In the history of the development of the people's armed forces, there is such a "super soldier king" who has participated in hundreds of battles in his life, never tasted a single defeat, and has been rated as a "special combat hero" three times and made special meritorious service nine times. Chairman Mao admired and cared about him very much, and issued instructions several times to ask relevant departments to focus on cultivating him, so that he could shine in key positions, better protect the country, and protect the people, his name is Zhang Yingcai.
Zhang Yingcai joined the Eighth Route Army at the age of 15, first served in the 115th Division, and later was escorted to the teaching team to study because of his outstanding performance, and after graduation, he transferred to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters as a propaganda officer, during which he formed a deep friendship with Mr. Peng, General Teng Daiyuan and others. In 1941, in accordance with relevant regulations, he left the government unit and went to a grassroots company of General Chen Geng's Taiyue Military Region for training.
In the second half of that year, the Japanese army concentrated 20,000 troops to attack the Taiyue Military Region, and General Chen Geng immediately organized the military and civilians of the military region to move to a safe area to avoid the enemy's edge and preserve their strength. Although Zhang Yingcai was born as a civilian cadre, he also mastered a lot of combat skills through self-study, and he led the troops to take advantage of the terrain to fight and retreat, block the Japanese army layer by layer, and finally successfully completed the task.
But just as Zhang Yingcai was about to lead the army back to the headquarters of the military region and return to General Chen Geng, a Japanese mountain field unit suddenly caught up and surrounded Zhang's troops on a lonely mountain. Zhang Yingcai was not afraid of danger, he commanded his soldiers to fight bravely, stubbornly counterattacked the Japanese attack, would rather die than surrender, and vowed to live and die with the position! Fortunately, the receiving troops arrived in time, tore a hole in the encirclement of the Japanese army, and successfully rescued Zhang Yingcai and others. Afterwards, Zhang Yingcai was commended by the General Headquarters of the Military Region for his bravery in combat and effective command, and the unit he led was awarded a "Tiger" pennant as a token of encouragement.
During the War of Liberation, Zhang Yingcai was assigned to Zhongye as a grassroots commander, he had participated in major battles such as Shangdang, Pinghan, and Huaihai with the large army, and had made great contributions many times, especially in the Huaihai Campaign, he personally led more than 300 officers and soldiers to block the onslaught of 6,000 enemies for three days and three nights, and assisted the brother troops to completely annihilate the Huang Wei Corps.
At the beginning of 1949, Zhang Yingcai was selected as a representative of young officers, temporarily left the front line to attend the military merit commendation meeting in Beiping, and then followed the Chinese diplomatic delegation to Hungary to participate in the World Youth Congress, which greatly increased Zhang Yingcai's vision and knowledge, and also tempered his personal qualities, laying a solid foundation for him to hold a high position in the future.
In 1950, Zhang Yingcai fought in North Korea as the commander of the Volunteer Corps, and participated in the command of several small-scale fortifications, ambush battles, in July of that year, he was going to take the initiative to apply to participate in the fourth campaign, but the Volunteer Army Headquarters at this time sent him back to China urgently, to attend the whole army combat heroes commendation conference, at the meeting he delivered a speech on behalf of the whole army officers and soldiers, swore an oath, and won the military merit medal awarded by Chairman Mao himself, after the meeting, he had dinner with Chairman Mao, and listened carefully to the chairman's teachings and guidance.
In 1955, Zhang Yingcai was awarded the rank of colonel, and the propaganda department took a photo of him after the award ceremony. At the end of the 50s, he was sent to the military academy for further study, in 1960, he was promoted to the deputy commander of the 13th Army, and in 1966, he was promoted to the commander of the 50th Army, in the early 70s, because of the recurrence of the old disease, he could not perform his duties, so he retired from active duty and transferred to the advisory department, in 1981, he officially resigned from all positions and began to live a recuperation life, in 2017, this outstanding soldier with outstanding achievements came to the end of his life at the age of ninety-three.
Zhang Yingcai and his wife have three children, all of whom later signed up to join the army under the guidance of Zhang Yingcai, among whom the eldest son specializes in diplomatic work and once served as a Chinese military observer in Cambodia, making indelible contributions to the development of friendship between China and Cambodia; The second son is an ace pilot of the Air Force, who served in the Fuzhou Military Region for a long time, and on several occasions drove away foreign military planes that illegally intruded into the mainland's airspace, thus safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the people's power.
The only daughter Zhang Ke is a woman, she served as a civilian officer in the army armored unit in her early years, and later took the initiative to apply for transfer to work in a combat unit, successively served as a battalion deputy instructor, deputy director of the regimental political department, in the early 80s, she transferred to the National Defense University for study and study, and published a number of papers on military command, several of which were also published in international authoritative journals. In 1993, Zhang Ke obtained a master's degree from the National Defense University and was hired as a lecturer in combat command. Now, Zhang Ke has retired and lived a recuperation life, and we wish her good health and a happy rest of her life!