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The sound of the bugle was loud, and a thin old man who was tormented by illness walked through the last days of his life in such an environment, and it seemed that as long as he listened to this voice, he was not afraid of illness and death.
His name was Wang Jinshan, one of the founding lieutenant generals, who had experienced hundreds of battles and made countless meritorious achievements, and served as deputy chief of staff of the Nanjing Military Region before his death.
Therefore, Nie Fengzhi, who was the commander of the Nanjing Military Region at the time, felt that he should find a suitable person to draft his eulogy, and after thinking about it, he found Xiao Yongyin, deputy commander of the Wuhan Military Region.
Major General Xiao Yongyin was a subordinate of Lieutenant General Wang Jinshan during the war years, and the relationship between the two was very harmonious when they were partners, the revolutionary friendship was tested by history, and the most important thing was that he knew his old chief very well, and it was fitting for him to write this eulogy.
Wang Jinshan
After knowing Nie Fengzhi's future intentions, Major General Xiao Yongyin was first saddened by the death of the old chief, and then took the job without saying a word.
The main body of the eulogy was quickly completed, but when writing the title column, General Xiao Yongyin felt that the position of "deputy chief of staff" was really biased. He remembered Marshal Liu Bocheng's assessment of the old chief: "One person surrenders his life, and he is afraid of ten thousand people." Where narrow roads meet, the brave win. ”
Thinking of this, General Xiao Yongyin was even more emotional, and felt that he must do more beautiful things for the old chief, but the military title was not something he could change at will. At this time, he thought of someone who might be able to help himself.
So who is this person who can help General Xiao Yongyin? What ability did Wang Jinshan have to make Marshal Liu Bocheng look at him differently?
Xiao Yongyin
Bright sword "King Madman"
"Brave, decisive and bold". This is Chairman Mao's evaluation of General Wang Jinshan, and the short seven words are not only Chairman Mao's affirmation of his ability in military command and operations, I think, but also the portrayal of General Wang Jinshan's life.
In the mainland's 2005 anti-Japanese war-themed TV series "Bright Sword", the role of Li Yunlong, the leader of the independent regiment, which was loved by the general audience, was the main prototype of General Wang Jinshan.
In this case, we can start from the real experience of General Wang Jinshan, take Li Yunlong's character as an extension, and restore a more real Wang Jinshan and his magnificent life. This is like the relationship between the history book "Three Kingdoms" and the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Wang Jinshan, like most commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army, is a typical "mud-legged" origin.
Judging from his joining the Communist Party of China in 1932, participating in the "counter-encirclement and suppression" in the Hubei-Yu-Anhui-Soviet region (from December 1930), and serving in the Red Army from platoon commander to various military positions, Wang Jinshan did not stay long in the landlord's house before joining the Red Army.
Moreover, he started as a platoon commander in the Red Army, and from this point of view, Wang Jinshan must have joined the Red Army before 1930 and participated in the more important armed uprisings.
The answer is already on the horizon, and this important armed uprising that highlights Wang Jinshan's "qualifications" is the Jute Uprising that broke out in Huang'an County in 1927, and Huang'an County is his hometown, and he has sufficient reasons and conditions to participate in it.
The conditions are very understandable, this is all on the doorstep of the uprising, how can you not go and see. The reason can be borrowed from a line from Li Yunlong: "The poor can't even eat."
During the Red Army period, Wang Jinshan began to be subordinate to the Red Fourth Front Army, and the commander-in-chief was Xu Qianqian (from November 1931). It is said that in the autumn of that year, Wang Jinshan's company encountered a vicious battle, in which Wang Jinshan was a pioneer and fearless of death, fighting with the enemy for life, and finally even rolled down the cliff with an enemy in his arms, fighting him one-on-one.
After this battle, everyone in the army called him "Wang Madman". After this battle, Wang Jinshan was promoted to battalion commander for his battle merits.
In the Battle of Huang'an, Wang Jinshan's 30th Regiment served as a reserve to capture the commanding heights of Langshan. When the main forces in front were besieged, they joined the battle in time according to the order, but even so, there was a gap between the two sides in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness.
Seeing that the troops were suffering from the enemy, Xu Qianqian, who had been standing at the forefront of the red flag, boosted the morale of the soldiers, broke through the enemy's encirclement in one fell swoop, and captured Zhao Guanying, commander of the enemy's 69th Division, alive.
After the victory of the troops, Xu Qianqian found this brave small battalion commander, and after learning his deeds, he also praised: "What a 'king madman'!" From then on, the nickname "King Madman" began to become known and spread among the officers and soldiers of the Red Army.
Where narrow roads meet, the brave win
After the end of the Long March, the military cadres of the Red Army suffered great losses, and in order to improve the operational command quality of the military chief officers of all units and supplement the establishment of military and political cadres, in 1936, the Chinese Anti-Japanese Red Army University was established, and Wang Jinshan was ordered to study.
In the autumn of the same year, he led his troops to the north and participated in the Battle of Mountain Castle, in which our army annihilated the strength of a brigade of the Kuomintang 78th Division that was alone and deep, and defeated a brigade of the enemy's First Division, forcing it to retreat westward.
When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, Wang Jinshan was appointed deputy commander of the 772nd Regiment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and in the author's opinion, this personnel appointment may be one of the most important personnel appointments in Wang Jinshan's military career.
In late October of that year, Liu Bocheng ordered Chen Geng to set up an ambush in Qigan Village in Shanxi to attack the Japanese army. Wang Jinshan personally led five companies of troops to annihilate the heavy troops of the Japanese 20th Division of the 300 people, our army only suffered more than 10 casualties, and the soldiers of the five companies of captured trophies were moved for a day and a night.
After the war, Liu Bocheng admired Wang Jinshan very much, believing that he was indeed a general.
At that time, the main cadres of the regimental headquarters of the 772nd regiment included regiment commander Ye Chenghuan, political commissar Xie Fuzhi, deputy regiment commander Wang Jinshan, and chief of staff Sun Jixian. Among the four, there was a general and two lieutenant generals, and the only one who was not awarded the rank of general was the regiment commander Ye Chenghuan.
It was the spring of 1938, the rapid attack of Changle Village, regiment commander Ye Chenghuan still insisted on fighting with illness, in order to cover the evacuation of the team, took the initiative to take the back of the hall, and was hit by a bullet while observing the enemy with a telescope on a high slope. The next day, Ye Chenghuan died of excessive bleeding and died for the country at the age of 24.
Wang Jinshan was saddened when he heard this, but the hero has passed away, the heroic soul lives on, and the cadres from the 772nd Regiment are all good. Ding Silin, commander of the first battalion, Guo Guoyan, commander of the second battalion, and Yi Liangpin, commander of the third battalion, sacrificed their lives for the country during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and made indelible contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Until the beginning of the Liberation War, only two of the six military chiefs above the battalion level of the former 772nd Regiment were Wang Jinshan and Sun Jixian.
In "Bright Sword", the corresponding is that when the independent regiment broke out of the encirclement of the Japanese army's "sweep", except for the regiment commander Li Yunlong, the political commissar Zhao Gang, the deputy regiment commander Kong Jie, and the commander of the first battalion Zhang Dabiao, the rest of the cadres above the battalion level were all killed, and more than half of the company and platoon cadres of the regiment were killed.
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This is the charm of the leader, with the regiment commander Ye Chenghuan charging ahead, the soldiers below are even more fearless of death, and this spirit was later deeply imprinted in Wang Jinshan's mind.
Five years later, Wang Jinshan, who had made great achievements in battle, concurrently served as the commander of the second sub-district of the Taiyue Military Region, and in October of the same year, he was ordered to lead his troops to Yan'an. However, while passing through Linfen, Shanxi, he received an interesting report from the reconnaissance company that a "field observation group" of the Japanese North China Front was about to pass through a section of road that was very easy to ambush.
Therefore, after conducting a topographic survey, Wang Jinshan decided not to report to his superiors, took the initiative to attack, and set up an ambush in the place where the Japanese army must pass, catching them by surprise.
This characteristic is fed back to the character of Li Yunlong, and it is vividly played by screenwriters, directors and actors, Li Yunlong has always trusted personal intuition in fighting, often privately mobilized troops to attack, and sometimes often disobeyed on the battlefield, for this reason, Li Yunlong was not punished, but in most cases, he always received good results.
It turns out that Wang Jinshan has a keen sense of war. On the day of the ambush of the Japanese troops, with the sound of a gunshot, our troops came out of the ambush and shouted to kill the heavens.
More than 120 officers, including the commander of the major general brigade of the field observation regiment and the six commanders of the Dazuo Wing, were killed on the spot, and this battle once plunged the Japanese command system in the Taiyue area into chaos, which played a very positive role in stabilizing the situation in the anti-Japanese base area in the Taiyue area at that time.
In 1945, the anti-Japanese situation was very good, and the decline of the Japanese army was fully displayed. In August, shortly after the unconditional surrender of the Japanese army to the anti-fascist allies, Wang Jinshan became deputy commander of the 6th Column of the Jin-Hebei-Luyu Military Region.
Liu Bocheng commented on Wang Jinshan: "One person surrenders to his life, and he is afraid of ten thousand people." When the brave meet on a narrow road, the brave win, there is no madness, and it is not possible to have the spirit of not being afraid of death! ”
The best at tackling tough problems is only six verticals
Dayang Lake, located about 3 kilometers east of Dahuangji Town, Heze City, Shandong Province, has a long history and simple folk customs, and now after years of development, it is even more beautiful, but 77 years ago, a very fierce war took place here.
In late August 1946, He Yingqin ordered the gathering of more than 300,000 Kuomintang troops from Xu and Zheng Prefectures, including two ace troops known as the five main forces of the Kuomintang, in a vain attempt to eat the entire Jin-Hebei-Luyu People's Liberation Army in one bite.
The Jin-Hebei-Luyu Field Army had just finished the Longhai Campaign at this time, and the soldiers were very tired and had not yet rested more.
The enemy's purpose is obvious, that is, to take advantage of the lack of strength of the army after the war and annihilate it in one fell swoop. After deliberating, Liu and Deng decided to show the enemy weakness first, lure the enemy deeper, and make the enemy relax their vigilance.
Sure enough, Zhao Xitian, the division commander of Chiang Kai-shek's lineage, was proud of his troops, relying on the advantages of high-automation troops, and led his troops alone to break away from the main force and go deep alone, thinking of directly smashing the Yellow Dragon and deciding the battle.
In such a critical situation, the two chiefs Liu and Deng found a meeting with the commanders above the column level and stated their views on the battle. Because the objective situation is in front of them, most people actually do not want to fight this battle, and those who hesitate account for the majority.
Seeing this, Wang Jinshan shot up directly from his seat and shouted: "No one is fighting, we will fight in the sixth column!" My king Jinshan issued a military order today, if you can't fight this battle, please shoot me by the chief!" There is one brigade left in the sixth column, and I will be the brigade commander! There is one regiment left, and I will be the regiment commander! There is one company left with me as a company commander! We are at least right to start the party, worthy of the fathers and old folks of Taihang Mountain! ”
As soon as these words came out, the officers and soldiers at the conference were all infected by Wang Jinshan's spirit and asked for battle. Deng Xiaoping said even more bluntly: "What a madman Wang is! I'm sticking with you! ”
Liu Bocheng, who has always been gentle and elegant, was also very excited, and said to Wang Jinshan: "Let go of your hands and feet, and boldly fight!" ”
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But resolutely asking for battle is one thing, and overcoming difficulties is another; under this vicious battle, all the officers and men of the Sixth Column were almost sacrificed in such a formation as a company and a battalion after handing over fire; Xiao Yongyin and Li Desheng, then commanders of the Sixth Column, were at the forefront, and they were deeply touched every time they recalled this war.
Wang Jinshan saw that the casualties of the troops were so huge, and he was also shaken, was his decision wrong? But in the midnight dream, the scene of the sacrifice of the old regiment commander Ye Chenghuan eight years ago is vividly remembered, and the former comrades-in-arms do not know how many did not see the day the Japanese army surrendered, how could he fall here, so he rushed up again with a submachine gun in his hand... This is the military soul of a troop, as long as there is one person, this spirit will not fall.
After three days of fierce fighting, the enemy's will to fight was completely destroyed, the entire three divisions were completely annihilated, the division commander Zhao Xitian was captured, and the entire Kuomintang army collapsed. Until he was captured, Zhao Xitian did not understand how this gang of mud legs who came out of the countryside defeated his high-modernized troops.
After this battle, due to an accident, Wang Jinshan was disabled in his leg, which made him very frustrated and even gave up the idea of returning to the army. But after listening to Liu Bocheng's enlightenment, he suddenly became cheerful and limped back to the troops to continue directing the operation.
Two years later, in the Battle of Xiangfan, Wang Jinshan boldly abandoned the habitual thinking of his predecessors in attacking Xiangyang City, that is, "attack the mountain first and then attack the city". Instead, he did the opposite, led his troops to attack the west gate, and two days after the storm, the city of Xiangyang was broken, and Wang Jinshan's army completely annihilated more than 20,000 defenders, capturing Kuomintang lieutenant general Kang Ze and deputy commander Guo Xunqi.
After this battle, the Sixth Column received the reputation of "the best at attacking fortifications", and even President Zhu Dezhu praised the battle, and Liu Bocheng bluntly said that the Sixth Column commanded by Wang Jinshan played a leading role in this battle.
He has a posthumous name for life
General Wang Jinshan once said: "If it weren't for the party, I might still be herding cattle in the village." I grew up under the education of Chairman Mao and the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries such as Liu, Deng and Xu. ”
On May 10, 1978, Wang Jinshan died in Nanjing at the age of 63 due to ineffective medical treatment.
It is said that at the time of his death, although he was already delirious and the person was in a coma, he still muttered in his mouth:
"Where did the enemy hit? Which of us is there? ”
His youngest son replied, "Report chief, it's Li Desheng who went up!" ”
"Li Desheng goes up, I can sleep with peace of mind." The big stone in his heart was finally put down, and Wang Jinshan finally closed his eyes with peace of mind.
"Drunkenly pick a lamp to look at the sword, dream of blowing back the horn company camp"
Wang Jinshan is a born soldier, a born soldier, who joined the Red Army for 50 years since he was a teenager, but he still lives in the dream of the golden iron horse until his death.
After the news of his death came, Deng Xiaoping's eyes suddenly reddened, and he immediately told the staff around him: "Be sure to inform Liu Shuai!" ”
After that, he paced back and forth again, and said: "Comrade Wang Jinshan has great battle merits, and his future affairs must be handled well, and I want to see his eulogy in person!" ”
General Wang Jinshan made great achievements in his life, and General Xiao Yongyin had seen his bravery and fearlessness under his command.
He did not want Wang Jinshan to die with the title of "deputy chief of staff", so he wrote down his thoughts and handed them to the old chief Deng Xiaoping, hoping that Deng Xiaoping could help him.
After reading it, Deng Xiaoping was silent for a long time, and he crossed out the four characters of deputy chief of staff and changed it to "adviser to the Nanjing Military Region."
This saved Wang Jinshan's face to a certain extent, and it was also a relatively appropriate way to deal with it, because the military region adviser was a fictitious title, but the treatment was equivalent to the main post of the military region, and the specifications of the funeral were naturally raised accordingly.
"Even if the enemy is outnumbered, we must dare to show our swords when we meet the enemy, this is the soul of a troop. When the narrow road meets, the brave win, and the sword points and is invincible."
This is exactly the "bright sword spirit" mentioned by Li Yunlong in his graduation thesis at the Nanjing Military Academy, and it is also the point that the author of the novel, Du Liang, summed up from the life of General Wang Jinshan, but this is a common feature of all PLA officers and soldiers.
During the Anti-Japanese War, wars were fought for national independence and national glory and disgrace; During the Liberation War, it was to establish a new China in which the people were masters of their own affairs; The period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea was to maintain peace and consolidate political power.
Chinese people have never lacked this courage, which is also an important reason why Chinese culture and the Chinese nation can be passed down to this day.
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