On this day, 126 years ago, November 27, 1899 (October 25, 1899, the lunar calendar), General Dong Qiwu was born. General Dong Qiwu General Dong Qiwu was born on November 27, 1899 (October 25 of the lunar calendar) in a poor peasant family in Hejin County, Shanxi Province. In his early years, influenced by the bourgeois democratic revolutionary thoughts, he was determined to save the country and the people. In 1919, he went to Taiyuan to take the exam for admission to the Corps (also known as Binye Middle School). In 1924, he joined Hu Jingyi's Second National Army and began his military career. He served successively as platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, and adjutant chief of the 9th Mixed Brigade. In 1927, he participated in the Northern Expedition and served as the captain of the Northern Expedition Advance Column of the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and fought in Henan and Anhui. In the autumn of 1928, he went to Tianjin to join Fu Zuoyi's troops, and successively served as captain, major staff officer, and captain of the Cadre Political Training Institute. In April 1930, he served as deputy commander and regiment commander of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1931, he served as commander of the 35th Corps Corps and was stationed in Suinan. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, Dong Qiwu supported the correct proposition put forward by the Communist Party of China of "opposing civil war and unanimously resisting Japan." The nation was upright and actively participated in the Anti-Japanese National War. Faced with the aggression of Japanese imperialism, he wrote a letter to General Fu Zuoyi, requesting to go to Northeast China to fight against the Japanese invaders; on the other hand, he led his troops to prepare troops and wait for the battle. In mid-May 1933, he led his troops to participate in the "Great Wall Anti-Japanese War" and blocked the Japanese invaders on the front lines of Huairou and Shichang. He led the entire regiment's officers and soldiers to fight bloody battles and repelled more than ten rampant attacks by the Japanese invaders until the Tanggu Armistice Agreement, which had lost power and humiliated the country, was forced to withdraw from the position. In 1936, he served as Major General and Brigade Commander of the 218th Brigade. During the "Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War" commanded by General Fu Zuoyi, he led his troops to operate in starry night, surprised him and copied behind enemy lines, annihilating the Japanese and puppet troops in Honggertu in one fell swoop, laying the foundation for the victory of the Battle of Bailingmiao and was praised as the "Anti-Japanese National Hero". After the "July 7th Incident", he led his troops to fight on the Pingsui Front Line. Later, he cooperated closely with the Eighth Route Army and participated in the famous Battle of Pingxingguan and Xinkou. He led 3000 elite soldiers and went deep into the hinterland of the Japanese army. He was seriously injured. He persisted in commanding the surprise attack on the front command post of the Ibanaki Division and achieved brilliant results. At the end of 1937, he served as lieutenant general commander of the 101st Division and fought in northwest Shanxi. He met leaders of the Eighth Route Army such as He Long, Nan Hanchen, and Cheng Zihua, and strengthened his belief in cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. In 1938, he led his troops to participate in the "Battle of Suinan." At the end of the same year, he returned to Suiyuan with General Fu Zuoyi, organized the army to practice martial arts, and looked for an opportunity to fight against Japan. In the winter of 1939, he led his troops to participate in the "Battle of Baotou","Battle of Suixi", and "Battle of Wuyuan". He fought hard for more than 100 consecutive days, winning three battles and three victories, which dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese invaders and inspired the Chinese nation. The spirit of resisting Japan and saving the country. Since 1940, he has served successively as lieutenant general commander of the three armed forces, commander of the fourth cavalry army, commander of the 35th army, director of the political department of the 12th theater and deputy commander-in-chief of the Shanxi-Shaanxi-Sui Border Region, and always insisted on fighting against Japan. At the end of 1946, he served as Chairman of the Kuomintang Suiyuan Provincial Government and Commander of Security of Suiyuan Province. Later, he served as deputy chief of the Northwest Military and Political Affairs Chief Office. During this period, he insisted on supporting the political proposition of peace and democracy, actively expanded production, managed the Yellow River, improved people's livelihood, established education, and improved the unity of Mongolia and Han. In January 1949, after the peaceful liberation of Peiping, he assessed the situation and resolutely accepted the idea of the Communist Party of China and Comrade Mao Zedong to resolve the Suiyuan issue peacefully. With the help of General Fu Zuoyi, he broke through numerous obstacles and led Suiyuan military and political personnel to conduct an electricity uprising on September 19, 1949, creating the famous "Suiyuan Method" at that time. Accepting the leadership of the Communist Party of China made significant contributions to the peaceful liberation of Suiyuan and the establishment of New China, and to our army's concentration of forces to crack down on the remnants of the Kuomintang and the rapid liberation of the whole of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dong Qiwu was appointed Vice Chairman of the Suiyuan Military and Political Committee, Chairman of the Suiyuan Provincial People's Government, Deputy Commander of the Suiyuan Military Region of the China People's Liberation Army, and Commander of the 23rd Corps of the China People's Liberation Army. Under the care and guidance of Commander Nie Rongzhen and Political Commissar Bo Yibo of the North China Military Region, we actively united military and political personnel, conscientiously rectified social security, quelled the remnant bandits 'rebellion, severely punished lawbreakers, safeguarded the safety of people's lives and property, and made every effort to stabilize the situation in Suiyuan. In 1951, he led his troops to fight in North Korea and served as commander of the 23rd Corps of the China People's Volunteer Army. The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea awarded him the Medal of Freedom and Independence of the Second Class. After 1953, Comrade Dong Qiwu served as commander of the 69th Army of the People's Liberation Army of China and devoted himself to the modernization and regularization of our army. He organized troops to conduct real-life exercises and all-army demonstration exercises many times, and led the troops to successfully complete military training, national defense construction, construction and production tasks. In 1963, Hebei Province suffered from severe floods, and he personally directed flood fighting and rescue operations. In 1973, he visited Japan with a China government delegation and contributed to the development of friendly relations between the peoples of China and Japan. He served successively as a representative of the First, Second and Third National People's Congress, a member of the Fourth and Fifth Standing Committees of the National People's Congress, a member of the Legal Affairs Committee, a member of the Constitution Revision Committee, a member of the First National Committee of the China People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Standing Committee of the Third and Fourth Sessions, Vice Chairman of the Fifth and Sixth Sessions of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the First, Second and Third National Defense Commissions. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general and won the First Class Liberation Medal. In 1988, he was awarded the Medal of Honor of Victory and Meritorious Service. He died in Beijing at 13:55 on March 3, 1989 at the age of 90.