In February 1969, a review of the list of delegates to the Ninth National Congress found that the names of the founding generals seemed to have been omitted. Therefore, he decisively instructed that it should be reconsidered.
When it was time to elect the first member, he personally introduced him at the meeting and called him "a representative banner of the Gannan Peasants".
Under the personal nomination of ***, Chen Qihan was successfully elected as a member of the committee. Who is this person who can make *** so highly rated? He is Chen Qihan, a native of Xingguo, Jiangxi, who studied at the Shaozhou branch of Jiangwutang in Yunnan in his early years.
In 1925, Chen Qihan joined the Whampoa Military Academy and became the captain of the third batch of students, and joined the Communist Party under the introduction of Xu Jishen and Chen Geng. In 1927, Mr. Zhu served as the head of the Officer Education Corps of the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and Chen Qihan served as the chief of staff of the regiment.
He served as Chief of Staff for the First Marshal of the Founding People's Republic of China. Before the Nanchang Uprising, **'s instructions were all translated through his code. Unfortunately, Chen Qihan did not directly participate in the Nanchang Uprising.
After the failure of the uprising, he returned to his hometown to lead the peasant movement. When he led his troops to Xingguo County, Chen Qihan was in charge of the reception work and invited him to enjoy a meal called "Four-Star Moon Looking", which was known as "the first dish in the world".
In 1930, Chen Qihan officially joined the Red Army and served as the chief of staff of the Red Fourth Army. In 1932, the Red Fourth Army and the Red Fifteenth Army were reorganized into the Red First Army, with ** as the corps commander, ** as the political commissar, and the chief of staff of the corps was Chen Qihan.
Chen Qihan, a veteran of the Red Army who had experienced the test of blood and fire, once served as the chief of staff of the three marshals of the republic, and his revolutionary qualifications were profound. However, when the left-leaning erroneous line ruled the **Soviet districts, he dared to stand up to the truth and was eventually removed from his post and imprisoned.
Fortunately, he was able to be released thanks to ***'s intervention. Before the Red Army's Long March, he was able to participate in the Long March because he knew how to build bridges with engineers. If he had been left behind, there would probably have been one less founding general.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the Yan'an garrison and the commander of air defense, responsible for the security of *** and the revolutionary base camp. In 1942, he was finally rehabilitated, and the burden he had carried for 8 years was unloaded.
In the past eight years, he has never been depressed and has always worked diligently for the party. His spirit and loyalty are always worth remembering and learning from.
Chen Qihan, the general who bravely marched forward in the War of Liberation, fought bravely in the Northeast Battlefield, and later served as the chief of staff of the Northeast Military Region after the Liaoshen Campaign.
When the Siye Army moved south, he returned to Jiangxi, his hometown where he had lived and fought, and served as the commander of the Jiangxi Military Region. Then, he changed to judicial work, served as the president of the PLA Military Court, and met leaders such as *** in Beidaihe.
In the 1955 award, Chen Qihan declared himself lieutenant general, but he was eventually awarded the rank of general because of his revolutionary qualifications and his lack of personal gain and loss and status.
However, despite his repeated requests for resignation because of his advanced age and poor health, *** never forgot him, and even shook hands with him cordially on the upper floor of Tiananmen Square in 1966.
At the Ninth National Congress held in 1969, he deliberately added his name and personally did his work to make him elected as a member.