叶飞是福建省南安县人,1914年出生,1928年参加革命。1932年——1937年领导了艰苦卓绝的闽东游击战争。1938年2月率部北上抗日,历任新四军第六团团长、江南义勇军副指挥、纵队司令员兼政委、第一旅旅长、第一师师长兼苏中军区司令员,为发展巩固苏中抗日根据地作出了贡献。解放战争时期,任华东野战军第一纵队司令员兼政 Ye Fei is a native of Nanan County, Fujian Province. He was born in 1914 and joined the revolution in 1928. 1932 - 1937 led the arduous Eastern Fujian guerrilla war. In 1938 February the northern part of the anti-Japanese unit rate, served as the New Fourth Army sixth regiment, deputy commander Jiangnan Volunteers, commander and political commissar of the brigade, the brigade of the first brigade, the first division commander and commander of the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union to consolidate the Soviet Union Anti-Japanese base made a contribution. During the war of liberation, he was the commander and concurrent leader of the first column of the East China Field Army