Speaking of Dr. Bethune, Chinese know that this highly respected internationalist fighter has performed hundreds of surgeries in China in a year and a half, helping countless people recover their health.
So, among the wounded and sick people he treated, who was the person he admired the most? I am afraid that I will have to count the founding major general Chen Yanqing.
It was in January 1938, Chen Yanqing and his troops engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese in Pingshan County, Hebei Province, and were seriously injured, especially toes, plus it was freezing cold at that time, and the blood vessels of the toes were frozen.
After Chen Yanqing was sent to Bethune, Bethune was also stunned, because with Chen Yanqing's injury, it was necessary to have to do toe removal surgery as soon as possible, but at that time, anesthesia was in short supply and had long been used up, what to do? Bethune looked at Chen Yanqing and stopped talking.
Chen Yanqing quickly understood what was going on and said, "I have died before, am I still afraid of this?" Come on! After saying that, he took a towel and stuffed it in his mouth, signaling Dr. Bethune to move.
After several hours of surgery, Chen Yanqing's nine toes were cut off, but he never said a word. By the time the operation was finally completed, the towel in Chen Yanqing's mouth had already turned into slag.
Dr. Bethune looked at Chen Yanqing and said admiringly: "From Spain to now, I don't know how many surgeries have been performed, you are the strongest tough guy I have ever seen!" However, there is still a bullet in your right shoulder that cannot be removed, but it is okay to wait 30 years, it will slowly shift, and then it can be taken out. ”
Sure enough, in 1971, after a lapse of 33 years, Chen Yanqing finally successfully removed the bullet and threw himself even more at Dr. Bethune's medical skills.
General Chen Yanqing has been a fierce general all his life, not only a fierce general, but also a famous wise general in our army.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the overall situation of the whole country had been decided, but in the Xiangxi area of Hunan Province, bandits were still rampant and must be eradicated. Chen Yanqing was then the deputy commander of the Siye 8th Division, but the main force of the army had already gone south to pursue the Kuomintang army, and when Chen Yanqing led his troops into Dayong County (present-day Zhangjiajie), there were only 150 people around him.
At that time, there were 2,000 "National Salvation Army" led by Jin Yiwu outside Dayong City, as well as more than 3,000 bandits of various kinds, and when they learned that there were only 150 troops in the city, they were all looking at the tiger.
150 people against more than 5,000 people, how to fight this battle? Chen Yanqing said: Who said that we must rely on fighting to solve the problem?
So, how did Chen Yanqing do it?
He mobilized some of his troops and walked around the city, out of the city for a while, and into the city for a while, because he knew that the bandit agents were hiding outside the city to observe, so he had to deliberately create the illusion that there were a lot of troops in the city. Moreover, at that time, when the Second Field Army was going to pass through Dayong and go south, Chen Yanqing sent people everywhere to let the wind blow, saying that Erye would send a large army to garrison Dayong.
Erye's combat effectiveness was known all over the world, and when the bandits heard that Erye's army was coming, people were immediately panicked. At this time, Chen Yanqing sent two platoons to raid the weak bandits Xu Ziyi and Xu Xiwu. Chen Yanqing's purpose in doing so was to cause panic among the bandits who were already unstable.
Chen Yanqing, who was proficient in the way of the bandits, naturally did not miss it, so he sent someone to lobby Zhang Jinwu and Tang Zichun, who were stronger in strength, to explain the stakes.
In fact, Zhang Jinwu and Tang Zichun are not big traitors and evildoers, but they are in that chaotic world, pulling up a team to protect themselves, and now that the overall situation of the whole country has been decided, Erye and Siye have swept through thousands of armies like sweeps, and stubborn resistance is only a dead end, at this time Chen Yanqing explained to them the policy of our army, and the two naturally knew which road to take.
Under the influence of Zhang Jinwu, other bandits also surrendered their guns, and by February 1950, the bandits in the Dayong area had been basically eliminated.
When Commander Liu Shuai of Erye heard that Chen Yanqing had subdued more than 5,000 bandits with 150 people, he also gave a thumbs up in admiration and praised Chen Yanqing for having a way.
In 1955, Chen Yanqing was awarded the rank of colonel, but in 1964, he was promoted to major general, becoming one of the 1360 founding major generals.
According to the daughter of General Chen Yanqing, after the death of the chairman that year, every year on the birthday and death day of the chairman, the old general Chen and his wife would get up early, bow three times to the portrait of the chairman hanging on the wall, and often say to his daughter: "Dad believes in the chairman in this life, without the chairman, there is no home for us." ”