The Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Liberation Army and the Military Academy of the People's Liberation Army, we Luoyang people were once the president of the Academy of Military Sciences, he is the highest-ranking general in Luoyang, it is estimated that many people do not know. In fact, in Luoyang, Henan Province, there is a general who served as the president of the Academy of Military Sciences, and this position belongs to the level of the Grand Military Region, and there are also marshals and generals who hold this position. It's just that the third president of the Academy of Military Sciences is a native of Luoyang.
Henan is one of the ten major general provinces in China, but most of the founding generals are from Xinxian County, Henan. So as one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, is there a general in Luoyang? Since the beginning of China's first dynasty, the Xia Dynasty, there have been thirteen dynasties such as Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Houliang, Later Tang, and Later Jin, which is the earliest capital city in China, the most dynastic and the oldest capital.
Luoyang has more than 5,000 years of civilization history, more than 4,000 years of city building history, more than 1,500 years of capital history, and more than 100 emperors have set the capital here. The highest-ranking general in Luoyang is a lieutenant general, who was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1988, participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and was the president of the Academy of Military Sciences.
Everyone knows the Academy of Military Sciences, in fact, the Academy of Military Sciences is different from the PLA Military Academy, the PLA Military Academy was just established in Nanjing, the first president was Liu Shuai, which is now the Chinese people's Liberation Army National Defense University. The Plaster People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences was established in 1958 at the level of a large military region, with Ye Shuai as the first president, and then General Song Shilun took over. General Zheng Wenhan, a native of Luoyang, Henan Province, was the third president of the Academy of Military Sciences and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1988. Although General Zheng Wenhan was not a founding general, he experienced the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and was an outstanding soldier who had stood the test for a long time.
In 1920, General Zheng Wenhan was born in luoyang, Henan, the ancient capital, and joined the army in 1938, Zheng Wenhan has a long experience in secretarial work, Zheng Wenhan has both the elegance of a literati and a heroic warrior. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zheng Wenhan joined the Eighth Route Army, and after graduating from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, he successively served as the captain and officer of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy battalion commander of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division, and a political instructor. During the Liberation War, he successively served as the director of the regimental political office, the deputy political commissar of the regiment, and the political commissar of the regiment of the Northeast Democratic United Army. He led the troops to participate in many major battles such as the Siping Defense War, the Three Lower Jiangnan, the Black Mountain Blockade Battle, and the Liaoshen Army, and successfully annihilated the Liao Yaoxiang Corps with the brother troops.
At that time, the New 1st Army, the New 3rd Army, the New 6th Army, the 71st Army, the 49th Army, and 3 other cavalry brigades under the jurisdiction of Liao Yaoxiang Corps, totaling more than 100,000 people. Among them, the New 1st Army and the New 6th Army are the ace units of the Kuomintang Army that are fully equipped with American weapons. The Liao corps attacked The Black Mountain and the Tiger Mountain, and after three days of being unable to attack, they retreated in the direction of Yingkou. You evacuated and chased, so more than 100,000 people were compressed into a small area of only 120 square kilometers east of Dahu Mountain. On October 26 and 28, he was completely annihilated by Higashino in just 60 hours, and the rest of the generals were captured except for the commanders of the New 1st Army and the new 3rd Army.
After the founding of New China, Zheng Wenhan served as deputy director of the division's political department and participated in the Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. It was just that he was involved in the negotiations, and he had a long and arduous negotiation between him and the United States delegation. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of colonel when he was then deputy director of the divisional cadre department, and has been working in the Ministry of National Defense and the Academy of Military Sciences ever since, and in 1985, Zheng Wenhan succeeded General Song Shilun as the third president of the Academy of Military Sciences. In 1988, China restored the military rank system, and General Zheng Wenhan was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. In 1990, at the age of 70, General Zheng Wenhan officially stepped down as president of the Academy of Military Sciences.
It is worth mentioning that after Zheng Wenhan became vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences, he still lived in the house of military cadres when he was the director of the office, and he also lived in the house of the corps cadres after becoming the dean. Never use public funds to invite guests, relatives and comrades-in-arms come to the house, let them eat at home. On his 70th birthday, he invited the staff to eat at home, because it was inconvenient to cook meals at home, so the secretary asked the training center to cook a few dishes. The next day, he told the secretary to take the money and go to the training center to settle the bill immediately. The secretary said, "Not much money, is it not forgotten?" He said solemnly, "You can't open this head." In 1986, when he was passing through Kaifeng for medical treatment, the local garrison invited him to dinner. After the meal, he asked his secretary to pay for the meal. The garrison refused to take it. He insisted on not giving in and asked the secretary to pay the money before leaving.
Mr. and Mrs. Cheng Wenhan
General Zheng Wenhan did not smoke or drink, and the tea leaves in the office were brought from home by himself. In 1996, he donated 43 calligraphy and paintings in his collection to the Luoyang Museum in henan province in his hometown. Most of these paintings and calligraphy are famous works of the Qing Dynasty, including the works of Wang Duo, He Shaoji, Bao Shichen, Kang Youwei and other celebrities, and the Palace Museum is estimated to be more than 3 million yuan. After that, Zheng Wenhan donated 34 (volumes and volumes) of the stele in his collection to the Society for the Study of Calligraphy and Painting for the Elderly of the Academy of Military Sciences free of charge.
General Zheng Wenhan died in 2006 at the age of 87.
In Luoyang, Henan, General Zheng Wenhan is a banner, Henan people admire the old general, after the death of the general, Henan hometown Luoyang and henan all over the spontaneous organization of mourning activities, in order to commemorate the outstanding children and soldiers of Henan people. Now, General Zheng Wenhan has been away from us for more than ten years, do you know that there is a General Zheng Wenhan from Luoyang, Henan Province, who served as the president of the Academy of Military Sciences? If you are a soldier, you should know, right!