The spring thunder awakens the earth, and all things recover. It's another year of Qingming, let us remember the martyrs together. In the martyr's garden, the green mountains and white bones, the green water and the loyal soul will always be remembered.
The years are ruthless, and famous generals are like beauties, who can only leave the shadow of youth in the picture scroll of history. Of the founding fathers of the past and present, only four are still alive today, and all the generals above the rank of lieutenant general have left us.
Among the four legendary generals, the youngest is 99 years old, and the oldest is 109 years old. Who are they? Let's dive into their story.
Zhang Lixiong, a senior colonel in Buyi, was born on November 12, 1913 in a small village in Longyan City, Fujian Province. At the age of ten, he had to work in a paper mill due to the pressure of making a living.
Due to his young age, his thin body and chronic malnutrition made him often bullied. However, life did not defeat him. With his indomitable spirit, Zhang Lixiong overcame difficulties and finally became an important weapon of the country.
His story shows us that no matter what difficulties we face, if we are determined, we can overcome them.
During a period of China's internal and external difficulties, he happened to witness the behavior of the Red Army, and the soldiers opened the granaries of the squires and wealthy merchants to provide the people with food, which was very different from the army he had seen before.
Positively influenced by the Communist Party, he joined the Communist Youth League in 1929 and became a member three years later. In his 100-year-old life, more than 90 years of party experience can be called unrivaled in the world.
After joining the party, due to the poverty of his family, he did not receive more cultural education. However, under the arrangement of the party, he entered the Red Army school for systematic study along with other comrades who enlisted in the army at the same time.
In his campus life, the advanced trend of Marxist-Leninist thought had a profound impact on him. In addition, he received systematic training in combat methods and the study of related knowledge.
After graduating, due to his excellent performance, he was assigned to the machine gun battalion as a deputy instructor. He performed well in the many "anti-encirclement and suppression" struggles against the Kuomintang and led his troops to many victories.
The fruits of every victory are bought with blood. In 1936, during a battle with the Kuomintang, a bullet hit him directly in the chest. Luckily, he was able to survive due to the distance and the fact that he was blocked by a notebook on his chest.
Tu Tongjin: I am an old revolutionary scalper who has dedicated my life to the party and the people. In the past 16 years, I donated 100,000 yuan to my hometown, and at the age of 85, I personally drew the "Sketch Map of the Red Army's Long March Route I Walked" and donated it to the **Soviet District History Museum.
In my revolutionary career, I have always maintained the revolutionary complexes and noble sentiments of the older generation. Although I have a relatively unusual resume among the many generals who have made great achievements in war, I have always adhered to my original intention and fought for the party and the people for life.
should have lived a stable life in the rear, but Tu Tongjin felt that his medical skills were insufficient due to the baptism of the Long March. Taking this as a motivation, he came to the Eighth Route Army Health School, the predecessor of China Medical University, for four years of medical training.
After graduating, he did not choose to stay in school to teach, but returned to the front line of the revolution - Yan'an without hesitation.
Over the next three years, he transferred all the medical and health theories he had learned in school into clinical experience. In 1943, the conditions in the Yan'an base area were difficult, and many soldiers suffered from scabies.
He used his superb skills to treat more than 1,500 soldiers with scabies in just three weeks. In 51, Guo Jia sent 200 students to the Soviet Union to study the advanced science and technology of communism, of which 30 medical students, Tu Tongjin was one of them, and he was assigned to study neurosurgery.
At the Bourdenko Institute of Neurosurgery in the USSR, he received a doctorate in medicine from the USSR with great enthusiasm and perseverance in scientific research, studied the relevant courses in depth, became proficient in the Russian language, and obtained a doctorate in medicine from the USSR.
After returning to the motherland, he personally founded the All-Army Neurosurgery Training Center and successfully trained a group of outstanding neurosurgical talents. Today, his disciples are all over the country, and he has spent his life fighting for what he believes.
Cannon Shake - Wen Zhen, the name, like his character, is full of tenacity and majesty. He was born Liu Shutang, joined the Red Army in 1937, and joined the Communist Party of China the following year; In 1950, he joined the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In the famous battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea - the Battle of Yunshan, as the commander of the 1st Artillery Division of the Volunteer Army, he took the lead and led the troops like a sharp knife, directly inserting into the heart of the enemy.
It is rumored that our artillery positions were only three or four hundred meters away from the enemy's tanks, and each tank was hit at least 2 or 3 times by our artillery, making the heavy artillery on which the enemy infantry relied almost useless.
After the war, he had such a conversation with a captured American soldier.
Your soldiers are brave and fearless, their fighting enthusiasm is high, and the artillery fire is like a storm that almost crushes our morale. You must have far outnumbered our shells, otherwise you would not have been able to suppress the fire day and night.
However, despite the large number of artillery pieces, our soldiers are able to skillfully use their limited artillery fire to get the most out of it. Therefore, you will find that our artillery fire is everywhere, but the number is pitiful.
This battle is therefore known as the "Chinese funeral", a model of winning more with less. With his fierce and resolute combat style, Major General Moon Strike made the roar of artillery fire echo in the sky over the DPRK and became a lingering haze for the US military.
General Wen Zheng held an important position in the army and dedicated his life to the cause of peace in the motherland. After his retirement, he still cared about public welfare and donated more than 100,000 yuan generously many times.
His character and spirit are a symbol of the spirit of the older generation of revolutionaries. General Wang Fuzhi's life can be summed up in eight words: "After several twists and turns, the wind and bones are outstanding".
In his youth, he saw that the Red Army was disciplined and sympathetic to the people, and thus developed a deep yearning for the army. In order to join the army, he declared his age by 5 years, and finally succeeded in joining the army, making a great contribution to the revolutionary cause.
He once held a shuttle dart to meet the beacon of the agrarian revolution; He once dedicated his blood and youth to the victory of the Liberation War. He witnessed the founding of New China. The bravery of his youth led him from a shuttler to a gunsmith.
And in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, his legend is even more eye-catching. It was a morning in 1952, and he was buried under the rubble of the tunnel as a result of an American air raid, along with the chief of operations and the staff officer.
* The aftershocks scattered the three men, each with wounds. But Wang Fuzhi did not give up, he called out to his companions, encouraged them to save themselves, and at the same time did his best to remove the huge object that was pressing on him.
In this battle in full swing, the superior instructor not only commanded the battle, but also personally participated in the rescue operation, doing his best to rescue the three people who were buried. After 24 hours of hard work, the chances of survival gradually became smaller, but all the rescuers stuck to their posts, buried their heads in hard work, and were unwilling to give up a glimmer of hope.
Local residents also took out large jars, ready to collect the remains of the martyrs. As the sun set in the west, the deputy battalion commander of the engineer company was pleasantly surprised to find that two flies flew out of the collapsed gap.
He realized that when flies fly out, it means that there is air flowing, which means that people will not suffocate due to lack of oxygen.
Shen Tiebing decisively sent additional soldiers to rescue, and finally successfully rescued the three at about 11 o'clock that night, which made Wang Fuzhi more firm in his revolutionary beliefs.
Even in the sixties and seventies, he faced political pressure, but he remained true to his military character and resolutely refused to cheat. Today, he has retired and lived a leisurely life, but his heroic image and deeds are forever engraved in people's hearts and have become an invisible monument.
In this era of peace and abundance, we are in a world of great things. Behind all this beauty is the countless revolutionary ancestors who have cleared the haze of war for us, so that we can enjoy tranquility and stability.
Therefore, we should cherish the present time and devote ourselves to the construction of a modern country in an all-round way with a more enthusiastic attitude!