朱瑞1948年10月1日牺牲于辽沈战役前线的义县攻坚战,牺牲时的职务是东北军区炮兵司令员,是人民解放军炮兵重要的奠基人,被尊称为新中国的“炮兵之父”。他牺牲后,毛泽东同志亲自执笔,以中共中央的名义发出唁电:“朱瑞同志在中国人民解放军的炮兵建设中,功勋卓著,今日牺牲,实为中国人民解放事业之巨大损失。” On October 1, 1948, Zhu Rui sacrificed the battle of Yixian at the front line of the Liao-Shen Campaign. At the expense of his post, he was the artillery commander of the Northeast Military Region and the important founder of the artillery of the People’s Liberation Army. The father of artillery “. After his sacrifice, Comrade Mao Zedong personally wrote and telegraphed on behalf of the CPC Central Committee: ”Comrade Zhu Rui made outstanding meritorious contributions to the PLA’s artillery construction and sacrificed today. This is indeed a tremendous loss to the Chinese people’s liberation cause.“ ”