Tao Zhiyue

Tao Zhiyue

Tao Zhiyue (1892.09.18-1988.12.26), the founding General of the people's Republic of China, was born in Xianfeng Township, Ningxiang City, Hunan Province. During his military career, he successively served as the chief of staff of the general staff office of Hunan provincial military supervision office, the chief of staff and battalion of "huziying" battalion of Tan Yankai's Department, the commander and head of Xiang army battalion, and the head, deputy division commander, division commander, army commander, deputy commander in chief and commander in chief of the national revolutionary army. He took part in the war of protecting the country and protecting the law, the northern expedition, the battle of attacking Nanjing, the battle of conquering Xuzhou, the war of Jiang GUI, the war of Jiang Feng Yan, the successive "encirclement and suppression" of the Central Soviet Area, and the battle of Songhu.

On September 25, 1949, 100000 KMT officers and soldiers stationed in Xinjiang went on a cable uprising and accepted the leadership of the Communist Party of China. They made great contributions to the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang, the maintenance of the reunification of the motherland and national unity, and the establishment of new China.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he successively served as commander of the 22nd corps of the people's Liberation Army, member of the northwest military and political Commission, deputy commander of the Xinjiang Military Region and commander of the Xinjiang production and Construction Corps. He led the troops to open up the Gobi and build cities, so that Xinjiang gradually went out of poverty and became a famous agricultural demonstration area. He was awarded the rank of general in 1955. He died in Changsha, Hunan Province on December 26, 1988 at the age of 97. (abstract figure reference)

Life of the characters

Early experience

Tao Zhiyue was born on September 18, 1892 in Xianfeng Township, Ningxiang City, Hunan Province. In 1898 (the 24th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty), Tao Zhiyue entered a private school at the age of 6. In 1904 (the 30th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), Tao Zhiyue was admitted to the primary school affiliated to Changsha Chengnan Normal University. In 1906 (the 32nd year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty), Tao Zhiyue was admitted to Qiuzhong middle school after graduation. In 1907 (the 33rd year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty), Tao Zhiyue entered Hunan army primary school. In 1911 (the third year of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty), Tao Zhiyue went to Wuhan and was admitted to the army No.3 middle school. In the autumn of 1914 (the third year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue graduated from the first Preparatory School of the army and went to the eighth division of the army in Beiyuan, Beijing to receive military training and serve as an officer's supplementary student. In the spring of 1915 (the fourth year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue was transferred to Baoding Military Academy (phase III). In the autumn of 1916 (the fifth year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue returned to Changsha after graduation and served as the chief of staff of the general staff office of Hunan provincial military supervision office. In 1917 (the sixth year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue was appointed chief of staff and instructor of the first detachment of the "huziying" battalion of Tan Yankai's Department, and was soon promoted to battalion commander. In 1920 (the ninth year of the Republic of China), after the "huziying" was reorganized into the sixth mixed brigade of Hunan army, Tao Zhiyue became the commander of the independent Engineering Battalion of the brigade. In 1923 (the 12th year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue was appointed the commander of the first division of Hunan army.

During the Great Revolution

In 1926 (the 15th year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue took part in the Northern Expedition and was promoted to major general of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd independent division of the national revolutionary army. In March 1927 (the 16th year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue took part in the attack on Nanjing and served as the deputy commander of the 3rd Division of the 40th army of the national revolutionary army. In April, acting commander of Nanjing garrison.

Period of Agrarian Revolution

In 1927 (the 16th year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue joined the Chinese Kuomintang. In December of the same year, Tao Zhiyue served as the commander of the third division of the 40th army of the National Revolutionary Army and took part in the battle of resuming Xuzhou. Since September 1928 (the 17th year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue has been the commander, deputy division commander and division commander of the 24th brigade of the 8th division. He participated in the Jiang GUI war, the Jiang Feng Yan war and the successive "encirclement and suppression" of the Central Soviet area.

the period of Counter-Japanese War

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Tao Zhiyue became the commander of the 76th army and the 8th division. He supported the Communist Party of China's proposition of "opposing civil war and uniting against Japan" and actively participated in the war of resistance against Japan. In September 1937 (the 26th year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue led his troops from Shaanxi Province to Shanghai via Henan Province to participate in the battle of Songhu. In September 1938 (the 27th year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue was the commander of the first army in the south of Hu Zong in the first war zone. In the summer of 1940 (the 29th year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue was appointed lieutenant general and deputy commander in chief of the 34th group army. In April 1941 (the thirtieth year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue was appointed director of the Political Department of the first war zone, chief of staff of the Shaanxi people's mobilization headquarters, and chief of education of the guerrilla cadre training class. In August 1942 (the 31st year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue was appointed commander in chief of the 37th group army. In the autumn of 1943 (the 32nd year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue was transferred to Jiuquan as the commander-in-chief of Hexi police.

During the war of Liberation

In 1946 (the 35th year of the Republic of China), at the request of Zhang Zhizhong, director of the KMT's northwest camp, Tao Zhiyue became chairman of the KMT's Xinjiang Provincial Government, commander-in-chief of the Xinjiang garrison, and deputy chief of the northwest chief executive's office. He supported the political ideas of peace and democracy and made contributions to stabilizing the situation in Xinjiang and easing ethnic contradictions. In the summer of the same year, he helped Zhang Zhizhong release a large number of Communists and progressives who were held in Xinjiang prison, and personally sent people to escort them to Yan'an. In the spring of 1949 (the 38th year of the Republic of China), Tao Zhiyue adopted delaying tactics to prevent the troops stationed in Xinjiang from being transferred into the pass to participate in the civil war, and secretly prepared for the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang with Bao erhan, chairman of Xinjiang province. On September 25 of the same year, he ruled out resistance and led 100000 Kuomintang officers and soldiers stationed in Xinjiang to join the uprising and accept the leadership of the Communist Party of China. After that, he actively carried out the work of publicizing relief, quickly quelled the riots and resolutely suppressed the sabotage activities of the reactionaries. In mid October, according to the instructions of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, in order to eliminate the concerns of officers and soldiers, maintain national unity and local order, and welcome the people's Liberation Army into Xinjiang, the "letter to all officers and soldiers in Xinjiang" was issued to actively publicize the great significance of peaceful liberation and the principles and policies of the Communist Party of China.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China

In December 1949, after the reorganization of the uprising troops, Tao Zhiyue successively served as commander of the 22nd corps of the people's Liberation Army, member of the northwest military and political Commission, deputy commander of the Xinjiang Military Region and commander of the Xinjiang production and Construction Corps. Under extremely difficult conditions, he led the troops to cultivate the Gobi desert, sweat wasteland, and create the opportunities of planting cotton on the Gobi desert, building water conservancy, afforestation, and building cities Many miracles have made Xinjiang gradually walk out of the backward and poor ancient road and become a famous agricultural demonstration area at home and abroad. In 1979, Tao Zhiyue was appointed deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Sixth People's Congress of Hunan Province. In September 1982, Tao Zhiyue joined the Communist Party of China at the age of 90. From June 1983 to 1988, Tao Zhiyue was vice chairman of the sixth CPPCC National Committee. Tao Zhiyue is a member of the first, second and third National Defense Commission of the people's Republic of China; a deputy to the first, second and third National People's Congress; a member of the fourth and fifth standing committees of the National People's Congress; a member of the first and second national committees of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference; and a standing member of the third, fourth and fifth national committees. On December 26, 1988, Tao Zhiyue died of illness in Changsha, Hunan Province, at the age of 97. (atlas reference)

Main achievements

Armed escort

In 1945, Tao Zhiyue, then commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang's Xinjiang garrison, skillfully fought with Hu zongnan, a close confidant of Chiang Kai Shek, and safely escorted more than 130 Communist Party members and their families and children to Yan'an, including Yang Zhihua, Ma Mingfang, Zhang Ziyi and Gao dengbang, who were held in Xinjiang.

Jiuquan Uprising

On the evening of September 24, 1949, Tao Zhiyue led 38000 KMT officers and soldiers in Hexi area to revolt, and officially announced that he had severed relations with the Guangzhou government and returned to the people's democratic camp. Before the establishment of the Central People's government, he accepted the leadership of the people's Revolutionary Military Commission.

Xinjiang Uprising

On September 25, 1949, Tao Zhiyue again led more than 70000 people of the Kuomintang army in Xinjiang to revolt by electricity, accepted the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and made great contributions to the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang, the maintenance of the reunification of the motherland and national unity, and the establishment of new China.

Garrison the frontier

In 1950, Tao Zhiyue led the 22nd Corps in Gobi, Xinjiang, using primitive earth chopping trowel, plowshare and pickaxe to open up wasteland, dig canals to divert water, and reclaim 230000 mu of wasteland. He overfulfilled the tasks assigned by the military region, realized self-sufficiency in vegetables, meat and grain, and won the first battle of opening up wasteland and guarding the border. In 1952, Tao Zhiyue led the 22nd corps to plant 20000 mu of cotton in Manas reclamation area, producing more than 400 Jin of seed cotton per mu, creating the highest record of cotton yield per mu in China at that time. At the same time, Tao Zhiyue actively supported and participated in the construction of a new town in Shihezi town on the Manas River. As a result, the small town with a population of more than 200 has gradually developed into a new city with green trees, neat roads, numerous factories and comprehensive development of agriculture, industry and commerce, known as the "Gobi pearl".

Main works

article

meet the Communist Party of China with sincerity build the state farm into a consolidated commodity base Xinjiang production and construction forces struggle to realize the general task of the national transition period

poetry

"Shuhuai" and "Qijue · welcoming General Wang Zhen into Xinjiang"

Self account

self account of Tao Zhiyue (by Tao Zhiyue, published by Hunan people's Publishing House in November 1985) foot of Tianshan Mountain (by Tao Zhiyue, Chen Shi, etc., published by PLA publishing house in November 1986)

Honors

In 1955, Tao Zhiyue was awarded the rank of general of the Chinese people's Liberation Army and the first-class Liberation Medal of the people's Republic of China. In July 1988, he was awarded the medal of honor for the victory of the Chinese people's Liberation Army.

Relative members

Father: Tao Fusheng. Madam: Zhou Qingyi was born in 1890. In June 1911, she married Tao Zhiyue in her hometown of Hunan and gave birth to five children.

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