General Xing Shizhong: He has been in charge of the National Defense University for more than 7 years, and who are his partners? What rank?
In February 1979, the participating units of our army divided into two fronts, the east and the west, and launched an attack on the enemy with a fierce offensive, which was a counterattack against Vietnamese self-defense. In the battle, the 55th Army of the Guangzhou Military Region created the largest number of 9 armies to annihilate the enemy: the only field army that annihilated the enemy and exceeded 10,000.
The 163rd Division alone annihilated 5,861 enemy men, and the ratio of enemy-enemy exchange was only 2.64:1, ranking first among the 29 infantry divisions. Why is the 163rd Division so powerful? In addition to Bian Guixiang and Wu Enqing, the chief military and political officers of the 163rd Division, who used troops well, Xing Shizhong, then chief of staff, also contributed a lot.
Xing Shizhong (former chief of staff of the 163rd Division of the 55th Army)
Xing Shizhong was born in September 1938 (the 27th year of the Republic of China), a native of Jinan, Shandong. In August 1953, Xing Shizhong was admitted to the Nanjing Engineer School. In March 1956, Xing Shizhong was transferred to the Independent Engineer Battalion Sergeant Teaching Platoon of the 219th Division of the 55th Army. As a result, Xing Shizhong formed an indissoluble relationship with the 55th Army.
In February 1979, Xing Shizhong, then chief of staff of the 163rd Division of the 55th Army, joined the army in the war. After the war, Xing Shizhong was promoted to commander of the 163rd Division. In May 1983, Xing Shizhong took charge of the 55th Army. In June 1985, Xing Shizhong was promoted to chief of staff of the Lanzhou Military Region as a senior general of the actual combat faction who fought against Vietnam.
▲National Defense University
In September 1988, Xing Shizhong was awarded the rank of major general and was then the deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region. In July 1995, Xing Shizhong, who had been practicing at the level of deputy military region for more than ten years, succeeded General Zhu Dunfa, who had left his retirement, and officially presided over the National Defense University.
The National Defense University is the highest military academy of our army, and its history can be traced back to the Red Army teaching team founded by Chairman Mao in Jinggangshan in 1927, and has successively experienced the historical period of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army University, the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, the Higher Military Academy, and the Military and Political University.
▲National Defense University Establishment Convention
In March 1985, the executive meeting of the Central Military Commission decided to merge the Military Academy, the Political Academy, and the Logistics College into the National Defense University. In January 1986, the National Defense University was formally established, and Zhang Zhen and Li Desheng were appointed as military and political chiefs.
Returning to the truth, Xing Shizhong retired in January 2003, and was in charge of the National Defense University for more than 7 years (in March 1998, promoted to the rank of general), and successively partnered with Wang Maorun and Zhao Keming as political commissars, as follows:
Admiral Wang Maorun
Wang Maorun was born in May 1936 (the 25th year of the Republic of China) in Rongcheng, Shandong Province. Wang Maorun was born in a revolutionary family, and his two older sisters and eldest brothers were old predecessors who had experienced the baptism of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
In June 1951, our volunteer army was fighting a bloody battle in Korea, but all young people with lofty ideals were proud to join the army. It was also this month that Wang Maorun enlisted in the army and was assigned to the Shandong Provincial Public Security Bureau Border Guard Bureau Shidao Branch Offilamento Island Police Station.
▲ Wang Maorun has been fighting and living on The Island for a long time
At that time, the conditions on the island were very difficult, and Wang Maorun resolutely overcame them. In 1956, after five years of grassroots training, Wang Maorun was appointed as a staff officer of the Military Affairs Section of the 19th Garrison Division. In 1964, Wang Maorun was appointed as a military staff officer of the 67th Army. For more than ten years, Wang Maorun served in the 67th Army for a long time.
The 67th Army was a legendary meritorious unit with the pedigree of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 67th Army annihilated 87,035 enemy troops, set a "record for the highest average number of enemy kills per day," and ranked first in the list of volunteer troops participating in the war.
In 1973, Wang Maorun was transferred to the deputy secretary of the Political Department of the Jinan Military Region. In 1976, Wang Maorun returned to the 67th Army as director of the Political Department (later deputy political commissar). In July 1985, the leading bodies of the major military regions were adjusted, and Wang Maorun was promoted to director of the political department of the Lanzhou Military Region.
▲General Wang Maorun's life photo
In September 1988, Wang Maorun witnessed the historical moment when our army implemented a new rank system, and was also awarded the rank of major general (promoted to lieutenant general in 1993). In April 1990, Wang Maorun was transferred to The Deputy Political Commissar and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Lanzhou Military Region.
In December 1994, Wang Maorun was transferred to the Academy of Military Sciences as deputy political commissar and secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission. In July 1995, Wang Maorun took over the baton of Li Wenqing, who had retired from retirement, as the political commissar of the National Defense University. In July 2001, Wang Maorun retired at an old age.
Admiral Zhao Keming
Zhao Keming was born in October 1942 (the 31st year of the Republic of China), a native of Wuhan, Hubei Province. In August 1961, Zhao Keming joined the army and was assigned to a certain department of the Wuhan Military Region. In September 1964, Zhao Keming was given the opportunity to be promoted to the secretary of a military camp department.
In July 1967, Zhao Keming was transferred to the Propaganda Section of the Political Department of the Division as a soldier. In the years since, Zhao Keming has been fighting on the propaganda front for a long time. By January 1980, Zhao Keming had been promoted to a reporter for the "People's Liberation Army Daily" newspaper.
▲Zhao Keming
In June 1983, Zhao Keming delegated the field unit to the post of director of the political department of a division. In August 1985, Zhao Keming was reused in the Million Dollar Disarmament and promoted to Secretary General of the Political Department of the Guangzhou Military Region.
In May 1988, Zhao Keming was ordered to go to Beijing to serve as deputy director (later minister) of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department. In September of that year, our army implemented a new rank system, and Zhao Keming was awarded the rank of major general.
In February 1995, Zhao Keming left the General Political Department where he had worked for many years and returned to the field unit as the political commissar of the 47th Group Army of the Lanzhou Military Region, which was a heroic model unit with outstanding merits, formerly known as the Army.
▲General Zhao Keming after retiring
In January 1996, Zhao Keming was appointed deputy political commissar of the National Defense University. In 1998, Zhao Keming was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. In July 2001, Zhao Keming succeeded Wang Maorun as the political commissar of the National Defense University and rose to the rank of Zhengda Military Region.
In January 2003, General Xing Shizhong retired at an old age, and Zhao Keming was paired with Pei Huailiang and Ma Xiaotian as principals. In June 2004, Zhao Keming was promoted to the rank of general. In September 2007, Admiral Zhao Keming also retired at the age of old.
Resources:
[1] "[Struggle for a Hundred Years Road, Set Sail for a New Journey] Remembering the Martyrs of the Xianghe Revolution - Bian Guixiang ( Xianghe Rong Media);
[2] "A Dear and Respectable Elder: Deeply Remembering General Xing Shizhong, Former President of the National Defense University" (Chen Yongjun, "Chinese Soul");
[3] "Rooted in the Red Blood of Jinggangshan for 90 Years, See how the National Defense University continues" (Wang Jun, Luo Jinmu, "China Military Network");
[4] "Wang Maorun" (Celebrity Resume Network);
[5] "Military History of the 67th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army" (Junwei Shilin, "Military Shilin");
[6] "Zhao Keming - Special Topic of Contemporary Figures in Hongshan District" (Boya Culture Tourism Network).