0267 Original Intention, Life, Dedication

"After returning to China after the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the eldest sister successively served as director of the cadre department of the Political Department of the Air Defense Force, deputy chief procurator of the Military Procuratorate of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and adviser to the Organization Department of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army."

When Wang Liang said this, the name of the eldest sister was already about to come out.

Many netizens who are familiar with military history have already guessed the identity of the eldest sister.

"Female General Li Zhen!"

"Founding Female General."

"The first female general in New China."

Wang Liang smiled and said, "That's right, the eldest sister is General Li Zhen." When the title was conferred in 1955, in the ranks of the founding major generals, stood a unique person. ”

"The word unique is used because the major general was a woman, and the only female general among the founding generals. At the same time, Major General Li Zhen was awarded the Order of August 1 of the Second Degree, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Second Class, and the Order of Liberation of the First Class. ”

"General Li Zhen's husband is a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, former deputy director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and General Gan Siqi, the ****** of the Eighth People's Liberation Army."

Wang Liang still remembers the situation at the award ceremony, when the eldest sister, as the only woman among more than 1,000 generals, received the first-class liberation medal from the chairman's hand, she was so excited that she was speechless.

The premier personally conferred the rank of major general on the eldest sister, and held her and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Comrade Li Zhen, you are the first female general in New China." ”

Looking back on the life course of the female general, she became a child bride at the age of six, participated in the revolution at the age of sixteen, and became the founding major general at the age of forty-eight.

That's all Wang Liang knows.

How much the eldest sister has suffered and how many sins she has suffered, who will know except herself.

"Compared to the eldest sister, I am not great at all."

She and General Gan have never had children of their own in their lives, but they have many children. The eldest sister adopted the orphans of more than 20 martyrs and selflessly dedicated her maternal love to the children left by the martyrs. Speaking of this, Wang Liang's eyes were already moist.

The eldest sister's voice and smile appeared in front of him, and he would not forget the eldest sister's earnest teachings to him.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Xiyun, the logistics minister of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, was injured and could not rest assured of his daughter when his life was dying.

It was the eldest sister Li Zhen who stood up, comforted him, and said: "You can rest assured that you can treat your injuries in the rear hospital, and I will take care of the children for you." ”

The eldest sister took her daughter Chen Xiaomei to her home and took care of her carefully, completely loving her own daughter.

From elementary school, middle school, to university, all the way to the workforce.

The old Red Army died of illness, and when he heard that the child was uncared for, he was the eldest sister again, so he went to take the child to his home.

The child had a stomach problem, so he ordered a special milk for him.

"More than 20 children of martyrs gathered at the eldest sister's house, which was called a lively scene. Can you imagine it? What a strenuous thing it is to cook, so many children, three tables have to be set up every time they eat. ”

Wang Liang still remembers that when she went to visit the eldest sister, she accompanied the children, climbing mountains, visiting amusement parks, and boating.

Some people will say that the treatment of the founding major general must be good.

There must be a driver, guards, cooks and other service personnel, and the eldest sister just needs to enjoy it.

Wang Liang didn't want to refute it, and he couldn't do it.

The old revolutionaries who have come through ups and downs all the way from the twenties have a strong backbone, and they always say that they enjoy this and enjoy that, have you seen it with your own eyes?

Hearsay?

Wang Liang wants to talk about what he saw with his own eyes, he doesn't need to lie, the eldest sister has been dead for nearly 30 years, and her names are rarely known.

Walking down the street, ask passers-by, "Have you heard of Li Zhen?" ”

Passerby: "You're talking about Korean film, television, and song actress Lee Jung-hyun, right?" Of course I know, I'm a fan of hers. ”

"The shirts, coats, and quilts worn by the eldest sister are all mended and mended, sewn and sewn. You can't imagine, and you won't believe it at all, that she has been wearing a pair of cotton shoes for more than ten years. The clothes, all those green cloth clothes left over from the fifties and sixties, the collar and sleeves are patched on patch. In the winter, a faded cotton army coat is put on the outside. Wang Liang said.

More than 20 children, in need of money everywhere.

The old comrades and old comrades-in-arms came to the capital to stay at her home, and when they returned, the eldest sister bought them tickets.

After General Gan died in 1964, the eldest sister was supporting the family alone.

In 1975, the children were already grown up, and the soldiers were soldiers, and they were working.

The eldest sister moved to the dilapidated courtyard at the foot of Xiangshan alone.

The house was in disrepair and even leaked when it rained heavily, so several families shared a boiler to boil water for heating.

Many times, Wang Liang feels helpless.

But any veteran who came from that era, what kind of hardship he had not suffered, what kind of sin he had not suffered, what kind of wounds and bloodshed, they would not ask for anything.

At that time, it was about giving, not taking.

The army persuaded the eldest sister to move to the city many times, but she always refused.

The winter is cold, the weather is cold, and the northwest wind is blowing.

At night, the eldest sister wrapped the quilt around her legs, then put on a thick military coat, and put a warm water bag on her stomach, and that's it, reading books, reviewing documents, and dealing with letters from the masses.

"In the 80s, the eldest sister was appointed as the deputy of the Grand Military Region, but she still insisted on living in the original house and was unwilling to move to the new house arranged for her by the organization."

The eldest sister said: "Compared to the past, this is already quite good, I think it is very good to live here." ”

Wang Liang knew that the eldest sister remembered the days when she was a child daughter-in-law in that family when she was young, and remembered the comrades-in-arms who fought side by side with her but sacrificed.

"In 1984, the 76-year-old eldest sister's physical condition was already very poor, and it was all the root cause of the war years."

It is unimaginable that after giving birth to a child on the way of the Long March, you still have to work on the road under the stars and nights, not to mention confinement, and even eating enough is a problem.

The root of the old disease is to be entangled for a lifetime.

The army has sent people to do work many times, and her children have been persuading their mothers, so the eldest sister agreed to move.

In 1985, the eldest sister wrote a report to the Central Military Commission: "I am 78 years old this year, and I have long had a wish: to request to resign from my posts as a member of the Central Advisory Committee and an adviser to the Organization Department of the General Political Department, and to give way to a comrade who is in the prime of life and more competent. It's a feeling I feel from the bottom of my heart. As a veteran soldier of the party, we should set a good example for future generations with practical actions and set a good start for the reform of the cadre system of our party and the army......"