Nie Fengzhi

Nie Fengzhi (; 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.

Biography Nie was born in Dawu County, Hubei in 1913 or 1914. He belonged to the dominant Han ethnic group. He attained the rank of lieutenant general in 1955. After Liu Zhen returned to China in July 1952, Nie commanded the PLAAF in Korea.

Taiwan Strait Crises At the time of the First Taiwan Strait Crisis, Nie commanded the East China (Huadong) Air Force. During the Crisis, he served as vice-commander of the Zhejiang Front Command (ZFC)—established in 1954 by order of Mao Zedong and led by Zhang Aiping—and commanded the ZFC air force. He was one of the architects of the campaign to capture the Dachen Islands from the Republic of China. 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. The resulting "Zhang-Nie plan" involved a focus on Yijiangshan Island, north of Dachen, and led to the Battle of Yijiangshan Islands in January 1955. During the course of the campaign, Nie personally spoke with every PLA pilot participating in operations in order to convey the order issued by the Central Military Commission to avoid direct confrontation with American air forces.

During the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1958, Nie served as commander of the Fujian Front Command air force.

Nanjing Military Region From 1975 to 1977, Nie served as Deputy Commander of the PLA's Nanjing Military Region and was a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of the Nanjing Military Region.