On September 28, 1993, the founding major general Duan Suquan died of illness at the age of 78, at his memorial service, the wife of the old leader Ren Bishi Chen Zhiying came to mourn, and said a meaningful saying: "On the Long March, we have held a memorial service for Comrade Duan Suquan, but he did not die, dragged his broken foot, begged all the way and crawled back to the army, he was the political commissar of the independent division at that time. Alas, he has suffered a lot of grievances in his life. "Duan Suquan can become the founding general, which is enough to prove his great contribution to the Chinese revolution, so why does Chen Qiying say that Duan Suquan has suffered a lot of grievances in his life? Today, I will take you to understand the magnificent life of General Duan Suquan. 
In 1916, Duan Suquan was born in an ordinary peasant family in Chaling, Hunan, when he was a child, he studied private school and higher primary school, at the age of 10, due to the rise of the peasant movement in his hometown, Duan Suquan at a young age devoted himself to the middle school, at the age of 14, he officially participated in the revolution, after that, he successively served as secretary of the Communist Youth League Chaling County Party Committee, director of the Organization Department of the Chaling County Party Committee. In 1932, Duan Suquan led a group of exemplary young pioneers to join the Red Army with honor, and he was appointed as the chief of the Youth Section of the Political Department of the Red Eighth Army of the Hunan and Jiangxi Military Region. In August 1934, Duan Suquan was appointed as the head of the Propaganda Department of the Political Department of the Red Sixth Army Corps, and in October, the Red Second Sixth Army Corps met in the southeast of Guizhou, and then the head of the corps decided to go to the northwest of Hunan to open up a base area. In order to cover the eastward advance of the main force of the army, the corps commander left a Qiandong independent division, and Duan Suquan, who was only 18 years old, was appointed as the political commissar of the division, although it was a division, but in fact this team only had more than 800 people and more than 400 guns. The commander of the division was Wang Guangguang, the former commander of the 53rd Regiment of the Red Sixth Army Corps, and the independent division had few men and few guns, but the task was not light: to contain more than 10,000 enemy troops, cover the main force into Hunan, and persist in guerrilla struggle along the Sichuan-Guizhou border. 
After the main force of the Red 26th Army Corps left, the local Kuomintang troops, local tyrants and inferior gentry, immediately organized troops to encircle and suppress the independent division, because of the outstanding work of the independent division, the Guizhou warlord Wang Jialie, and the Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang both believed that the independent division was the main force, so they transferred troops and sent generals to encircle and suppress the independent division. The enemy's strength has reached more than 10 regiments, in the face of such a difficult situation, the life of the independent division is very difficult, the division commander Wang Guangguang scattered them to carry out guerrilla warfare, in order to complete the task, the soldiers are hungry to eat wild fruits in the mountains, thirsty to drink mountain spring water. When the Red 26th Army really left, Wang Guangguang decided to break out, and when fighting in Yimei Town, Xiushan County, Qiandong, Duan Suquan was unfortunately injured in his right foot, and the communication squad leader carried him to a safe place to heal, and the independent division continued to advance eastward. In November, when the enemy was outnumbered, the independent division was unfortunately annihilated, and the division commander Wang Guangguang died after being tortured. Duan Suquan, who stayed in Yimei Town, escaped, when he was wounded, a group of soldiers wanted to kill him, but was stopped by the old farmer Li Mufu, after that, Li Mufu was responsible for taking care of Duan Suquan. Li Mufu placed Duan Suquan in a cave, and sent some sweet potato porridge and herbs every day to maintain his life, and half a month later, Li Mufu did not come, because there was no surplus food at home, and Duan Suquan could only drink mountain spring water to continue his life. 
In order to live, he had to climb out of the cave and crawl towards Li Mufu's house, Li Mufu and his wife hurriedly freshened him, seeing the appearance of Li Mufu's house, Duan Suquan understood that he could no longer stay here. Before leaving, Li Mufu gave Duan Suquan two crutches and asked him to pretend to be called Huazi, Duan Suquan was like this, jumped and drove his body, moved forward, and returned to his hometown Chaling begging for food. When he got home, Duan Suquan's father married him a wife in order to conceal Duan Suquan's identity as a Red Army, and after that, Duan Suquan lived a stable life. Three years later, Duan Suquan learned the news of the Xi'an Incident and the Red Army's eastward crossing of the Yellow River to resist Japan, he immediately packed his luggage and looked for the party organization. For his benefactor Li Mufu, Duan Suquan has not forgotten, in 1983, he returned to Xiushan County as the political commissar of the Military Academy, here, he found Li Mufu who saved himself, Duan Suquan was very excited, gave him 1000 yuan, and handed him a plaque engraved with "relatives of the Red Army". 
In 1940, Duan Suquan was appointed as the director of the Political Department of the Pingbei Military Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and two years later, he was appointed as the secretary of the Pingbei Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China and the political commissar of the Pingbei Military Division. On August 20, 1945, Duan Suquan led his troops to attack Zhangjiakou, and on the 22nd, Zhangjiakou was recovered by our army, which was the first provincial capital city recovered by our army. Soon after, Duan Suquan was appointed commander of the Rehe Military Region, and during the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he served as the CCP representative of the 11th Group of the Beiping Military Adjustment Department in Chengde, and at that time he was awarded the rank of major general in order to facilitate his work. After the outbreak of a full-scale civil war in 1946, Duan Suquan was appointed commander of the Jirecha Military Region. In March 1948, Duan Suquan was appointed commander of the Eighth Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. After the outbreak of the Liaoshen Campaign, Duan Suquan was ordered to encircle and suppress the enemy on the periphery of Jinzhou, and on September 16, the Dongye Command asked the Eighth Column to quickly occupy the airfield on the periphery of Jinzhou, and this telegram was pressed in the staff office for 4 hours, and Duan Suquan did not see it until 7 o'clock in the morning. There are two airports on the periphery of Jinzhou, Duan Suquan thinks that the orders of his superiors are not very accurate, so he discussed with the leaders of the column, which one to fight, at this moment, Dongye called ** and asked if he controlled the airport, and the staff officer asked, which airport to control? 
Liu Yalou, who was the chief of staff of Dongye, was immediately angry when he heard the content, and he reprimanded: "One can be used, and the other can't, which one do you say to fight?" Duan Suquan was in a hurry next to him, and hurriedly sent the Eighth Column to fight, but the fighter had already been delayed. In the end, the Dongye Command called again, asking the Eighth Column not to go, and the Ninth Column had already been sent over. This incident of controlling the airport, *** later knew, ** was a little angry, so he reported and criticized the entire Dongye Army, which made Duan Suquan very painful and regretful in his heart. During the Battle of Jin, Duan Suquan's Eighth Column entered the city six hours later than the other brother troops, and ** said in a telegram to the Military Commission: "After 30 minutes, except for the Eighth Column, the whole line will break through. After that, Duan Suquan commanded the Eighth Column to participate in the Battle of Western Liaoning, and when the Liao Yaoxiang Group was annihilated, the Eighth Column made the first contribution, but this credit was hidden after that, and there were several times after that, ** also criticized the Eighth Column, saying that he was hesitant and indecisive in mastering the operation, and almost missed the time of execution, hindering the completion of the task. When Dongye waved his division south, the Dongye Command issued an order and made Duan Suquan the head of the Northeast Military Region Operations Division. Later, Duan Suquan heard that when he was in the Eighth Column, he left a reputation of "not being able to command and fighting bad battles", which made him very uncomfortable. 
In April 1949, Duan Suquan served as the deputy chief of staff of the Northeast Military Region, and during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, Duan Suquan served as the commander of the Air Force of the Northeast Military Region and the first deputy commander of the Air Force of the Volunteer Army. In 1953, the Air Force Command of the Volunteer Army reported the results of the battle, pointing out that China's MiG-15 and the American F-86 were tied one to one, that is, China lost one plane, and they also lost one. Duan Suquan was a relatively upright person, and after his investigation, he found out the clues of this matter, so he put forward his opinion, but the Air Force Command of the Volunteer Army and the Air Force of the Military Commission suppressed his opinion. Duan Suquan told the Minister of National Defense about the news, and General Peng was annoyed and angry, and ordered Commander Liu Yalou and Political Commissar Xiao Hua to make a written review of this. His integrity also cost him. When the title was conferred in 1955, Duan Suquan was reported that his previous experience of leaving the team for three years should be reviewed, and as a result, the award of the title of Duan Suquan was affected, and he was rated as a major general, or a "temporary major general", which is unjustifiable in any case. Duan Su angrily tore off the medal, and never wore a military uniform again in his life. 
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Duan Suquan lived a very ordinary life, simple, once he went to Kunming on a business trip, because he had no acquaintances and lived in a guest house, when he checked in, he wrote that he was an administrative level 6. The staff didn't believe it after reading it, and thought that he had written it wrong, so they gave him a grade of 16 and did not give him special treatment. A few days later, Chen Kang, deputy commander of the Kunming Military Region, came and hurried to pick up Duan Suquan, and this service staff knew that the person in front of him was really a level 6 treatment. In 1963, the Lao People's Party asked China to send a working group to Laos to resist the United States and save the country and provide construction assistance. The premier said: "Comrade Bi Shi introduced to me in the past that Su Quan is a man who has the means, can endure hardships, can withstand setbacks, has resilience, and is loyal to the cause; he has run base areas in Hunan and Jiangxi, engaged in local work, served as the political commissar of an independent division during the Red Army period, served as a commander in the Siye Eight Columns, participated in a three-person group, and engaged in political struggles with the American Kuomintang. ”
In this way, Duan Suquan was appointed as the leader of the working group. Later, Duan Suquan lived in the cave in Laos, also known as the "old Duan Fu" In 1967, Duan Suquan returned to the motherland and successively served as the deputy commander of the Fuzhou Military Region and the vice president of the Military and Political University. In 1993, the general died of illness at the age of 78.