In April 1969, the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing, and during the period of discussion on state affairs, General Xu Shiyou took the time to visit Chairman Mao in Zhongnanhai, and he brought a letter with him and said specifically: Chairman, do you remember the crazy Wang who fought very hard? He was having a very bad time now, and he hoped that the chairman would take care of it.
The madman Wang mentioned by Xu Shiyou is the founding lieutenant general Wang Jinshan, a famous commander of our army, why is Wang Jinshan called a "madman"? And why would such a general who has made great achievements in battle fall into "a very difficult life"?
Behind these two problems is actually Wang Jinshan's legendary and tortuous life.
Wang Jinshan was born in 1915 in Huang'an (now Hong'an), Hubei Province, which is a famous general county in New China, with a total of more than 200 generals, which shows that the local revolutionary atmosphere is very strong.
In his childhood, like most children from poor families, he worked for landlords to support his family and had no access to education.
However, in the red cradle of Dabie Mountain, Wang Jinshan often came into contact with the propaganda of the Red Army, so he also planted the seeds of revolution in his heart.
1927 was a special year for the Chinese Communist Party, as Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei and others launched counter-revolutionary coups one after another. In order to make its voice heard, our Party has also embarked on the road of armed struggle.
In addition to the famous three uprisings this year, there were also fierce armed struggles in the jute region of Hubei, and Wang Jinshan, who was only 12 years old, participated in the campaign to overthrow the local tycoons and inferior gentry.
It was also this experience that made him understand that if he wanted to change his destiny, he could only rely on himself, and the poor would have a way out if they wanted revolution!
Therefore, in 1930, when the Red Army came to mobilize the masses near Wang Jinshan's home, he joined the Red Army without saying a word, not to mention that he was only 15 years old at the time, but he was not afraid of death when he started fighting, and only in the following year was promoted from a soldier to a company commander. This speed of ascension shows how brave he is!
The reason why Wang Jinshan has the nickname of "madman" is because he showed his fierceness in a battle!
At that time, Wang Jinshan was not yet an adult, and he led his troops to charge the enemy's high position, encountering a tall Nationalist army to block it, and the enemy did not need to say much when they saw each other, and immediately engaged in a hand-to-hand combat.
Since the other party was a strong man, Wang Jinshan was a little overwhelmed for a while, and seeing that he was about to lose, Wang Jinshan made a fierce swoop and rolled down the cliff with the enemy.
In the end, the enemy fell to his death, and although Wang Jinshan was in better condition, he also had a large opening in his head and fell into a coma due to excessive blood loss. It was at the end of the battle that the warriors found him while clearing the battlefield, and only then did they retrieve a life.
Wang Jinshan's lifeless behavior, in addition to admiration, everyone could not help but say a word of "madman", and this name gradually spread throughout the army.
Later in the journey, Wang Jinshan was as "crazy" as ever, such as the Battle of Jiangyou in April 1935, he was already a regimental commander, and he still rushed up to fight with the enemy with the bayonet when the war was scorched. Wounded in the chest, he was carried to a stretcher and insisted on command, and seeing that the situation was critical, he led the charge again despite his own injuries.
Inspired by him, the morale of the troops was greatly boosted and they successfully repelled the enemy. Commander-in-Chief Xu Xiangqian couldn't help but sigh afterwards: Wang Jinshan is really a madman, and he really has a big fate.
After the Red Army joined the division in Yan'an, many people came to wang Jinshan every day. Why? Because everyone wanted to see whether this famous "Wang Crazy Maniac" was as fierce and vicious as Zhang Fei and Li Kui in the commentary, they did not expect to find that the "Wang Crazy Maniac" had a white face and was still smiling all day, which was not at all what he imagined.
Since then, whether it is the War of Resistance Against Japan or the War of Liberation, Wang Jinshan has always maintained the style of daring to fight and dare to fight, and he has never been afraid of the test of life and death countless times.
In the Battle of Changle Village in 1938, the 386th Brigade was ordered to ambush the Japanese Kou, in the course of the battle, the leader of the 772nd Regiment Ye Chenghuan was unfortunately killed, and Wang Jinshan, who was the deputy commander of the 772nd Regiment at the time, took up his machine gun and rushed to the Japanese army, and seven or eight people around him could not hold back.
During the battle, Wang Jinshan was hit by bullets in his left arm and chest, and the man fell into a coma, and finally the battalion commander You Taizhong and several soldiers carried him away.
In the Battle of Dingtao in 1946, Wang Jinshan led Nakano's sixth column to fight with the enemy in the area of Dayang Lake, and at the most urgent moment, he organized the cadres and logistics personnel of the organs to fight. The brother-in-law and the groom went to the battlefield with kitchen knives, and finally successfully broke through the enemy's defense line, and the reorganized Third Division of the Nationalist Army was completely destroyed, and the division commander Zhao Xitian was captured.
In 1947, Nakano approached the Central Plains, and when the troops faced a desperate situation, Wang Jinshan led his troops to cross the Ru River and create a bloody road for the breakthrough.
In short, whenever there are evil battles and hard battles, the first thing that Liu Deng and the two chiefs think of is Wang Jinshan, and Deng Xiaoping also spoke highly of them after the founding of the People's Republic of China: "Who did Erye make the greatest contribution in the Liberation War?" I think it's Comrade Wang Jinshan."
Later, in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Wang Jinshan served as the deputy commander of the Third Corps, and because the commander Chen Geng was absent from the Korean battlefield for a long time, wang Jinshan was in charge of most of the time in the Three Corps.
Although the 180th Division in the fifth battle was defeated, the 15th Army fought the blood of the Chinese in one fell swoop and made the Americans afraid.
With his military achievements on the road of revolution, Wang Jinshan was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955, and also served as deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region and vice minister of public security.
Unfortunately, Wang Jinshan, who was invincible on the battlefield, was a little helpless in the love field, and the later "life was very difficult" also stemmed from the emotional aspect.
At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the 129th Division ambushed the Japanese at Shentou Ridge, killing more than 1,400 enemy and capturing more than 80 enemy at the cost of 240 casualties, which was a rare victory.
Wang Jinshan, who had always been charging forward, was also wounded in this battle and was sent to the 129th Division Field Hospital for treatment, and President Qian Xinzhong specially sent the "hospital flower" Han Xiuyan to take care of Wang Jinshan.
Wang Jinshan and Han Xiuyan, a young man and woman, developed a relationship after frequently getting along, and were married by Chen Xilian, who was hospitalized.
During the war years, there was not much time for children to grow up, Wang Jinshan commanded the battle on the front line for a long time, while Han Xiuyan stayed in the rear to work and take care of his family.
After the liberation of the Great Southwest, Wang Jinshan led his troops to be stationed in Chongqing, often invited to major schools to give lectures, when he was only 34 or 5 years old, it was the time of heroism, so many young women were attracted to him, and it was embarrassing that one of the "fans" in this group was Han Xiuyan's sister Han Xiurong.
Han Xiurong, who had just graduated from Chongqing University, was very bold in her thinking and handling, and she admired and admired her brother-in-law Wang Jinshan very much, and the two often danced together, which over time reached Han Xiuyan's ears.
Han Xiuyan was very surprised to learn this news, and she mistakenly thought that her sister and her husband had other feelings, so she began to make a big fuss.
For this matter, Wang Jinshan and Han Xiuyan's daughter Wang Yuanyuan also mentioned it when she wrote a biography to her father:
Later, Mom began to doubt Dad. She said: "A man and a woman hugging each other, why not jump out of the way?" She also always sneered at her father: "Don't look at his lame legs, he won't be lame when he dances." ”
Wang Jinshan's leg was seriously injured during the war years, the height of his legs was somewhat different, and in the face of such irony from the people around him, his heart must be very unpleasant, so the feelings of the husband and wife were getting worse and worse.
One day in 1963, the two had a quarrel again, Han Xiuyan's feelings that had been suppressed for more than ten years finally broke out, she reported to the organization, asking the organization to deal with her husband's "style problem", she originally wanted to scare and frighten her husband, but the relationship between the two drew an end.
Han Xiuyan's complaint letter was sent to Comrade Liu Shaoqi after several twists and turns, and originally everyone just wanted to minimize the impact, so they sent someone to mediate.
Wang Jinshan was completely angered by Han Xiuyan's actions, and he directly reported the divorce to the organization, and in the face of those comrades-in-arms and chiefs who came to persuade him, he said: "It is better not to make a report, but it is necessary to divorce the central authorities!" ”
As a result, in 1964, the marriage was divorced, but Wang Jinshan also paid a very heavy price.
Within a few days of the divorce, the punishment of the Central Organization Department came down: Wang Jinshan's post as deputy commander of the Great Military Region was revoked; his administration was demoted to the rank of deputy military officer; his rank was demoted from lieutenant general to colonel; he was expelled from the party and transferred to a farm in Henan for reform.
This incident caused an uproar that year, and Han Xiurong's sister Han Xiurong also left Wang Jinshan.
Wang Jinshan, who had become a colonel, was silently packing his bags at home and preparing to leave Beijing, when Huang Shenrong, the attendant at home, stood up and said to him: Chief, you are not in good health and still have to go to such a difficult place, how can you do it without anyone around to take care of you? I have no culture, as long as you don't hate it, take me with you, I'll take care of you for the rest of your life.
For Wang Jinshan at this time, these words were tantamount to a long drought and Ganlin, and his heart was very touched, but he still said with some concern: Xiao Huang, I am a person who has made mistakes, what do you follow me? Come with me to the Yellow Pan area to become a farmer?
Huang Shenrong was very sure: Chief, as long as you don't abandon me, I will definitely follow you.
So the two went to a farm in Xihua County, Henan Province, and in October 1964, they married, and after marriage, they had a son and a daughter, and they lived here for more than four years.
Before the Ninth National Congress, Wang Jinshan wrote a letter to the two former subordinates, Xiao Yongyin, then commander of the armored corps of the Nanjing Military Region, and You Taizhong, who was then a member of the party committee of the Nanjing Military Region, hoping that these two people could find Xu Shiyou, commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and forward a letter to Chairman Mao, so there was an opening scene.
Thanks to the efforts of Xu Shiyou and others, Wang Jinshan served as deputy chief of staff of the Nanjing Military Region and spent the rest of his life in the Nanjing Military Region.
In May 1978, Wang Jinshan died of illness in Nanjing. After this news reached Zhongnanhai, the old political commissar Deng Xiaoping pondered for a long time, and only then did he give instructions: Wang Jinshan's merits are great, and his future affairs must be handled well, and the eulogy will let me see it first!
The eulogy was quickly delivered to Deng Xiaoping's desk, and he saw that Wang Jinshan's last post was deputy chief of staff of the Nanjing Military Region, and he picked up a pen and drew a circle on the four words "deputy chief of staff" and added the word adviser.
The next day, the Central Military Commission issued a circular to the whole army, appointing Wang Jinshan as an adviser to the Nanjing Military Region, and the funeral specifications were handled according to the main duties of the Grand Military Region.
This is unique in the history of our army, and it can also be seen that Wang Jinshan's contribution to the revolution has been made.
The past is like smoke, and I can only say a pity, if Wang Jinshan's personality is not so strong, maybe everything will be different. But then again, if it weren't for this fiery temper, then Wang Jinshan wouldn't have been Wang Jinshan.