General Chen Geng was the first of the ten founding generals to die, from his birth in 1903 to his death in 1961, a short life of 58 years, but cast an immortal legend. The general Chen Geng spent his life on horseback and led his army to gallop through the Central Plains, which made the enemy feel frightened. He was grinning, but humorous; he was iron-boned, but he was a child. General Chen Geng loved his young daughter Chen Zhijin very much, and he was deeply affectionate and used almost all of his spare strength. Once a female warrior thought that Chen Zhijin looked ugly, and Chen Geng was furious when she found out: "Who dares to say that my daughter is ugly?" "What happened, let's move on.
General Chen Geng's grandfather had been a general in the Xiang Army, so Chen Geng was also considered a general. He was very curious about new things from an early age, and when he came into contact with new disciplines such as geography and music, he was hungry and thirsty, sparing no effort to replenish the nutrients of knowledge. Due to the shackles of feudal ideas in the old days, before Chen Geng could show his fists and realize his grand ambitions, his father forced him to marry a woman who was two years older than himself. Not long after, Chen Geng's grandfather died, and under the double blow, Chen Geng was disheartened, no longer concerned about the family, and went out with the ambition to serve the country to seek a cure for the country. This walk opened his magnificent life.
In 1924, Chen Geng was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and became a celebrity of the Whampoa Military Academy. During his time at the school, Chen Geng won the praise of Huangpu teachers and students for his outstanding performance, and he was called "Huangpu Three Masters" together with Jiang Xianyun and He Zhihan. Since then, he has experienced the Northern Expedition, the Nanchang Uprising, the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, the War of Resistance Against France, the Korean War, etc., and has made great contributions to the cause of the people's liberation.
Chen Geng is a veritable "humorous general", he is informal, he is a person with a great sense of humor. He has a bold, unrestrained, intelligent and kind heart, which has created his humorous and funny personality. In the aftermath of the war, he always brought joy to the soldiers. Once, chen geng and his political commissar Wang Xinting were joking, walking along, and Chen Geng suddenly shouted: "Blind man beware, it is downhill." Wang Xinting was highly short-sighted, and after hearing the shouting, he hurriedly crouched down and reached out to touch Chen Geng, causing everyone to laugh. Wang Xinting also reacted, couldn't stop laughing, and said, "Alas, you cripple..."
In 1950, when Chen Geng led his troops to march into the southwest, his daughter was born, and Chen Geng named her Chen Zhijin. Before Chen Zhijin was born, Chen Geng had two sons, Chen Zhifei and Chen Zhijian, so Chen Geng always wanted a daughter. When Xiao Zhijin was born, everyone rushed to visit to express congratulations. Because of the allergy to eating the captured American milk powder, Xiao Zhijin's face had a lot of pimples. A female soldier who came to visit blurted out: "Why is the commander's daughter so ugly?" ”
The female soldier disliked Chen Geng's daughter's ugly words, and he didn't know who had reached Chen Geng's ears, and he was furious: "Who dares to say that my daughter is ugly?" From Chen Geng's performance, it can be seen that he loves his daughter Chen Zhijin, and after this incident, anyone who sees Xiao Zhijin must first praise him fiercely. Later, Chen Zhijin recalled: "This story was so widely circulated at that time that when I later came to Kunming to meet those uncles and aunts, as soon as they saw me, they smiled and said, 'You are that' beautiful daughter!" ’”
Iron-boned Zhengzheng, the humorous and funny General Chen Geng also has a childlike side. As a father, Chen Geng's love for Xiao Zhijin was beyond reproach. In fact, it was not only Chen Zhijin, General Chen Geng was very fond of his other four sons. Speaking of his father, Chen Zhijian and his sister Chen Zhijin both described him as a "standard loving father". The children of General Chen Geng also lived up to their father's love, the eldest son Chen Zhifei was a well-known senior engineer in the industry, the eldest daughter Chen Zhijin was the chief physician of the Anesthesiology Department of the PLA General Hospital, and the other three sons were all MAJOR Generals of the PLA.