Li Tao

Li Tao

Li Tao (1905.9.4-1970.12.20), general of the founding of the people's Republic of China. Four groups of people from Xinpo village, Yanshou Yao Township, Rucheng County, Hunan Province. He joined the patriotic student movement in 1925 and the Communist Party of China in 1926. During his revolutionary career, he successively served as team leader, party representative of battalion, political instructor of brigade, political commissar of detachment, political commissar of column, political commissar of division, director of Branch Bureau, section chief, political commissar of bureau, commander of column, director of Political Department, vice chairman of military and political Commission, director of department, political instructor, secretary general, bureau chief, minister, etc. he took part in Autumn Harvest Uprising, the first anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign in Central Soviet Area, and the South China war The battle of xiongshuikou, the long march and the eastern expedition.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Li Tao successively served as director of the combat Department of the Central Military Commission and director of the first Bureau, President of the Engineering School of the people's Revolutionary Military Commission, director of the Technology Department of the Central Military Commission, director of the third Department of the general staff, political commissar, etc. He was awarded the rank of general in 1955. He died in Guangzhou on December 20, 1970.

Life of the characters

Early experience

On September 4, 1905, Li Tao was born in Xinpo village, Yanshou Township, Rucheng County, Hunan Province. He entered Dade primary school at the age of 8, and then studied in county model primary school and Lianxi high school.

The Great Revolution

In 1923 (the 12th year of the Republic of China), Li Tao was admitted to the seventh union Middle School of Chenzhou Province, and began to accept the idea of progress. In 1925 (the fourteenth year of the Republic of China), Li Tao was expelled from the University for participating in the patriotic student movement. In the spring of 1926, Li Tao joined the Communist Party of China. In February, Li Tao and Zhu qingxun established the Rucheng County group of the Communist Party of China in the North Street of Chen county. In May, just at the beginning of the northern expedition from Guangdong, Li Tao was dispatched by the Chenzhou special branch of the Communist Party of China and returned to Rucheng County with Zhu qingxun to carry out the party building work. In the summer of the same year, Li Tao was transferred to Hengyang political institute. In August, Li Tao was sent to the left wing headquarters of Changde National Revolutionary Army to do propaganda work. In February 1927 (the 16th year of the Republic of China), Li Tao returned to Rucheng to carry out the workers' movement as the instructor of the workers' movement of the Hunan Federation of trade unions. He was elected chairman of the County Federation of trade unions and leader of the workers' picket team, which pushed the revolutionary movement of Rucheng to a climax and enjoyed the reputation of "new Hunan".

Agrarian Revolution

In August 1927 (the 16th year of the Republic of China), Li Tao was attacked by reactionary forces and led a part of the agricultural army to stand out. In September, he took part in the Autumn Harvest Uprising in Guidong. Li Tao was the party representative of 1st Battalion, 1st regiment, 2nd division of the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army. After the failure of the uprising, Li Tao went to Guangzhou and worked in Guangdong Provincial Committee and Hong Kong Regional Committee of the CPC. In 1929 (the 18th year of the Republic of China), Li Tao went from Shanghai to the Soviet Area in southwest Jiangxi, and successively served as political instructor of the 2nd guerrilla brigade of the 2nd independent regiment of Jiangxi Red Army, political commissar of the 3rd and 8th column of the 1st column of the 6th Red Army, and political commissar of the 1st column and 7th Division of the 3rd Red Army. In the first anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign in the Central Soviet Area, Li Tao and his division commander Chen Bojun led the 7th Division to fight against the repeated attacks of the KMT army several times their own. They tenaciously held their positions, together with their brother troops, they annihilated the 18th division headquarters and two brigades of the KMT army and captured their division commander Zhang huizan. In June 1932 (the 21st year of the Republic of China), Li Tao was transferred to the political commissar of the 39th division of the 13th army of the Red Army and led his troops to take part in the battle of Shuikou in Nanxiong. Later, he was dismissed as political commissar of the division by the leader of the "left" line because he supported Mao Zedong's ideas, and transferred to be the director of the enemy Work Department of the Political Department of the first front army of the Red Army, the director of the Political Department of the 9th Red Army, and the director of the political security bureau. In October 1934 (the 23rd year of the Republic of China), Li Tao went on the long march with the army and served as the chief of the executive section of the Red Army Work Department of the Political Security Bureau of the front army, the leader of the advanced commando team of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission column, the political commissar of the Second Bureau of the Military Commission, the commander of the Military Commission column, and the director of the political department. After arriving in Northern Shaanxi, Li Tao became executive director of the Political Security Bureau of the Northwest Revolutionary Military Commission. In the spring of 1936 (the 25th year of the Republic of China), during the eastern expedition, Li Tao was transferred to the head of the United Front Department of the Political Department of the first front army of the Red Army. He was once sent to Yang Hucheng Department of the 17th Route Army of the Kuomintang army to engage in United Front work. At the end of the same year, Li Tao went to the hong74 division in southern Shaanxi as vice chairman of the South Road military and political Commission. Later, he served as the director of the Red Army Liaison Office in Xi'an.

Counter-Japanese War

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Li Tao and Dong Biwu went to Hankou to set up the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army and served as the director of the office. He was responsible for raising military expenses and supplies for the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, rescuing the Communist Party members and Progressives detained by the Kuomintang, transporting the patriotic youth who asked to go to Yan'an, and carrying out the United Front work. In 1938 (the 27th year of the Republic of China), as a senior staff officer of the 18th group army general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Li Tao did the United Front Work of the Northeast Army, the northwest army and the Sichuan army. In February 1939 (the 28th year of the Republic of China), Li Tao and Ye Jianying served as political instructors at the guerrilla cadre training class held by the Military Commission of the national government in Hengshan, Nanyue. Later, he succeeded as the head of the CPC delegation, actively promoting the CPC's Anti Japanese ideas and promoting the unity of the Kuomintang and the CPC. In 1940, Li Tao worked in Guilin Office of the Eighth Route Army. In 1941 (the thirtieth year of the Republic of China), after returning to Yan'an, Li Tao was appointed director of the economic construction Department of the Logistics Department of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, Secretary General of the Military Commission, deputy director of the combat department and director of the Second Bureau. Under the condition of heavy business work, he led all the staff of the Second Bureau to insist on working and producing at the same time, so as to achieve a double harvest of work and production.

War of Liberation

In October 1945 (the 34th year of the Republic of China), Li Tao was appointed acting director of the combat Department of the CMC. In May 1948 (the 37th year of the Republic of China), Li Tao was appointed Minister of the combat department and director of the first Bureau of the CMC. We should attach importance to the business construction of the commanding organs and the headquarters at all levels, and pay attention to the cultivation of the work style of accomplishing tasks with high efficiency and high quality. During the war of liberation, he participated in many important campaigns, such as organizational planning, message drafting, data collection, and war situation reporting. He was Mao Zedong's senior staff officer and right-hand assistant to other leaders of the Military Commission in commanding the national war of liberation.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China

In 1950, Li Tao served as director of the combat Department of the CMC, director of the first Bureau, and President of the Engineering School of the people's Revolutionary Military Commission. He also participated in the establishment of the PLA surveying and mapping school and the surveying and Mapping Bureau of the general staff. He helped acting chief of general staff Nie Rongzhen to do a lot of organizational work in unifying the PLA's establishment and establishing various services and arms, and participated in the organization and preparation of infantry code of conduct, internal affairs, formation, discipline and other regulations. Since 1952, Li Tao has been director of the technical department of the CMC, director of the third Department of the general staff, and political commissar. This paper puts forward the policy of combining political work with professional work, which requires political work cadres to understand the business and go deep into the business; at the same time, it puts forward the policy of "high threshold" for technical cadres and emphasizes the central position of technical business. In 1965, Li Tao was removed from his post for illness. Li Tao was persecuted during the "Cultural Revolution" and was forced to leave Beijing when he was seriously ill. on December 20, 1970, Li Tao died of illness in Guangzhou.

Main achievements

Counter encirclement and suppression in the Central Soviet Area

On December 29, 1930, Li Tao led the 7th Division of the 3rd army of the Red Army to occupy the main positions north of huangxingling and qiziling, commanding the 7th Division of the Red Army and other units of the Red Army to smash the Kuomintang headquarters of Zhang huizan and annihilate the two brigades under the jurisdiction of Zhang huizan's headquarters. Later, he led his troops to fight fiercely with Tan Daoyuan's Department of the Kuomintang in Dongshao, killing one Kuomintang head and one regiment deputy, annihilating more than half of Tan Daoyuan's division, and seizing more than 4000 guns and 46 machine guns. In May 1931, Li Tao led the red 7th Division to contain the 19th Route Army of the Kuomintang in the south of Donggu, and captured gongbingfan, the commander of the Kuomintang in Zhongdong. On May 25, Li Tao led the 7th Division to Ganzhu of Guangchang to snipe the Kuomintang troops, and then pursued the 8th and 24th divisions of Zhu Shaoliang's Department of the Kuomintang in the direction of Nanfeng, killing Hu Zuyu, commander of the 5th division of the Kuomintang, and annihilating the Kuomintang garrison. On September 15, Li Tao led his troops to annihilate Han Deloitte and Jiang Guangding Division 1 of the Kuomintang in fangshiling, and captured more than 5000 people. Han Deloitte fled in disguise after being captured. More than 4500 rifles, more than 90 machine guns, more than 10000 bullets and more than 200 horses were seized.

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The Central Military Commission pays close attention to combat

In late June 1946, Li Tao organized No.1 Bureau of the Military Commission to compile and print the "battle sequence of the Kuomintang army", which comprehensively included the information of the Ministry of national defense of the Kuomintang government and its battalions, Suiyuan offices, war zones, and police headquarters, as well as the serial numbers, locations, strength, affiliation, and names of principal officers of 15 group armies, 91 armies, 251 divisions, special forces, infantry units, and local armed forces, and approved the total strength of the Kuomintang army 4.07 million. Mao Zedong's praise is very useful.

On March 4, 1947, Li Tao reviewed the military data reported by the combat department to the Central Military Commission about the Kuomintang's attack on the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia Border Region: 7 divisions, 24 brigades and 73 regiments. In July, Li Tao organized the combat department to draft the annual summary of the war of self defense, which illustrated with specific data that the number of troops that the Kuomintang army could use for offensive and mobile operations was decreasing, the reserve forces were drying up, most of the troops were on guard, and the rear forces were relatively weak. It provides an important reference for the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China to study and deploy the second year's operations (to hold a national counter offensive and fight with the main force to the outside line). On November 2, 1948, Li Tao organized his staff to count the growth and decline of the forces of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party: the total strength of the PLA exceeded 3 million, and the total strength of the Kuomintang decreased to 2.9 million. After receiving the report, Mao Zedong drafted a telegram for the Xinhua news agency that "the person in charge of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China can overthrow the Kuomintang government in a year or so.". in the three major battles of the war of liberation, Li Tao not only had to manage

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