Zuo Quan (1March 90515-1May 25, 942), born in Liling, Hunan Province, was a first-year student of Huangpu Military Academy. He is a senior general of the Eighth Route Army, a proletarian revolutionary and strategist, and a Chinese Red Army of workers and peasants. 1925 * * *, joining China; In the same year, he went to study in the Soviet Union in 65438+February; During the Long March, Mao Zedong praised Zuo Quan as a "dead shot". /kloc-participated in the Long March in 0/934, participated in the command of crossing the Dadu River and attacking Lazikou. After the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, Zuo Quan led his troops to participate in the battle of Zhiluo Town and the Red Army's eastward expedition. During the Long March, Zhu De called Zuo Quan a "model soldier" and an excellent general who was "as strong as steel and as brave as liger". War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's Mao Zedong said in "Selected Works of Zuo Quan's Military Affairs": "Zuo Quan digested all the foreign bread he ate. This man is just a general with two hard ends. Zhou Enlai wrote in Xinhua Daily on June 2 1 and June 2 1942: "Zuo Quan is enough to be a model for the Party".

2. Military strategist

1936 served as acting head of the Red Army Corps, led the Western Expedition, and participated in commanding the Battle of Mountain Castle. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he helped direct the Eighth Route Army to the anti-Japanese front in North China, smashed the "mopping up" of the Japanese and puppet troops, developed and strengthened the people's armed forces, and won many battles and battles such as the Hundred Regiments War. 1942 in may, the Japanese army launched a "mopping-up" against the Taihang anti-Japanese base area, and Zuo Quan commanded troops to cover the the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Beifangju and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to break through and transfer, and unfortunately died at the age of 37. After the sacrifice, Yan 'an and Taihang Mountain base areas held memorial services for them and changed Liao County to Zuoquan County.

3. National heroes

Writer Liu Zaizhang 1942 said: "Comrade Zuo Quan is indeed the busiest person in the Eighth Route Army General Command, which controls half of the battlefield in China. Except for major issues decided by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng, general work is handled by him. His military theoretical accomplishment, combat experience and command ability are all rare talents in our military staff work. "

2 1, 2065438, Zuo Quan's daughter Zuo Taibei recalled: "Zuo Quan's father was a real national hero."