Nie Fengzhi

Nie Fengzhi (simplified Chinese: 聂凤智; traditional Chinese: 聶鳳智; pinyin: Niè Fèngzhì; 7 September 1913 – 3 April 1992) was a general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of the People's Republic of China.

[2] He was involved in founding the PLAAF,[2] and commanded the PLA's first aerial unit, the 4th Mixed Aviation Brigade, which was established on 19 June 1950 in Nanjing and consisted of 155 aircraft in one attack, one bomber, and two fighter regiments.

[5] After Liu Zhen returned to China in July 1952, Nie commanded the PLAAF in Korea.

[6] At the time of the First Taiwan Strait Crisis, Nie commanded the East China (Huadong) Air Force.

During a meeting of the ZFC commanders on 31 August 1954, Nie opposed the "majority opinion" favoring an immediate amphibious invasion of Dachen, and instead supported the "limited piecemeal tactics" proposed by Zhang.

Nie (L3) in a group photograph taken during the Second Sino-Japanese War