Who is he? Zeng led his troops to successfully resist the Japanese army at Shenxian Mountain, what happened after that?
His name was Cheng Shaofu and he was a founding major general.
Today Uncle Long will tell you the story of Cheng Shaofu.
Cheng Shaofu is a native of Shangcheng, Henan, born in 1917. In 1930, when he was only 13 years old, he joined the Red Army, and because he was too young, the army arranged for him to be a messenger in the 7th Company of the 217th Regiment of the 73rd Division of the 25th Red Army. As he grew older, by the end of the Long March, he had become an instructor of the 3rd Company of the 225th Regiment of the 75th Division of the Red 15th Army and an instructor of the 1st Company of the Teaching Battalion.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in full swing, Cheng Shaofu went to North China with Commander Nie Rongzhen to create the Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area, and successively served as the captain of the 2nd Team of the Military and Political School of the Military Region, the acting regimental commander of the 11th Regiment of the Third Military Sub-district, the leader and political commissar of the Teaching Brigade, the deputy regimental commander of the 2nd Regiment, the commander and political commissar of the 2nd Detachment, and the captain of the 7th District Team, and after 1943, he became the commander of the 42nd Regiment of the 3rd Military Subdistrict.
The first one on the right in the front row is Cheng Shaofu
Just after Cheng Shaofu became the commander of the 42nd Regiment, the Japanese Kou stationed in North China launched a three-month "sweep" of our Jin-Cha-Ji anti-Japanese base area. In order to resist the "sweeping" of the Japanese army and defend the achievements of the anti-Japanese resistance, the military region ordered Cheng Shaofu to lead the 42nd regiment to stay at Shenxian Mountain and persist in fighting on the internal front.
Shenxian Mountain is located in Fuping County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, during the Han Dynasty, this mountain was named Beiyue by emperor Xuan of Han, it was on a par with Taishan, Huashan, Hengshan, Songshan, and after the Shunzhi Emperor changed the name of Beiyue to Shanxi Tianfeng Mountain during the Qing Dynasty, this famous mountain was renamed Shenxian Mountain. The main peak of Shenxian Mountain is 1800 meters high, and the mountain is full of cliffs and natural caves. There are many legends circulating on this mountain, one of which later became a household drama, which is "The White Haired Girl".
After the establishment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area, it became the garrison of the military and political organs of the military sub-district, and the military sub-district organs, the North China United University, the Bethune Medical School, as well as the pharmaceutical factory, the bomb factory, the quilt factory, the hospital, and the military warehouse were all located in the vicinity.
After the "mopping-up" of the Japanese Kou began, more than 2,000 troops were first gathered to invade the base area. However, Cheng Shaofu's 42nd Regiment had only 6 companies, and in the face of a powerful enemy army, Cheng Shaofu took advantage of the mountainous advantage to successfully ambush the Japanese army in a place called Nine Mile Eighteen Bay, taking the record of killing and wounding more than 200 Japanese troops. Annoyed and enraged, the Japanese army gathered twice as many Japanese troops for a siege for the second time, and after Cheng Shaofu transferred the organs, factories, schools, etc. outside the line, he reduced his troops to pieces, took advantage of the dangerous terrain to continue to maneuver with the enemy, and took the regimental command post to the main peak of the Immortal Mountain.
Three months later, the Japanese army's "sweep" was declared bankrupt under the courageous resistance of the army and the people, and at the meeting to celebrate the victory of the anti-"sweep", Cheng Shaofu's 42nd Regiment won the title of "Defender of the Immortal Mountain".
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Cheng Shaofu successively served as the commander of the Third Sub-district of Jin-Cha-Ji, the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Column of the Field Army of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and the commander of the 197th Division of the 66th Army of the 20th Corps.
In the War of Liberation, Cheng Shaofu led his troops to achieve the "four songs" record. Which "four songs" are these "four songs"?
First, the first work. In November 1947, the Battle of Shijiazhuang was the first major city conquered by our army in the Liberation War. Commander Yang Dezhi praised Cheng Shaofu's 2nd Brigade for its first contribution to the victory in the Battle of Shijiazhuang.
Second, the first. In November 1948, in the Battle of Pingjin, Cheng Shaofu's 2nd Brigade, in the shortest possible time, with the strength of a brigade, created a new record of total annihilation of one enemy division, which was commended by the corps.
3. Debut. In April 1949, when Cheng Shaofu, then commander of the 197th Division of the 66th Army, led his troops to besiege Taiyuan, the first red flag was planted on the head of Taiyuan City. The division was awarded the honorary title of "First Ascent to Taiyuan City", the 589th Regiment under its command was awarded the title of "Pioneer Regiment of Dengcheng City" by the 20th Corps, and the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the Regiment were also awarded the "Taiyuan Dengcheng Pioneer Battalion" and "Taiyuan Dengcheng First Meritorious Company" pennants respectively.
Fourth, the first batch. In October 1950, Cheng Shaofu led the 197th Division of the Volunteer Army to enter the DPRK and was the first to participate in the battle, they braved the cold of more than 20 degrees below zero, the weight of the single soldier was nearly 30 kilograms, and crossed the mountains at a daily marching speed of 50 kilometers, killing and wounding more than 230 enemies and capturing 376 prisoners in the first battle.
What happened to General Cheng Shaofu, who won the "first merit, the first initiative, the first boarding, and the first batch" of battle merits?
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Cheng Shaofu successively served as the commander of the 65th Army, the deputy chief of staff of the Beijing Military Region, and the deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region, and continued to contribute to the revolutionization and modernization of the army. On December 31, 1979, General Cheng Shaofu died at the age of 62.