 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna 1950 kusvika muna 1959, Chen akashanda saCentral Commander wePLA Artillery yese, uye Mutungamiri weArtillery Academy. Akashanda pedyo zvikuru nevapi vezano veSoviet uye, kufanana neSoviet Red Army, PLA yaizowana chido chokurwisa kwezvombo zvinorema. Chen zvikurukuru akazviratidza amene mukati meFirst Taiwan Strait Crisis, nePLA ichitora zviwi zveYijiangshan neDachen. Somutungamiri wezvombo, akashandisa aimbova Mambo weManchu weQing Dynasty Zaitao, semupi wezano chaiye. 