Chapter 60 Appendix Life of Comrade Li Zhimin (1906-1987)

Comrade Li Zhimin, a long-tested and loyal communist fighter, a proletarian revolutionist, an outstanding political work leader of our army, an advisor to the Central Military Commission, and a former member of the Central Advisory Commission, passed away in Beijing on November 16, 1987 , aged 81. Comrade Li Zhimin is from Liuyang County, Hunan Province.When he was a teenager, influenced by progressive ideas, he hated imperialism, bureaucratic warlords, and determined to revitalize China. In 1925, the "May 30th" Movement occurred in Shanghai. Inspired by national indignation, he joined the "Homecoming Propaganda Team" organized by his classmates in Hunan Province to support the people of Shanghai.

In the spring of 1926, the peasant movement in Hunan was on the rise. He was elected as the vice chairman of the township peasant association, actively engaged in the peasant movement, and successively participated in the Liuyang County Summer Political Seminar and the County Party Affairs Research Institute to learn Marxism. In early April 1927, on the eve of Chiang Kai-shek's counter-revolutionary coup, he joined the Communist Party of China. After the "Ma-Day Incident", white terror enveloped the urban and rural areas of Hunan. He resolutely embarked on the road of seizing power by force guided by Comrade Mao Zedong.

In March 1928, he formed a guerrilla team in Gaoping District and served as a party representative to gather revolutionary forces in the border area of ​​Hunan and Jiangxi to carry out guerrilla activities.In the winter of the same year, he was ordered to be transferred to the Fourth Squadron of the Seventh Battalion of the Second Column of the Fifth Red Army as a party representative, and began his lifelong revolutionary military career. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, Comrade Li Zhimin successively served as the deputy political commissar, political commissar, section chief, regiment political commissar, director of the political department of the division, and director of the political department of the army in the Fifth Red Army and the Third Red Army. Siege" battle.In battle, he took the lead, commanded wisely, brought into play the power of political work, was good at combining military offensive with political disintegration of the enemy, and won many battles.In the battle at Lukou Town, Lianhua County, he was seriously injured.

In October 1934, with his injuries, he participated in the 25,000-mile Long March and successfully completed the task of covering and containing the rear guard of the Red Army.After arriving in northern Shaanxi, he participated in the famous battle of Zhiluo Town, the Eastern Expedition, and the Western Expedition, and accomplished the task brilliantly. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Comrade Li Zhimin successively served as section chief and minister of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, director of the Political Department of the Second Branch School, political commissar of the military division, and deputy political commissar of the Jizhong Military Region.In the anti-big work, he conscientiously implemented the party's education policy and trained a large number of cadres for our army.In persisting in the guerrilla warfare in the Jizhong Plain, he led his troops to fight hard, improved the military and political quality of the troops, vigorously organized local armed forces, strengthened the anti-Japanese forces, continuously expanded the Jizhong base areas, and contributed to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

During the War of Liberation, Comrade Li Zhimin successively served as the political commissar of the field column of the Jizhong Military Region, the third column and the second column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army, the director of the Political Department of the 20th Corps, and the political commissar of the 19th Corps. , A series of battles such as Zhengtai, Pinghan, Pingjin, and Taiyuan, together with the brother troops, completed the combat mission of liberating North China. In June 1949, together with Yang Dezhi and other comrades, he led the 19th Corps into the Northwest. After arduous marches, pursuits, and battles, he and his brother troops won the Fumei Battle and the Lanzhou Battle, and marched into Ningxia. Contributed to the liberation of the Northwest.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Comrade Li Zhimin served as the political commissar of the 19th Corps and the Shaanxi Military Region, as well as a member of the Northwest Bureau of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Northwest Military and Political Committee. Suppression of bandits, training and large-scale production tasks, and actively support local governments in land reform, restoration and development of production.He led the troops to build the Bao (chicken) Tian (Water) Railway, which created conditions for the development and construction of Northwest China.

In the winter of 1950, Comrade Li Zhimin participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and successively served as political commissar of the 19th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers, director of the Political Department and political commissar of the Chinese People's Volunteers.He persisted in educating and motivating the troops with the spirit of patriotism, internationalism, and revolutionary heroism, and participated in, organized and commanded the fifth campaign, position defense operations, and the summer offensive in 1953, and achieved great victories.During his tenure as the leader of the Volunteer Army, Comrade Li Zhimin resolutely implemented the instructions of the Party Central Committee, respected Comrade Kim Il Sung, the leader of the Korean party, government, army, people and the Korean people, strictly observed discipline, and cared for every mountain, river, and grass in North Korea. Kazuki, and led the troops to support the Korean people in rebuilding their homeland after the war, fulfilling the obligation of proletarian internationalism.Comrade Li Zhimin fought and worked on the front line of North Korea for 7 years, and forged a deep friendship with the Korean people. He was awarded the First Class National Flag Medal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea four times and the First Class Freedom and Independence Medal twice.In recent years, he is still active in China-DPRK friendship work and serves as the president of the China-DPRK Friendship Association.

At the beginning of 1958, Comrade Li Zhimin was transferred to work at the Higher Military Academy, and successively served as deputy political commissar, director of the Political Department, and political commissar, devoting himself to military education.He adhered to the principle of linking theory with practice, emphasized the study of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, focused on summarizing war experience, studied the strategy, tactics and political work of joint operations of various arms under modern conditions, and cultivated and improved the modern command ability of senior commanders of our army.On the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, following the instructions of Comrade Zhou Enlai, he organized an amateur choir composed of 230 generals from the army, navy and air force, and acted as the conductor.

During the ten years of turmoil, the Lin Biao and Jiang Qing counter-revolutionary groups charged him with various "unnecessary" charges and carried out brutal struggles and merciless persecution.Comrade Li Zhimin, who was in adversity, had a firm stand and a clear-cut stand, and resolutely fought unremittingly against the Lin Biao and Jiang Qing counter-revolutionary cliques. In October 1972, Comrade Li Zhimin returned to work as a political commissar of the Fuzhou Military Region.He led the party committee and a group of people to resolutely eliminate the influence of the Lin Biao counter-revolutionary clique on the army, and tried their best to resist the interference and sabotage of the Jiang Qing counter-revolutionary clique on army building.After smashing the "Gang of Four", he resolutely supported the line and policy since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party, conscientiously implemented the Party's policies, vigorously strengthened the ideological and political work of the troops, and maintained ideological and political consistency with the Party Central Committee.

In February 1980, after he was transferred to the Central Military Commission as a consultant, he was very concerned about the construction of the army and the construction of the four modernizations of socialism.Regardless of his old age and frailty, he often went out to inspect factories and villages, to visit army commanders and people in old revolutionary base areas.At the same time, with great enthusiasm, he summed up the historical experience of our army's political work, wrote revolutionary memoirs, and promoted the fine traditions of our party and our army.He presided over the compilation and review of "The Political Work of the Chinese People's Volunteers in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea" and "Summary of the Political Work of the Chinese People's Volunteers in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea", organized the compilation of "Military History and War History of the Red Army", and wrote the memoir "Revolutionary Melting Pot" about the history of the Anti-Japanese War .During his serious illness, he was very concerned about the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. He wrote to the Party Central Committee, wholeheartedly supported the decisions made by the congress, rejoiced at the victory and success of the congress, and was full of victory confidence in the glorious future of the socialist motherland.

Comrade Li Zhimin was elected as a representative of the first and fourth National People's Congress, an alternate member of the party's eighth central committee, a member of the tenth central committee, a member of the eleventh central committee and a member of the central military commission.He was elected as a member of the Central Advisory Committee at the Twelfth National Congress of the Party. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general, and won the first-level August 1st Medal, the first-level Independent Freedom Medal, and the first-level Liberation Medal. In more than 60 years of revolutionary struggle, Comrade Li Zhimin has always been unswervingly loyal to the party, to the people, to Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, led the masses to complete various tasks assigned by the party with his own exemplary actions, and devoted his whole life to the proletariat. The revolutionary cause of the class.During the revolutionary war years, he worked closely with the military commanders, fought side by side, fought north and south, and went through life and death. He made indelible contributions for the liberation of the Chinese people, the victory of the new democratic revolution and the cause of socialist construction. The construction of our army has made a significant contribution.He is an outstanding political work leader of our army and a military educator who has long been committed to the construction of colleges and universities in our army. Comrade Li Zhimin has a firm communist ideal and a strong proletarian party spirit.He has noble moral character, open-mindedness, insists on the truth, is upright, selfless and fearless, fair and decent, modest and prudent, lenient to others, strict with self-discipline, and cares about others more than himself.He worked diligently and selflessly, was good at combining the Party Central Committee's line, principles, and policies with the actual situation, adhered to principles, sought truth from facts, had a down-to-earth, democratic style, focused on the mass line, and possessed an indomitable enterprising spirit and pioneering and innovative revolutionary spirit.He has always advocated hard work, and set an example and practiced it.After retiring to the second line, he still studied hard, worked hard, lived frugally, and always maintained the fine qualities of a communist fighter. Comrade Li Zhimin bid farewell to us forever.The revolutionary achievements he created will go down in history forever!His noble sentiments, revolutionary character and fine style are always worthy of our study and inheritance!