In 1972, U.S. President Nixon visited China, which symbolized that China and the United States finally broke the decades old estrangement, and Sino US relations began to thaw. Soon afterwards, thanks to the efforts of the leaders of the two countries, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations and carried out in-depth cooperation in various fields. The two countries have made great contributions to the maintenance of world peace.

1980 is the second year since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. At the warm invitation of the United States, the Chinese delegation traveled across the ocean to visit the United States. At that time, the United States, in order to show its respect for China and the importance it attached to this visit, presented each member of the delegation with an exquisite badge as a gift.

But there is one exception that has attracted people's attention, that is, the badge on general Xie Fang's hand, which is different from the sky blue badge on other hands, but exudes a cold and cold silver gray. This difference has aroused people's doubts. Some people have asked the US side why the badge given to Xie Fang is so different?

The staff of the US side said that it was out of respect for the general of the liberation army. In the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea 30 years ago, although the two countries were in different positions, the brilliant tactical command of the general of the liberation army made the Americans remember this terrible opponent. Later, at the negotiation table, Xie was determined to serve the country, and the momentum of arguing made the US side privately give him a thumbs up.

This time, I heard that general Xie Fang was coming to the United States with the delegation, so I made a special badge for him to show respect for general Xie Fang. Speaking of general Xie Fang's name, many young people probably haven't heard of it; But more than half a century ago, he was one of the famous founding generals.

Xie Fang was born in Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province. In his early years, he had a good relationship with Zhang Xueming, Zhang zuolin's second son, so he joined the Northeast Army. Later, he went to Japan with Zhang Xueming to study military science. After returning to China, Xie Fang was favored by Zhang Xueliang with his good skills. He rose step by step around Zhang Xueliang, and finally became Zhang Xueliang's adjutant. Zhang Xueliang was full of praise for Xie Fang's ability and praised him as a "rare genius".

Xie Fang had received advanced education. In the continuous fire, he began to think, is not the result of warlords' scuffle that the common people suffer? So he chose to join the party organization secretly in 1936, and at the same time actively publicized the idea of resisting Japan and saving the nation around Zhang Xueliang. After the outbreak of the Xi'an Incident, Xie conducted a lot of operations in private, trying to promote the two sides to resist Japan together.

In the war of resistance against Japan and the subsequent wars, the Liberation Party also contributed a lot, not only to the implementation of the party's Anti Japanese national united front policy, but also to the liberation of Northeast China.

It was not easy to expect the founding of new China and the five-star red flag flying in the wind, but the Korean War broke out again next door, and the US Army burned the war to the Yalu River. For the prosperity of the motherland, at the call of the party, the Chinese people formed a heroic volunteer army to join the battlefield. Xie Fang served as the chief of general staff of the volunteer army.

At that time, there were many valiant generals going to the Korean battlefield, but why did general Xie Fang assume the important position of chief of general staff? Of course, this is because of Xie Fang's extraordinary military ability. Before he went to the United States to fight, Xie Fang served as chief of staff of the 13th corps, the predecessor of the volunteer army.

During his tenure in the 13th corps, Xie Fang mastered a series of key information such as the establishment of our troops, the basic situation of our soldiers, and the condition of our equipment. He also inspected the river trend, terrain structure, bridges and houses along the Yalu River, and closely monitored the key trends on the Korean battlefield. It can be said that at this time Xie Fang really knew himself and the other, and also mastered the timing and location.

After observing the terrain of North Korea and studying the operational characteristics of the US side, Xie accurately predicted that the US military would log in to Seoul, leaving the Korean people's army in an embarrassing situation.

After officially serving as the chief of staff of the volunteer army, Xie Fang and general manager Peng cooperated closely. They repeatedly put forward various ingenious plans for the strategic deployment of the volunteer army, and were often able to accurately predict the next military action of the US Army. Thanks to his brilliant performance in the Korean battlefield, even general manager Peng praised Xie Fang as "ZHUGE Liang's rebirth".

Such a capable and enlightened general, no wonder even the United States has great admiration for him.