In the history of the Republic, the two defense ministers, ** and Zhang Aiping, were known for their firm stance and indomitable spirit. Some people even compared them to "hard and smelly stones", which shows their hardness and tenacity.
** The hardness is well known, but the hardness of Admiral Zhang Aiping may not be known to the public. What he believes in, no matter how it manifests itself, will be more determined than ***.
Zhang Aiping made great achievements in the war years with the courage to face difficulties, and in the peace years, he still maintained this style of daring to challenge difficulties. In 1956, when he served as deputy chief of general staff of the ** Military Commission, Zhang Aiping was in charge of the reorganization of the army.
In the process of reorganization, the merger of the Air Force and the Air Defense Force was widely discussed, but no agreement could be reached, and a decision could not be made even at an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission.
Despite the great difficulties, Zhang Aiping decided to personally go to the door to consult the general with the greatest opposition, and prepared to convince him. However, he tried twice, and the other party firmly refused to meet.
Someone said to him: "Of course, if you want to demolish people's homes, can they do it?" ”
At the next meeting, Zhang Aiping was furious in the face of the other party's provocative remarks, and she rose up to shoot the case, shouting that she wanted to eat the other party. His temper is as big as ***.
** fought with the Yankees on the Korean battlefield, while Zhang Aiping made a big fuss in the highest administrative center of the United States. As Secretary of Defense, Zhang Aiping is tough on the outside world and is known as the "axe", while US Secretary of Defense Weinberg is also a hardliner and is known as the "Eagle".
The two tough guys admired each other, and Zhang Aiping invited Weinberg to visit China, and Weinberg happily went. Later, Zhang Aiping invited Weinberg to visit the United States. In May 1985, Zhang Aiping went to the United States as scheduled.
Zhang Aiping's visit to the United States was warmly welcomed. The U.S. Secretary of State also offered to entertain him. The next day, Zhang Aiping returned to the United States*** However, the secretary of state left in a hurry without saying a few words, so that Deputy Secretary of State Damm could talk to Zhang Aiping.
Damm made a statement on the issue of nuclear non-proliferation and asked Zhang Aiping to sign it. Zhang Aiping expressed strong dissatisfaction with this, refused to sign, and left angrily. The American newspaper reported on this, saying that "Zhang Aiping made a big fuss in the United States."
Zhang Aiping openly defied the top leader and succeeded in forcing the other party to accept her opinions. However, this also attracted ***'s attention, and he reminded Zhang Aiping to pay attention to her behavior.
In my father's opinion, these people are the whole world, and he only admires these five people, don't you think it's very special? ”