Can you introduce Zuo Quan’s deeds?

"The famous general died for his country, and he is willing to defend our country with all his blood. The majesty of Taihang has been passed down through the ages, and the blood-vomiting flowers are left in Qingzhang." This was written by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De to commemorate the heroic sacrifice of Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army. of a poem.

Zuo Quan is a senior commander of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and the Eighth Route Army and a famous military strategist. Born in 1905 in Liling County, Hunan Province. In 1924, he entered the first batch of Huangpu Military Academy to study. Joined the Communist Party of China in February 1925. In December of the same year, he went to the Soviet Union and studied at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow and Frunze Military Academy. After returning to China in 1930, he worked in the Central Soviet Area and served successively as the education director of the 1st branch of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army School, the commander of the New 12th Army, the commander and political commissar of the 15th Army of the 5th Army, the Director of the First Bureau of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, and the 1st Red Army Corps. He held positions such as chief of staff and participated in all anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations and the Long March in the Central Soviet Area. In May 1936, he was appointed acting commander of the 1st Red Army Corps.

After the outbreak of the National Anti-Japanese War, he served as deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army's forward headquarters, and later commander of the 2nd Column of the Eighth Route Army. He assisted Zhu De and Peng Dehuai in commanding the Eighth Route Army to the North China Anti-Japanese Front to carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines and crush the The Japanese army repeatedly carried out brutal "mopping up" operations and shocked the enemy's rear. His superb command art, rigorous and meticulous staff work, and solid work style were highly praised by Zhu and Peng. In the autumn of 1940, he assisted Peng Dehuai in commanding the famous Hundred Regiments Campaign. In November 1941, he commanded the Special Agent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters to conduct the Huangyadong Defense Battle. After eight days and nights of fierce fighting, he annihilated more than a thousand enemies at a relatively low cost. He was hailed by the Central Military Commission as "a model battle of 'anti-mopping up'". He was also "a military strategist with both theoretical training and practical experience." From 1939 to 1941, he wrote "On Persistence in the War of Resistance in North China", "Ambush Tactics", "Assault Tactics", "Tactical Issues" and "On the Development of Military Thought" Principles" and more than 40 articles. Zuo Quan made immortal contributions to the creation and consolidation of the North China Anti-Japanese Base Area, the development and expansion of the People's Anti-Japanese Armed Forces, and the comprehensive construction of the Eighth Route Army. In May 1942, the Japanese army carried out an "iron wall encirclement" and "mopping up" campaign against the Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area. On the 25th, when he was commanding troops to cover the breakout and transfer of the Central Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters near Matian, Liao County, Shanxi Province, he died heroically in the battle of Cross Ridge. He was only 37 years old.

Zuo Quan was the top commander of the Eighth Route Army who died on the anti-Japanese battlefield. The famous general died in battle, the Taihang Mountains mourned him, and the whole party mourned him. Zhou Enlai called him "enough to be a model for the party", and Zhu De praised him as "a rare talent in China's military circles." In memory of Zuo Quan, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region Government decided to rename Liao County Zuoquan County.

The literary and military exploits of Comrade Zuo Quan are distinguished by his bravery and loyalty. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Zuo Quan

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Comrade Zuo Quan’s literary and military exploits are characterized by his bravery and loyalty. He dedicated his life's energy to the party and the people, and established outstanding historical merits for the development and growth of the people's army and the independence and liberation of the Chinese nation.

Zuo Quan devoted himself to the revolution in his early years and had lofty revolutionary ideals and beliefs. Zuo Quan was born into a poor peasant family in Huangmaoling Village, Liling County, Hunan Province on March 15, 1905. As a teenager, he pursued progress and actively participated in various patriotic activities. In 1915, Zuo Quan, who was studying in primary school, learned that Yuan Shikai had accepted the "Twenty-One Policies" of losing power and humiliating the country. He immediately wrote the slogan "Don't forget the national humiliation of May 9th" and carried out propaganda against Japanese imperialism and the traitor Yuan Shikai in the village. When he was in middle school, he joined the social issues research club led by a member of the Communist Party of China and began to come into contact with Marxism. He often discussed various social issues with progressive classmates and determined to join the army, determined to overthrow imperialism and the warlords. , working hard to transform Chinese society. In the winter of 1923, Zuo Quan was admitted to the Guangzhou Army Lecture School sponsored by the Military and Political Department of Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's headquarters. In November 1924, he transferred to the first phase of Huangpu Military Academy. In February 1925, Zuo Quan gloriously joined the Communist Party of China. While studying at Huangpu Military Academy, he participated in organizing the Chinese Young Soldiers' Federation to unite progressive young soldiers and engage in tit-for-tat struggles with the Kuomintang rightists and reactionaries. In March, Zuo Quan graduated from Huangpu Military Academy. In the autumn of the same year, he was transferred to the Hubei offensive army with Cheng Qian as the commander and Lin Boqu as the party representative, and served as captain of the headquarters guard battalion. After the Hubei Army was reorganized, he served as company commander of the Guard Battalion.

While in Guangzhou, Zuo Quan actively participated in the torrent of the Great Revolution and participated in a series of major revolutionary struggles and military operations such as the suppression of the rebellion of the merchant group, the suppression of the rebellion of Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan, and the two eastern expeditions against the warlord Chen Jiongming. He completed the tasks outstandingly and was praised by the media for his outstanding performance. Zhou Enlai's nomination and commendation and the Soviet military adviser's order and commendation. In December of that year, Zuo Quan, as an outstanding revolutionary soldier, was sent by Cheng Qian and Lin Boqu to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, the Soviet Union. In the autumn of 1927, according to the instructions of the party organization, he transferred to Frunze Military Academy to study.

In June 1930, after Zuo Quan returned to China from the Soviet Union, he successively served as the director of education of the first branch of the Chinese Red Army Military Academy, commander of the newly established 12th Army of the Red Army, chief of staff of the First Red Army Headquarters, and director of the Central Military Commission. The Chief of the Operations Section of the General Staff Department of the Revolutionary Military Commission and other positions played an active role in cultivating Red Army cadres, defending the Soviet Area in Western Fujian, and promoting the development of Red Army staff work. In December 1931, Zuo Quan was ordered to participate in liaison and guide the Kuomintang's 26th Route Army in the Ningdu Uprising. Afterwards, the uprising troops were reorganized into the 5th Red Army, and Zuo Quan served as the political commissar of the 15th Army of the Army, and later as the army commander and political commissar. In order to educate and transform the uprising troops, he worked hard to implement the spirit of the Gutian Conference resolutions, vigorously strengthened the ideological and political work of the troops, and played an important role in its gradual transformation into a new type of people's army. After that, he led his troops to fight bravely in the battles of Ganzhou and Zhangzhou, showing strong organizational ability and military command art. After June 1932, Zuo Quan successively served as a military instructor at the Red Army School, deputy director of the Operations Bureau of the General Staff Department of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, director of the Operations Bureau of the Red Army General Headquarters and Red Army Headquarters, and chief of staff of the 1st Red Army. The anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign in the Central Soviet Area. In October 1934, the Central Red Army began its Long March. He participated in commanding the 1st Red Army Corps to break through the four blockades of the Kuomintang Army, occupy Shibing City, and attack Lazikou in a series of battles. He also led the troops to perform feint missions many times to cover the actions of the main force of the Red Army. , made outstanding contributions to the victory of the Central Red Army's Long March. After the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Zhiluo Town and the Eastern Expedition. In May 1936, Zuo Quan was appointed acting commander of the 1st Red Army Corps. Together with political commissar Nie Rongzhen, he led the troops to participate in the Western Expedition, expanding the Shaanxi-Gansu revolutionary base area and creating favorable conditions for the 2nd and 4th Red Front armies to move north. In November of the same year, he and Nie Rongzhen commanded the 1st Red Army Corps and part of the 15th Red Army Corps to participate in the Battle of Mountain Castle, forcing the Kuomintang army to stop its attack on the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Revolutionary Base Areas and precipitating the Xi'an Incident. In February 1937, Zuo Quan was transferred to the post of chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the Red Army. He assisted Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai and political commissar Ren Bishi in conducting planned and step-by-step political education and military training for the Red Army troops, making necessary preparations for the Red Army's reorganization and deployment to fight against Japan. .

After the outbreak of the National Anti-Japanese War, Zuo Quan served as deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army and chief of staff of the forward headquarters. He later served as commander of the 2nd Column of the Eighth Route Army, assisting Zhu De and Peng Dehuai in commanding the Eighth Route Army to carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in North China and expand the anti-Japanese armed forces. , established the Anti-Japanese Base Area and established immortal contributions to the independence and liberation of the Chinese nation. In August 1937, after the main force of the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, he accompanied Zhu De and Peng Dehuai to the anti-Japanese front line in North China to assist in commanding the Eighth Route Army's strategic deployment. In February 1938, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters encountered the Japanese invaders on its way from the Linfen area of ??Shanxi Province to the southeast of Shanxi Province. Zuo Quan personally led the headquarters' special agent group with only two companies of more than 200 troops to stop the enemy in Fucheng. They fought fiercely with thousands of Japanese troops for four days and nights. It protected the safe transfer of headquarters agencies and the masses. In April, he participated in the planning and command of the Eighth Route Army to smash the "Nine Route Siege" of the Japanese army in the southeastern Shanxi region, consolidating and expanding the anti-Japanese base area in southeastern Shanxi. In July and August, Zhu De and Peng Dehuai returned to Yan'an to attend the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Zuo Quan was ordered to take charge of the overall work of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. During this period, according to the instructions of the Central Military Commission and Zhu and Peng, he commanded the Eighth Route Army to successfully smash the Japanese army's massive siege of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Areas and further consolidate the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Areas; presided over a meeting organized by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the 129th The main cadre meeting attended by the division and the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan District Committee of the Central Military Commission played a very important role in making timely preparations for the military and civilians in the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan anti-Japanese base area to counter "mopping up". After the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, he actively assisted Zhu and Peng in implementing the Central Military Commission's strategic policy of "consolidating North China" and commanded the Eighth Route Army to enter plain areas such as Shandong, central Hebei, southern Hebei and Hebei, Shandong and Yu, and carry out extensive campaigns. Guerrilla warfare and expansion of anti-Japanese base areas. As the chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army's forward headquarters, Zuo Quan made outstanding contributions to the business development of the Eighth Route Army.

In December 1938 and June 1939, he presided over the chief of staff meeting and staff working meeting of the Eighth Route Army's southern Shanxi unit, formulated and improved the interim working regulations for the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army at all levels, and improved the working structure of the headquarters. At the same time, in order to improve the military and political quality of the army, he assisted the Eighth Route Army headquarters in organizing the army three times since 1939, and focused on the political, military and cultural education of the officers and soldiers, laying a solid foundation for the development and growth of the Eighth Route Army. From August 1940, he assisted Peng Dehuai in commanding the Eighth Route Army to launch the Hundred Regiment War behind enemy lines in North China, which shocked China and the world. In the first three and a half months alone, more than 40,000 Japanese and puppet troops were killed, wounded and captured, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army's "cage" "The policy curbed the Kuomintang's countercurrent of capitulation and boosted the confidence of the people across the country to win the war of resistance. After the war of resistance behind enemy lines entered a seriously difficult stage, he assisted Peng Dehuai in leading the military and civilians behind enemy lines to actively respond to the call of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission, and launched a large-scale production self-rescue campaign and streamlined troops and administration, which laid the foundation for the military and civilians behind enemy lines to gradually overcome the difficulties. In May 1942, the Japanese army carried out an "iron wall encirclement" and "mopping up" campaign against the Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area, where the Eighth Route Army headquarters was located. On the 25th, Zuo Quan was commanding troops to cover the breakout and relocation of the Eighth Route Army headquarters and other agencies in Shiziling, Liao County, Shanxi Province. Unfortunately, he was shot and died heroically for his country. He was 37 years old. In order to commemorate Zuo Quan, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region Government decided to rename Liao County Zuoquan County. From then on, Zuo Quan's famous name was engraved on the map of China!

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Comrade Zuo Quan is diligent in thinking and studying, and based on the reality of China’s revolutionary war and the continuous development and growth of the people’s army, he has accumulated and summarized rich war experience and military theory , made important contributions to the development of Mao Zedong’s military thought.

Zuo Quan is good at using Marxist views and methodology on war, studying the characteristics and laws of war, and putting forward many important combat guiding ideas. Zuo Quan emphasized that in a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, if our army wants to achieve operational victory, it must persist in protracted war in strategy and quick decisive war in battle and tactics, defensive war in strategy and offensive war in battle and battle, and strategic war in battle and tactics. Unify the war of attrition and the war of annihilation in campaign battles; implement correct external operations within internal operations, pay attention to the unity and coordination of counter-siege and siege operations, and avoid fighting alone; strive for strategic, operational and tactical initiative, and be good at discovery , create and seize the enemy's weaknesses, and at the same time develop your own strengths and eliminate your own weaknesses; focus on giving full play to the role of local armies and militia, so that they can actively and effectively cooperate with the regular army's operations, and oppose the wrong practice of restricting and weakening the armed forces of the masses; When organizing a battle, we must use our troops flexibly, be good at advancing and retreating in large strides, be good at dispersion and concentration, and be good at organizing various forces to participate in the battle; all military operations should be closely related to the people's revolutionary struggle; military struggle must be closely related to politics and economics. Closely integrate with other forms of struggle such as cultural and cultural affairs, and oppose pure militarism; we must pay attention to accumulating strength. We cannot just focus on fighting without doing the work of accumulating strength, nor can we use the excuse of accumulating strength to not fight or fight less. We must be careful in the use of strength. Good at conserving strength, etc.

Zuo Quan focused on starting from objective reality and put forward a series of tactical principles applicable to China's revolutionary war. During the Anti-Japanese War, based on the strategic policy that our army basically engaged in guerrilla warfare but did not relax mobile warfare under favorable conditions, he put forward many tactical principles that were compatible with it. He pointed out: We must always look at the enemy, understand the enemy, and maintain constant and adequate combat preparations; we must build the confidence and determination to destroy the enemy, and fight more tactical annihilation wars; we must proactively seek fighter opportunities to fight the enemy, especially Fight against moving enemies or enemies whose foothold is not stable; except for special circumstances, do not engage in pure defensive operations or protracted operations; it is necessary to strengthen combat guarantees, conduct strict reconnaissance and vigilance, block information, and fortify walls and clear fields; we must be good at taking advantage of natural conditions such as geographical location and weather. , often approach the enemy with small forces to detect and disrupt the enemy; regardless of whether the battle is large or small, careful consideration and planning should be carried out in order to ensure victory, and should not be rushed into battle; maintain the speed and secrecy of the troops, and improve and develop the suddenness of the battle. nature, to win by surprise; we must concentrate our forces, use superior forces to attack the enemy's weaknesses, and oppose the even use of forces; we must be brave and tenacious in combat, fight continuously, and annihilate the enemy in one go; we must not fight uncertain battles or carry out attacks without any hope of victory. , do not linger on an uncertain victory, do not engage in stalemate positional warfare with the enemy, etc.

Zuo Quan attaches great importance to the construction of the people's army and emphasizes that the army must be built in accordance with the requirements of the new people's army.

Regarding the goal of building an army, he proposed to "build an iron party army." He refuted the erroneous views that the army is "super-class" and that "the army should not interfere in politics" and pointed out: Our army must "guarantee the absolute political and organizational leadership of the Communist Party of China and adhere to the Communist Party of China." "The party's political line"; must be able to "unify the military and civilians", "unify officers and soldiers", and "unify top and bottom"; must have a high level of military and political culture; must have iron discipline. Regarding the education and training of the military, he believed that we should not only pay attention to military education, but also pay more attention to political education, and we should not ignore scientific and cultural education. The main purpose of military education is to improve the military skills and tactical level of officers and soldiers. Political education is mainly to improve the political quality of the army. Improving the cultural level of officers and soldiers is "the key to improving all knowledge." "Understanding natural science is also a key to learning military, "The necessary foundation of political theory", so strengthening the scientific and cultural education of officers and soldiers is of great significance for improving combat effectiveness and building a strong army. Regarding political work, he believed: "Political work cannot be the lifeline of the military, and we must oppose the attitude of belittling political work." Because political work ensures the Communist Party’s absolute leadership of the army and the political quality of the army, guarantees the unity and consolidation of the army, promotes the sacrifice and creativity of the officers and soldiers, and improves the army’s fighting will and combat effectiveness. . Regarding the construction of the headquarters, he proposed to "improve the organization and work of the headquarters at all levels in the spirit of building political work"; strictly enforce the regulations of the headquarters to improve the prestige of the headquarters; strengthen the education and training of staff officers to improve their professional level . Regarding logistics, he emphasized its important role in building an army. "The more complex the military organization is and the more advanced the technology is, the more important the status of logistics work becomes." Without sound logistics work, "there will be no regular army" and "there will be no victory at the front." The overall task of logistics work is to ensure all material needs of the army, consolidate the army with material guarantees, improve combat effectiveness, and defeat the enemy. Therefore, it is necessary to consolidate various systems of logistics work, improve the organization and work of the logistics department, improve the quality of logistics staff, and properly handle the relationship between logistics agencies, headquarters, and political agencies.

Left power attaches great importance to the role of the people in war and advocates the launch of people's war with the participation of the broad masses of the people. He said that the people contain "the deepest power of war" and we must be good at "exploring it." Because to win the revolutionary war, we not only rely on how many troops we have. The army is only a force to defeat the enemy. "The main thing is to rely on the power of the people." The power of the army and the power of the people must be organically unified and integrated. * Displayed in the same place, "this is the greatest invincible force" and "the most relied upon" for victory in the war. Zuo Quan emphasized that in the revolutionary war, it is necessary to "extensively mobilize the people, organize the people, organize and arm all unorganized people"; the party, government, military and civilians must work closely together to organize various types of activities of different natures. The people's armed forces carry out extensive popular armed struggles; strengthen the military education of the people, give more help and training to the people's armed forces, so that they can learn the methods and art of revolutionary war; strengthen the organization and training of people's militancy, and improve the people's struggle Enthusiasm unifies the revolutionary struggle of the people with the actions of the army. To mobilize the people and carry out people's war, we must implement democratic politics and improve people's lives. At the same time, we must be considerate of the people's power and use it rationally. We must be good at mobilizing the people, but we must not go against the will of the people and the spirit of democracy, and do not waste people's power; we must be able to lead the people to carry out heroic struggles to victory, but not cause excessive losses and sacrifices to the people.

Zuo Quan attaches great importance to the study of military theory and proposes to create Chinese Marxist-Leninist military thought and military science. Zuo Quan believes that "military is a kind of science" and its basis is social and economic conditions. Therefore, the development of military science is inseparable from the development of social and economic conditions. Similarly, all military ideas change with social and economic conditions and are affected by the social superstructure at that time. However, the economic conditions at a certain time and place play a leading role. Although China's military thought has developed along with the social economy, its progress has been seriously hampered by the influence of erroneous views such as idealism, metaphysics, and mechanical materialism. To this end, we must use "new methods" and "new perspectives" to create "new Marxist-Leninist military thinking" "to replace the old thinking."

To create China's Marxist-Leninist military thought, we can neither copy it from foreign countries nor create it out of thin air. Instead, we can only use the scientific method of Marxism to guide China's revolutionary war within a certain objective environment in China, so that it "gradually changes from struggle to struggle." arise out of it." At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the study and research of war experience and military theory. We must study Marxism-Leninism and the Marxist-Leninist doctrine on war, study the experience and lessons of our army’s long-term war, study the history and military theories of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign wars, inherit the tradition of the Chinese revolution, absorb the advantages of the progress of Chinese military thought in the past dynasties, and learn from advanced countries Mature military thought, thereby pushing our country's military theory forward and creating "China's glorious Marxist-Leninist military science." Zhu De once pointed out: Zuo Quan "is in military theory, strategy and tactics, military construction, staff work, logistics work, etc." , "With extremely rich and brilliant achievements, he is a rare talent in the Chinese military community."

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In the revolutionary struggle of nearly two decades, Comrade Zuo Quan has demonstrated a fearless revolutionary spirit, lofty ideological moral character and excellent style, fully demonstrating a The spiritual outlook that a Communist Party member should have and the noble qualities of a proletarian revolutionist.

He has a firm communist belief, is infinitely loyal to the party and the people, and has struggled for the cause of proletarian revolution throughout his life. Zuo Quan joined the Communist Party of China at the age of 20. Since then, he has devoted himself to the Chinese revolution without hesitation and fought for the cause of the proletarian revolution with firm belief and fiery enthusiasm. In the summer of 1930, he wrote in a letter to his eldest brother: "Although I return to China, I am afraid that I will not be able to return home for ten years. I will be supported by my mother and entrusted to my eldest brother. I will do my best to contribute to the revolution." After the outbreak of the National Anti-Japanese War, he The letter to his mother also stated: "For the benefit of the nation and the country, there was not a single copper plate in the past, and there is still not a single copper plate. I have eaten grass in the past, and I am ready to eat grass again." In order to assist Zhu De and Peng Dehuai in commanding the Eighth Route Army to carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in North China , he works for more than ten hours almost every day, stays up all night many days, and sometimes doesn’t even have time to eat. Many of the orders, instructions, notifications and other messages issued by the Eighth Route Army headquarters were drafted by him personally. Zhu De recalled: "Even in the constant battles and operations day and night, and even in the fatigue of days and nights without sleep, he never showed any signs of fatigue, negligence, laissez-faire or irritability. He was constantly solving problems and giving instructions and deployments. Comrade Zuo Quan has been working like this for more than ten years, drafting orders, inspecting work, and even sometimes being too tired to make calls and give instructions. "For the sake of the party and the people, he has never had a single complaint." He truly dedicated himself to his career and died.

He has a clear sense of right and wrong, is open-minded, considers the overall situation, and has strong party spirit principles. Left-wing people have a clear-cut stand in the face of major issues of right and wrong, and dare to fight against all kinds of wrong tendencies; when they make mistakes at work, they never shirk or shirk and have the courage to take responsibility. For the cause of the party and the people, he endured humiliation and shouldered heavy burdens, correctly handled the relationship between personal interests and revolutionary interests, and put the overall situation first. While working in the Central Soviet Area, due to the influence of Wang Ming's wrong line, Zuo Quan was suspected of being a "Trotskyist". He was dismissed from his position as commander and political commissar of the 15th Red Army and was appointed as a military instructor at the Red Army School. Despite this, he was "not restive" or "negative". No matter what work the party assigned him, he would obey without saying a word, happily obey, and do every task assigned by the party dutifully. Decades later, Geng Biao, who was already the State Councilor and Minister of National Defense, recalled this incident and wrote: “As his subordinates, many of us were unaware of this incident and had no sense that Zuo Quan had suffered unjustly. "Injustice, a person who has been wronged." Although Zuo Quan endured mental pain for a long time, he could withstand the grievances and the test, and never wavered in his firm belief in the party and the revolutionary cause, and consistently served the party and the country. Fight for the cause of the people until blood stains Taihang. With his lofty party spirit, he demonstrated his incomparable loyalty to the cause of the party and the people; with his clear life, he proved that he is a loyal and outstanding member of the Communist Party of China.

He is studious, diligent in writing, and always maintains the virtue of modesty and prudence. Zuo Quan loved learning and persevered throughout his life. He often said: "Books are the ocean of knowledge, and learning is the ladder of progress. It is terrible for a person not to learn." Even during his rough fighting career, he still insisted on learning and writing. After drafting, writing or He has translated hundreds of thousands of words of texts, treatises and translated works. His spirit of hard study is famous throughout the army.

Although Zuo Quan has a high status, profound knowledge, and is very expert in staff work, he never boasts, never looks down on others, and never stands out for himself. He always maintains the virtue of being modest and prudent, and always seeks the consent of as many people as possible when encountering problems. opinions, he does not let one person or a few people have the final say; when there are achievements in work and victory in military operations, he always emphasizes the role of the majority of commanders and soldiers or the masses of the people, emphasizes the correctness of superior leaders, and never talks about individuals.

He is honest, lives a frugal life, and always maintains a style of hard work. Although Zuo Quan has held a senior leadership position in the army for a long time and has a lot of work and is very tired, he never specializes in life and strictly demands himself everywhere. In 1939, the Eighth Route Army headquarters moved to Zhuanbi Village, Wuxiang County, Shanxi Province. Due to the lack of housing in the local area, Zuo Quan lived in a dilapidated temple in the village. Winter has arrived, and the dilapidated temple is drafty from all sides. The soldiers can't bear the cold of the chief of staff and want to change residences with him. But Zuo Quan said: "You have a class living in that house, and I am alone. How can you let one person live in a warm house and let a dozen soldiers suffer from the cold?" Due to long-term overload of work, Zuo Quan's body gradually deteriorated. The ground became thinner. Once, the cook killed the chicken fed by the army and stewed it for him to eat, but he asked the cook to give the chicken to the sick and wounded. The clothes, shoes and socks he usually wears, and the bedding he sleeps on are all patched and patched, and he never wants to change them with new ones at will. When guiding the construction of the defense facilities of the Huangyadong Arsenal, he often climbed up and down the mountain. When the cloth shoes and straw sandals he brought were too worn out and the guards advised him to change to a new pair of shoes, he firmly disagreed. He tore off the uppers of the worn cloth shoes and nailed them to the patched straw soles. Then he put on the "new shoes" made by himself and continued to climb the mountain. The soldiers were all moved by their hard-working style.

He cares about his subordinates, loves the people, and always maintains flesh-and-blood ties with the people. Zuo Quan has strict requirements on himself, but he takes every possible care of his comrades and the people. Once, the lover of a soldier came to the army and had no place to live. When Zuo Quan found out, he let the couple rest in their own room. At night, he slept on the same straw bunk where the warrior had slept. The deputy chief of the management department at the headquarters contracted tuberculosis. Zuo Quan specifically asked the health department to treat him well, and often visited him and comforted him with supplements that he was reluctant to take. Zuo Quan also often gave the confiscated nutrients distributed to him to the sick and wounded or to comrades on night shift. To his comrades, he was extremely caring; to the people, he was full of sincere feelings. Zuo Quan once said: The people are water, and we are fish. When there is more water, the fish become more active; it is difficult for fish out of water to survive. It is precisely because of the profound understanding of this military-civilian relationship that Zuo Quan always cares about the sufferings of the people and pays attention to safeguarding the interests of the masses. Whenever the Japanese invaders "mopping up", he always instructs the troops to protect the safe transfer of the masses; when the masses are in difficulty, he always directs the troops to do their best to help. He led the Eighth Route Army commanders and soldiers to work with the people to open up wasteland, plant trees, grow crops, dig wells, and build reservoirs and flood dams. After the Anti-Japanese War behind enemy lines entered a serious and difficult stage in 1941, he and Peng Dehuai led the troops and the residents to launch a large-scale production and self-rescue campaign on the banks of the Qingzhang River, eating and living on the beach with the masses; in the spring of 1942, he and Peng Dehuai led the army and civilians to ** Together they completed the embankment construction project in the middle section of the Qingzhang River, adding more than 400 acres of fertile land, which was widely praised by the local people.

Comrade Zuo Quan’s life was a life of revolution and fighting. When we commemorate Comrade Zuo Quan and remember his glorious achievements, we must learn from his courage to pursue revolutionary truth, adhere to the principles of party spirit, and fight for communism throughout his life; learn from his high responsibility for the cause of the party, diligence, and hard work without complaint. , the revolutionary spirit of selfless dedication; learn from his excellent qualities of loving the party, loving the people, being strict with himself, being honest and dedicated to the public, and working hard; learn from his good study style of diligent study, hard work, integrating theory with practice, and being brave in innovation; learn from his good study style of taking the overall situation into consideration , the noble sentiment of sacrificing one's life for righteousness regardless of personal gains and losses. Let us unite closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary, hold high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory, fully implement the important thought of "Three Represents", vigorously promote the modernization of national defense and the army, and achieve the grand goal of reunification of the motherland and rejuvenation of the nation. And work hard!