General Wang Jinshan, who has the title of "Wang Madman", was called "Wang Crazy Maniac" during the Red Army period because he was a pioneer in battle, sacrificed his life and forgot his death, and was brave and tenacious. Because of this, Wang Jinshan was also promoted very quickly, from platoon commander, company commander and battalion commander of the 10th Division of the Red 4th Army to the regimental commander of the 28th Regiment.
And just after Wang Jinshan was promoted to regimental commander, there was a secretary in the 1st battalion under his jurisdiction. This "secretary" is not a "secretary" in the current sense, this position is actually a secretary.
This secretary's name was Zeng Shaoshan, and he was a year older than Wang Jinshan.
Zeng Shaoshan, a native of Jinzhai, Anhui Province, joined the Red Army in 1929 and successively served as a messenger at the headquarters of the 31st Division of the Red 11th Army, the commander of the battalion transmission squad, the platoon leader of the International Regiment of the Young Communists, and the secretary of the 1st Battalion of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Red Fourth Front.
One day, Wang Jinshan received a phone call from the division headquarters saying that Zeng Shaoshan, the secretary of the 1st battalion of your regiment, was a counter-revolutionary and ordered you to arrest him immediately! Wang Jinshan replied that he was not a counter-revolutionary, and I would not arrest him!
Therefore, the commander of the division could only personally lead people to the 28th Regiment to tie up Zeng Shaoshan, and after Wang Jinshan learned the news, he immediately surrounded them with a traffic team and said, "Are you a vegetarian in my traffic team?" In this way, Zeng Shaoshan was saved. Just think, if he was really taken away, would Zeng Shaoshan have good fruit to eat? To be not cramped is also to be peeled off a layer of skin.
Zeng Shaoshan was later transferred to the political department of the division as a secretary and a reconnaissance staff officer of the division. During his time as a reconnaissance staff officer, Zeng Shaoshan led the reconnaissance personnel through hardships and made outstanding contributions to the Red Fourth Front's Long March to reconnoiter the enemy's situation and explore the road.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zeng Shaoshan successively served as a staff officer of the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of the Operations Unit of the Brigade Headquarters, the chief of staff of the 13th Regiment, and the chief of staff of the 385th Brigade.
In February 1942, the Japanese Kou began a large-scale "sweep" of the Second Sub-district, and they also organized a "lollipop team" and "meat electric pole" based on hooligans, dividing the jurisdiction of the Second Sub-district into sections and grids, in an attempt to use the "cage policy" to divide and eliminate the anti-Japanese forces of the Second Sub-district and squeeze the Eighth Route Army out of the Taihang area.
In view of the political commissar of the Japanese Kou, the sub-district party committee with Zeng Shaoshan as the main body decided to set up five armed engineering teams in the five administrative areas under its jurisdiction, and then organize reconnaissance teams and transportation teams, disperse the troops into the various "cage pillars" of the Japanese army, cut off the "cage chains," and finally make the "shrouded" stray strategy.
Through the unremitting efforts of various armed workers, the conspiracy of the Japanese Kou to use the "cage" policy to cut off the flesh-and-blood ties between the Eighth Route Army and the local people was finally smashed, and the arrogance of the Japanese army was dealt a blow.
After entering the Liberation War, Zeng Shaoshan was promoted to deputy commander and chief of staff of the third column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region, led his troops to participate in the thousand-mile leap into Dabie Mountain, and then transferred to the commander of the West Anhui Military Region, and from 1949 he was the commander of the 11th Army of the Second Field Army.
At this time, Wang Jinshan was the commander of the 12th Army. After the two men led their troops to participate in the Battle of crossing the river, they participated in the battle to liberate Chongqing together. In 1955, Wang Jinshan and Zeng Shaoshan were awarded the rank of lieutenant general at the same time.
Zeng Shaoshan later led his troops to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the first battle they fought in korea annihilated most of the Turkish brigade, and then participated in the famous Battle of Shangganling, annihilating more than 10,000 enemies.
On January 26, 1995, the veteran general who had devoted his life to the cause of the independence and liberation of the Chinese nation died of illness at the age of 81.