The Red Second Front Army is one of the three main forces of the Red Army, which was formed by the merger of the Red Second Army Corps, the Red Sixth Army and the Red 32nd Army, and was led by **, Ren Bishi and others.
It is worth mentioning that in the Long March of the Red Army, the Red Second Front was the only unit that did not lose anything. What we are going to tell today is the story of Cheng Jun, an outstanding general in the Red Second Front Army.
During the agrarian revolution, he participated in the establishment of the Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou revolutionary base areas.
Cheng Jun was born in Shishou, Hubei Province in 1911, and his family was poor since he was a child. However, the hardships of life did not deter his will, but honed his extraordinary courage.
When he was a teenager, Cheng Jun used to herd horses at the landlord's house, and once, when he was herding horses, he encountered a group of bandits, and they took Cheng Jun's horses.
Cheng Jun was not born in a wealthy family, and his family was embarrassed, and that gang of bandits acted recklessly, and they could easily provoke them, and they might even lose their wealth and money. However, Cheng Jun did not choose to make a statement, but silently watched as the bandits took his horse, and then quietly followed him.
The bandits entered the city, dined at a restaurant, and tied their horses to the door. Cheng Jun took advantage of their unpreparedness and secretly took the horse back and returned it to the landlord's family. The young Cheng Jun has already shown extraordinary courage, which is also an important factor for him to become a general in the future.
Cheng Jun joined the revolution at the age of 19 and joined the Red Army as an ordinary Red Army soldier in the western Hunan and Hubei base areas. With his outstanding courage, he was active in the western Hunan and Hubei regions, and was promoted quickly because of his combat bravery, and in 1934 he served as the battalion commander of the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Red Second Army.
He led his troops to take part in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle in the Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan-Guizhou revolutionary base areas, and consolidated and developed the Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan-Guizhou revolutionary base areas. In 1935, he participated in the Long March with the Red Second Army, and later merged with the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army to form the Red Second Front Army, becoming a regiment commander of the Red Second Front Army.
He then followed the Red Second Front Army to victory in the Long March. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, he entered the third phase of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.
In 1938, the Communist Party of China convened the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, and Yan'an decided to send a group of cadres south to support the New Fourth Army in resisting Japan. Cheng Jun responded positively, joined the southbound team, and entered the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army.
After the Southern Anhui Incident, he was transferred to the Second Division of the New Fourth Army and was promoted to deputy commander of the Second Division on the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. He led his troops to persist in the anti-"sweeping" battle in the Huainan area and personally experienced the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan.
During the subsequent Liberation War, Cheng Jun was still active in East China, serving as the first commander of the 25th Army of Sanye and other positions, and made outstanding contributions to the establishment of New China.
After the founding of New China, General Cheng Jun was transferred to the Air Force and held important posts such as chief of staff of the Air Defense Force. When he was awarded the title in 1955, as an outstanding general of the Red Second Front Army, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and became the founding lieutenant general of New China.
After receiving the military rank, General Cheng Jun still served in the Air Force, serving as the deputy commander of the Air Force, and continued to contribute to the construction of the national Air Force.
Over the past decade, time has flown by and a series of special events have taken place. Among them, Wu Faxian, commander of the Air Force, presided over the 11 th Plenary Session of the Third Party Committee of the Air Force in 1966.
At the meeting, Cheng Jun and others pointed out some mistakes made by Wu Faxian during his work. However, after the meeting, Wu Faxian charged Cheng Jun and others with the crime of "dismissing officials and seizing power in the Air Force."
Therefore, Cheng Jun was suspended, suffered greatly physically and mentally, and was even imprisoned. However, fate is always full of drama. In 1971, the 913 incident occurred, and Wu Faxian, who presided over the work of the Air Force, was isolated and examined.
The incident prompted authorities to re-examine some cases during the Wu Faxian period, including Cheng Jun's case. After a period of investigation, in 1973, Cheng Jun was able to make a comeback, and the official was reinstated, and he continued to serve as the deputy commander of the Air Force.
Cheng Jun has made great contributions to the modernization of our army's air force, and in 1988, when the People's Liberation Army implemented a new military rank, he was awarded the Red Star Meritorious Service Medal of the First Class.
Unfortunately, in the same year, Cheng Jun died of illness in Beijing at the age of 77.