Wang Zhengan
Wang Zhenqian and Wang Zheng
Wang Zhenqian (1914-2005), a native of Shenyang, Liaoning Province, was a founding major general.
In 1929, he was admitted to the high school class of Peking Wenhui Middle School, joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1932, and became a member of the Communist Party of China in 1936. He successively served as the head of the CPC Working Committee of the 57th Army of the Northeast Army, the chief of the Liaison Section of the Political Department of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, the director of the Political Department of the 111th Division of the Newly Organized Northeast Army of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army (Division Commander Wan Yi), the director of the Political Department of the Coastal Detachment of the Shandong Military Region (Detachment Leader Wan Yi, Political Commissar Qin Shimian), the Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department, the Chief Representative of the CPC of the 33rd Group of Jilin in the Military Investigation Department, the Director of the Political Department of the 7th Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army (Commander Wan Yi, Political Commissar Zhou Chiping), and the Deputy Director of the Political Department of the 1st Column (Director Zhou Chiping). Deputy Director of the Political Department of the Northern Liaoning Military Region (Director Peng Jiaqing), Director of the Political Department of the 50th Army of the People's Liberation Army (Commander Zeng Zesheng, Political Commissar Xu Wenlie).
Since November 1949, he has successively served as the first political commissar of the newly formed 53rd Army of the People's Liberation Army (Commander Peng Jieru), the director of the Political Department of the Public Security Force of the Central and Southern Military Region, the deputy political commissar of the 44th Army of the People's Liberation Army, the first political commissar of the newly formed 55th Army of the People's Liberation Army (formed in October 1952, commander Chen Mingren), the political commissar of the 6th Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense (1961), the deputy director of the Third Ministry of Machinery Industry of the State Council (1965-1966, 1976-1981), and the party secretary of the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics.
Lieutenant General Wang Zonghuai and his wife Lieutenant Colonel Fan Jingming
Wang Zonghuai and his wife and children
Wang Zonghuai (1915-1998), a native of Wanzai County, Jiangxi Province, was a founding lieutenant general.
He joined the Red Army in 1930 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1932. He successively served as chief of the Youth Section of the Political Department of the 2nd Division of the Red 1st Army, political commissar of the Corps Teaching Battalion, chief of the Organization Section of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Corps (Minister Li Zifang), political commissar of the RegimentAlpinage School, cadet of the Yan'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, chief of the Youth Section of the Organization Department of the General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region (Director Shu Tong), Director of the Political Department of the 3rd Military Sub-district (Commander Huang Yongsheng, Political Commissar Wang Ping), Deputy Political Commissar of the 4th Military Sub-district (Commander Deng Hua, Political Commissar Liu Daosheng), and student of the Yan'an Central Party School (1943). Deputies to the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region (Director Luo Ruiqing), Deputy Political Commissar of the 4th Column of the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army (Commander Zeng Siyu, Political Commissar Wang Zhao), Deputy Political Commissar of the 3rd Column of the North China Military Region (Commander Zheng Weishan), Political Commissar, and First Political Commissar of the 63rd Army of the People's Liberation Army (Commander Zheng Weishan).
After the founding of New China, he successively served as deputy director of the Organization Department of the General Political Department, director of the Youth Department of the Political Department, first vice minister of the Cadre Department (1952) and secretary general of the General Political Department (1953), director of the Political Department of the Beijing Higher Military Academy (1958), secretary of the Supervision Committee of the Academy, deputy political commissar of the Academy (1962-1969), deputy political commissar of the Kunming Military Region (1973-1975), deputy political commissar of the Second Artillery Corps of the People's Liberation Army (1979-1982), and member of the 12th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the COMMUNIST Party of China.
Wu Ruiqing
Wu Ruiqing and Sun Ke
Wu Ruiqing (1911-2004), a native of Dawu County, Hubei Province, was a founding major general.
He joined the Communist Party of China in 1927 and was incorporated into the Red Army in 1931. He successively served as a member of the Huang'an County Township Soviet Committee and a member of the County Soviet, the director of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the Huang'an County Independent Regiment of the Red Army, the chief of the Quartermaster Section of the 224th Regiment of the 75th Division of the Red 25th Army, the chief of the Quartermaster Section of the Division Supply Department, the director of the Supply Division and the Brigade Supply Division of the 344th Brigade of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the director of the Supply Department of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army (Brigade Commander Tian Shouyao, political commissar Wu Xinquan), the cadet of the Yan'an Central Party School (1943), and the alternate representative of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Director of the Supply Department of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Northeast People's Autonomous Army (Brigade Commander Zhang Tianyun, Political Commissar Li Xuesan), Director of the Supply Department of the 4th Division of the 2nd Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army (Division Commander Chen Jinyu, Political Commissar Li Xuesan), Director of the Logistics Department of the 39th Army of the People's Liberation Army (Political Commissar Wang Heng of the Logistics Department).
After the founding of The People's Republic of China, he successively served as director of the Logistics Department of the 39th Army of the Volunteer Army (1950), director of the Barracks Department and deputy director of the Logistics Department of the Logistics Department of the Northeast Military Region (1952), director of the Material Support Department of the Political College of the People's Liberation Army (1955) and director of the Academy Affairs Department (1958).
Hole from the continent
Kong Congzhou and Qian Jian
Kong Congzhou poses with his eldest son Kong Lingzhong and second son Kong Linghua (left).
Kong Congzhou (1906-1991), a native of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, was a founding lieutenant general.
In 1924, he was admitted to the Yang Hucheng Teaching Corps of the Shaanxi Jingguo Army, and later served as a platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander and regiment commander of the artillery regiment, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 17th Route Army Of the National Revolutionary Army and commander of the Xi'an City Defense; he participated in the "Northern Expedition" and the "Xi'an Incident".
During the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively served as the brigade commander of the Independent 46th Brigade of the 38th Army of the 4th Army of the "Nationalist Army", the commander of the newly organized 35th Division, the deputy commander of the 38th Army (commander Zhang Yaoming), and the commander of the 55th Division (1945).
In May 1946, he led an uprising in Gong County, Henan Province, and joined the Communist Party of China in the same year. He successively served as the commander of the 38th Army of the Northwest Democratic Coalition Army of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region (political commissar Wang Feng), the deputy commander of the Western Henan Military Region (commander Zeng Xisheng, political commissar Zhang Xi), and the deputy commander of the special forces column of the Second Field Army (commander and political commissar Li Da).
After the founding of New China, he successively served as commander of the artillery of the Southwest Military Region and principal of the artillery school, director of the Ordnance Department of the Southwest Military Region, president of the Shenyang Advanced Artillery School of the People's Liberation Army, president of the Nanjing Artillery Engineering College, deputy commander of the artillery unit of the People's Liberation Army (1964-1982), member of the Second and Third National Defense Commissions, member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and member of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress.