Zhou Xihan is from Zhoujiaao Village, Shunhe Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province. 1928 Joined the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants, China. During his revolutionary career, he served as the operational minister of the Red Army and the chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army.
Commander of the China People's Liberation Army, Chief of Staff of the Navy, Deputy Commander of the Navy, and Naval Adviser. His wife, Zhou Xuan, formerly known as Chai Ying, is from Rong County, Shanxi Province.
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After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Xihan was transferred to the navy, which was one of the * * * in the early days of the navy. Participate in anti-landing military exercises to command and sink the Kuomintang navy frigate Taiping, liberate Jiangshan Island and Liaodong Peninsula.
He devoted all his efforts to building a powerful people's navy. While concurrently serving as the deputy head of the leading group of the State Council shipbuilding industry and the State Council electronics industry, he participated in leading and organizing the construction of nuclear submarines and guided missile destroyers. 1973 after the operation of gastric cancer, he has been concerned about the construction of the navy and actively made suggestions.
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