Wen Yucheng

Wen Yucheng

Wen Yucheng (1915-1989), born in Xingguo, Jiangxi Province, was a founding lieutenant general. He was an excellent military commander and political worker of the people's Liberation Army. He once served as deputy chief of general staff of the people's Liberation Army, commander of Beijing Garrison and first deputy commander of Chengdu Military Region. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955. He won the August 1st medal, the medal of independence and freedom, and the medal of liberation. He is a deputy to the seventh and ninth national congresses of the Communist Party of China and a member of the ninth Central Committee. He died in Nanjing on October 29, 1989.

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Wen Yucheng

(1915.10 ~ 1989.10.29) male, from Changgang village, Changgang Township, Xingguo County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. He was born in a farm family. In 1929, at the age of 15, Wen Yucheng joined the Communist Youth League of China and actively participated in revolutionary activities. He joined the Red Army of workers and peasants in 1930. In 1932, he was transferred from the Communist Party of China to the Communist Party of China. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as an officer of the guard battalion, Secretary of the general branch of the 12th independent regiment, and political commissar of the cavalry regiment of the 5th Red Army Corps. He took part in the first to fifth anti "encirclement and suppression" wars and the 25000 Li Long March in the Central Soviet area. During the Anti Japanese War, he served as the commander of the Chinese people's Anti Japanese military and Political University, the commander and political commissar of the 18th brigade of the sixth division of the New Fourth Army, and the divisional commander of the first army of the central Jiangsu military region. He directed his subordinate troops to fight against the Japanese aggressors, which attacked the arrogance of the Japanese army and consolidated and expanded the Anti Japanese Democratic base areas. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Wen Yucheng was ordered to go to the northeast as commander and political commissar of the Songjiang military region. In Acheng, Southeast of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, he took over several local security forces and formed the second independent division of the Northeast Democratic Coalition army, with Wen Yucheng as its division commander. In May 1946, Wen Yucheng, commander of the independent second division with only over 3000 people, annihilated a reinforced battalion when he first took part in the battle in Panshi City. At the same time, the 21st division of the enemy's garrison at Hailong City retreated to Jilin. After Wen Yucheng heard of the news, he led his troops to chase after him. Taking advantage of his surprise, he suddenly attacked Jichang town in Shuangyang county and annihilated most of the enemy. Later, he chased the fleeing enemy to Shuanggou town and forced them to disarm. The first time the second independent division took part in the war, it captured fighters and annihilated an enemy division. Wen Yucheng is known as "iron foot division commander" for his quick use of troops. Soon after, the second independent division of the local army was incorporated into the 12th column of the Northeast Field Army. After the unified serial number, he served as division commander of the 145th division and deputy commander of the 41st army of the Northeast Field Army. When the main forces besieged Changchun, Wen Yucheng led his troops to clamp down the enemy on the Zhongchang Road, making Shenyang's enemy unable to provide northern aid. After the peaceful liberation of Changchun, Wen Yucheng was ordered to move to Tieling and run ahead of the enemy. He fought fiercely with the enemy for one day and captured more than 4000 people under Peng Dingyi, the enemy's major general and garrison commander. Then Wen Yucheng led his troops to Anshan, south of Shenyang, and intercepted the enemy's 27th division, which fled from Shenyang, forcing the enemy to surrender. In December 1948, Wen Yucheng led his troops to take part in the Tianjin campaign. He commanded the 34th division to avoid the enemy's secret fort, and took advantage of the opportunity that the ice layer of the moat was not broken. He launched a charge from the open area, climbed over the glacier, developed to both sides of the river bank, broke into the city, captured the enemy's position in the south of the city, and captured more than 4000 people from the 34th division. After unifying the serial number, he successively served as the commander of the 145th division of the Northeast Field Army and the deputy commander of the 41st army. after the founding of new China, on October 19, 1950, the 40th army of the northeast frontier army, headed by Wen Yucheng, crossed the Yalu River from Anton, Liaoning Province, and became the first group of volunteers to enter the DPRK. According to the deployment of commander Peng Dehuai, after entering the DPRK, the volunteers first set up a defense line in the area north of the Qingchuan River, and then wait for the opportunity to turn to the strategic counter offensive after stabilizing the situation. But the arrogant "UN" troops, who were dazzled by the temporary victory, rushed forward. Just as the vanguard of the 40th army arrived in Dechuan and Ningyuan, the US army arrived almost at the same time. In the face of this sudden change of situation, general Wen Yucheng quickly adjusted his strategic deployment after consulting the headquarters of the volunteer army, so an inevitable encounter started! This encounter is a severe test for general Wen Yucheng who has experienced many battles. At about 7 am on October 25, the first shot of the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea started. The clear sound of gunfire broke the silence of dawn. The 360 regiment of the 120th division of 40th army, hiding in the north of Yunshan, used intensive artillery fire to give the enemy no chance to breathe. The U.S. and South Korean troops were suddenly flustered by this sudden attack and rushed to the battle. At this time, the 354 regiment of our 118 division had already laid a heavy ambush. Wen Yucheng carefully arranged a "cloth bag array" to wait for the enemy to fall into the trap. The US and South Korean armies, one battalion and one artillery unit, swaggered north along the highway. After the enemy entered the ambush circle, Wen Yucheng gave an order, and a burst of dense grenades and mortars bloomed in the enemy group, which made the U.S. and South Korean troops dizzy. The soldiers came down the mountain like tigers and rushed to fight with the enemy with bayonets, which made the U.S. and South Korean troops cry and howl. In just 20 minutes, the battle was over. In this battle, 325 enemy soldiers were annihilated, 161 enemy soldiers were captured, 38 cars and 2 howitzers were captured. After that, the 118 and 120 divisions took advantage of the situation and attacked Wenjing. After one night's fierce battle, most of the 2nd regiment of the 6th Division of Han Dynasty was annihilated. At that time, the 7th regiment of the 6th Han division had entered the rear of the Chinese army, and the vanguard reached Chushan by the Yalu River. At this time, the 118 division of our volunteer army, with the winning division, went back to deal with the Han 7 regiment, while the 120 division blocked the Han 6 division and Han 8 division who came to reinforce. The poor han-7 regiment was elated by the Yalu River, and recklessly shot across the river to China. Unexpectedly, it was suddenly defeated by our volunteer army, and most of them were cleaned up. More than 700 enemy soldiers were captured alone, and the rest of them fled to the mountains. After that, general Wen Yucheng went through countless battles in the first to fifth battles in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, until he drove the "United Nations forces" to the south of the 38th line. It was only in July 1953 after the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement that he was transferred back to China, known as the "commander of the army who participated in the whole war". General Wen Yucheng became a historical witness in the Sino Korean war against the United States. The 40th army under his leadership became an invincible and invincible division. According to rough statistics, in the three-year war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the 40th army annihilated 43360 enemy troops. They have made great contributions to the cause of the Korean people's Liberation and world peace. As a result, general Wen Yucheng was also honored as one of the top ten tiger generals of the Chinese people's Volunteer Army. After resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, he successively served as commander and political commissar of the 20th corps of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, chief of staff and deputy commander of Guangzhou Military Region, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese people's Liberation Army and commander of Weixu District of Beijing, and the first deputy commander of Chengdu Military Region. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955. He won the August 1st medal, the medal of independence and freedom, and the medal of liberation. He is a deputy to the seventh and ninth national congresses of the Communist Party of China and a member of the ninth Central Committee. He died in Nanjing on October 29, 1989 at the age of 74.

Biography

Period of Agrarian Revolution

In April 1930, he joined the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army and successively served as a propagandist of the propaganda team of the 20th regiment of the 7th Division of Jiangxi Red Army, a youth officer of the guard camp of Xingguo County, and a student of the Infantry School of Jiangxi Central Soviet area. He was the general secretary of the 12th independent regiment of Jiangxi Red Army since January 1933, the political director of the regiment since August 1933, and the political member of the regiment since December 1933. He has been the political director of the 62nd regiment of the 21st division of the eighth Red Army since April 1934 and the political commissar of the regiment since August 1934. Since October 1934, he has been Secretary of the general branch of the eighth Red Army Corps. Took part in the long march. Since December 1934, he has been a member of Political Science in the cadre corps of the central column. Since April 1935, he has been a political member of MaoGong independent camp in Northwest Sichuan. Since December 1935, he has been a political member of the cavalry regiment of the fifth Red Army Corps. Since June 1936, he has been a member of the working group of the Political Department of the fifth Red Army Corps.

the period of Counter-Japanese War

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he became the organization director of the Political Department of the Western aid army in May 1937. During the Anti Japanese War, he was a student and leader of the first brigade of the Anti Japanese military and Political University since July 1937. Since March 1938, he has been the chief of the organization section of the Political Department of the New Fourth Army. Since May 1938, he has been the chief of the organization section of the Political Department of the third detachment of the New Fourth Army. Since December 1939, he has been the leader of the third column of Jiangnan people's Anti Japanese volunteer army. Since the beginning of 1941, he has been the commander and political commissar of the 18th brigade of the sixth division of the New Fourth Army. From December 1943 to 1945, he studied in the Party School of the CPC Central Committee in Yan'an. He once served as the divisional commander of the first army of the central Jiangsu military region.

During the war of Liberation

During the war of liberation, he served as the commander and political commissar of the first military division of Songjiang military region since November 1945. Since December 1946, he has been the commander of the second independent division of Beiman and Songjiang military region. From January 1947 to March 1948, he served as division commander of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army and the independent second division of the Northeast Field Army. From March to November 1948, he served as division commander of the 34th division of the 12th column of the Northeast Field Army. From November 1948 to April 1949, he served as division commander of the 145th division of the 49th army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. He has been deputy commander of the 41st PLA since April 1949.

After the founding of new China

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as commander of the 40th army in 1950. From October 1950 to August 1952, he served as commander of the 40th army of the Chinese people's Volunteer Army. From August 1952 to the end of 1953, he served as commander and political officer of the 40th volunteer army and the 40th army

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