Among the few people trusted in his later years, the founding major general Li Desheng was promoted the fastest, and in April 1970, he became the director of the General Political Department, and his first three terms were Marshal General Tan Zheng and General Xiao Hua.
So among the hundreds of founding major generals, how did Li Desheng stand out? This has to start from his legendary experience, Li Desheng is a native of Xinxian County, Henan, and there are many founding generals who came out of Xinxian County, including Xu Shiyou, Zheng Weishan and others, and Major General Li Desheng is one of the best.
In June 1928, the Red Army arrived in Li Desheng's hometown, 12-year-old Li Desheng signed up for the Boy Scouts, to the Red Army to lead the way to send letters, in February 1932, 16-year-old Li Desheng joined the Communist Party, became a Red Army soldier, every time he fought he was very brave, many meritorious service.
In June 1935, under the influence of Zhang Guotao's wrong line, Li Desheng was once removed from office and expelled from the party, in 1936, Li Desheng joined the party for the second time, and it was not until 1946 that the punishment of Li Desheng was revoked.
In May 1942, the Japanese army dispatched more than 25,000 people to "sweep" the Taihang Mountain base area, and Li Desheng was ordered to take more than 2,000 people to fight guerrilla attacks with the Japanese army, and successfully covered the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the rear organs to break through smoothly.
During the War of Liberation, Li Desheng made many meritorious contributions and performed very well, when he was the commander of the 17th Brigade under Wang Jinshan, and participated in the famous Huaihai Campaign, but in Li Desheng's military career, the most outstanding performance was in the Shangganling Battle to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Li Desheng was the commander of the 35th Division of the 12th Army of the Volunteer Army, he personally commanded the troops on the battlefield for 30 days, relying on flexible command to repel the enemy again and again, and finally won the victory in the Battle of Shangganling, and he was therefore promoted to the commander of the 12th Army.
The "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method" he advocated was praised by many leaders, and later it was promoted in the whole army, and it also made him remember the name "Li Desheng", and he was nicknamed "Li Desheng" when he moved to northern Shaanxi, so he was deeply impressed by the name Li Desheng.
In 1968, at the meeting, ** specially named to see who Li Desheng was, and said with appreciation: "Comrade Li Desheng is very military", * and asked Li Desheng's age, and soon after Li Desheng was reused, he was elected as an alternate member of the Politburo at the Ninth National Congress.
In April 1970, Li Desheng was transferred to the director of the General Political Department, after President Lin tended to recommend Huang Yongsheng as the director of the General Political Department.
At that time, there was a "Military Commission Office Group," Huang Yongsheng was the leader of the group, and the members of the group included Wu Faxian, Li Zuopeng, Qiu Huizuo, Ye Qun, and others.
So much so that after the crash, Li Desheng blamed himself very much, thinking that he had not noticed the abnormal situation in advance, but as the director of the Political Department, he did not give an early warning, and he was deeply ashamed of his trust in the chairman.
** Angrily asked Li Desheng, "How old are you?" Li Desheng has never seen *** so angry, but the chairman's attitude made him breathe a sigh of relief, which shows that the chairman still trusts him, thinking that he is not the "oldest" in that group, and to put it bluntly, he is not in the same group as them.
Subsequently, the General Political Department led by Li Desheng took the lead in investigating the relevant personnel of the "913" incident, and then he paid more attention to Li Desheng, and in August 1973, at the First Plenary Session of the 10th Central Committee, Li Desheng was elected as a member of the Standing Committee and became a cadre at the national level.