Wang Shusheng was once a tiger general on the battlefield, whether it was a military command or a white-knife battle with the enemy on the battlefield.
In the war resume, it is not difficult to find that Wang Shusheng competed to be the protagonist during the Red Army period and was willing to play a supporting role during the Liberation War, which is a great change, indicating that Wang Shusheng stood better and saw farther after experiencing the baptism of war.
Since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he has held a long-term deputy post, and he must be chen xilian, Wang Jinshan, and other people who are rising stars of the four fronts, which is particularly low-key. Especially after the breakthrough in the Central Plains, the health was not good, the development of the troops encountered bottlenecks, and the heart was also bitter.
In June 1946, Wang Shusheng led his troops to break through to the northwest of Hubei, which was remote and sparsely populated, although it was a military stronghold, it could be blocked by the enemy, and the development of the troops was extremely difficult.
At that time, Wang Shusheng led a column of the Central Plains Military Region to the northwest of Hubei to open up a base area, and faced with many problems that actually needed to be solved.
In order to maintain strength, the troops could only continue to move, fighting guerrillas with the enemy in the mountains. For a long time, the confidence of the commanders and fighters of the troops was low, because their strength did not allow it, and they could only go around in the mountains.
Opening up base areas is the only condition for the survival of the troops, but the population is sparsely populated, there are few people in the mountains, and the lives of the compatriots are extremely difficult and difficult. Wang Shusheng saw that he had to relieve these compatriots, so how could he let the people support the troops?
In the march and fight, it is inevitable to be wounded, there are few people in the army who understand medical skills, and many soldiers cannot heal for a long time after being injured, and their combat effectiveness has decreased significantly. After Wang Shusheng's guards were injured, he couldn't do anything about it, and he always felt a heart-wrenching pain.
In terms of clothing, the troops are still easy to handle in the summer, but when winter comes, the troops do not have enough cotton clothes to spend the winter, and it is even colder in the mountains, which is really difficult to survive.
The troops were unable to compensate for the soldiers, lacked food and clothing, limited the development of the ranks, and did not establish effective base areas. He once tried to send a force into southern Shaanxi to open up a base area, but in the end it was fruitless.
Although there were bases, the number of troops was reduced, and Wang Shusheng was seriously ill. To this end, he sent a telegram to the central government: submit an application to leave the team, hoping that the organization will re-appoint a new person in charge. The superiors knew that northwest Hubei was difficult to develop, and allowed Wang Shusheng to return to the Liberated Areas to recuperate.
After several months of long journeys, he first moved to Shanghai and then went to Shandong to meet Xu Shiyou, commander of the 9th Column. After staying in Shandong for a while, Xu Shiyou hoped that he would stay and fight with him. Wang Shusheng did not agree, he bid farewell to Wang Shusheng, went to Jincheng, Shanxi to recuperate, and dragged his seriously ill body to write a report, he self-criticized that he did not fulfill his responsibilities, and repeatedly said that he let the organization give himself a chance to make up for it.
When he was recuperating in the garrison of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region, his cousin Wang Hongkun hoped that he would be able to recuperate in peace and then say that he could fight in the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region.
When Wang Shusheng learned that Liu Deng had led a large army south to Dabie Mountain, he could not sit still. Although his body did not recover, he applied to the organization to go south to Dabie Mountain. Perhaps in his view, this is an opportunity to "make up for the merits", Dabie Mountain is his hometown, he once fought here, here are his fathers and fellow countrymen.
Working in Dabie Mountain, I can play a greater role, but it has a role in recuperating in the rear. To this end, he refused the kindness of Xu Shiyou and Wang Hongkun and insisted on going south to Dabie Mountain.
On the way south, he was appointed commander of the Eyu Military Region, opening up a base area and supporting Liu Deng's army to gain a firm foothold.
The moment he was appointed commander of the Eyu Military Region on the same day, he began to truly turn into a supporting role. In his view, whether Liu Deng's army can gain a firm foothold in Dabie Mountain is related to the strategic situation of the whole country. If you are not in good health, being a supporting role and obeying the overall situation is the key.
To this end, he quietly fought guerrilla warfare in the Dabie Mountains, established a base area, and carried out the work of new political power. Until 1949, the Eyu Military Region was abolished and transferred to the Hubei Military Region.