1976 65438+1On October 8th, Zhou Enlai, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Premier of the State Council and Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, died in Beijing at the age of 78.
Zhou Enlai, 1898, a native of Huai 'an, Jiangsu Province, studied in Japan in his early years. 19 19 participated in the May 4th Movement in Tianjin. 1920 Work-study program in France and Germany. 192 1, join the China * * * production party. After returning to China, he participated in and led all previous revolutionary struggles.
After the founding of New China, he devoted his life to the prosperity of the country, the prosperity of the nation and international exchanges. 15 10 15, Zhou Enlai's memorial service was held in the Great Hall of the People, and Deng Xiaoping delivered a eulogy.
When Zhou Enlai's body was sent to Babaoshan for cremation, millions of people stood in silence on Shili Long Street. Zhou Enlai's death has aroused the deep condolences of the people all over the country.
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Zhou Enlai was one of the earliest leaders in the Communist Party of China (CPC) who recognized the importance of armed struggle and engaged in military work.
During the Great Revolution, he began to apply the Marxist principle of armed struggle to China, to transform the old army and develop revolutionary military forces, so that the party mastered some revolutionary armed forces, which made it possible to hold the Nanchang Uprising after Chiang Kai-shek's rebellion against the revolution, opening the glorious first page of the history of the party's independent leadership of armed struggle.
On August 1, Nanchang Uprising established the People's Army. After that, he was one of the top leaders of the party's military work. At the beginning of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he was responsible for guiding rural guerrilla warfare in various regions and the struggle to establish rural revolutionary base areas.
In the Central Soviet Area, he participated in the main leadership work of the Central Red Army. After Zunyi Conference, the Long March led and commanded by Mao Zedong realized a strategic shift, which also reflected Zhou Enlai's hard work in applying the art of military command.
Since then, he helped Mao Zedong strategize, participated in the formulation of some major strategic decisions and campaign plans in previous wars, and contributed outstanding military talents to the victory of China's revolutionary war.
In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea after the founding of New China, he participated in the decision-making and organized its implementation. He made great efforts for the revolutionization, regularization and modernization of China People's Liberation Army.