1September, 955, the military rank system was implemented, and Chen Geng, who has made outstanding achievements, was awarded the rank of general.

Chen Geng was born in Hu Quan Village, Longdong Township, Xiangxiang, Hunan Province on February 27th, 1903. His grandfather was Chen Huaiyi, the general of Xiang Army. In his early years, he joined Dongshan School, a famous new school in eastern Hunan, and later abandoned his pen to join the army. At the age of 14, he joined the 6 th regiment of Lu Diping Department of Xiang Army. 1922 * * Joined China. 1923 12 was admitted to Wujiang School of Guangzhou Army. In May of the following year, he was admitted to Huangpu Military Academy with fellow countryman Song Xilian and became the first student of the school. He was known as one of the "Three Masters of Huangpu" and worked as Sun Yat-sen's bodyguard, and participated in quelling the Guangzhou Commercial Group riots in June+10, 5438. 1925 He stayed in Huangpu Military Academy, took part in the crusade against Chen Jiongming, and saved Chiang Kai-shek during his time as a staff officer of the Chiang Kai-shek Guard.

1July, 926, he participated in the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army and was sent by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to study in the Soviet Union. The following year, he returned to China, served as the commander of the secret service battalion in the 2nd Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and met Wang Genying while attending the Fifth National Congress in China. He got married with the help of Deng. One son, Wang was killed by the Japanese army during his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

1 August, 9271day, Chen Geng participated in the Nanchang Uprising, was injured in the Battle of Huichang, and was sent to Chen Geng and Shanghai for secret treatment. After that, he stayed in Shanghai to take charge of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party under the leadership of Zhou Enlai. Due to Gu's rebellion, Chen left Shanghai in 193 1 for the Soviet area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui. Later, he served as the head of the 3rd18th Regiment of the 4th Army13rd Division of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army. In the same year 165438+ 10, the Red Fourth Front Army was established. Chen Geng was dismissed from the post of 12 division commander and led his troops to participate in the third anti-encirclement war in the Hubei, Henan and Anhui Soviet areas. Later, he was transferred to the Chief of Staff of the Red Fourth Front Army, and his right leg was injured in the battle of Hu Shanzhai in the northwest of Xinji. 1932 Chen Geng went to Shanghai for medical treatment and was arrested the following year. Chiang Kai-shek remembered that Chen had saved his life and had not been executed. Later, due to the rescue of Soong Ching Ling and others, he was transferred to the Central Soviet Area by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China after he was released from prison.

1934 10 Chen Geng was transferred to Red 1 Corps, but so do dungans detachment and Red 13 Corps with the strategic shift of the main force of the Central Red Army, and concurrently served as the head of the Red Army Cadre Corps. 1935 was wounded for the third time in the battle of Zhiluo town. At the end of the same year, Ren Hongjun was appointed as 1 teacher. 1March 936, Chen Geng led the Red Army into Shanxi and moved along the Tongpu Railway. In June, he returned to Shaanxi for the Western Expedition and captured Gansu and Ningxia. 165438+ 10 led his troops to participate in the Battle of Shanbao. 1In February, 937, he entered Yan 'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to study.

The peaceful settlement of the 1937 Xi incident and the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began. On September 4th, Chen Geng was appointed as the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army129th Division. On October 7th, 65438/kloc-0, he led the troops across the Yellow River and entered Shanxi. 10 June 16 led his troops to the east of Pingding to carry out the task of attacking the Japanese army in the west and invading Niangziguan. 65438122 October, led his troops to attack Jiuguan Jingxing and Changshengkou at night. 654381October 26th, he led his troops to ambush the south of Niangziguan, annihilated the trench troops of the 2nd Japanese Division, killed and injured more than 300 Japanese soldiers, and seized more than 300 mules and horses and a large amount of military supplies. Two days later, 100 Japanese troops were ambushed again at the same place, and dozens of mules and horses were captured. 1October 2, 165438+ led an ambush at huangyadi, Xiyang county 109 division, 135 regiment with more than 300 Japanese troops.

1938 On February 22nd, Chen Geng led an ambush near Changshengkou, killing more than 30 Japanese troops/kloc-0. In March of the same year, the Japanese invaders dispatched more than 30,000 troops to carry out a nine-way siege of southeastern Shanxi, which was known in history as the "Battle of Southeast Shanxi 1938". Chen led the 386th Brigade to cooperate with other troops to launch the ambush of God's Head, the ambush of xiang tang, the pursuit of Changle Village, etc., and annihilated more than 4,000 Japanese troops. Therefore, the Japanese army hated Chen Geng's troops very much and wrote a sign "Dedicated to the 386th Brigade" on the tank. Later, the Chinese Communist forces launched the autumn campaign of Jinchaji 1938. Chen Geng led his troops to pursue the fleeing enemy, entered the east of Pinghan Road, and cooperated with other troops to move to the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Plain.

1939 the eighth route army launched the southern Hebei spring campaign 1939. Chen Geng led his troops to ambush the Japanese 10th Division in Xiangcheng, southern Hebei. Later, he led his troops back to Taihang Mountain and Taiyue Mountain and joined forces with the 1 column in Bo Yibo to command the Eighth Route Army and death squads in this area. Subsequently, Taiyue Military Region established Chen Geng as the commander of the military region. On May 5, the troops of Taiyue Military Region cooperated with the troops of Taihang Military Region to launch the battle of Baijin, annihilating more than 350 Japanese troops. On July 9, he was ordered to counterattack Yan Xishan's army, Chen Changjie. In September, he was ordered to lead his troops to storm and wipe out the defenders in Yushe County. He led his troops and 1 12 Division to launch the campaign of southeast Shanxi 1940. 194 1 year, the army reorganized Chen Geng as the commander of the newly formed taiyue column and the commander of the taiyue military region.

1942 In February, Chen Geng, political commissar of Deng Xiaoping 129 Division, married Fu Ya. In July, Taiyue column launched Qinyuan siege war, encroaching on the Japanese army with the war of attrition, and finally occupied Qinyuan. The following year, Chen Geng led Taiyue column to launch autumn campaign. At the end of that year in Chen Geng (Middle School), Chen left Taiyue Mountain for Yan 'an and entered the Central Party School. 1945 participated in the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee.

1In August, 945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. On the 25th of the same month, Chen Geng flew to Taihang from Yan 'an. The following month, Chen Geng, the main force of Taiyue Military Region, was appointed commander of Taiyue Column of Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army. In September, Chen Geng came to Shangdang Campaign. The troops annihilated Guojun 14000 people, and captured them alive 19 Guojun commander Shi Zebo and others.

1in July, 946, Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi cooperated and led his troops to wipe out the 31brigade of Hu Zongnan in Wenxi and Xiaxian areas. On August 9, the Japanese National Army's 3 19 Division and 6 19 Division occupied five counties, with a total of12,000 people. At the end of September, the National Revolutionary Army 1 Army 1 Division 1 Brigade, known as "the first brigade in the world", was completely annihilated between Linfen and Fushan, and the brigade commander Huang Zhengcheng was captured alive. From June 65438 +065438+10 to June 65438+10 of the following year, Southwest Shanxi Campaign and Xiaofen Campaign led troops to defend Yan 'an, cooperated with Jinsui troops to March into Luliang area, and annihilated more than 26,000 national troops. 1in July, 947, Chen Geng went to northern Shaanxi to attend the Xiaohe meeting held by the Central Military Commission, and then decided that the PLA would enter the stage of strategic counterattack. The 4th column of Taiyue Military Region, 9th column of Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army and 318th Army formed the Xie Chen Corps to go south to the Yellow River and enter Henan.

1August, 947, Chen Geng led the troops to cut off the Longhai Railway. By the end of 65438+ 10, more than 30,000 national troops had been annihilated and 15 county had been occupied. At the end of the year, he cooperated with the East China Field Army to attack the Pinghan Line, occupied 23 counties, and annihilated more than 10,000 national troops. 1948, after two changes of hands in Luoyang, the PLA finally occupied Luoyang, Henan. In May of the same year, the West Anhui Campaign and the East Anhui Campaign were launched, and the liberated areas of Henan, Shaanxi and Hubei were established. 65438+ 10 led the troops to occupy Zhengzhou. 165438+1October Chen Geng Corps participated in the Huaihai Campaign, Guojun 12 Corps, 1949, 65438+1October 24th, after Chen went to Shangqiu to attend the meeting of the Central Plains Bureau, he became the commander of the 4th Corps of the Second Field Army. On April 22, the Battle of Crossing the River broke out, and Chen Geng led his troops to break through the Yangtze River defense line of the national army east of Jiujiang and enter Jiangxi and Fujian. On May 22nd, Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, was captured. 17 In July, the Fourth Corps and 15 Corps, together with Chen Geng Corps led by Chen Geng, went south through Ganzhou and occupied Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, in June 10. At the end of that year, Chen Geng Corps cooperated with the Fourth Field Army to fight near Leizhou Peninsula, annihilating the troops directly under the Central China Chief Executive's Office and its three corps160,000 people. Among them, the Chen Geng couple corps annihilated more than 70,000 national troops in this battle.

1950 65438+ 10, Chen Geng led a panic attack in southern Yunnan. With the cooperation of other troops, more than 20,000 people in the 8th and 26th armies of the Southern Yunnan Army were annihilated. The following month, the Southwest Military Region was established, and Chen Geng was appointed as the deputy commander of the Southwest Military Region. The following month, he served as the chairman of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, participated in the Xichang campaign and captured Xichang, and later served as the commander of the Yunnan Military Region. In July, he was appointed as the representative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and went to Vietnam to meet with Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, to discuss the Sino-Vietnamese war. Later, Chen Geng deployed Viet Cong troops and launched a border campaign in September, killing more than 8,000 French troops. Chen Geng then returned to Beijing via Nanning, Guangxi.

1951April, Chen Geng served as commander and political commissar of the 3rd Corps of Chinese people's Volunteer Army, and served as deputy commander of Chinese people's Volunteer Army to fight in the DPRK in June. 1March, 952, he returned from North Korea and was immediately ordered to return to the headquarters of the Volunteers. He returned to China in June and won the first-class medal of independence and freedom from North Korea. In July of the same year, he was transferred to the position of Dean of the Military Engineering College of China People's Liberation Army, and remained there until his death. 1954 10 used to be the deputy chief of staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. 1955 was awarded the rank of General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and was awarded the 1st Class August 1st Medal, 1st Class Medal of Independence and Freedom and 1st Class Medal of Liberation. He was a member of the 1st National Defense Commission.