, Jilin Province. Although her family was poor, she showed an excellent talent for reading from an early age.
Her uncle, who came from a privileged family, thought she was a child with the potential to read, so he sponsored her to study. Mao Cheng thus entered Yitong County Erqi Primary School, and in 1929, he was admitted to Yitong County Private Shiyu Girls' Middle School with the first grade in the school.
During this period, she began to come into contact with progressive ideas and joined the "Youth Reading Club" organized by progressive students in the county. With the occurrence of the "9.18 Incident" and the fall of Northeast China, the CCP sent a large number of outstanding cadres to various places in order to unite the people of Northeast China to resist Japan and save the country.
In April 1932, Yitong County established a secret student anti-Japanese salvation association, and Mao Cheng, as a progressive youth, joined this organization without hesitation. During this period, she became acquainted with Li Shichao, a lifelong revolutionary and mentor.
Mao Cheng, a woman who did not allow her eyebrows to be shaved, became a secret traffic officer in 1933 under the leadership of Li Shichao, secretary general of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
At the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China in Harbin, she handed out letters and leaflets under the guise of selling wild vegetables and eggs. Not only did her performance win the admiration of her superiors, but she also showed all the qualities needed of a good intelligence worker.
As a result, she was sent to the Soviet Union for further studies and became a student at the Eastern University in Moscow. During his four years at the Moscow University of the East, Mao Cheng studied hard and constantly improved his abilities and knowledge.
After graduation, she did not return to the Northeast, but chose to work in Yan'an. In Yan'an, she was mainly responsible for security work, and successively served as the security work of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, the secretary-general of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Security Office, the secretary-general of the ** Social Department, the secretary-general of the cadre school and the class teacher.
Mao Cheng's story is a history of women's struggle in the revolutionary period, and she has shown women's tenacity and wisdom with practical actions, which has become an example for us to learn.
Mao Cheng, a secret traffic officer during the Anti-Japanese War, returned to his hometown of Harbin after a long absence. She has held various positions here, such as the Minister of Social Affairs of the Harbin Municipal Party Committee, the Secretary of the Harbin Daowai District Party Committee, the Secretary of the Party Committee of Harbin Enterprises, and the Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee.
In the struggle against the Kuomintang's counter-revolutionary organizations lurking in Harbin, Mao Cheng showed unparalleled talent and courage and succeeded in uprooting these organizations and radio stations.
No matter where these counter-revolutionary organizations and radio stations were hidden, Mao Cheng could always find them at the first opportunity, making it difficult for the Kuomintang to gain a foothold. Her outstanding performance has won widespread praise, and even "Boss Dai" has to admit that if he returns to Harbin, he will not be able to compete with Mao Cheng.
Senior Colonel Mao Cheng is an important character in "Harbin at Night", and during her work in Harbin, she displayed outstanding fighting ability, waged an effective struggle against the enemy, puppet and Kuomintang counterrevolutionary organizations lurking in Harbin, and made outstanding contributions to the consolidation and construction of the northeast base area.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, she was appointed as the vice president of the Cadre School of the Liaison Department of the General Staff, the deputy director of the Liaison Department of the General Staff, the deputy secretary-general of the Investigation Department, and the principal of the Cadre School of the Investigation Department, which is responsible for cultivating outstanding intelligence workers for the country.
Because of her outstanding contributions, she became the only woman to be awarded the rank of colonel.
In 1959, Ms. Mao Cheng became a member of the Generals' Choir. She left in 1958 on the intelligence front and resumed work in 1978.
She served as Vice Chairman of the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial People's Congress until her official retirement in 1984. Senior Colonel Mao Cheng has always paid attention to the "Hope Project" in her later years, and she has always believed that young people are the hope and future of the country.
On September 4, 1995, Ms. Mao Cheng died of illness in Beijing at the age of 80. Ms. Mao Cheng devoted her life to the revolutionary cause and never got married.