我有幸三次见到过开国上将张爱萍。将军的音容笑貌和对我的鼓励教诲,令我终身受益,至今难忘。在苏北抗日根据地我第一次见到张爱萍。那是1944年5月,随着中国人民抗日战争的节节胜利,苏北的反攻在盐阜地区陈家港打响。在新四军3师副师长兼盐阜军分区司令员张爱萍指挥下,5月3日凌晨,参战部队同时向盘据在陈家港的日寇发烽火抗战瓮中抓得鬼子兵 I have the honor to see the founding president Zhang Aiping three times. The sound and smile of the general and my encouragement and teaching have benefited me for life and are unforgettable today. In the Northern Anti-Japanese Base I first met Zhang Aiping. That was May 1944, and with the victory of the Chinese people’s anti-Japanese war, the counter-offensive in northern Jiangsu started in Chenjiagang, Yanfu District. Under the command of Zhang Aiping, deputy commander of Division 3 of the New Fourth Army and division commander Yan Fujun, on the early morning of 3 May, the fighting forces at the same time grasped the Guizhibin at the same time as the belligerent Japanese war vets in Chenjiagang