What is the main content of the TV series "General Chen Geng"?

General Chen Geng is a legendary and distinctive military leader in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. His life left a profound and special page in the history of our party and our army.

In 1925, the National Revolutionary Army launched its second Eastern Expedition and fought against the warlords. Chen Geng and other Huangpu students joined the army in the war. The revolutionary army was surrounded. At the critical moment, Chen Geng rescued Chiang Kai-shek who was about to commit suicide in despair. After the war, he was awarded the Medal of the Grand Marshal of the National Revolution for his outstanding achievements.

In 1926, the right wing of the Kuomintang created the "Zhongshan Ship Incident". Chiang Kai-shek and others continued to provoke the Communist Party. At the Guangdong Mint, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party clashed again. Chen Geng led the Communist students to arrive in time to protect the safety of Zhou Enlai and others. Due to this action, Chen Geng aroused the suspicion of Chiang Kai-shek and others. Chen Geng submitted his resignation to Chiang Kai-shek and showed his identity as a communist. Chiang Kai-shek used various means to get Chen Geng to leave the Communist Party. Chen Geng refused to be tempted, claiming that he would always be a member of the Communist Party, and left tactfully.

Chen Geng came to Shanghai to work and met Wang Genying, a beautiful underground worker. He fell in love with Wang Genying and began to pursue her. During the arduous struggle, the two got to know each other better. Zhou Enlai served as the witness, and the two finally got married.

In the dangerous environment, the Communist Party of China established its own intelligence organization-the Central Special Section, with Chen Geng serving as the chief of the intelligence section. During the Shanghai Special Branch period, he assisted Zhou Enlai in protecting the party's central organs, carrying out underground work, eradicating traitors, and rescuing comrades, showing great wisdom and courage.

In the early 1930s, Chen Geng unfortunately fell into the hands of his enemies, and Chiang Kai-shek personally persuaded him to surrender. While laughing and taunting, he put Chiang Kai-shek in infinite embarrassment. Chiang Kai-shek published false news in the newspaper that "Chen Geng had quit the party." Wang Genying believed in Chen Geng's innocence and was willing to die to prove it. With the help of Soong Ching Ling, Chen Geng finally escaped from the enemy camp, rushed to the base area, and participated in the Red Army's Long March.

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The Anti-Japanese War broke out, and Chen Geng was appointed as the commander of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. He strategized and led his troops to fight behind enemy lines, repeatedly inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army. His wife, Wang Genying, died heroically during a counter-raids.

During the War of Liberation, he commanded decisively. Most of his opponents were classmates from the Huangpu period. Hu Zongnan, Chen Geng's classmate in the first phase of Huangpu, was already the lieutenant general commander of the first theater of the Kuomintang army with 500,000 troops, and was known as the "King of the Northwest". Chen Geng led his troops to launch the Linfu Campaign. In this battle, Hu Zongnan's elite "No. 1 Brigade in the World" and other troops were completely wiped out. In January 1947, Chen Geng's Column and Wang Zhen's Column jointly fought in the Battle of Fenxiao and achieved a major victory in wiping out more than 16,000 enemy troops. Subsequently, Chen Geng led his troops to participate in the Battle of Luoyang, the Battle of Huaihai, the battle to encircle and annihilate the Huangwei Corps, the Battle of Guangdong, the Battle of Guangxi, etc., and made outstanding achievements.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Geng participated in the war to resist France, aid Vietnam, and the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. After returning from the Korean battlefield, Chen Geng was entrusted with important tasks. He led the establishment of my country's first military engineering college.

In 1955, Chen Geng was awarded the rank of general.