At the beginning of 1952, Liu Bocheng, the director of the Military Academy, reported to the Central Committee in Beijing on the operation of the Military Academy.
Premier Zhou asked him to select candidates from among the graduates to work in the Operations Department of the General Staff.
"Wang Shangrong!"
Liu Bocheng replied without hesitation, and then said: "This cadet is both young and has combat experience, and he has excellent grades in all the subjects studied in this period, and he is a top learner, and he can be competent!" ”
At the age of 21, he became a division commander
In 1915, Wang Shangrong was born in The town of Tiaoguan, Shishou County, Hubei Province. At the age of 6, he began to attend private school, but later had to drop out of school because of his family's difficulties. In 1928, he entered a porcelain shop in Huarong County, Hunan Province, as an apprentice, and suffered from the scolding and humiliation of the shopkeeper, so he had the idea of revolution.
In 1930, the revolutionary storm spread to Wang Shangrong's hometown, where Soviet power was established. Influenced by this, Wang Shangrong returned to his hometown to join the revolution, joined the Chinese Communist Youth League, joined the Red Army the following year, and transferred to the Communist Party of China the following year.
In 1933, Wang Shangrong was punished to work as a porter and carry a stretcher. Once, when carrying Chen Peiying, the political commissar of the Ninth Red Division, he fell down due to his weakness and was driven out of the Red Army.
Wang Shangrong spent one night in the wilderness, and the next day he returned to the team: "I joined the revolution, the Red Army is my home, as long as I am not allowed to leave the Red Army, I am not afraid of any hardships and bloody sacrifices." ”
Wang Shangrong's words deeply touched everyone, and under everyone's intercession, the leaders of the troops finally decided to keep him.
In 1933, Wang Shangrong was transferred by He Long to the headquarters of the Red Third Army as a staff officer, and the following year he became the chief of the reconnaissance section.
In 1934, the Second Red Army launched the Xiangxi Offensive in response to the Long March of the Central Red Army and the opening up of new Soviet areas. Wang Shangrong led 12 scouts all the way forward to reconnoiter the enemy's deployment and reconnoitred the enemy's deployment to the sky...
During the Long March, Wang Shangrong's performance was even more outstanding, and in December of that year, the Red Second and Red Sixth Armies were surrounded by the tile house field.
The commander of the battle was He Bingyan, who immediately ordered the whole division to charge after discovering the favorable fighter.
The chief of the secret service did not pay attention to He Bingyan's intentions: "Division commander, we are the rear guards of the whole army!" ”
"This is the battlefield, not the pitch, there is no forward defender, the gun is fired, which one goes up, which one has to go up, you can't miss the fighter!"
Wang Shangrong understood He Bingyan's temper, as long as it was beneficial to the whole battle, he never considered the gains and losses of individuals and units. So he said, "The division commander is right, he caught the enemy off guard." ”
By the time Wang Shangrong finished speaking, He Bingyan had already rushed up the mountain...
During the battle, a bullet flew from the rear of the side and directly hit He Bingyan's right arm, and the blood flowed continuously...
After carrying He Bingyan down, Wang Shangrong continued to lead the troops to fight, and during the battle, he suddenly felt a faint pain in his abdomen, and it turned out that the enemy's bullets had impartially pierced through the two silver dollars in his waist, the bullet had penetrated deep into the abs, and the tail of the bullet was still exposed.
The hygienist hurried over, and when he saw the situation, he cried.
"Don't you cry, I'm fine!" You prepare me cotton balls and a little iodine and you're good to go. As he spoke, he also took the surgical forceps from the hygienist's hand and took out the bullet with his own hand.
After a simple bandage, he quickly rushed out towards the enemy.
After the tile house field, He Bingyan lost an arm, and when he saw Wang Shangrong, he said happily: "Your chief of staff has a greater life than mine, hanging on to Guangyang to fight, the enemy's bullets can't hit it, Shangrong, why doesn't this protector of yours hand it over to me?" When I first wanted to hang two pieces of light, I couldn't lose this arm! ”
In April 1936, Wang Shangrong had been promoted to chief of staff of the 5th Division, after which the 5th Division was incorporated into the 32nd Army, and the name was changed to the 96th Division, with Wang Shangrong as the division commander, and he was just 21 years old.
When the Red Army crossed the grass, Wang Shangrong led his troops to take on the task of rearguard.
This task is not very easy, on the one hand, it is necessary to be ready to block the tailing enemy to cover the main force transfer, on the other hand, to take in the wounded and sick who have fallen behind.
However, what was even more severe was that everything that could be eaten along the way had been eaten by the front troops, and by the time the Red 96th Division came out of the grassland, there were only more than 400 people left.
In 1937, Wang Shangrong served as the commander of the 715th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division, and led the army to cross the Yellow River in the east to the anti-Japanese front. In 1938, he was wounded and bleeding from the battle against the enemy, but he still commanded tenaciously. After more than two months of healing, he did not wait for his injuries to recover before heading to the front line. Soon after, he was ordered to set up a base area in the area of Qingshan North of Pingsui Road.
In 1939, Wang Shangrong served as the deputy brigade commander of the newly combined Independent 1st Brigade, responsible for the military work of the whole brigade. Wang Shangrong fought many battles of annihilation.
In September, when more than 1,500 Japanese troops attacked the Chenzhuang area, Wang Shangrong used the favorable terrain to block the attack layer by layer, killing and wounding more than 1,300 enemy soldiers in the first battle.
After the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, Wang Shangrong led his troops to undertake the task of defending the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.
After the Anhui Incident, he led his troops to cross the Yellow River in the west and undertook the heavy responsibility of defending the central authorities.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Shangrong's unit first annihilated more than 5,000 kuomintang Fu Zuoyi's troops, and then moved to the northwest, successively serving as the commander of the Jinsui Field Army and the Independent 1st Brigade of the Northwest Field Army, the commander of the 2nd Division of the 1st Column of the Northwest Field Army, the deputy commander of the 1st Army of the First Field Army, and the deputy commander of the Qinghai Military Region, and commanded the battles and battles of Panlong and WaziJie, as well as shaanxi, Fumei, and Longqing.
Good staff officer of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission
In 1951, Wang Shangrong entered the Military Academy, after which he walked at the front of the phalanx of the 1951 National Day military parade with a red flag in his hand.
After being transferred to the General Staff in 1952, he went to the Korean battlefield as a deputy commander of the 46th Army of the Volunteer Army. Commanded the 136th Division to attack Matari Dongshan on the north bank of the Linjin River, and effectively cooperated with the Volunteer Army in the Battle of Jincheng.
In addition to his achievements in battle, he also found out on the ground the tactical tactics of the US military and accumulated useful experience for coordinating the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Vietnam in the future.
In order to safeguard the unity of the motherland and defend the security of the country, from the shelling of Kinmen to the suppression of the rebellion in Lhasa to the entry into Burma to clear the remnants of the Kuomintang, this series of operations have played outstanding organizational and command capabilities.
Liu Bocheng once said: "The General Staff Headquarters is neither a tactical command nor a campaign command, but a command headquarters that studies strategic issues, and it is in charge of strategy. ”
However, Wang Shangrong has a profound understanding of the mission of the War Department and the responsibilities he shoulders, so he can always think about problems from a strategic perspective, actively offer suggestions and suggestions for the central military commission's decision-making, and win the praise and praise of the leaders of the party, the state, and the Central Military Commission, and become a powerful assistant in the strategic planning of the central and central military commission chiefs.
Wang Shangrong's strategic vision and analytical ability stem from his keen political sense of smell and theoretical level of studying and judging the international situation, as well as from Mao Zedong's guiding ideology that "war is politics, war itself is an action of a political nature, and there has been no war without political nature since ancient times."
After entering the 1960s, Chiang Kai-shek constantly shouted: "Counterattack on the mainland." Wang Shangrong analyzed and judged Taiwan's strategic intentions in light of the international situation and the domestic and international environment, and he promptly put forward to the central authorities suggestions and reports on strengthening combat readiness along the southeast coast.
After reading the report, Chairman Mao immediately gave instructions on the report: "This is a very good matter, and it must be carefully studied and gradually implemented." ”
In 1974, Wang Shangrong was appointed deputy chief of the general staff and concurrently head of the War Department. At that time, the United States was still hostile to China, Sino-Soviet relations were even more severe, and the General Staff set up an international situation research group, with Wang Shangrong as the leader.
Under the presidency of Wang Shangrong, the research group successively conducted systematic studies on the military strategy of the United States and the Soviet Union, the situation in the Middle East, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and other places, and put forward countermeasures and suggestions to the Central Military Commission.
After the United States Schlesinger submitted the "National Defense Report" to Congress, Wang Shangrong immediately conducted a study. It is believed that the United States is playing with power, balancing, taking advantage of sino-Soviet differences, and uniting allies to jointly oppose the Soviet Union.
After reading his report, Mao Zedong said humorously: "This Wang Shangrong is indeed not simple, and listening to his analysis of strategic issues, I am truly 'supremely glorious.'" ”
During the 1979 self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Wang Shangrong participated in the formulation of the entire battle plan.
In 1985, General Wang Shangrong officially retired from the post of deputy chief of the general staff, but he was still concerned about the development and construction of the troops.
On April 1, 2000, General Wang Shangrong died in Beijing at the age of 85. He is known as a good staff officer of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission.