Speaking of Lieutenant General Wang Jinshan, he was a well-known fierce general who, as early as the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, annihilated the Japanese army's "battlefield observation group" in one fell swoop, killed a large number of officers of the Japanese army invading China, and effectively smashed the Japanese army's "sweeping" of the Taiyue anti-Japanese base area. ”
During the Liberation War, Wang Jinshan's unit was under the command of Erye, whose commander was Liu Bocheng and the political commissar was Deng Xiaoping. In the Battle of Xiangfan, Wang Jinshan adopted the tactic of "attacking the city with skim off the mountain and digging out the heart of the fierce tiger", which not only quickly broke through the fortified city of Xiangyang, but also captured the Kuomintang lieutenant general Kang Ze and others alive, effectively cooperating with the first phase of the Huaihai Campaign.
When the time came to the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Wang Jinshan participated in the fifth campaign, and since the volunteer army had achieved relatively large results in the previous four battles, Peng Dehuai, commander-in-chief of the volunteer army, and other senior commanders judged that this was a good opportunity to expand the results of the battle, and that they should take advantage of the victory to pursue and achieve greater results.
The Fifth Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was officially launched on April 22, 1951, and before the battle began, the Volunteer Army had a new combat strength to supplement, the Third Corps reinforced from China had been put in place, and under the leadership of Deputy Commander Wang Jinshan, rushed to the Korean battlefield to support Peng Dehuai in battle.
It is worth mentioning that the Third Corps belonged to Erye's troops during the Liberation War, and the commander was General Chen Geng. The Third Corps was very effective in combat, and the grass-roots soldiers had rich combat experience, so this army was a crack army among the volunteers at that time.
To be sure, the Fifth Campaign was not well fought, and even Peng Dehuai himself admitted that it was one of several defeats in his military career. Although the Third Corps brought by Wang Jinshan strengthened the overall strength of the volunteer army, the Fifth Campaign did not play a good role, but caused heavy losses to the Third Corps.
In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the biggest problem facing our army was not the shortage of troops, nor the problem of air and sea supremacy, but the serious shortage of logistical support. Although the fifth attack was very large-scale, it gained very little, the enemy ran very fast, and the volunteer army was not mechanized enough to catch up with the enemy and annihilate it.
Soon, the enemy found that there was a big problem in the logistics of the volunteer army, and when the volunteer army was at its weakest, they frantically counterattacked, because they could not get supplies, and the volunteer army, under the order of the high command, retreated in an all-round way, shrunk the front line, avoided the supply could not be put in place, and preserved the living force.
However, the enemy counterattacked quickly, they caught up with the volunteer army, the 180th Division of the Third Corps was surrounded, and in the absence of reinforcements outside and no supplies inside, the 180th Division was almost completely destroyed, and more than 20,000 people were either captured or sacrificed, which was the eternal pain of the Volunteer Army.
The main reason for the collapse of the 180th Division was the problem of command, Wang Jinshan himself was heavy on offense, light on defense, poor tactical deployment, and did not convey orders well, resulting in the 180th Division missing the best time to retreat and falling into a desperate situation of being surrounded by the enemy. As the main person in charge of the Third Corps, Wang Jinshan did not have a certain responsibility for the overthrow of the 180th Division.
The fifth battle was not well fought, and Peng Dehuai severely criticized Wang Jinshan at the meeting, directly naming Wei Jie, the superior commander of the 60th Army of the 180th Division, and Wang Jinshan was also severely criticized. At the meeting, Peng Dehuai not only severely criticized Wang Jinshan, but also pulled Liu Bocheng in anger and said to Wang Jinshan: "Aren't you a soldier brought out by Liu Bocheng?" He is very tactical, why don't you talk about tactics and lose the battle? ”
Peng Dehuai has always been violent temper, straight personality, when commanding combat, subordinates often say some rude words when they do not play well, at first many people are not used to it, after learning about Peng Dehuai's temper, most people are used to it. In the first battle of the Korean War, Liang Xingchu did not play well, because he was afraid of the black people in the United States, which led to the missed fighter plane to annihilate the enemy, and was almost "tearfully chopped off" by Mr. Peng.
Under the spur of Peng Dehuai, liang Xingchu was humiliated in the second battle and fought very bravely, and Liang Xingchu's 38th Army was also rated as "Long Live the Army" and was commended by Peng Dehuai and the central government. Judging from this matter, Peng Dehuai's strictness toward his subordinates is entirely out of a public heart, not for some purpose, deliberately suppressing certain subordinates.
The fifth battle was not fought well, and Wang Jinshan, as a senior commander, was scolded by Peng Dehuai, which was also reasonable, after all, he caused such a big loss, and Peng Dehuai, who loved soldiers like sons, was heartbroken for the 180th Division's encounter. But when Peng Dehuai scolded Wang Jinshan, he also took Liu Bocheng in The Country with him, and under the anger, he sprinkled the anger on Liu Bocheng, which was indeed somewhat undeserved.
Wang Jinshan was also very upset, it didn't matter if he was scolded, after all, it was his own command mistake, and his old superior Liu Bocheng was tired, which was really not right, so his heart was not very happy, holding a breath, wanting to vent out in the next battle and hit the enemy army.
When Liu Bocheng, who was already the head of the military academy in Nanjing at the time, learned of this, he was not only not angry, but also believed that Wang Jinshan had made a mistake in command on the battlefield and that he should indeed be responsible. Liu Bocheng's humble attitude has also made many people think of it.
The words spoken by Peng Dehuai in anger should be angry words, Liu Bocheng is not directly related to the victory or defeat of the fifth battle, he is not a commander on the battlefield. In the fall of the 180th Division in the Fifth Campaign, Peng Dehuai, as the supreme commander, had the greatest responsibility, followed by Wang Jinshan, commander of the Third Corps, Wei Jie, commander of the 60th Army, and senior generals of the 180th Division, all of whom had unshirkable responsibilities.