Liao Zhengguo

Liao Zhengguo

Liao Zhengguo (1913-april 16, 1972), male, Han nationality, was born in Xixian County, Henan Province. During the agrarian revolution, the Anti Japanese War and the liberation war, he made great contributions to the liberation of the Chinese people. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of major general, and was awarded the second level of 81 medal, the second level of independent freedom medal, and the first level of Liberation Medal.

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Liao Zhengguo (1913-april 16, 1972) was born in Xixian County, Henan Province. He joined the Red Army of workers and peasants in 1930 and the Communist Party of China in the same year. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as the deputy company commander and company commander of Huang'an independent regiment, the company commander and deputy battalion commander of the Fourth Red Army's military and police guard battalion, the political instructor of the 36th regiment battalion of the 12th division of the Fourth Red Army, and the battalion commander, deputy head and acting head of the supplementary regiment of the Military Commission. Took part in the long march. During the Anti Japanese War, he served as the commander of the sixth regiment of the third detachment of the New Fourth Army, the leader of the second detachment of the Jiangnan people's Anti Japanese volunteer army, the chief of staff of the first regiment of the advancing column, the head of the fourth regiment of the first column of the North Jiangsu command of the New Fourth Army, the head of the first regiment of the first division of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the teaching brigade, and the commander of the fourth column of the Jiangsu Zhejiang military region of the New Fourth Army. During the liberation war, he served as the commander of the first brigade of the first column of the Shandong field army, the division commander of the first division of the first column of the East China Field Army, and the chief of staff of the 20th army of the third field army. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as the deputy commander of the Chinese people's Volunteer Army, the commander of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Shanghai Garrison area, the commander of the Zhousheng fortress area, the commander of the Shanghai Garrison area, and the artillery commander of the Nanjing military area.

Chronology of Events

He was born in Xixian County, Henan Province in 1913. He joined the Red Army of workers and peasants in 1930. He joined the Communist Party of China in the same year. He successively served as the deputy company commander and company commander of Huang'an independent regiment, the deputy battalion commander of the military and police health battalion of the Fourth Red Army, and the battalion commander, deputy head and acting head of the supplementary regiment. He participated in the anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign in the Hubei Henan Anhui Soviet Area and the anti "three way encirclement" and anti "six way encirclement" campaign in the Sichuan Shaanxi Soviet area. In May 1935, he went on the long march with the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army. He entered the Anti Japanese military and Political University in 1937. He was the commander of the 6th regiment of the 3rd detachment of the New Fourth Army in 1938. Since 1939, he has been the leader of the second detachment of the Jiangnan Anti Japanese volunteer army, the chief of staff of the first regiment of the New Fourth Army advancing column, and the head of the fourth regiment of the advancing column. Chief of staff of the 1st Brigade of the 1st division of the New Fourth Army, commander of the 4th column of the Jiangsu Zhejiang military region. In 1945, he served as division commander of the 1st division of the 1st column of the East China Field Army and chief of staff of the 20th army of the 3rd field army. He served as deputy commander of the 20th PLA in 1949. In November 1950, he joined the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea and served as deputy commander of the 20th army of the Chinese people's Volunteer Army. He took part in the second and fifth campaigns. After returning to China in 1953, he served as commander of the 20th PLA. He took part in the campaign to liberate Yijiangshan island. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955. After graduating from the higher military college of the Chinese people's Liberation Army in 1960, he successively served as deputy commander of Shanghai Garrison, commander of Zhousheng fortress, commander of Shanghai Garrison and commander of artillery of Nanjing Military Region. He died in Nanjing on April 16, 1972 at the age of 59.

A brief account of his life

Liao Zhengguo studied in a private school when he was a child. In 1926, he entered the first primary school in Luoshan. He joined the Communist Party of China in August 1930. In October of the same year, he joined the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army, served as the vice captain of the youth propaganda team of the Political Department of the first division of the Red Army, and took part in the battle of conquering Jinjiazhai and besieging Lu'an City. In February of the next year, he was transferred to the general staff office of the division as a staff officer. He took part in the battle of attacking Shuangqiao town and capturing Yue Weijin alive. Then he took part in the second anti "encirclement and suppression" battles such as Huangmei, Yingshan and Huoshan. Because of his bravery, he was transferred to Huang'an independent regiment as deputy company commander in January 1932. Huang an served as company commander after the battle. In October of the same year, when he was deputy commander of the guard battalion of the Military Commission, he took part in the Hekou battle of the fourth anti encirclement and suppression campaign. After that, he followed the Fourth Front Red Army to withdraw from the base areas of Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Soviet areas. It entered Southern Shaanxi in November. In December, he set out from Chenggu in southern Shaanxi, crossed Daba Mountain, entered Tongjiang County in Sichuan, and opened up a revolutionary base in the border area of Sichuan and Shaanxi. He successively took part in the three-way siege to crush the Sichuan warlord Tian Songyao and the six way siege by Liu Xiang, the "commander in chief of suppressing the Communist Party" in Sichuan. He has successively served as the commander, deputy commander and political instructor of the fourth military and Police Battalion. In March 1935, the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army started the long march from the Sichuan Shaanxi base. He was ordered to take part in the reconnaissance work of the former echelon. After going through the hardships, he made the former echelon successfully complete the scheduled tasks, creating conditions for the victory of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army and the Central Red Army. In February and March of the next year, he successively served as the station master of the fourth and the first sub stations, responsible for the transportation work, and took part in the attacks on Tianquan and Lushan. In March 1937, he led the Red Army to the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province. When the West army was defeated, it was scattered by the Nationalist Army in the area of Dananshan and jiangwansi. He begged for food with his comrades along the way. His life was extremely difficult, but he firmly moved towards Yan'an. After nearly two months, he was received by the organization from Yan'an near Zhenyuan and studied in the sixth team of the second phase of the Anti Japanese military and Political University. After graduation in February of the next year, he transferred the sixth regiment of the third detachment of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui to be the deputy battalion commander, and two months later he became the battalion commander. He led the troops to move in the Jiangnan area, commanding the battles of Lishui, Baitu and Longtan, and opening up the Jiangnan base. In 1939, the Ministry and the local guerrillas formed the Jiangnan people's Anti Japanese volunteer army, or "Jiang Kang" for short. Liao Zhengguo served as the leader of the branch. He commanded the battles of Songshan, Gushan, etc. to eliminate the anti Communist and anti people "loyal National Salvation Army", and led his troops to attack Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, which was heavily guarded by Japanese aggressors. In November, the Department was reorganized into a regiment of advancing column. In 1940, when he was the chief of staff of any regiment, he took part in commanding the battles of destroying Jinniushan and bantaji and defending Guocun. Soon after, he was appointed as the head of the fourth regiment of the first column of the northern Jiangsu headquarters. He led the headquarters to take part in the battles of Rugao and Fengli. He fought with the Japanese aggressors for seven days and nights and won the battle. In October of the same year, he led his troops to the battle of Huangqiao. After the war, when explaining the structural principle and explosive power of the grenade to the troops, the grenade suddenly ignited. Facing the cadres and soldiers who were listening, he resolutely raised the grenade and let it explode in his own hands, so he lost his right hand and became an "independent man". At the end of 1942, the chief of staff of any brigade was also the head of the first regiment. In August 1944, when the troops were streamlined and reorganized, he was the head of the first regiment. At the end of the year, he was the brigade commander of the teaching and guiding brigade in Caodian. During this period, he successively directed the attacks on Huai'an, cheqiao and Shagou. In the spring of 1945, he was transferred to the commander of the fourth column of the Jiangsu Zhejiang military area, and took part in Xindeng, Xiaofeng and other campaigns in the anti stubborn battle in eastern Zhejiang. During the war of liberation, he successively served as brigade commander, division commander and chief of staff of the army. He led his troops to fight in East China and took part in the battle of Yanzhou, the battle of Tai'an and the battle of Lunan, as well as many famous battles such as Meng Lianggu, Zaozhuang, Laiwu, Southwest Shandong, East Henan and Huaihai. In the battle of Meng Lianggu, his first division was ordered to block the eastern aid of the 25th division, 65th division and 160th brigade of the Kuomintang army in Zhaishan, Tashan, toad Gu, fufushan and Jiepai. Liao was brave and tenacious in the nearly 60 km position blocking battle, blocking the successive attacks of Kuomintang troops. In February 1949, he served as chief of staff of the 20th army and led his troops to participate in the battle of crossing the Yangtze River and the battle of Shanghai. In 1950, he served as deputy commander of the 20th army. He led his troops to Korea to take part in the war of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. Acting as commander, he led the whole army to take part in the second and fifth battles. In May 1951, he successfully commanded the army's Mountain Defense War in the north of Huachuan, Jincheng and southeast of Jinhua. The whole army fought for more than 50 days in turn, and achieved a major victory in annihilating more than 21000 enemy troops. In the long-term revolutionary war, he was brave and good at fighting. He was wounded eight times and was known as "one armed general". After returning to China in 1953, he served as the commander of the 20th army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. With the cooperation of the PLA Navy, air force and chemical defense forces, the 60th division took part in the liberation of Yijiangshan island and Dachen island. In 1957, he attended the PLA higher military academy. From 1960 to 1970, he successively served as deputy commander and chief of staff of Shanghai Garrison District, commander of Zhousheng fortress district and commander of Shanghai Garrison district. during his tenure in Shanghai, he resolutely implemented the instructions of the Central Military Commission and the Nanjing Military Region on the construction and work of the armed forces, attached importance to strengthening the revolutionization, regularization and modernization of the armed forces in the garrison area, and frequently went deep into the armed forces to inspect and guide the combat readiness and training work, with strict requirements for the armed forces. Especially during the period of the "Cultural Revolution", he presided over the work of the Party committee of the Shanghai Garrison, resolutely carried out the instructions and orders of the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and the Party committee of the Nanjing Military Region on the "Cultural Revolution" and the strengthening of combat readiness and stability of the troops, and resolutely fought against Lin Biao, the Jiangqing counter revolutionary group and the remaining parties in Shanghai. Especially in the early stage of the "Cultural Revolution", under extremely difficult conditions, we tried our best to protect the party and government leading cadres in Shanghai who were cruelly wrestled by the "rebels". Therefore, he was deeply attacked and persecuted by Lin Biao, Jiang Qing counter revolutionary group and their remaining parties in Shanghai. He made a lot of false words and imposed all kinds of unnecessary charges. Moreover, after he was transferred from the Shanghai Police area or even died, Jiang Qing counter revolutionary group and its remaining parties never stopped their slandering attacks on him. In the severe struggle, Liao Zhengguo resolutely took various measures and did a lot of work in stabilizing the organs and troops of the garrison area, strengthening combat readiness, and defending the coastal defense and garrison tasks of Shanghai. He was transferred to the artillery commander of Nanjing Military Region in April 1970 and died in Nanjing in 1972

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