In the famous book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Mr. Luo Guanzhong's "fierce Zhang Fei" is such an image: swallow jaw tiger whiskers, leopard head ring eyes, sound like thunder, like a fierce horse, holding an eight-point snake spear, it is not majestic.
Because the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is popular, over time, in people's minds, the image of a hero and a good man seems to have a fixed pattern - "not mighty and not husband".
Among the many generals of the People's Liberation Army, there are several extraordinary "tiger generals", who have completely subverted people's habitual cognition of the image of "heroes and good men".
General Wang Bicheng, the founding lieutenant general of the Republic, was one of them.
General Wang Bicheng
So, what is the image of General Wang Bicheng?
According to a veteran of the New Fourth Army, in 1940, he met for the first time with Wang Bicheng, commander of the second column of the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Command.
"He doesn't look very old, he's not very tall, he's thin, he's pale, and he's all around him."
Before reporting to the "Second Column" headquarters, the veteran had never seen Wang Bicheng, but he had long heard of the great name of "Wang Hu".
"The contrast is too great! It was very different from the image I imagined, he was like a warrior who could fight a good battle, a heroic warrior, but like a gentle and elegant white-faced student and Mr. Teaching. ”
The veteran's words were not exaggerated at all, if Wang Bicheng took off his military uniform and changed into a long shirt, almost everyone could not believe that he was actually a member of the New Fourth Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was a legend in northern Jiangsu that there was a "Ye WangTao" in the New Fourth Army, and he, Chen Yi and Su Yu were the brothers of the "Taoyuan Three Knots".
In fact, Ye Wangtao was not a person, but a collective name for the surnames of Ye Fei, Wang Bicheng, and Tao Yong, and was a three-member powerful general under Chen Yi and Su Yu.
Old photo Of the New Fourth Army General
Among them, after being transferred to the first detachment of the New Fourth Army in January 1938, General Wang Bicheng has long been under the leadership of Chen Yi and Su Yu to conquer the north and south.
Starting from the chief of staff of the Second Regiment, Wang Bicheng successively took over as the commander of the Second Regiment, the commander of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the 16th Brigade of the Sixth Division of the New Fourth Army, and the commander of the First Column of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Military Region.
During the Liberation War, Wang Bicheng successively served as commander of the Sixth Column of the Central China Field Army, deputy commander of the Sixth Division, commander of the Sixth Column of the East China Field Army, commander of the 24th Army of the Third Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and deputy commander of the 7th Corps of the Third Field Army.
Wang Bicheng joined the Self-Defense Army at the age of 16, and from a soldier of the Red Army, a communications captain, a platoon leader, and an instructor, to a battalion commander, a deputy regimental commander, a regimental commander, and a deputy division commander, he "fought" all the way and became a well-known senior general in our army.
How bold is General Wang Bicheng?
During the Red Fourth Army, Wang Bicheng was a famous "sharpshooter" and "god pitcher".
His "boldness, not afraid of death" is even more famous.
In the Battle of Tianmu Mountain, Wang Bicheng, commander of the first column of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Military Region, personally commanded the front, and his headquarters was only more than two hundred meters away from the Japanese position.
In the fierce battle, the Japanese bullets hit the canopy head-on, hitting the canopy, and the leaves fell on Wang Bicheng' body, frightening several guards, but the general still did nothing, holding up a telescope in his hand to continue to observe the enemy.
Old photos
The Japanese bullets came again, one of the bullets slashed obliquely through Wang Bicheng's telescope, and the general still did not move, but only scolded: "Damn little devil, almost broke my baby telescope!" ”
That telescope is a trophy and a "beloved object" of the general, who never leaves his body and cherishes it.
How fiercely did General Wang Bicheng fight?
In the military orders issued by General Wang Bicheng, there is one word that appears frequently, that is, the word "death".
The general himself explained it this way: Commanding a battle, military orders are like mountains, and once a military order is issued, it is not "dead fight", that is, "dead keeping"; violating military orders is not "shooting", that is, "killing the head".
The general said: This is the "rule" of war!
In April 1943, nearly 20,000 Kuomintang diehards besieged the 16th Brigade of the New Fourth Army in an attempt to create a second "Anhui Incident".
The slogan of the Kuomintang army was: "Kill Wang Bicheng and capture Jiang Weiqing alive." ”
Jiang Weiqing, political commissar of the Sixteenth Brigade, conveyed the order to the regiments to break through, asking the comrades to be brave and tenacious, to complete the task, otherwise, military law.
Hero Meng Lianggu
Then, Commissar Jiang asked Brigadier Wang Bicheng to say a few words.
Wang Bicheng didn't say much, and he said with a black face: "Commissar Jiang's words just now are too polite, and if you want me to say, I can't complete the task, and the regimental commander and political commissar will come to see you!" I'm done talking, and the meeting is adjourned! ”
Wang Bicheng's order was so loud and "murderous."
And his troops didn't disappoint him.
As a result, the entire brigade of the 16th Brigade successfully broke through, and also led the sheep with their hands, annihilating more than 1,200 enemy troops.
General Wang Bicheng had a sworn enemy, Zhang Lingfu.
In 1946, Wang Bicheng led the six columns to hold Lianshui City, and Zhang Lingfu led the ace to reorganize the 74th Division, plus the 28th Division of the Kuomintang, with a total strength of 50,000 people.
With the cooperation of fraternal troops, General Wang Bicheng fought hard for 12 days, defended the city, bought time, covered the retreat of the central China leading organs to Shandong, and also severely damaged Zhang Lingfu, annihilating more than 8,000 enemies.
This is "a guarantee of water".
In the battle of "Erbao Lianshui", the general's opponent was Zhang Lingfu.
Zhang Lingfu relied on powerful firepower to defend the city, and Wang Bicheng engaged him with a short army, fighting in the dark, and the sun and moon were dark.
In the end, although Zhang Lingfu's troops were severely damaged, our army also lost more than 5,000 people and had to take the initiative to withdraw from the battle.
From then on, Wang Bi established a "poisonous oath" - he must personally destroy Zhang Lingfu and his reorganized Seventy-fourth Division.
Wang Bicheng asked Chen Yi and Su Yu: "In the future, when you fight the enemy's Seventy-fourth Division, you must never forget that I Wang Bicheng!" ”
Su Yu immediately expressed his position: "In the future, whenever our East China troops organize a campaign to annihilate the enemy's Seventy-fourth Division, Comrade Wang Bicheng will certainly participate, and this order will be recorded and archived." ”
The following year, in the Battle of Menglianggu, Wang Bicheng finally waited for the opportunity to "avenge the snow and hate", which was the third contest between the general and Zhang Lingfu.
This time, Wang Bicheng was full of strength and commanded the sixth column to first attack Zhang Lingfu's headquarters, and the enemy's reorganized Seventy-fourth Division was completely destroyed, and Zhang Lingfu cried out for his life.
According to commander Chen Yi's instructions to "properly bury Zhang Lingfu", Wang Bicheng spent 400 yuan and arranged for someone to buy a coffin.
Unable to find a clean Kuomintang uniform for a while, Zhang Lingfu was buried in a brand-new People's Liberation Army uniform.
The burial ceremony was presided over by Pi Dingjun, the deputy commander of the Sixth Column, and Wang Bicheng believed that although Zhang Lingfu was hateful and hateful, he still contributed to the War of Resistance.
After this battle, General Wang Bicheng led his troops to participate in the Battle of Huaihai and the Battle of Crossing the River.
From the establishment of the Second Regiment of the First Detachment of the New Fourth Army to the reorganization of the Sixth Column of Huaye into the 24th Army, General Wang Bicheng has been the military commander of this unit.
A general of the Sixth Column once proudly said: "Since the Battle of Menglianggu, the Sixth Column has fought all the way to Shanghai, and has never encountered any real opponents again!" ”
General Wang Bicheng and General Su Yu took a group photo
This is the "king tiger" who can fight wars, dare to fight evil wars, and become more courageous in vietnam!
This is also the "Mr. Teaching" who seems to be a "white-faced student" and a Confucian.