Wang Zhaoxiang (1909.10.16---2009.06.03), a native of Wangjiahouwa Village, Shenmu Sha'an Town, Shaanxi Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1928 and the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1932. During the agrarian revolutionary war, he successively served as a propaganda committee member of the party branch of the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrilla cavalry brigade, the captain of the red 26 army guard, and the secretary of the party branch of the red 26 army cavalry company, and participated in the battle to consolidate and expand the Shaanxi-Gansu border base area. Later, he served as the political commissar of the Shenmu Special Task Force of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the leader of the third detachment of the guerrilla detachment of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the Cunning Chang Division of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 84th Division of the Red 27th Army, the political commissar of the 1st Division of the Shaanxi-Gansu Cavalry of the Chinese Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, the deputy director of the Military Department of the Special Committee of the Communist Central Shenfu, the commander of the 4th Regiment of the Independent Division of the Red Army in Northern Shaanxi, the commander of the General Headquarters of the Shenfu Red Army, the commander of the Independent 1st Division of the Chinese Anti-Japanese People's Red Army, and the commander of the Independent 2nd Division of the Red Army in Northern Shaanxi. He participated in leading the armed struggle to create and develop the Shenfu Red Army and the Shenfu Jiayu Revolutionary Base Area, and commanded the Red Army to oppose the Kuomintang army's "encirclement and suppression" of the Shenfu Jiayu Revolutionary Base Area. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the 6th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army's Left Guard Corps, and led his troops to participate in the battles to open up the Jinsui Anti-Japanese Base Area and defend the Defense of the Yellow River. Later, he went to Yan'an to study at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and the Marxist-Leninist College. Later, he served as the deputy commander of the 1st detachment of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the Second Military Subdistrict of the Luzhong Military Region, the commander of the Fourth Military Subdistrict of the Qinghe Military Region, and the commander of the Division of Labor of the Fourth Army of the Bohai Naval Region. He led the troops to participate in the counterattack of the Japanese army in the "Iron Wall Encirclement Sweep", "Dragnet Sweep", "Twenty-one Day Sweep" and other battles. During the Liberation War, he successively served as the brigade commander of the Independent Brigade of the Bohai Naval Region, the commander of the 21st Brigade of the 7th Division of Shandong, the brigade commander of the Independent Brigade of the 2nd Field Army of Jin-Cha-Ji, the commander of the 18th Division of the 6th Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, the commander of the Fifth Military Subdistrict of the Liaobei Military Region, the commander of the Independent 13th Division of the Northeast Field Army, the commander of the 162nd Division of the 49th Army of the Fourth Field Army, and the commander of the Hengyang Military Subdistrict of the Hunan Military Region. He successively participated in the Defense of Chengde, the First Battle of Liberation of Changchun, the Battle of Sanxia Jiangnan, the Battle of Siping, the Battle of Liaoshen, and the Battle of Hengbao. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he entered the Nanjing Military Academy to study. After graduation, he successively served as the deputy director and director of the Organization and Command Department of the Logistics College, the principal of the Senior Engineering Corps School, and the vice president and dean of the Engineering Corps College. After 1978, he served as an adviser to the Engineer Corps of the Central Military Commission. He is a deputy to the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Fifth and Sixth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of major general, and was awarded the Order of August 1, First Class, the Order of Independence and Freedom, Second Class, and the Liberation Medal, First Class. In 1988, he was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Red Star, First Class. He is the author of memoirs such as "Memories of the War Years", "Memories of Mao Zedong", "Memories of the Days With Liu Zhidan", and "Memories of Old Comrade-in-Arms Zhang Xiushan".