覃应机于1929年秋参加农民自卫军,当时他年仅14岁。同年12月参加了邓小平指挥的百色起义,之后正式编入红七军部队,参加了举世闻名的二万五千里长征。曾被保送到国家保卫局学习。历任红军战士、侦察员、班长、总部侦察队班长、军团保卫局主任科员(侦察科)、侦察连政治指导员、太 Tan Ying machine in the autumn of 1929 to participate in the Peasant Self-Defense Forces, when he was only 14 years old. In December the same year, he participated in the Baise Uprising led by Deng Xiaoping. Later, he formally incorporated the Red Army forces into the world-famous 25,000-mile Long March. Have been escorted to the National Security Agency to learn. Former Red Army soldiers, scout, squad leader, squadron of the headquarters scout, the Corps Security Bureau chief (reconnaissance division), reconnaissance and political instructor, too