During the 10-year special period, Wu Faxian, a capable general of the Air Force, had long held the power of the Air Force, but after "913," Wu Faxian was naturally isolated and examined, and many cadres in the Air Force system were implicated, and the investigation work was not completed until May 1973.
Subsequently, when considering the candidate for the commander of the Air Force, ** means to choose a commander who can go to heaven, at the suggestion of Li Desheng, Ma Ning, deputy commander of the Air Force of the Lanzhou Military Region, was promoted ** and became the commander of the Air Force.
What are the special experiences of this Zhang Tingfa? Why was he the fourth commander of the Air Force of New China?
Zhang Tingfa was born in Shaxian County, Fujian Province in 1918.
Zhang Tingfa comes from a silversmith family, when he was a child, Zhang Tingfa received a systematic cultural education, he was diligent and studious, his academic performance was very good, he won the first place in the county's primary school students' Chinese speech competition, but due to the poverty of his family, Zhang Tingfa was forced to drop out of school and go home to learn the craft with his father and share a pressure for the family.
After the defeat of the Great Revolution, the Communist Party of China led armed struggles such as the Nanchang Uprising and the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and then formed the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and created the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area, which repeatedly smashed the "encirclement and suppression" of the Kuomintang army.
In July 1933, the ** Military Commission organized the Eastern Army to fight in Fujian, liberated Zhang Tingfa's hometown of Shaxian Xia Mao in August, and established Soviet power. The Red Army fought local tyrants here, divided the land, and truly sought happiness for the common people, and Zhang Tingfa, who was deeply touched, did not hesitate to sign up for the Red Army, and the unit to which he originally belonged was the 37th Regiment of the 13th Division of the Red Fifth Army Corps.
In October 1934, Zhang Tingfa followed the Red Army to start the great Long March, as the regimental communications director, during the Long March, the Red Army was often surrounded and intercepted by the enemy, and the communication work was particularly important.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhang Tingfa was incorporated into the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and served as a staff officer at the 386 Brigade Headquarters, and then Zhang Tingfa served as the chief of the Operations Section of the 129th Division Headquarters for a long time, and was appointed as the commander of the Seventh Army Division of the Taihang Military Region in 1944, when Zhang Tingfa was only 26 years old.
During this period, Zhang Tingfa and his superior political commissar also had a small episode.
Due to the shortage of materials, ** instructed to reduce the use of large vehicles, Zhang Tingfa was not present at the time, and then on a heavy rainy day, ** and ***'s car was stuck on the road, Zhang Tingfa decisively mobilized seven big cars to rescue, but was severely criticized by ***, Zhang Tingfa, who was full of grievances, directly flipped the table and said: "I won't do it, go back to Handan!" ”
After learning what happened, ** found Zhang Tingfa to appease him, saying: "You are arrogant, and now you are on our heads." I am the top person in charge of this theater of operations, do you still have an opinion on criticizing you? ”
Zhang Tingfa also realized that it was his own problem and should not lose his temper with the leader, so he admitted his mistake.
After the founding of New China, Zhang Tingfa led the 11th Army of the 3rd Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers to fight in Korea, making contributions to the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
After the beginning of the ten-year special period, Zhang Tingfa was suspended from his post by the ** group and the "Gang of Four" and others, and was successively sent to Yutai, Shandong and Dali Farm in Shaanxi to supervise labor, and in May 1973, Zhang Tingfa resumed his post and continued to serve as deputy commander of the Air Force, and then promoted to political commissar of the Air Force.
In April 1977, Ma Ning was dismissed, Zhang Tingfa took over as the commander of the Air Force, becoming the fourth commander of the Air Force after Liu Yalou, Wu Faxian, and Ma Ning after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In 1985, Zhang Tingfa was co-opted as a member of the Central Advisory Committee, began to retreat, in 1988 was awarded the first-class Red Star Meritorious Service Medal, continued to pay attention to the construction and development of the country and the army, on March 25, 2010, General Zhang Tingfa died of illness at the age of 92.