In the history of our army, the "Red Fourth Army" has an irreplaceable significance.
On April 28, 1928, Mao Zedong and Zhu De met at Jinggangshan, and the armies of both sides were reorganized into the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which opened a great legend in the history of our army, and there were 5 founding marshals from the Red Fourth Army: Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, Chen Yi, and Luo Ronghuan; there were 3 generals: Su Yu, Huang Kecheng, and Tan Zheng; and there were countless generals, lieutenant generals, and major generals.
So, among so many famous generals and fierce generals, who has served as the commander of the Red Fourth Army?
The answer is three, the first is the highly respected Zhu De, the second is Lin Biao, who is full of changes, but who the third is, not many people know, this person is called Wang Liang.
Wang Liang, a native of Qijiang County, Chongqing, was born in 1905, two years older than Lin Biao, but later than Lin Biao joined the revolution, Lin Biao graduated from the fourth term of Huangpu, and Wang Liang was in the fifth period. After graduating from Huangpu, Wang Liang's military teaching regiment prepared to secretly participate in the Nanchang Uprising, but unfortunately surrounded by Zhang Fakui's troops on the way, Wang Liang escaped and came to Hunan to participate in the Autumn Harvest Uprising led by Mao Zedong.
After the Jinggangshan Division, Wang Liang became a company commander of the Red Fourth Army, and his direct superior, Lin Biao, who was the battalion commander, also began the closest relationship between the two.
It is not unfounded to say that the relationship between the two men was close: When Lin Biao was the commander of the battalion, Wang Liang was his first company commander; later Lin Biao became the leader of the first column, and Wang Liang was the detachment leader of the first column; after Lin Biao was promoted to the commander of the Red Fourth Army, Wang Liang succeeded Lin Biao as the commander of the first column; when Lin Biao was promoted to the commander of the Red First Army, the position of the Red Fourth Army was passed to Wang Liang.
It can be seen that Wang Liang is Lin Biao's first confidant and first descendant.
In his short military career, Wang Liang had two brilliant performances, the first of which was the famous Huangyang Boundary Defense War.
In August 1928, the fourth month after the Jinggangshan Division, the Kuomintang gathered the strength of five regiments and carried out the second "meeting and suppression" of the Jinggangshan base area. At that time, Wang Liangzheng served as the commander of the first company of the Red Fourth Army, and together with another company, became the main force blocking the enemy army. In the end, Wang Liang led his troops to repulse three attacks of the enemy army and won the victory in the defense of the Huangyang Boundary.
(Pictured: Wang Liang is wang liang on the left)
After the war, Mao Zedong wrote the famous poem "Xijiangyue Jinggangshan" with a stroke of his pen .
The flag is in sight at the bottom of the mountain, and the drums and horns at the top of the mountain are heard.
The enemy was besieged for thousands of times, and I stood still.
Barriers have long been tightened, and more united in will.
The cannons on the Huangyang Boundary roared, reporting that the enemy was at night.
The second was the more famous capture of Zhang Huizhen alive.
It was December 1930, and Zhang Huizhan, commander of the Kuomintang 18th Division, was the commander-in-chief of the front, clamoring to "take the first rank of Zhu Mao and dedicate it to the chairman of the committee." At this time, Wang Liang was serving as the commander of the 10th Division of the Red Fourth Army and was also the main force in this campaign.
In the end, under the command of Wang Liang and others, the Kuomintang 18th Division was completely destroyed, and the division commander Zhang Huizhan also became a prisoner. Although Mao Zedong ordered preferential treatment for the prisoners, Zhang Huizhan's people were extremely indignant, and on the way to escort, he was beaten to death by the common people.
After the war, Mao Zedong wrote the famous poem "Fisherman's Pride and Anti-First Great Encirclement and Suppression" --
Wanmu Frost was red in the sky, and the Heavenly Soldier was angry.
The fog was full of Longgang Qianling, and in unison, Zhang Huizhen was caught in front of him.
Two hundred thousand troops re-entered Gansu, and the wind and smoke rolled in for half a day.
Arouse millions of workers and peasants, work with one heart, and do not make red flags and chaos under the mountains.
In order to commend Wang Liang's merits in this battle, Mao Zedong specially gave Wang Liang a watch captured from Zhang Huizhan.
(Pictured: The watch that Mao Zedong gave to Wang Liang)
On June 13, 1932, Wang Liang, then the commander of the Red Fourth Army, was attacked by local reactionary forces in Wuping, Fujian Province, and unfortunately was shot and died in the arms of political commissar Luo Ruiqing, only 27 years old.
When Lin Biao learned of this news, he was furious and ordered that all the reactionary forces that killed Wang Liang be eliminated.
After Wang Liang's sacrifice, the watch that Mao Zedong gave him had been kept by Luo Ruiqing. After the founding of New China, Luo Ruiqing donated this watch and stored it in the Military Museum of the Chinese Revolution, which became a witness to Wang Liang's meritorious deeds in the revolution.
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