Xiao Quanfu joined the Red Army on 1930. 1932, 16-year-old Xiao Quanfu repeatedly made meritorious military service and was transferred to the pistol team of the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front Army as a platoon leader. In a battle in Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet area, his right leg was injured and disabled, so that it was shorter than his left leg. However, although his legs are short, he has become as fast as lightning in commanding operations and will never get rid of muddy water. Some old leaders affectionately called him "Flying Tiger".
After the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, 1938, Xiao Quanfu went to Kangda to study, and later served as the captain and division marshal of Kangda No.2 detachment. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was appointed as the Chief of Staff of Jinchaji 17 Army Division. During the War of Liberation, Xiao Quanfu successively served as the brigade commander of Jidong Military Region 13, the division commander of the 9th and 26th divisions of the Northeast Field Army, and the division commander of the 46th Army 137.
He paid attention to war strategies and skills in commanding operations, and was resourceful and decisive. He is a warrior with both wisdom and courage. His subordinates once praised him for "catching up with the fortune teller!" 1October19481kloc-0/When attacking Tianjin, Xiao Quanfu's137th division, which was later the assault division, took the lead in breaking through the Tianjin Yugoslav capital.
1950, Xiao Quanfu was promoted to deputy commander of the 46th Army. 195 1 Go to North Korea's 39th Army to observe and study. 1952, 36-year-old Xiao Quanfu was appointed as the commander of the 46th Army. Leading his troops into Korea to take over the defense of the 42nd Army on the west coast. In the summer offensive campaign of 1953, Xiao Quanfu commanded six infantry divisions and three artillery regiments and annihilated14,400 people. 1953 in July, Xiao Quanfu, as a representative of the frontline troops, attended the armistice signing ceremony in Panmunjom. He won the first-class national flag medal and the first-class medal of freedom and independence of North Korea. Xiao Quanfu's favorite song at ordinary times is "I am a soldier", because this song was written by the 46th Army Art Troupe.
After returning to China, from 65438 to 0954, Xiao Quanfu studied in the Campaign Department of Nanjing Military Academy, and later served as deputy chief of staff of shenyang military area command, in charge of operations and training.
1in February, 969, Xiao Quanfu, then deputy commander and chief of staff of shenyang military area command, commanded the battle of Zhenbao Island in the situation of increasingly tense situation on the northeast China-Soviet border.
In the 1970s, Xiao Quanfu also directly directed the construction of the oil pipeline from the anniversary to Fushun and the road battle in Liaohe Oilfield, which made important contributions to the development of China's oil industry. At the end of 1970s, the situation in northern Xinjiang was tense, and the Xinjiang Military Region was upgraded to a grand military region and renamed Urumqi Military Region. The central government sent elite troops to the frontier. 1980, Xiao Quanfu, who had been appointed as the commander of jinan military area command, was urgently transferred to the commander of Urumqi Military Region. In Xinjiang, he paid close attention to the army's infrastructure and work style, strengthened combat readiness training, and organized a series of targeted military exercises. Actively promote military and political, military and civilian, and national unity, safeguard political stability in Xinjiang, and make contributions to Xinjiang's combat readiness construction and the revolutionization, modernization, and regularization of troops. Yang Dezhi, chief of the general staff, commented on Xiao Quanfu's "undiminished spirit" after watching the exercise.