Chen Geng has distinguished himself in military exploits, with a special sense of humor and a special "blessing". He is a general, his brother-in-law is a general, his brother-in-law is a general, and his two servants are also generals!
Chen Geng's brother-in-law is Tan Zheng, who participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising and served as Chairman Mao's secretary for many times during the Red Army period. Long-term director of the political department of Red 1 Division brought out of Jinggangshan by Chairman Mao. Tan is regarded as the political department director of 1 division. First, he is very trusted. Second, he has outstanding ability.
During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Tan Zheng was also engaged in political work. He is the deputy director of the General Political Department of the Central Military Commission. The Political Work in the Army drafted by him is an important historical document of our army's construction and political work in the army. Even after the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was sent to the army for study many times.
During the War of Liberation, Tan Zheng successively served as the director of the Political Department of the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces, the director of the Political Department of the Northeast Field Army, and the deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Four Fields. Together with Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan, he turned the Four Fields into an invincible army! 1955, Tan Zheng was awarded the rank of general. In fact, it was Chen Geng who led Tan Zheng to the revolutionary road.
Chen and Tan are both big families in Xiangxiang, and their friendship began with their ancestors. Chen Geng and Tan Zheng studied in Qixingqiao private school together, and Chen Geng had a sister named Chen Qiukui who married Tan Zheng. Their relationship is multi-level and profound.
Chen Geng left home to join the army in 19 16. From then on, I came into contact with advanced ideas and joined the revolution. 1927, already a battalion commander of the National Revolutionary Army. He wrote home to report peace and encouraged Tan Zheng to join the revolutionary wave.
At this time, Tan Zheng was still a primary school teacher, but because he was exposed to progressive books such as New Youth, his heart also had a flame. Persuaded by Chen Geng, he left home to join the army in Hankou without hesitation. In the same year, I followed Chairman Mao to participate in the autumn harvest uprising, and I have been firmly on the right path.
In addition, Chen Geng's brother-in-law Chen Xilian is a founding general.
The relationship between Er and Chen is very good, and the interesting thing happened in 1943 made Chen Xilian still remember it in his later years. At that time, they were studying and participated in the maintenance of the airport as team members. They were just getting a unicycle.
Because the car is not big enough to be pushed by one person, Chen Geng suggested that Chen Xilian take the car when he goes, Chen Geng push it, and switch places when he comes back. Chen Xilian thought it over, and there was nothing wrong with it, so he agreed.
Only two days later, Chen Xilian found himself cheated. When he went, everyone had the strength to push a car. It was nothing at first, but he was tired after a day's work and had to push another person. That's for carrying loads. After repeated complaints from Chen Xilian, it was finally pushed for one day, and Chen Geng only took advantage of it for a few days.
I can see that they have a good relationship. Chen Geng really has a lot of ideas.
1August, 949, Chen Xilian led the Third Corps to Wuhan, ready to send troops to liberate the southwest. One day, Chen Geng took a girl directly into the headquarters in Chen Xilian. Without any superfluous pleasantries, he directly asked, Fat man, is it beautiful?
Before Chen Xilian could answer, Chen Geng lowered his head and said in his ear, This is my sister. Get married as a wife if you take a fancy to it!
This girl is Wang Xuanmei, the sister of Chen Geng's first wife, Wang Genying. Chen Geng has always taken good care of this sister-in-law. At first, he could repair things. Unexpectedly, Chen Xilian and Wang Xuanmei fell in love at first sight and got married soon.
When 1955 awarded the rank of General Chen Xilian, some people said: Chen Geng is really a man of God, and anyone who touches him is a general.
It's true. Chen Geng also has two domestic servants who are generals.
A man named Lu Dongsheng said that the Chen family is a large local family, so naturally there will be many domestic servants. Lu Dongsheng started herding cattle for the Chen family. However, Chen Geng did not have these class concepts since he was a child. He and Lu Dongsheng get along like brothers and often take care of him.
After Chen Geng left home to join the army, Lu Dongsheng went to a factory in Xiangtan to make a living and stayed there for several years. This experience made him more aware of what kind of life he wanted. Coupled with Chen Geng's example, Lu Dongsheng followed suit and joined the Fourth Division of Xiang Army on 1925. Maybe they are too predestined friends. During the Northern Expedition, Lu Dongsheng met Chen Geng again.
At this time, Chen Geng was already a battalion commander. He was glad to see his old friend in another country, so he transferred Lu Dongsheng to him as an adjutant. Later, he followed Chen Geng for a long time and participated in the Nanchang Uprising.
Later, the rebel army went south and was surrounded by Kuomintang troops in Chaoshan area. Chen Geng was badly hurt. Lu Dongsheng has been wholeheartedly accompanying and caring for him and escorting him to Shanghai safely.
It was also in Shanghai that Lu Dongsheng met Zhou Enlai and joined China.
Chen Geng was so badly injured that he couldn't move for a while. Under the instructions of the Central Committee, Lu Dongsheng escorted He Long and Zhou Yiqun back to western Hunan and western Hubei to open up revolutionary base areas. Soon after, he joined the Sangzhi Uprising and was He Long's personal bodyguard for a while. He also made great contributions to the development of the revolutionary base areas in western Hunan and Hubei.
Lu Dongsheng later made a name for himself in the army, serving as battalion commander, colonel, chief teacher and so on. During the Long March, he was already the teacher of Gongsi Division, shouldering heavy responsibilities and making outstanding achievements.
After the all-round anti-Japanese war, our party accepted the adaptation of the Kuomintang, but Chiang Kai-shek played a trick in the establishment, giving only one army, three divisions and six brigades. Lu Dongsheng is the first brigade commander of the 358th Brigade, but this position is quite high.
1939 in March, Lu Dongsheng was selected to study in the Soviet union, and didn't come back until 1945 in September. Although he didn't appear in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, his qualifications and popularity were here, so he soon became the commander of the Northeast Song Dong Military Region and the commander of the Harbin Garrison.
Unfortunately, in the year when he returned to China, he was killed by a sneak attack when he stopped the robbery of Soviet Red Army soldiers in Harbin. He is only 37 years old. He Long was deeply saddened by the news and wrote an inscription for him.
If Lu Dongsheng can live to 1955, he will probably be a general. Refer to Xu Guangda. Xu Guangda also went to the Soviet Union for a long time. The Red Second Front Army is a very important factor in awarding the general, and Lu Dongsheng is more senior and representative than Xu Guangda.
Another man, Xu Kexiang, is a lieutenant general, but a lieutenant general of the Kuomintang, and he is extremely unfriendly to our party.
Xu Kexiang, a native of Hunan Province, came from a poor family and worked as a long-term laborer in the Chen family to make a living. Later, he entered Wujiang Guild Hall in Hunan and joined the army directly after graduation.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/927, Xu Kexiang, then head of the 33rd regiment of the 35th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, came to Changsha. In May of the same year, he launched the infamous "Ma Ri incident", arrested and killed revolutionaries, and 100 people died.
Since then, Xu Kexiang has been actively anti-Communist. When Zhu De and Chen Yi led the rest of the Nanchang Uprising through southern Hunan, he wanted to fight. He also participated in many "encirclement and suppression" campaigns of the Red Army and served as the highest deputy commander of the 37th Army Commander of the National Revolutionary Army.
But in Chiang Kai-shek's mind, he was always just a "miscellaneous brand" and could not be trusted and reused. When he was a deputy commander, he was sent to the military Senate for more than a year and has been idle ever since.
Xu Kexiang fled to Macau in 1949, went to Taiwan Province Province in 1953, and died in 1964. He still played a little role, although it was as a negative textbook.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Chen Geng served as the president of Harbin Military Industry. At that time, many veteran cadres raised a question. Some old professors are from poor backgrounds and can't involve confidential matters.
This is obviously not conducive to unity, and it will also make the old professor have other ideas. So Chen Geng went to do the ideological work of those cadres. He said that the party has always emphasized the present performance. To say that my family is a big landlord because of poor family circumstances, haven't I also worked in the revolution for decades? My family also has a long-term worker named Xu Kexiang, who killed so many of us in Ma Ri incident. He is also a poor farmer, the key depends on which way you choose to take.
In this way, the veteran cadres were slowly persuaded.
Seriously, General Chen Geng's fate and scheming are admirable. The only pity is that he died too early. Such an optimistic and humorous person died in 196 1 at the age of 58, which is really sad.