Guo Linxiang (; September 1914 – 25 April 2010) was a

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

of China who served as political commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department from 1973 to 1975 and political commissar of the

Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covered all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shangh ...

from 1982 to 1985.

Biography

Guo was born in

Yongfeng County Yongfeng County () is a county of central Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an. Administration As of 2016, Yongfeng County was made up of 8 towns A town is a type ...

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, in September 1914. He became a member of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in 1933. He had served in the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...

since 1930, serving in the

Encirclement campaigns The encirclement campaigns of the Chinese Civil War were Republic of China (ROC) offensives against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) revolutionary base areas in China from the late-1920s to 1934 during the Chinese Civil War. The climax were the fiv ...

from 1930 to 1934 and the

Long March The Long March ( zh, s=长征, p=Chángzhēng, l=Long Expedition) was a military retreat by the Chinese Red Army and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from advancing Kuomintang forces during the Chinese Civil War, occurring between October 1934 and ...

from 1934 to 1936. During the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...

, he fought under deputy commander

Peng Dehuai Peng Dehuai (October 24, 1898November 29, 1974; also spelled as Peng Teh-Huai) was a Chinese general and politician who was the Minister of National Defense (China), Minister of National Defense from 1954 to 1959. Peng was born into a poor ...

at the Hundred Regiments Offensive. During the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...

, he served in the war and engaged in the Battle of Huaiyin, Battle of Lian River, Battle of Yancheng, , , Menglianggu campaign, Battle of Linfen, Battle of Central Shanxi, and Battle of Taiyuan. After establishment of the Communist State in 1949, he mainly served in the Sichuan Military District. He was awarded the military rank of major general ('' shaojiang'') in 1955. In 1966, the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

broke out, he was removed from office and effectively sidelined. After the

Lin Biao Lin Biao ( zh, 林彪; 5 December 1907 – 13 September 1971) was a Chinese politician and Marshal of the People's Republic of China who was pivotal in the Chinese Communist Party, Communist Chinese Communist Revolution, victory during the Chines ...

incident, he was reinstated as political commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department in August 1973. He was transferred as political commissar to

northwest China Northwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid continental climate. ...

's Xinjiang Military District in August 1975, and held that office until January 1978. In January 1980, he was promoted to become first political commissar of the

(later as political commissar in October 1982), a position he held until June 1985. In 1987, he was appointed secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the

Central Military Commission Central Military Commission may refer to: *Central Military Commission (China), the highest national defense organization in the People's Republic of China. *Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the highest body in Vietnam ...

, responsible for rectifying discipline in the

(PLA). He attained the rank of

('' shangjiang'') in 1988. He retired in 1992. On 25 April 2010, he died from an illness in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, at the age of 95.

Autobiography

References

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