Chen Kefei

Chen Kefei

Chen Kefei (1903-1966), male, from Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, graduated from the fifth Political Department of Huangpu Military Academy, the fifth special class of Army University and the second general training class. He has successively served as platoon commander, company commander and battalion attached commander of the ninth division of the first army of the National Revolutionary Army, as well as deputy and head of the 51st regiment of the ninth division. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he served as the head of the 49th regiment, chief of staff and deputy commander of the 9th division of the second army. He successively participated in the battle of Songhu, the battle of Xuzhou, the battle of Wuhan, the battle of Kunlun Pass, the second and third battle of Changsha, and served as the commander of the 9th division of the Chinese expeditionary army in 1944. In 1946, he served as the commander of the 9th brigade of the 9th division, the commander of the 15th division, the acting commander of the 15th army, the chief of staff of the 5th army of the 2nd corps, the commander of the 2nd army, and the commander of the 20th Corps. In September 1948, he was awarded major general of the army. On December 24, 1949, he led an uprising in Pixian County, Sichuan Province. He committed suicide in 1966.

Personal resume

Chen Kefei has been diligent and studious since childhood. He was admitted to the fifth Political Department of Huangpu Military Academy in 1925 and graduated the next year. He graduated from the fifth special class of the Army University and the second general training class. He has successively served as platoon commander, company commander and battalion attached commander of the ninth division of the first army of the National Revolutionary Army, as well as deputy and head of the 51st regiment of the ninth division.

Life of the characters

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he served as head of the 49th regiment and chief of staff of the 9th division of the second army. He took part in the battle of Songhu, the battle of Xuzhou, the battle of Wuhan, the battle of Kunlun Pass, the second and third battle of Changsha, and the expedition to India and Burma. In May 1938, the Japanese invaders attacked Lunan and were ordered to lead their troops to move eastward from Xuzhou to contain the Japanese invaders in the eastern section of Longhai Road. In Pixian and Tancheng areas, he fought with the Japanese army for four days and nights, and fully coordinated the battle of Taierzhuang, the main force, and achieved great victory. At the end of the next year, he went to Guangxi, led his department to recover Kunlun Pass, and was promoted to deputy division commander. In 1943, he led the 9th division to cross the Nujiang River, besieged and annihilated the Japanese army in the beachhead position, creating conditions for the subsequent troops to cross the river smoothly. After crossing the river, he led the army to fight in the western Yunnan border, took the lead in opening up the Sino Indian highway, captured mangyou, joined the new army in India, made the first contribution, and won the commendation of the Military Commission of the national government. Then, he served as a guard on the eastern section of the China India highway. At that time, the son of Long Yun, the chairman of Yunnan Province, was armed with opium trafficking, and Chen Kefei sent troops to intercept it. The government officials of Yunnan Province stepped in to interfere, but they did not care. They burned all the Opium in public, which made the people happy. At the end of 1944, he was the commander of the ninth division of the Chinese expeditionary army. In the autumn of 1946, he graduated from the general training class of Lu University and served as the commander of the ninth brigade of the ninth division and the 15th division. In 1947, he was promoted to acting commander of the 15th army. In September of the next year, he was awarded the rank of major general. Later, he served as chief of staff of the Fifth Army and chief of the second army of the Second Corps. In 1949, he served as commander of the 20th Corps. On December 24, 1949, he led an uprising in Pixian County, Sichuan Province. Later, he served as senior member and deputy commander of the 50th army of the Central South military region of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, and counsellor of the Central South military and political Commission. In 1955, he served successively as a counsellor of the counsellor's office of Wuhan Municipal People's government and vice director of the counsellor's office of Hubei Provincial People's government after he changed his job. He was successively elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese people's revolution, and. After the outbreak of the cultural revolution, Chen Kefei was cruelly persecuted and committed suicide in September 1966. In April 1979, the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee held a memorial service for Chen Kefei in Wuhan and rehabilitated him.

personal works

He is the author of the glorious choice and the course of the 20th Corps from the collapse of Western Hubei into Sichuan to the uprising.

Character's former residence

Chen Kefei's former residence is located in Luoxi village, Chengguan Town, Tiantai county. It is the home of the famous patriotic general Chen Kefei during the great revolution and the Anti Japanese war. It is now used by the descendants of Chen Kefei. It covers an area of about 1250 square meters, surrounded by walls, with a wall door in the middle and an entrance hall at the back of the door. The former residence adopts the Chinese traditional wooden structure form, which is organically integrated with the western architectural style, with distinct characteristics of the times. in December 2000, it was announced as a county-level cultural relics protection unit.

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