Hu Qicai

Hu Qicai

Hu Qicai (1914-1997), formerly known as Hu Qicai, was born in Hong'an, Hubei Province. He is an excellent member of the Communist Party of China, a long tested loyal communist fighter, a proletarian revolutionist, an excellent military commander of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, a senior general of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, and a former deputy commander of the Chinese people's Liberation Army's engineering army. He was awarded the rank of Chinese general in 1955. He was awarded the first level of 81 medal, the first level of independent freedom medal and the first level of Liberation Medal. In July 1988, he was awarded the first grade Red Star Medal.

brief introduction

Hu Qicai joined the revolution in 1929. He joined the Red Army of workers and peasants in 1930. He joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1931 and transferred to the Communist Party of China in 1932. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as the monitor and platoon leader of the guard battalion of the Military Commission of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army, the political instructor of the 32nd regiment company of the 11th division of the Fourth Army of the Red Army, the political instructor of the battalion, the political commissar of the 33rd and 35th regiments, and the political commissar of the 11th and 12th divisions. Took part in the long march. During the Anti Japanese War, he served as the deputy head of the 770 regiment of 385 brigade of 129th division of the Eighth Route Army, the leader of the sixth brigade of the third brigade of the Chinese people's Anti Japanese military and Political University, the leader of the cadre brigade going to Shandong in Yan'an, the Deputy commander of the eighth detachment of the Shandong column, the political commissar of the fourth detachment, the commander of the first detachment and the divisional commander of the second army, the deputy commander of the first brigade of the Shandong column, and the headquarters of the central Shandong military region Chief of staff, deputy division chief of the third division of Shandong military region. During the war of liberation, he served as commander of the third column and the fourth column of Liaodong military region of Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as commander of Liaodong military region, deputy commander of the air force of Shenyang Military Region, commander of Liaoxi military region, head of the visiting delegation to the DPRK, deputy commander of the 20th corps, deputy commander and consultant leader of the engineering corps of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955. He is an alternate member of the first National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference and a deputy to the Fourth National People's Congress.

Revolutionary course

Hu Qicai, male, was born in September 1914 in Huang'an, Hubei Province. His original name was Hu Qicai.

He took part in the revolutionary activities in 1929.

In August 1930, he joined the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army and became a soldier in the first division, first regiment and first company of the first Red Army.

In January 1931, he served as the monitor and platoon leader of the guard camp of the Military Commission of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and joined the Communist Youth League of China in August.

In May 1932, he became a member of the Communist Party of China and served as the deputy commander and political instructor of the ninth company of the 32nd regiment of the 11th division of the Fourth Red Army. He took part in all the anti "encirclement and suppression" operations in the revolutionary base areas of Hubei, Henan and Anhui and the westward expedition to Sichuan. In October, he served as political commissar of the Third Battalion of the 32nd regiment.

In January 1933, he served as a political commissar of the first battalion of the 31st regiment. After July, he served as a political member of the 33rd regiment of the 11th division of the Fourth Army of the Red Army. He led the troops to take part in the struggle for the establishment of the Sichuan Shaanxi revolutionary base and the previous anti "siege" operations.

In May 1935, he led the army to participate in the Long March, and in September he served as a political member of the 35th regiment of the 12th division of the Fourth Red Army.

In February 1936, he served as a political commissar of the 11th division of the Fourth Red Army, and in April he was changed to a political commissar of the 12th division. He led the long march northward to Gansu to join the army. During the Anti Japanese War, he served as the deputy head of the 77o regiment of 385 brigade of 129th division of the Eighth Route Army, and soon joined the third phase of the Anti Japanese military and Political University.

Since May 1938, he has successively served as the leader of the sixth brigade of the third brigade of the Anti Japanese university, the leader of the cadre brigade of Yan'an to Shandong, and the deputy commander of the eighth detachment of the Shandong column.

In August 1939, he served as a political member of the fourth detachment of Shandong column.

Since August 1940, he has been the commander of the first detachment of Shandong column, the commander of the first military division, the deputy commander of the first brigade, the director of the general staff office of the headquarters of the central Shandong military region, and the deputy commander of the third division of the Shandong military region. He led his troops to take part in the struggle for the establishment and development of the Anti Japanese base area in central Shandong and persisted in the Anti Japanese guerrilla war behind the enemy lines.

During the war of liberation, he was appointed commander of the third column of Liaodong military region in November 945.

He served as deputy commander of the fourth column in February 1946 and commander of the column in May 1946. He participated in commanding the Xinkailing battle and won.

After 1947, he served as deputy commander of the fourth column of the Northeast Field Army and deputy commander of the 41st army of the fourth field army. He took part in many important battles to liberate Northeast China and march into Central South China.

Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, he has successively served as commander of Liaodong military region, commander of Liaoxi military region, deputy commander of air force of Shenyang Military Region, deputy commander of Engineering force of Chinese people's Liberation Army, chief of staff and leader of advisory group.

Life story

Youth

Hu Qicai was born in a tenant family in lijiatian village, Gaoqiao District, Huang'an (now Hong'an), Hubei Province. There are seven people in his family. He lives on a small tofu shop supported by a landlord named Shitian. At a young age, Hu Qicai worked with his family in tofu shop and Tianfan. After his mother died of postpartum fever, he did his best to share the heavy farm work for his father. He dropped out of private school for nine and a half years. Although he had only read for three years, his enlightening teacher, Communist Zhang chufeng, had a profound influence on his education.

In 1929, Hu Qicai saw with his own eyes that the enemy caught Zhang chufeng by the river in front of the village and killed him cruelly. Full of grief and indignation, he joined the young pioneers. His village is located at the junction of the red and white districts. The main task of the young pioneers is to stand guard. One day in August 1930, Hu Qicai was on sentry duty at the top of Houshan mountain. The leader of the young pioneers said: the higher authorities called for the expansion of the Red Army. If any of you want to join the army, hurry to sign up. He quickly agreed: I'll go! His father held him and said: your grandfather is old, your brother is seriously ill, my two younger sisters are still young, and I'm not in good health. When you leave, what should I do at home? He replied: if you don't join the Red Army, there is no way to survive! He took part in the Red Army spy camp in Huahe district. He was born big and hardworking. After joining the Red Army, he was not afraid of danger and sacrifice. In less than three months, he fought five battles and seized a "Hanyang made" rifle. He took part in the struggle against "encirclement and suppression" four times in Hubei Henan Anhui Soviet Area and the creation of Sichuan Shaanxi Soviet area.

After becoming a member of the Communist Party of China

Hu Qicai joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1931 and transferred to the Communist Party of China in 1932.

Less than three years after joining the army, Hu Qicai suffered five injuries. When he served as political commissar of the 35th regiment of the 11th division of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army in June 1933, he was less than 19 years old. Then he took part in the long march and served as political commissar of the 11th and 12th divisions.

In December 1937, Hu Qicai entered the Anti Japanese military and Political University, and later served as the leader of the third brigade and the sixth brigade. In August 1938, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent cadres to reinforce Shandong and formed the Shandong cadre brigade, with Hu Qicai as the leader. On August 21, he led the team to leave Yan'an under the parting instruction of Comrade Mao Zedong: "first, to be a good student; second, to be a good teacher; third, to be a good commander.". It took three months and three thousand miles to reach Yimeng mountain base. In November, he was assigned to the eighth detachment of Shandong column of the Eighth Route Army as the deputy commander, and soon became the commander of the first detachment of Shandong column and the commander of the second division of the central Shandong military region. Since then, he has persisted in the Anti Japanese war in central Shandong for seven years. He successively served as the deputy commander of the first brigade of Shandong column and the director of the general staff office of the central Shandong military region. The headquarters carried out the Gezhuang battle and the Linqu battle, conquered Yishui City, attacked the stubborn forces, smashed the "mopping up" of the Japanese aggressors, and made outstanding contributions to the consolidation and development of the central Shandong base. People in central Shandong still remember commander Hu Qicai.

In 1987, Chi Haotian went to Yimeng mountain area for inspection. An old man in his seventies asked him about Comrade Hu Qicai, and sang on the spot the song that eulogized Linqu's victory“

Hu Qicai is not simple. He commands eight routes to attack Yeyuan. He kills thirty-three devils and catches one alive

The interpreter

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Chi Haotian felt a lot of emotion after listening to it. After returning to Beijing, he wrote down this ballad in his own hand and presented it to General Hu Qicai.

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Hu Qicai was appointed deputy commander of the third division of Shandong district, and led his troops to the northeast. In November, he served as the commander of the third column of Liaodong military region of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. In May 1946, he served as the commander of the fourth column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. At the end of October, he launched the Xinkailing campaign. In October, in order to achieve the goal of occupying the whole northeast from the south to the north, the Kuomintang government set up 100000 troops to invade the Nanman base in three lines. Our Liaodong military region plans to gather the main force to defend Dandong and cover the transfer of the head office and logistics units. According to the situation of the battlefield, Hu Qicai made a decisive decision to quickly close up the whole column which had already been scattered. He lured the 25th division of the enemy's Middle Route Army to Xinkailing in Kuandian area, annihilated more than 8000 enemy troops, captured more than 6000 under the enemy's division commander, and captured countless troops. After the war, the enemy came from three sides, and the Yalu River was to the south. The situation was extremely critical. He calmly ordered the troops to quickly withdraw from the battlefield, and moved to Ji'an area through the virgin forest of Huanren. On the way, with more than 6000 prisoners, he had to fight with the enemy, which was extremely dangerous. This process was later adapted into the film "thousands of miles against the wind". The Xinkailing campaign was the first great victory of our army in Eastern Liaoning. Under the situation of the strong enemy and the weak enemy in the self-defense war, it was the first battle example of our army in Northeast China to annihilate the enemy's whole division in the first battle. It smashed the enemy's strategic attempt and reversed the situation of the war in southern Manchuria. It was awarded by the Central Military Commission and the headquarters of the Northeast allied forces.

On December 3, 1946, Hu Qicai arrived in Tonghua to join the military region. His old head injury recurred and he left the army to Dalian for medical treatment. In April 1947, he returned to the army and took part in the summer offensive. Because of the severe pain, he had to go to Harbin for recuperation. In May 1948, he was called back to the army. In September, the Liaoshen campaign began. The beginning of the Liaoshen campaign was the Jinzhou campaign, and the Tashan blocking battle was an important battle to ensure the victory of the Jinzhou campaign. In September, our Northeast Army quickly encircled Jinzhou and formed an enemy force in Northeast China

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