The founding generals of the People's Republic of China held the main posts of the major military regions in peacetime, and under normal circumstances, after retiring, they would enjoy their old age in accordance with the treatment of the main posts of the large military regions.
But for Ding Sheng, this is not the case, although he has served as the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region and the Nanjing Military Region for 8 years, his retirement treatment is not comparable with the main post of the large military region, even with the army commander.
We know that Ding Sheng was a war general, who had always been a political worker during the Agrarian Revolution and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and only became a military cadre during the War of Liberation. For war, he has relatively high military attainments, fought bravely in the northeast for several years, and is the main division of the 8th column.
Some people say that he rose to prominence in the Battle of Hengbao, but this is not entirely true.
Ding Sheng is a division-level cadre, compared to the Northeast Army, there are too many division commanders, and there are 36 division commanders in 12 columns. Later, more than a dozen independent divisions were formed one after another, and there were as many as about 50 division commanders. At that time, operations were all based on columns, and it was said which column fought what battle.
Ding Sheng's troops completed their tasks brilliantly in the northeast and in the Tianjin Campaign, and was a very effective commander in the eyes of the column commander. The Battle of Hengbao gave him a chance to become famous, because of the silence on the radio, interspersed with operations did not receive orders from his superiors in time, and when he got in touch with his superiors, he found that he was already in the belly of the enemy. The head of the headquarters directly commanded and let him sing the leading role, and fought a good victory.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the 45th Army and the 44th Army were merged into the 54th Army, and he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and the counterinsurgency in Tibet. In the fifties and sixties, the division maintained its combat effectiveness.
In 1968, he went to the Guangzhou Military Region as deputy commander, and was promoted to commander only a year later. The former commander was promoted to commander-in-chief, and he was also the head of the column during his period in the northeast, and the other party was virtuous and did not shy away from relatives, and Ding Sheng became the second major general to serve as the commander of a large military region.
In 1973, with the transfer of the commanders of the eight major military regions, he went to the Nanjing Military Region to serve as the commander, and left the leadership post in 1977.
Speaking of his life, after the founding of New China, deputy army commanders and army commanders of his rank only had an allowance, which was 5 yuan at the beginning, and then increased to 70 yuan. After the introduction of the salary system in 1955, his salary was more than 200 yuan. It has greatly improved the needs of the family, and it is still not exhausted.
Although in 1965, the whole army lowered wages in order to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, but there were also early 200s.
In 1968, after becoming the commander of the large military region, everything he needed was special supplies, such as shelter, tobacco and alcohol, as well as firewood, rice, oil, salt, and non-staple food. Basically, there are very few places to spend money, and you can use the places where you can spend money, that is, you want to buy something, such as snacks, or personal wear. For soldiers, there is basically no need to buy them to wear, they are all military uniforms. Therefore, money is not easily spent.
After 1982, he was treated as a regimental cadre at 150 yuan per month. His wife also has a pension, and his children also work and have a salary. It is said that in the early 80s, more than 100 people were enough, and the wages of ordinary workers were only a few dozen yuan. But why is his life so poor?
Although the living treatment is settled, you still need to eat, drink and see a doctor, although the medical treatment is reimbursed, it is not easy. At that time, the relevant units did not have much money, and the medical treatment needed to be paid in advance, and sometimes the reimbursement did not know when it would arrive, and he had heart disease, but he had to be cautious.
When the reform and opening up began, his living expenses rose to 200 yuan in the nineties, which was not very high at this time. Living in a big city has a lot of expenses, prices are rising, and I often need money to run from Guangdong to Beijing for my own problems. When his old subordinates learned about his living situation, they all sent him money from time to time to show their gratitude.
My wife once said that taking a bus ticket in Shenzhen costs 7 cents, which is better than 1 yuan, and I can save money. He really: I don't bother, I'm willing to leave 3 cents.
This can't help but make people think: a penny is hard to beat a hero!
Without the constraints of life in his later years, there may not be such an exclamation as him!