In 1937, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, on the basis of the second cooperation between the two parties, the guerrilla units in the eight southern provinces were reorganized into the New Fourth Army. In 1941, the Kuomintang reactionaries created the Southern Anhui Incident, and the New Fourth Army was forced to rebuild. After the reconstruction, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army was set up in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province in northern Jiangsu, and the New Fourth Army also liberated the northern Jiangsu region and established a base area.
After the liberation of northern Jiangsu, an aspiring young man from northern Jiangsu threw himself into the revolution and, under the leadership of our party, defeated the Japan invaders and the Kuomintang reactionaries, and won the final victory of the revolution. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, his achievements were very high, he served as the political commissar of the General Logistics Department and other positions, and was awarded the rank of general, this is Zhou Keyu. So, what is the story of Zhou Keyu?
Zhou Keyu was born in 1929 in Funing County, Jiangsu Province, to a poor peasant family. Although the family was poor, Zhou Keyu's parents still saved money and sent him to a government-run rural primary school, which does not charge tuition and miscellaneous fees, only books.
In 1941, after the New Fourth Army liberated northern Jiangsu, a base was established, and Zhou Keyu also gave up his studies and devoted himself to the revolutionary struggle to resist Japan and save the country. After participating in the revolution, because he had a certain cultural foundation, Zhou Keyu was quickly reused and served as the director of the Anti-Japanese Student Rescue Association in Sheyang County, Northern Jiangsu. In 1945, Zhou Keyu, who was only 16 years old, joined our party, and it was also the year when Zhou Keyu joined the party, and our party united the people of all ethnic groups across the country and won the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhou Keyu continued to be active in northern Jiangsu, engaged in the construction of base areas, participated in and led the work of land reform at the grassroots level, and relied on the strength of the masses to strengthen the organization. In 1947, when the Kuomintang reactionaries attacked the liberated areas of northern Jiangsu, the field troops carried out a strategic shift, but Zhou Keyu insisted on staying in the five divisions of northern Jiangsu to carry out guerrilla struggle behind enemy lines, effectively containing the enemy in a flexible and mobile way, and making positive contributions to the victory of the subsequent liberation war.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Keyu stayed in the 24th Army and successively served as an officer of the Cadre Section, chief of the Appointment and Removal Section, and director of the Cadre Division of the 24th Army. In 1960, Zhou Keyu was transferred to the Beijing Military Region and served as the secretary of the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region, and became the secretary of Lieutenant General Yuan Shengping, then director of the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region. At the end of 1960, Yuan Shengping was transferred to the Jinan Military Region as the second political commissar, and Zhou Keyu was also transferred to the Jinan Military Region with Yuan Shengping and continued to serve as Yuan Shengping's secretary.
By Yuan Shengping's side, Zhou Keyu learned a lot, not only accumulated rich work experience, but also laid the foundation for important positions in the future. Zhou Keyu once said: "The work experience of secretary has helped me a lot, broadened my horizons, and also seen many things that are difficult for ordinary people to experience." ”
After entering the eighties of the last century, Zhou Keyu was promoted quickly, and after 1982, he served as the deputy political commissar and political commissar of the 67th Army. In 1984, Zhou Keyu was transferred to the General Political Department and served as the assistant director of the General Political Department, mainly in charge of propaganda and education, culture and news.
In 1988, when our army implemented a new military rank, Zhou Keyu was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. In 1990, 61-year-old Zhou Keyu was transferred to the political commissar of the General Logistics Department and became a full-time cadre of the large military region. In 1994, 65-year-old Zhou Keyu became a general. In 1995, Zhou Keyu retired.
After retiring, Zhou Keyu still cared about the modernization and regularization of our army, and actively offered advice and suggestions to do what he could. In addition, in his later years, Zhou Keyu also loved to write poetry, published many poetry collections, and was a general with both civil and military skills. In 2014, Zhou Keyu died of illness in Beijing at the age of 85.