Li Da
Li Da
Li Da (April 19, 1905 - July 12, 1993), formerly known as Li Desan, was born in Meixian County, Shaanxi Province. In his early years, he took part in the patriotic student movement. Later, he was admitted to Feng Yuxiang's Second Military Academy of the northwest army. After graduation, he served as platoon commander and company commander of the national revolutionary army. He took part in Ningdu uprising in December 1931. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1932 and successively served as the company commander, division chief of staff, chief of military staff, and corps chief of staff of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. He participated in the anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign in the Hunan Jiangxi Soviet Area, and in the establishment of the Hunan Hubei Sichuan Guizhou Soviet Area and the long march. During the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, he served as chief of staff of the Chinese people's Volunteer Army. In November 1954, Li Da was appointed Vice Minister of the Ministry of national defense of the people's Republic of China, Vice Minister of the General Training Department of the people's Liberation Army, and Minister of the planning department and the supervision department. In 1972, he served as deputy chief of the general staff of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. On July 12, 1993, Li Da died in Beijing at the age of 88.
In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general and was awarded the first level of 81 medal, the first level of independent freedom medal and the first level of Liberation Medal.
Life of the characters
Early experience
Li Da, formerly known as Li Desan. He was born on April 19, 1905 in yaxia village, Hengqu District, Weixian County, Shaanxi Province. When he was five years old, he worked as a temporary worker for the landlord. At the age of 11, his family borrowed money for him to study in a private school for five years.
At the beginning of 1922, he was admitted to Xi'an private middle school, then transferred to provincial normal school, and participated in the progressive student movement.
In 1924, he returned home after graduation and worked as a primary school teacher in Hengqu district.
In 1926, he was admitted to the Second Military Academy of the northwest army founded by Feng Yuxiang.
After graduating in 1927, he served as platoon commander, company commander and brigade staff officer in the second group army of the national revolutionary army.
After the Central Plains war in 1930, the headquarters were incorporated into the 26th Route Army.
In 1931, he went to Jiangxi with the Ministry to take part in the "encirclement and suppression" of the Central Soviet area. In December, he followed Zhao Bosheng, Dong Zhentang and Ji Zhentong to participate in the Ningdu uprising and served as company commander of the 5th corps of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army.
In 1932, he went to Hunan Jiangxi Soviet Area and served as chief of staff of the first independent division of the Red Army and acting head of the third regiment. He joined the Communist Party of China in September of the same year. Since November, he has been the chief of staff of the 8th Red Army, the chief of staff of the 17th red division and the head of the 50th regiment. He has participated in commanding and fighting against the Kuomintang army's attack on the Hunan Jiangxi Soviet Area and cooperated with the first front Red Army.
He won the second Red Star Medal in 1933. In July 1934, he went to the West with the 6th Red Army, and served as the chief of staff of the 6th Red Army in August. In October, he led the army to join the 2nd Red Army led by he long in Yinjiang area of Guizhou Province, and then transferred to the chief of staff of the 2nd Red Army to assist he long, head of the army, and Ren Bishi, political commissar, in launching the offensive in Western Hunan, participating in the establishment of the Soviet Area of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, and commanding the anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign.
He took part in the long march in November 1935.
In July 1936, he served as chief of staff of the second front army of the Red Army. He long was the commander in chief, Ren Bi was the political commissar, and Li Da was the chief of staff. In October of the same year, the second front army and the first and fourth front army of the red army joined forces in Huining, Gansu Province, and successfully completed the long march.
At the beginning of 1937, he served as the chief of staff of the Western aid army, and organized to meet the personnel of the Western Route Army who broke through the encirclement.
the period of Counter-Japanese War
After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he served as the chief of the general staff of the 129th division of the Eighth Route Army, followed the army to cross the Yellow River eastward to the front line of the Anti Japanese War, and participated in the organization and implementation of the battles of Qigen village, huangyadi, changshengkou, shentouling, xiangtangpu, etc., as well as the anti "six way siege" in Taihang district and the "nine way siege" in southeastern Shanxi Province.
In December 1938, he served as chief of staff of the 129th division. We should attach importance to the business construction of the headquarters, emphasize well-organized pre war reconnaissance, often go deep into the front line to observe the terrain, understand the enemy's situation and make accurate judgments, draw up practical and feasible operational plans, assist Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping in commanding xiangchenggu, Ciwu forest, Baijin railway breaking battle and hundred regiments war, and participate in the establishment of Anti Japanese base areas such as Shanxi Hebei Henan, Southern Hebei and Taiyue .
In August 1943, he was ordered to command Taihang, one department of Southern Hebei military region and one department of central Hebei police brigade to launch the Linnan campaign and annihilate more than 7000 Japanese and puppet troops. In October, he also served as the commander of Taihang military region, leading the army and the people of Taihang region to fight back against the Japanese "mopping up". At the same time, he carried out mass production movement and streamlined administration, broke the Japanese economic blockade and consolidated the Anti Japanese base area.
In 1945, during the spring and summer offensive in the Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan border region, he commanded the troops of Taihang military region to carry out the Daoqing campaign, the Anyang campaign and the counter offensive, and recovered a large area of territory.
In August 1945, he served as the chief of staff of the Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan military region, and in September he also served as the commander of Taihang column. He took part in commanding the Shangdang campaign against Yan Xishan Department of the Kuomintang army, and effectively cooperated with the Chongqing truce negotiation. When the Handan campaign was launched, he ventured to cross the line of fire and negotiated with Gao Shuxun, commander of the new Eighth Army of the Kuomintang army, about the uprising of the Ministry.
During the war of Liberation
On December 14, 1945, Li Da and Zhang Naiyi, who had known each other for more than 20 days, got married in Shexian county. When Zhang Naiyi asked Li Da why he was elected on this day, Li Da said: "on December 14, 1931, I joined the Red Army. This day is the day when I became a soldier of the Red Army from an old army. It is also the day when I was born. It is of commemorative significance."
In June 1946, he served as chief of staff of the Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan field army and took part in commanding the battles of Longhai Road, Dingtao, Juye, juancheng, Huaxian, jujinyu, Henan Anhui border, etc.
In 1947, he assisted Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping in launching the offensive in Northern Henan and the campaign in Southwest Shandong. After defeating the enemy for many times, he marched to Dabie Mountains.
In May 1948, he served as chief of staff of the Central Plains military region and the Central Plains field army, and took part in commanding the campaigns of Wandong, Xiangfan and Zhengzhou. After the Huaihai Campaign, he served as chief of staff of the second field army, commander and political commissar of the special forces column in February 1949, participating in the organization and command of the cross river campaign and the march to the southwest.
After the founding of new China
In February 1950, he served as deputy commander and chief of staff of Southwest Military Region, and later served as commander of Yunnan Military Region. He presided over the daily work of the Southwest Military Region and took part in leading the work of annihilating the remaining Kuomintang armed forces and bandits and striving for the peaceful liberation of Tibet.
In 1953, he participated in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, served as chief of staff of the Chinese people's Volunteer Army, and participated in organizing and directing the summer counterattack campaign.
In November 1954, he served as vice minister of the Ministry of national defense, Vice Minister of the General Training Department of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, and Minister of the planning department and the supervision department.
In 1958, because of the so-called dogmatism, he was wrongly criticized. He was transferred to the deputy director of the National Sports Commission and director of the national defense Sports Association, and made pioneering work in developing military sports.
During the "Cultural Revolution", he was persecuted by Lin Biao and Jiang Qing's counter revolutionary group and was illegally detained for four years.
In October 1972, he served as deputy chief of the general staff of the PLA and concurrently as director of the PLA sports steering committee. They often go deep into the army to investigate and study, solve the practical difficulties at the grass-roots level, and actively participate in the planning of the army's modernization, regularization and national defense construction.
From 1980 to 1988, he served as an adviser to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.
In 1982, he was elected to the Advisory Committee of the CPC Central Committee. He is a member of the second and third National Defense Commission, the 10th and 11th CPC Central Committee, and the Standing Committee of the third National People's Congress.
On July 12, 1993, Li Da died in Beijing at the age of 88.
Character contribution
work
Li Da wrote 129th division of the Eighth Route Army in the Anti Japanese war in 1985. Since then, he has also written such works as "recalling the Central Plains field army in the Huaihai Campaign" and "recalling the hundred regiments war", which provide extremely valuable information for the military and party history circles to study this period of history.
In June 1942, Li Da drafted the issue of militarization of non combat organs, which was issued to the army for implementation. In view of the bitter lessons of the encirclement of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the sacrifice of the deputy chief of the general staff of Zuoquan, Li Da proposed four measures to guide the fighting of the command organs of the 129 division. This proposal has important guiding significance for the construction of the commanding organs of the PLA under the condition of modernization.
military
As the main assistant of Comrade Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, Li Da took part in commanding a series of campaigns such as conquering Nanyang, Xiangyang, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, and made great contributions to the establishment and development of the base areas of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and to the victory of the Anti Japanese War.
Anecdotes and allusions
Husband and wife are of one mind
After the beginning of the cultural revolution, Li Da was put into prison under the command of Kang Sheng. Zhang Naiyi started the operation of "rescuing" her husband. At the beginning of April 1972, the superior decided to remove the custody of Li Da. Three days later, Li Da was released from prison. That night, Li Da said, "for me, you have suffered all these years...". Zhang Naiyi said: "don't say that. We are husband and wife in the same boat. If I am sent to prison for no reason, you will bear everything for me."
be honest in performing one 's official duties
In 1987, he returned to his hometown, where he had been away for 55 years. When he left, he wrote down "being fair and honest", hoping that the county leaders could learn from the past, be fair and honest, and resolutely put an end to corruption. Li Da educated his children and said, "farmers should take agriculture as the foundation, rely on themselves, do not rely on others, listen to the party and the government, and work in peace." Li Da's son, Li Rulong, lives in a dilapidated house. One of the houses collapsed. Li Rulong wrote to his father for some money to build a new house. Li Da wrote back: "you have grown up. You can't rely on me to build it. Just repair it." Once, Li Rulong went to Beijing to visit his father. When he left, his father said to him, "there is a shortage of labor tools in my hometown. Take this thing home and work hard in the fields. It's your job." This is what Li Da did to his son and to his grandson. Li Weiping's service performance in Xinjiang
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