On the Korean battlefield, the 38th Army was called the "Banzai Army", and the soldiers of the 39th Army who fought in North Korea at the same time called their troops "Changsheng Army". Such merits and honors are inseparable from military commander Wu Xinquan.
In 1949, the 2nd Column of the Northeast Field Army was reorganized into the 39th Army, and the first commander was Liu Zhen.
The predecessor of this unit was reorganized from the main force of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, which was able to fight the Japanese army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the victory in the Liberation War was very dazzling, annihilating 15,000 enemies in the summer offensive, 15,000 in the autumn offensive, more than 68,000 in the Liaoshen Campaign, 23,000 in the Tianjin Campaign, and 12,000 in the Hengbao Campaign and the Guangxi Campaign.
When Liu Zhen led the 39th Army to participate in the Battle of Guangxi, he asked Siye for a short rest due to his ill health. Who will take his place? Liu Zhen also took some thought, hoping to select the right person from the 39th Army to take over the post. On the basis of considerations such as ability and political integrity, ability, work attitude, familiarity with the troops, concern for cadres, and military command ability, he recommended Wu Xinquan, political commissar, to serve as a political commissar.
Wu Xinquan was a political work cadre, and during the period of the agrarian revolution, he started as a company instructor and successively served as a regimental commissioner, a division commissioner, and a director of the division's political department.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the director of the Political Office of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division, the political commissar of the regiment, and the political commissar of the brigade. In 1940, under the leadership of Huang Kecheng, the troops supported the New Fourth Army and were assigned to the New Fourth Army. Working in the New Fourth Army, he began to take a stand alone in the military field, serving as the commander and political commissar of the Huai naval sub-district of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region, the brigade commander and political commissar of the independent brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he and the 3rd Division advanced into the northeast, and after the main force was reorganized into the 2nd Column, he served as the division commander and political commissar, the deputy commander of the column and the chief of staff. Wu Xinquan can fight wars, can also do political work, is very familiar with the troops, understands cadres, and is a suitable commander of the 39th Army.
Liu Zhen reflected his opinions to the headquarters and received support. Wu Xinquan took over the work of the 39th Army and served as the commander and political commissar.
In 1950, after the outbreak of the Korean battlefield, the 39th Army, as the first unit to enter the Korean War, began a multi-year battle under the leadership of Wu Xinquan.
During the Battle of Yunshan, the volunteer army annihilated more than 15,800 enemy troops, and the battle played a crucial role in the 39th Army, and was praised by Mr. Peng. During the third battle, Wu Xinquan led his troops to unexpectedly penetrate, broke through the Linjin River defense line, the enemy retreated in all directions, and the Eighth Army Walker overturned and killed during the retreat. The vanguard of the 39th Army, directly into Seoul, has immeasurable political and military influence.
In the Great Victory at Hengcheng, the 39th Army killed more than 3,300 enemy soldiers and captured more than 2,500 prisoners. He was commended by the China-DPRK Liaison Division. The 39th Army continued to expand its achievements, insisted on campaign defensive warfare for more than 50 days, and annihilated 11,000 enemy troops in the fourth campaign. After making many meritorious achievements on the battlefield, he was recalled to China and received by Chairman Mao.
From home to the front, he continued to engage in combat. The soldiers of the 39th Army said: The 38th Army is the Banzai Army, and the 39th Army is the Changsheng Army.