In the Liaoshen Campaign, there were many victories, but the most difficult and classic one should be the Tashan Blockade Battle, and the commander of this battle was the founding lieutenant general Wu Kehua.
In 1913, Wu Kehua was born in Yiyang, Jiangxi, and the reason why he had later achievements should be thanks to his leader, who is also familiar to us, his name is Fang Zhimin.
In 1928, after the Yiheng Uprising, in order to cultivate military talents, Fang Zhimin opened the Xinjiang Military and Political School, the second year of the school, Wu Kehua became a student of this school, at that time Wu Kehua was not an excellent student, but a poor student who was inefficient in handling things, even the military posture was not good, after being criticized by the instructor many times, the idea of quitting school came to mind, this matter spread to Fang Zhimin, he did not criticize Wu Kehua, but told a lot of great truths to encourage him, since then Wu Kehua has changed his past wrongs, like a changed person, This is the glorious life.
In 1933, Wu Kehua was transferred to the Central Soviet Region with the Red Tenth Army, parted ways with his life mentor Fang Zhimin, and never saw him again, only to learn many years later that Fang Zhimin was captured and killed in 1935.
After the tempering of the Long March and the test of the battlefield for many years, on the eve of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wu Kehua was already the deputy commander of the Jiaodong Military Region and became an excellent commander and fighter who commanded thousands of troops and horses.
After the surrender of Japan in 1945, Wu Kehua was transferred to the northeast, and the Jiaodong team he brought was reorganized twice into the fourth column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, and the commander of the column was Wu Kehua.
In October 1948, Wu Kehua led the four columns to participate in the Tashan Blockade Battle, and before the war, Wu Kehua and political commissar Mo Wenhua made a mobilization, and they swore an oath that "the position of our commander and political commissar is right next to the comrades, sharing life and death with the troops, and vowing to advance and retreat together with everyone." In order to crush the enemy's attempt to reinforce Jinzhou, be ready to sacrifice your last drop of blood! ”
In the bitter battle of six days and nights, the two sides fought a tug-of-war, the positions changed hands many times, repeatedly competed, and finally the four columns annihilated more than 6,000 enemy troops at the cost of sacrificing more than 3,000 people, and won the final victory in this battle, laying a solid foundation for the liberation of Jinzhou shortly thereafter. After this battle, the column commander Wu Kehua became famous in the first battle and was known as the "Tashan Famous General", especially the 34th Regiment, which performed the most outstanding, was awarded the title of "Tashan Hero Regiment".
After the Liaoshen Campaign, Wu Kehua led his troops to participate in the Pingjin Campaign, and after the peaceful liberation of Peiping, he personally led his subordinates to enter Beiping, and a few months later, New China was founded.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wu Kehua served as the commander of Hainan and the deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region, and became the commander of the artillery in 1963, and a few years later, in that special era, General Wu was wronged and imprisoned for more than seven years before being rehabilitated.
Since 1975, General Wu has successively served as commander of railway troops, commander of Chengdu Military Region, commander of Urumqi, commander of Guangzhou Military Region, plus the commander of artillery that he previously served as commander of five major military regions.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Wu Kehua held a high and powerful position, but he did not forget the brothers who died in Tashan, and in February 1987, when he was critically ill, he left his last words: "Whenever I think of my comrades who died in the Tashan Resistance Battle, I feel very sad. When I die, I will scatter my ashes on Tower Hill and be with the warriors. ”