Chen Geng
Chen Geng
Chen Geng (February 27, 1903 - March 16, 1961), formerly known as Chen Shukang, was born in Xiangxiang, Hunan Province on February 27, 1903. His grandfather was a general of Hunan army. He is a Chinese proletarian revolutionist and militarist, a general of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, and an excellent leader of the state and the Chinese people's Liberation Army. He was one of the founders of national defense science and technology and education in New China.
In 1952, Chairman Mao Zedong ordered General Chen Geng to prepare for the establishment of Harbin Institute of military engineering. He is one of the important leaders of the central special branch.
He joined the Communist Party of China in 1922. He entered Huangpu Military Academy in 1924. After graduation, he stayed in school as vice captain and company commander. He took part in the eastern expedition to pacify the rebellion of the Shang clique and attack Chen Jiongming. Later, he served as the commander of 386 brigade of 129 division of the Eighth Route Army during the Anti Japanese war. After the northern expedition, Nanchang Uprising, the Long March, the war of resistance against Japan, the war of liberation and the Korean War, he made great contributions to the cause of people's liberation.
He was awarded the rank of general in 1955. He was awarded the first level of 81 medal, the first level of independence and freedom medal, and the first level of Liberation Medal.
He died in Shanghai on March 16, 1961 at the age of 58.
Life of the characters
Early experience
Chen Geng was born in Quanhu village, Longdong Township, Xiangxiang City, Hunan Province on February 27, 1903. He studied in the village private school from 1909 to 1911 and in the tan family ancestral hall private school from 1912. In 1915, he entered Xiangxiang County Dongshan primary school for one year.
join the revolutionary ranks
In 1916, he joined the army and became a soldier in the 2nd Battalion of the 6th regiment of Lu Diping Department of Xiang army. From 1916 to 1920, he took part in the campaign against Wu Peifu, expelling Zhang Jingyao and Zhao hengti, the battle of "protecting the law" and the battle of Hunan and Hubei.
In 1921, he left the army in Yueyang and went to Changsha. On the one hand, he worked as a clerk in Hunan Bureau of Guangdong Han railway, and on the other hand, he went to cram school and amateur middle school to continue his study. He also participated in mass organizations such as "Youth National Salvation Association" in Changsha and actively engaged in anti imperialist and patriotic activities.
In 1922, he entered the Self-study University initiated by Comrade Mao Zedong, had close contact with the revolutionary groups under the leadership of Comrade Mao Zedong, and participated in revolutionary activities. He joined the Communist Party of China in December 1922. After joining the party, he once traveled from Wuhan to Shanghai along the Yangtze River and attended Shanghai University.
In February 1923, he took part in the strike and demonstration of the "27" massacre in Hunan Province. On June 1, 1923, he was an executive member of the "Hunan foreign affairs support association". He took part in the Anti Japanese struggle and was injured. In December 1923, he was secretly admitted to Guangzhou Military Academy in Changsha.
In February 1924, he went to Guangzhou to join the army military academy. He was admitted to the first issue of Huangpu Military Academy in May 1924, and took part in the battle of Pingding business group in October 1924. He graduated from Huangpu Military Academy in November 1924.
In 1925, he stayed in Huangpu Military Academy and served as the commander of the 2nd enlisted company and vice captain of the 3rd undergraduate company. In May 1925, he took part in the campaign to pacify Yang (Ximin) and Liu (Zhenhuan). On June 23, 1925, the British and French imperialists took part in the fight against the British and French invading forces when they created the "Shaji Massacre". On June 29, 1925, he was sent to the provincial and Hong Kong strike committee to participate in the training of workers' pickets. On August 2, 1925, Liao Zhongkai, the leader of the Kuomintang left, was assassinated by the right. Under the direct leadership of Comrade Zhou Enlai, he actively arrested the murderer. In October 1925, he took part in the second eastern expedition against Chen Jiongming.
Confrontation period
In March 1926, he served as company commander of the 7th company of the 4th Infantry Division of Huangpu Military Academy. He took part in leading the "young servicemen's Union" formed by left-wing students and fought tenaciously with the right-wing organization "sun wenism society". On March 2, 1926, the Kuomintang rightists created the "Zhongshan warship incident", and under the leadership of Comrade Zhou Enlai, they fought face to face with Chiang Kai Shek. In May 1926, at the second plenary session of the second session of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai Shek put forward the "party affairs arrangement plan" and demanded that the Communists in the Kuomintang withdraw from the Communist Party. Chen Geng resolutely opposed the withdrawal, made public his identity as a Communist Party member, and declared his separation from the Kuomintang. In July 1926, the Guangdong national revolutionary army began the Northern Expedition and took part in the Northern Expedition oath. In September 1926, he was sent to the Soviet Union by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to study the experience of political defense and mass armed insurrection.
He returned to Shanghai from the Soviet Union in February 1927. In March 1927, he went to Wuhan and served as the commander of the spy battalion in the second front army of the northern expedition. In April 1927, he attended the Fifth National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Wuhan. In May 1927, he married Shanghai representative Wang Genying in Hankou. After the Kuomintang revolted in Wuhan on July 15, 1927, it was forced to hand over the spy camp. He took part in Nanchang Uprising on August 1, 1927. On August 24, 1927, he served as the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 6th regiment of the 3rd Division of the 2nd army of Comrade He long. He was wounded in his left leg in the battle of Huichang. In October 1927, after the rebels left Chaoshan, they transferred to Shanghai via Hong Kong and went to niuhuilin orthopedic hospital for treatment of leg injuries.
From 1928 to 1932, Wang Yong, a pseudonym, worked in the special branch of Shanghai Central Committee and engaged in covert struggle with Kuomintang reactionaries. In June 1931, he was sent to Tianjin by the central special branch.
In September 1931, he was sent to the red area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui and served as the head of the 318 regiment of the 13th division of the 4th Army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. On November 7, 1931, the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army was established and transferred to the 12th division. From November 1931 to may 1932, he led his troops to participate in the third anti encirclement and suppression campaign in the Hubei Henan Anhui Soviet area.
In June 1932, he led his troops to take part in the fourth anti encirclement and suppression campaign in Hubei Henan Anhui Soviet area. In September 1932, he was transferred to the chief of staff of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army, and his right leg was injured in the battle of hushanzhai in Northwest Xinji. In October 1932, the main force of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army left the Soviet Area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, went to the south of Henan, left the army and went to Shanghai for treatment. In November 1932, he went to Shanghai and went to niuhuilin orthopedic hospital for treatment of leg injury. Zhang Guotao's wrong line was exposed in Shanghai Central Bureau in 1932. He also met with Mr. Lu Xun twice to talk about the struggle between the army and the people in the Soviet Area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui.
He was arrested in Shanghai on March 24, 1933. In May 1933, he escaped from Nanjing and was sent to the central red area as the principal of Pengyang Infantry School, the first Infantry School of the Red Army.
In October 1934, with the long march of the Central Red Army, he served as the head of the red army cadre regiment.
On May 1, 1935, the leading cadres' regiment crossed the Jinsha River skillfully and flew over Jiaoping river at one stroke. In August 1935, the red army cadre regiment merged with the Red Army University of the Fourth Front Army and was transferred to the first Red Army. In September 1935, the first and third Red Army regiments were renamed Shaanxi Gansu detachment in Hadapu, Gansu Province, and served as the leader of the 13th brigade. On October 19, 1935, the central red army arrived at Wuqi town in Northern Shaanxi and became the head of the 13th regiment of the Red Army. In November 1935, he led the army to take part in the battle of Zhiluo town. He was wounded for the third time and shot through his left thumb. In December 1935, he served as the commander of the first division of the Red Army.
In March 1936, the Red Army led the army to march into Shanxi and moved to fight along the Tongpu railway. After returning to northern Shaanxi in June 1936, he took part in the western expedition and liberated Gansu and Ningxia with his brother troops. On October 8, 1936, the second and fourth front armies of the red army arrived in Jingning and Huining areas of Gansu Province, ending the Long March, and converged with the first front army of the Red Army at Chengguan of Huining, realizing the reunion of the three main forces of the Chinese workers' and peasants' red army. In November 1936, he led the army to take part in the battle of mountain castle.
the period of the war of Resistance Against Japan
In February 1937, he studied in the second phase of Yan'an Chinese Anti Japanese Red Army University and concurrently served as the leader of the first team. In July, he was transferred to the red 311 army. From July 22 to 25, 1937, he participated in the senior cadres' meeting held by the former enemy general headquarters of the Red Army in pingqiang fort, southwest of Yinchuan. On August 6, 1937, the former general headquarters of the enemy ordered all red army units to assemble in the three original areas of Shaanxi Province and stand by. On the 7th, the leading red 311 army set out from Zhenyuan County, Gansu Province, and arrived at Shiqiao Town in the west of Sanyuan city in late August. On September 4, 1937, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the national revolutionary army. He was the commander of the 386th brigade of the 129th division of the Eighth Route Army. On September 6, 1937, the 129 division held an anti Japanese oath meeting in Shiqiao Town, Sanyuan County, Shaanxi Province, and served as the commander in chief of the parade. On October 7, 1937, he led his troops across the Yellow River and entered Shanxi. On October 16, 1937, he led his troops to the east of Pingding to carry out the task of flanking the Japanese army in Niangziguan. On October 22, 1937, he led the army to attack changshengkou between Jingxing and Jiuguan at night, and solved the danger of Jiuguan in the first World War. On October 25th, 1937, division commander Liu Bocheng instructed brigade commander Chen Geng on the methods of operation; (1) to use our small forces to cope with the Japanese army's large forces, and use the main force to attack its small forces; (2) to vigorously break the railway lines; and (3) to strengthen the political offensive against the Japanese army.) On October 26, 1937, he led his troops to ambush in Qigen village, south of Niangziguan, annihilating the logistics troops of the 2nd division of the Japanese army, killing and injuring more than 300 Japanese troops, and seizing more than 300 mules and horses and a large number of military materials. On October 28, 1937, he led the troops to set up another ambush in Qigen village, annihilated more than 100 Japanese troops, and seized dozens of mules and horses. On November 2, 1937, he led his troops to set up an ambush at the bottom of Huangya in Xiyang County and annihilated more than 300 people from 135 regiment of 109 division of Japanese army. From December 22 to 26, 1937, he led the 385 brigade to smash the enemy's six way siege of the Anti Japanese base in Southeast Shanxi.
On February 22, 1938, he led the troops to ambush near changshengkou, killed more than 130 Japanese soldiers, captured the Jingxing garrison captain, major commander of Huangcun Fenggu and other five people, destroyed five cars, and seized three mortars and more than 50 rifles. In March 1938, the enemy sent out more than 30000 troops
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