Wang Shusheng

Wang Shusheng

Wang Shusheng (May 26, 1905 - January 7, 1974), formerly known as Wang Hongxin, is a Han nationality from Chengmagang, Macheng City, Hubei Province. He is a loyal communist soldier, a long tested proletarian revolutionist, an outstanding militarist, and an important founder and leader of our army's ordnance equipment construction and military scientific research.

In 1926, he joined the Communist Party of China and participated in the establishment of the first peasant armed forces in Macheng county. In 1927, he participated in leading the Macheng uprising and jute uprising. After 1928, he successively held the posts of head of the Red Army, deputy division commander and head of the Red Army, division commander, deputy commander in chief of the Fourth Front Army and commander of the 31st army, deputy commander in chief of the West Route Army and commander of the 9th army. He was brave and good at fighting, and made outstanding contributions to the establishment of the revolutionary bases in Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Sichuan and Shaanxi and the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army. He was awarded the rank of general in 1955. He is a deputy to the first National People's Congress, a member of the first, second and third national defense committees, and a member of the eighth, ninth and tenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He died in Beijing on January 7, 1974 at the age of 69.

Life of the characters

Young hero

He was born in xiangjiachong, Chengmagang Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province on May 26, 1905. In the spring of 1923, he was admitted to Macheng higher primary school. Inspired by the education of Wang Youan (also known as Hongwen), the headmaster and cousin, he read progressive books and periodicals, joined the Marxism Leninism Research Association of the school, and actively participated in the anti imperialist patriotic movement. In the spring of 1925, he was employed to teach in his own private school. Soon he was the principal of Chengmagang primary school. In the autumn of 1926, he joined the Communist Party of China. He served as the organization director of chengma District farmers' Association, led the local farmers' movement and organized farmers' armed forces. At the beginning of 1927, he was a member of the party Department of Macheng County of the Kuomintang, a member of the CPC Macheng County Committee, a member of the county Defense Committee, and the head of the organization of the county farmers' Association. In April, local tyrants and evil gentry in Macheng, Hubei Province and Guangshan, Henan Province organized red spear bandits to arm more than ten thousand people in a riot and directed the peasants to fight back resolutely. In the middle of June, they commanded the peasant self-defense forces and volunteer teams of Macheng county to fight fiercely for three days and nights in pozhaigang. They defeated the attack of more than ten thousand armed landlords, pursued and killed 20 kilometers, and captured more than 3000 enemies. Later, they successively commanded the battle of Laoli village and Yangsi village, smashing the landlord's armed attack. After the war, the masses changed the name of pozhaigang to Desheng village. On August 20, he took part in organizing and commanding the battle in beijiehe, smashing the attempt of Macheng's exiled local tyrants and evil gentry to return to their hometown.

Agrarian Revolution

In late September 1927, he participated in organizing and leading the "September uprising" in Macheng. On November 13, he led the Ministry to take part in the jute uprising. The uprising army was reorganized into the Eastern Hubei army of the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army, and served as the sub captain of the second route army. After that, he took part in the guerrilla struggle in Mulan mountain. In January 1928, the Eastern Hubei army was reorganized into the seventh army of the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army. In April, he served as the party representative of the first team of the seventh army of the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army, led the team back to Huangma area, took part in the opening up of chaishanpu base area, and carried out armed separatist rule on the border. In July, the 7th army was reorganized into the 31st division of the 11th army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army, serving as the party representative of the 1st Brigade (91st regiment). From June to December 1929, he led his troops to smash the enemy's "Luo Lin", "Li Kebang" and "Xu Yuanyuan" and "Xia Douyin". In September, he served as a member of the CPC Hubei Henan border special committee. In March 1930, the CPC Hubei Henan Anhui border special committee was established as a member of the special committee. In April, the three Red Armies in Hubei, Henan and Anhui were combined into the first army of the workers' and peasants' Red Army. In May, he served as head of the 1st regiment of the 1st division of the 1st army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. From June to August, he led the troops to cooperate with his brothers in fighting. He twice attacked the Beijing Han railway, attacked Yangjiazhai, ambushed yangpingkou, and raided Huayuan town. He won three battles and three victories, destroying more than 2600 enemies. In December, he led his troops to take part in the first anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign, and successively captured Jinjiazhai, Mabu, Dushan, yejiaji and dongxihuahualing, annihilating more than 5000 enemies. In January 1931, he served as the head of the 30th regiment of the 10th division of the Fourth Red Army of Hubei, Henan and Anhui. He led his troops to take part in the battle of mojiaolou and won the battle with the tactics of "encircling and supporting". In February, the "tunnel blasting method" was used to conquer the enemy's fortified key town in southern Henan. From March to September, he served as the head of the 33rd regiment. In the battle of Shuangqiao Town, he led his troops to take the main attack. With the cooperation of brother troops, he annihilated the enemy's 34th division and captured the enemy's division commander Yue Weijun alive. From April to May, the rate department took part in the second campaign against "encirclement and suppression", and later transferred to deputy head of the red 11 division and head of the thirty-third regiment. During the operation of going south to Qichun, Huangmei and Guangji, the headquarters conquered Yingshan County, opened the south passage, and fought fiercely in ximafan on the way back to the division, smashing the enemy's heavy interception. The Fourth Front Army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army was established in Qiliping, Huang'an (now Hong'an) county. It served as the commander in chief of the parade, commanding the grand parade, and later served as the commander of the 11th division of the Fourth Red Army. In November, the Fourth Front Army of the red army launched the battle of Huang'an by using the tactics of "encircling the enemy's troops" and led its troops to take on the most arduous task of fighting and supporting. It successively defeated the reinforcements of the enemy's three divisions. In this battle, more than 15000 enemy troops were annihilated and Zhao Guanying, the enemy's division commander, was captured alive. Huang'an county was liberated. To commemorate the victory, Huang'an county was renamed Hong'an county. In January 1932, he led his troops to take part in the battle of Shang (city) and Huang (Sichuan), defeated four enemy divisions and another brigade, and liberated a large area of Shangcheng, an important town in southern Henan. He was seriously injured in this battle. In July, he was transferred to the commander of the 73rd division of the 25th army, led his troops to participate in the battle of Huangchuan Guangshan, and annihilated more than 15000 enemy troops. Then he led his troops to the battle of Macheng and annihilated more than one brigade. In August, he led his troops to take part in the fourth anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign and the battles of Feng Shouer, Qiliping and fushanzhai. In October, due to Zhang Guotao's mistake of blindly belittling the enemy, the main force of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army was forced to move westward. He led his troops to act as a guard. In Zaoyang Xinji, tuqiaopu and other battles, he repeatedly defeated the strong enemy to pursue and block. At the critical moment when Manchuanguan was besieged, he personally led a regiment and brother troops to break through, opening the channel for the whole army. In December, he commanded the advance group to cross the Daba Mountain, march into the north of Sichuan and the south of Sichuan and take part in the struggle to establish the Sichuan Shaanxi revolutionary base. From February to June 1933, the headquarters took part in the anti "three way siege" campaign, smashing the crazy attack of more than 60000 Sichuan warlord Tian Songyao. In July, he served as deputy commander in chief of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army and commander of the 31st army. From August to October of the same year, he took part in the three offensive campaigns of commanding Yi (Longnan), Ying (Shanqu) and Xuan (Handa). From November to August of the next year, he assisted general commander Xu Qianqian in commanding the anti "six way siege" campaign, annihilating more than 80000 enemy troops, consolidating and developing the Sichuan Shaanxi revolutionary base. In January 1935, he took part in commanding the Guangyuan Zhaohua campaign. In March, he assisted Xu Xiangqian in commanding the battle of crossing the Jialing River and began the long march. From April to may, he took part in commanding the Tumen campaign, annihilated more than 10000 enemy troops, advanced into the Minjiang region, and made important contributions to welcoming the Party Central Committee and the first front army of the Red Army. From June to July, he served as the commander of Minjiang column. The headquarters fought against the strong enemy's attack in Maozhou, Weizhou and Wenzhou, effectively guaranteeing the victory of the first and fourth front armies of the Red Army. In October, Suibu went south to the kangbian area of Sichuan and successively took part in the command of the Suijing Chonghua danmaogong campaign and the Tianquan Luding Mingshan Yaan Qionglai Dayi campaign, killing more than 13000 enemies. In March 1936, he led his troops into the Daofu Luhuo area of Ganzi. In June, he joined the 2nd and 6th regiments of the Red Army and went north for the second time. In October, the three main forces of the red army joined forces in Huining, Gansu Province. Then, on the order of the Central Committee, the first division of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army crossed the Yellow River westward and carried out the Ningxia campaign plan. In his illness, he accompanied the army westward as the head of the training regiment. In November, the troops across the river were renamed the West Route Army, and a military and Political Committee of the West Route Army was established. He served as the deputy commander in chief of the West Route Army (later also the commander of the 9th Army) and a member of the military and Political Committee of the West Route Army, and took part in many battles in the bloody Hexi corridor.

Counter-Japanese War

In March 1937, he arrived in Yan'an, Northern Shaanxi in August. Mao Zedong met him in the cave and said, "you are not responsible for the failure of the West Route Army..." Later, he was introduced to the third phase of the Anti Japanese university. After that, he transferred to the first period of study in Marxism Leninism college. In April 1938, he served as deputy commander and acting commander of the Shanxi Hebei Henan military region. The headquarters carried out post guerrilla war, developed Anti Japanese armed forces and established Anti Japanese base areas. From June 1940 to October 1943, the Shanxi Hebei Henan military region was abolished and the Taihang military region was established. He served as the deputy commander of the Taihang military region and assisted Liu Bocheng in directing the Anti Japanese war. In September 1944, he led his troops into the western Henan battlefield, established an anti Japanese base area, and established the Henan military region as commander. In October 1945, he was ordered to lead the army south to Tongbai mountain and join the 5th division of the New Fourth Army to form the Central Plains military region. He served as deputy commander, commander of the first column and political commissar.

War of Liberation

In June 1946, he took part in commanding the Central Plains to break through the encirclement, leading the left Route Army to break through the pinghan railway line and the Hanjiang line, which were heavily defended by the enemy. At the beginning of August, the first military commander was abolished and formed the Northwest Hubei military region. He served as commander and political commissar and opened up the western Hubei base in Wudang Mountain area. In July 1947, he led Liu Deng's army into the Central Plains and served as the commander of the Hubei Henan military region. With Liu Deng's main force, he smashed the Kuomintang's "key clean-up" campaign and opened up a new situation for the reconstruction of the Dabie mountain base. In May 1949, he served as deputy commander of Hubei military region. In July, he concurrently served as the commander and political commissar of the Hubei Henan Anhui border bandit suppression headquarters, unified command of the troops of Hubei military region and one department of each of the three and four fields, thoroughly annihilated the Kuomintang bandits in the Dabie Mountains, and captured more than 15000 people under the commander in chief of the enemy Lieutenant General Wang Xian.

New China period

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