In the history of Western legal thought, Engels once emphasized that the commander-in-chief of the army must have a strong ability to act in order to lead the army to victory. Historical experience tells us that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and generals must have superb insight and prediction ability in order to win many battles on the battlefield.
During the years of the revolutionary war in the last century, there was a general in our country who paid great attention to the details of the battlefield. Once, when he was up at night, he suddenly saw a bright light and immediately gave an order, and succeeded in saving the whole army.
This general is Zhou Shidi.
In 1900, Zhou Shidi was born in a small poor village in Guangdong. Although feudal ideology prevailed in society at that time, his family knew the importance of learning.
For those poor rural families, it is a huge financial burden to send their children to private schools. In order to provide Zhou Shidi with the best possible education, his parents were under tremendous pressure.
However, after graduating from secondary school, the family could no longer afford the high school fees. Despite this, with his intelligence and hard work, he won the affection of his teachers and classmates and learned a lot from them.
Although he was unable to continue his studies due to financial pressures, he had several times more knowledge than his peers. After graduating, he became a teacher and passed on his knowledge to more people.
In that chaotic political environment, the enthusiasm of young people was in full swing, and they were all eager to contribute their strength to the revolution. Zhou Shidi was no exception, when he was studying, he had already planted the seeds of revolution in his heart, and even during his studies, he had already participated in the revolutionary activities in 1922 as a student.
Finally, he mustered up the courage to give up his stable teaching job and resolutely went to Guangzhou to join the "Qiongya Review Society".
From an early age, he received a wealth of knowledge and understood that revolution was not only by force, but also needed wisdom on the battlefield. After getting the support of his family, Zhou Shidi finally chose to abandon literature and become one of the students of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy.
During his time in the military academy, he still maintained a serious attitude when he was studying, and his grades were excellent and he was highly regarded. With his outstanding performance, seven months later, he graduated and was appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek, who personally invited him to join the Kuomintang.
However, his experience growing up in the countryside gave him a deep affection for the toiling masses, and in response to Chiang Kai-shek's invitation, he did not hesitate to join the Communist Party and become a high-achieving officer.
Zhou Shidi fought side by side with Ye Ting in the first battle, and they showed excellent wisdom and bravery, charging into battle as a vanguard, quickly conquering the Pingjiang River, seizing the Hesheng Bridge, penetrating deep into the enemy position, and engaging in a fierce frontal battle with the enemy.
In the tragic battle, the Ye Ting Independent Regiment led by General Zhou fought bravely, and exchanged the ** of 191 soldiers for the surrender of 30,000 Wuchang defenders, which was a major victory, successfully stabilized the situation in southern Hunan, opened a way for the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army to continue to move forward, and had an important impact on the course of the war.
His outstanding talents were highly recognized by his superiors. After the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement campaign, Zhou Shidi was appointed as the chief of the command section and led the army to start a new journey.
Despite his lofty status as the chief of the command section, in the face of such a severe revolutionary task as the Long March, he always maintained the weal and woe with the soldiers, fought with them, and endured the hardships and hardships of life day after day in order to boost morale and unite the troops.
On the way of the Long March, the troops not only had to be on guard against the enemy's pursuit at all times, but also had to engage in fierce battles with the Kuomintang reactionaries, and more importantly, they needed to conduct in-depth investigations of the place and learn more about the local climate, terrain and other information wherever they went.
Although the Red Army's Long March was ultimately won, the Party paid great sacrifices.
Only leaders with military knowledge and command skills can lead them through difficulties and obstacles. As the chief of the command section, Zhou Shidi's talent complemented his position.
He was brave and good at fighting, full of wisdom and strategy, and was always able to accurately judge and formulate a strategy to defeat the enemy in the midst of changes on the battlefield.
Zhou Shidi found a place to camp on a meadow in the northern Shaanxi base area. The ground is leveled, and the team rests there and waits for the next day to move on. At night, it was pitch black in northern Shaanxi, the moon was obscured by dark clouds, and the soldiers were sleepy after a long journey, and finally let down their vigilance and fell asleep.
Zhou Shidi has a habit of getting up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet.
A flash of lightning flashed and was fleeting, and darkness reigned over the land. General Zhou caught the ** of the light source at that moment, however, when he wanted to track it down, the light disappeared without a trace.
General Zhou is a cautious person, he kept this detail in mind, for the grassland in this remote area, which is usually sparsely populated, he can't help but wonder, what about the light coming from?
As he pondered and searched around, he noticed that the light was much brighter than a normal street lamp, as if it was emitted by a flashlight, shining directly on the place where the army was stationed.
Suddenly, he was shocked that there were enemy troops in ambush around him, they might already know the location of the army, and the enemy army might make some moves.
General Zhou, with his excellent military qualities and rich combat experience, was keenly aware that if the army did not withdraw immediately, the enemy army was likely to know its specific location, and it was possible to surround its garrison in a short time, making it difficult for it to escape.
Based on this, General Zhou immediately took the opportunity to secretly wake up the approaching soldiers, and asked them to keep quiet as much as possible, wake up all the soldiers as quickly as possible, and evacuate in an orderly manner.
Seeing that General Zhou was calm, the panic in the hearts of the soldiers greatly decreased, and they began to evacuate in an orderly manner, without any conversation and no panic sound.
As soon as they had evacuated, the place where they had been stationed was as bright as day, and countless flashlights lit up the meadow as if it were daytime.
With his wisdom and prudence, General Zhou Shidi succeeded in stopping a sneak attack plan by the enemy. By his own strength, he not only avoided a possible war, but also saved the lives of all his soldiers.
This incident made him famous in the party organization and was highly appreciated by the leaders.
After the Long March, General Zhou participated in many major wars, including the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. In the War of Resistance Against Japan, with his rich combat experience, he served as the chief of staff of the 120th Division and established the base area of the Anti-Japanese War in the northwest of Shanxi.
He was good at guerrilla warfare and successfully thwarted many encirclement and suppression by the enemy.
In the War of Liberation, General Zhou Shidi successfully led the army to the Taiyuan front line with his outstanding military talent. As the center of the Hedong region, Taiyuan has an important strategic position, which can be attacked and defended, and has attracted much attention since ancient times.
However, it took less than five days for General Zhou Shidi to successfully repel the stubborn resistance of the enemy army and capture Taiyuan, and the victory of this war played a crucial role in the victory of the Liberation War.
The specific timeline of this war is as follows: On April 20, 1949, General Zhou Shidi led his army to launch a general offensive against the enemy's front-line troops. After four days of fierce fighting, General Zhou Shidi successfully captured Taiyuan and completely reversed the power of the enemy and us in the Hedong region.
The success of Taiyuan City, coupled with the innate geographical advantages of Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain, accelerated the speed of our army's march to the north and south, and played a vital role in the victory of the Liberation War.
General Zhou Shidi successfully won the battle with lightning speed, showing his outstanding military talent and courage. His heroic deeds will always be remembered by people and inspire future generations to keep moving forward.
Zhou Shidi participated in many revolutionary wars in Chinese history and was a staunch proletarian revolutionary. At the New China Title Ceremony in 1955, he was honorably awarded the rank of general and became the top general of the squadron.
Some people say that hard work is not the most important thing, the key is to choose the right direction, otherwise it may be half the effort, or even in vain. Actually, effort is important, but only if you have the right goals.
General Zhou Shidi, in the process of growing up, found his own way forward, that is, to follow the Communist Party. It was his patriotic heart that made him firmly believe that he wanted to contribute to the country, so he saw the road ahead clearly and chose to abandon the Kuomintang and join the Communist Party.
Without a deep patriotic fervor, it will be difficult for us to distinguish between the true and the false, and we will be easily confused by the prosperity in front of us, and we will drift away. Therefore, choosing a path is actually very simple, just calm down and ask yourself, what you are willing to pay for the country, and then stick to the original intention, persist in moving forward, and you will be able to reap the fruits of success.