He has fought 10 years and made 13 meritorious contributions, 9 special merits, 3 special combat heroes, and is a realistic version of the soldier king
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, although many people wanted to join the Eighth Route Army to fight devils, some were rejected because they were too young, but there were exceptions, compared to Zhang Yingcai, who is going to talk about today, when he was 15 years old, he followed the Eighth Route Army and did not leave, and finally his superiors felt his strong will and approved him to join the army.
Although he became the Eighth Route Army, he was young and relatively thin, unable to go to the front line to fight, so he became a propagandist, writing slogans in large pens every day behind the enemy's back to propagate revolutionary ideas to the common people, but he still wanted to enter the combat units.
In 1941, the Japanese army launched a major sweep against the Taiyue Military Region, the 212nd Brigade was responsible for blocking the Japanese army, because the enemy was outnumbered, many soldiers were wounded, Zhang Yingcai thought that his opportunity to go to the front line came, and immediately asked his superiors for help.
The battle suffered heavy casualties, and considering Zhang Yingcai's strong will to fight, his superiors approved him to go to the front. Although he never fought, he performed well in the first battle, eliminating several ghosts a year and receiving praise from his superiors after the battle.
Three months later, Zhang Yingcai encountered a thrilling battle. At that time, the company commander was sacrificed, and the firepower of the devils was very fierce, so that the whole army might be destroyed, so Zhang Yingcai stepped forward and was responsible for blocking the Japanese army and letting the others retreat safely.
He selected 5 warriors, occupied the favorable terrain, killed more than a dozen devils, forced the devils to retreat, and they also safely caught up with the large troops. In this battle, the brigade commander praised him greatly, transferred him to work in the command headquarters, and was promoted to company commander at the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
In 1946, Zhang Yingcai led his troops to attack Lüliang, liberating several surrounding counties, and the Kuomintang immediately dispatched an integrated division with very sophisticated weapons in an attempt to retake Lüliang.
The Kuomintang thought that the disparity in strength was a bit careless, and Zhang Yingcai formed a death squad to give the Nationalist army a "surprise", continuously breaking through several lines of defense of the enemy, forcing the enemy to take the initiative to retreat, and he not only captured many prisoners, but also captured many weapons.
However, the enemy did not react for long to run, and then counterattacked, surrounded Zhang Yingcai, he commanded the troops to occupy favorable terrain, and boosted the morale of everyone, and the Nationalist army fought fiercely for 9 hours, repelled the Nationalist army's repeated fierce attacks, and finally insisted until the arrival of reinforcements, this battle he was awarded special merit.
During the Liberation War, the Nationalist army had tanks, but the People's Liberation Army lacked anti-tank weapons, and during a battle, the Nationalist army dispatched many tanks, Zhang Yingcai asked the soldiers to use the trenches, go around the back of the tanks, throw grenades, explosive packs, and each tank was blown up and could not move.
Then the enemy dispatched artillery, a large number of artillery fell on the position, many soldiers were sacrificed, Zhang Yingcai immediately made a decision, commanded the rest of the people to ambush, and when the enemy entered the position, they suddenly killed, killed and wounded hundreds of enemies, and also captured more than a hundred prisoners, and let the enemy take the initiative to retreat, and after the war, they were awarded special merit.
In his 10-year combat career, Zhang Yingcai won 9 special merits, and the total number of meritorious service was 13 times, which no one could match, and he was a real soldier king, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was personally received by Chairman Mao. In 1955, although he was not a founding general, he was also a colonel, serving as deputy commander of the 13th Army and deputy commander of the 50th Army.