Wang Xinting

Wang Xinting

Wang Xinting (1908.12.23-1984.12.11), the founding General of the people's Republic of China, was born in Wangjiagang village, Xiaogan County, Hubei Province. In his revolutionary career, he has successively served as a company teacher, company instructor, Secretary of the regiment headquarters, director of the Political Department of the regiment, director of the Political Department of the division, director of the Political Department of the army, director of the Political Department of the University, director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the front army, director of the Political Department of the division, brigade political commissar, director of the Political Department of the column, commander of the military region, commander of the column, commander of the army, deputy commander of the Corps, etc. He has successively participated in the anti "encirclement and suppression" struggles in Hubei Henan Anhui Soviet Area, the struggle to open up the Sichuan Shaanxi revolutionary base, and the long march of the Red Army. He has also participated in commanding the battles of changshengkou, shentouling, xiangtangpu, Zhangnan, Linfen, Jinzhong, Taiyuan, Fulu, Lanzhou, Qinling, Chengdu, etc., and established a foundation for the cause of Chinese people's liberation He made a great contribution.

Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, he has successively served as deputy political commissar of the Southwest Military Region, acting commander and second political commissar of Jinan Military Region, deputy political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences, deputy chief of the general staff of the people's Liberation Army, Deputy Secretary General of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences, etc. He was awarded the rank of general in 1955. He died in Beijing on December 11, 1984 at the age of 76.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Wang Xinting was born on December 23, 1908 in Wangjiagang village, Xiaogan County, Hubei Province. At the age of 7, he studied in a private school in the village and then went to primary school. He began to do farm work at the age of 12, and worked as an apprentice and a shop assistant. In 1926 (the 15th year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting took part in the workers' and peasants' movements in the county.

Period of Agrarian Revolution

In the spring of 1930 (the 19th year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting joined the first army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army, and joined the Communist Party of China in September. He once served as Lian Jiaoxi (political teacher) and political instructor, and participated in the battles of yaojiaji, Huang'an, Xiedian, Xinzhou, etc., as well as the first anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign in Hubei Henan Anhui Soviet area. In January 1931 (the 20th year of the Republic of China), after the 1st Red Army and the 15th Red Army were combined into the 4th Red Army, Wang Xinting served as the Secretary of the 30th regiment of the 10th division and director of the political department. He took part in the battles of Xinji and Shuangqiao town, the second anti "encirclement and suppression" in Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Soviet areas, and the battles of Shanghuang, sujiabu and Huangguang. In October 1932 (the 21st year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting took part in the establishment of the Sichuan Shaanxi Soviet Area with Tongjiang, Nanjiang and Bazhong as the center. In 1933 (the 22nd year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting was appointed director of the Political Department of the 12th division after taking part in the anti "three way siege" in the Sichuan Shaanxi Soviet area. Soon after, the division was expanded into the red 9 army and served as the director of the Political Department of the army. In the same year, he took part in Yinan, Yingqu, Xuanda and other campaigns, as well as the anti "six way siege" in the Sichuan Shaanxi Soviet area. In 1935 (the 24th year of the Republic of China), after the battle of Jialingjiang, Wang Xinting was transferred to the director of the Political Department of the Red Army University following the main long march of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army. According to the requirements of the students and the actual situation, the lecture outline will be handwritten automatically to teach the students politics. In July 1936 (the 25th year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting was appointed director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Fourth Red front army and director of the Political Department of the 31st army after the Fourth Red front army joined the 2nd and 6th Red Army in Ganzi.

the period of Counter-Japanese War

During the Anti Japanese War, Wang Xinting successively served as director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the 129th division of the Eighth Route Army, political commissar of the 386th brigade and political commissar of the Taiyue military region, director of the Political Department of the Taiyue column, commander of the Taiyue military region, and Deputy director of the Political Department of the Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan military region. He led the Eighth Route Army regiment and troops to work on the United Front in Tainan and Southern Hebei, mobilized the masses, established Anti Japanese democratic regime, organized and expanded Anti Japanese armed forces, and carried out guerrilla warfare. In 1938 (the 27th year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting took part in commanding the battles of changshengkou, shentouling and xiangtangpu. In late August, he launched the Zhangnan campaign under the command of Chen zaidao. Later, he and Yang Dezhi unified the command of Zhangnan corps and continued to advance to the north of Henan Province. In nearly one month's continuous fighting, the puppet army, bandits and reactionary forces in the area east of pinghan Road, south of Zhanghe River and nearly 50 kilometers north and south of both sides of Weihe River have been basically eliminated, and anti Japanese base areas have been opened up in Anyang, Neihuang, Tangyin, Junxian, Huaxian and other areas. At the beginning of 1942 (the 31st year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting led the South advance detachment to Zhongtiaoshan area to open up an anti Japanese base.

During the war of Liberation

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Wang Xinting led his troops to carry out the campaigns of Shangdang, Baijin, Wenxia, Tongpu, Linfu, Luliang, fenxiao and Jinnan. In July 1947 (the 36th year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting was appointed commander and political commissar of the 8th column of Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan field army. In October, after the defeat in the siege of Yuncheng, he conscientiously summed up the experience and lessons. In December, he adopted the methods of tunnel blasting and multi-channel assault to finally conquer Yuncheng and annihilate more than 13000 enemy troops. In March 1948 (the 37th year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting led his troops to take part in the battle of Linfen. Under the unfavorable situation of the first battle, he adjusted the main attack direction and operational deployment in time, and successfully used the tunnel blasting method again. In May, he won Linfen, annihilated 27000 enemy troops, pulled out the last Kuomintang stronghold in southern Shanxi, and named the 23rd brigade "Linfen brigade" by the Central Military Commission. After that, he led his troops to take part in the Jinzhong campaign and the Taiyuan campaign, both of which accomplished their tasks excellently. In 1949 (the 38th year of the Republic of China), Wang Xinting served as the commander and political commissar of the 60th army of the 18th corps, the first deputy commander and vice political commissar of the 18th corps, and took part in the battles of Fuhe, Lanzhou, Qinling and Chengdu.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China

Since 1950, Wang Xinting has been deputy director and director of the Political Department of the Southwest Military Region, vice political commissar and director of the Political Department of the military region. He assisted Liu Bocheng, he long, Deng Xiaoping and others in carrying out the policy of combining military strike, political disintegration and mass mobilization. He participated in organizing troops to wipe out a large number of Kuomintang residual armed forces and bandits in Western Sichuan, northern Sichuan, Eastern Sichuan, southern Sichuan, Xikang (now Sichuan and Tibet Autonomous Region), Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, and assisted Deng Xiaoping in organizing troops to march into Tibet. In April 1955, Wang Xinting was appointed acting commander and second political commissar of Jinan Military Region. In 1958, Wang Xinting entered the accelerated Department of the higher military academy and served as the director of the Department and Secretary of the CPC branch. In December of the same year, he served as vice political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Academy of Military Sciences, assisting Ye Jianying in preparing for the establishment of the Academy of Military Sciences. Since 1963, Wang Xinting has been deputy chief of general staff of the people's Liberation Army and Deputy Secretary General of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. In October 1972, Wang Xinting was appointed political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences. In August 1975, Wang Xinting served as a consultant of the Academy of Military Sciences. He is a member of the first to third National Defense Commission, member of the ninth CPC Central Committee, and standing member of the fifth CPPCC National Committee. In 1982, Wang Xinting was elected to the Advisory Committee of the CPC Central Committee. On December 11, 1984, Wang Xinting died of illness in Beijing at the age of 76.

Main achievements

Guerrilla Japanese Army

On March 16, 1938, Wang Xinting led his troops to carry out an ambush at shentouling, destroying more than 1500 people in Linqing division of the 16th Division, Tuowei division of the 18th division and the Japanese puppet self defense forces, seizing more than 300 guns, killing and seizing more than 1000 horses. In August 1938, Wang Xinting led the New 1st regiment, youth column and 689th regiment of the 386th brigade. With the cooperation of the 688th regiment, he carried out the Zhangnan campaign and eliminated more than 4000 puppet troops, including Guo Qing, Li Tai and Wang Ziquan. On September 25, 1938, Wang Xinting led Zhangnan corps, which was composed of Xinning regiment, 688 regiment, 689 regiment and youth column, to liberate Huaxian and Daokou. On the 26th, Hu Quanlu, the puppet army, was chased and annihilated in the southwest of Tangyin, capturing more than 1400 puppet soldiers. On January 25, 1939, Wang Xinting commanded the New 1st regiment and the third brigade of the advance detachment to repel the Japanese army in an'erzhai, killing more than 50 Japanese infantry and dozens of cavalry, and destroying four Japanese cars. On February 10, 1939, Wang Xinting led his troops near xiangchenggu, south of Weixian County, to ambush and annihilate a strengthened infantry squadron of the 40th regiment of the 10th division of the Japanese army, totally annihilating more than 3000 Japanese army captains and below, capturing 8 Japanese soldiers, and handing over 1 mountain gun, 2 92 infantry guns and 1 mortar.

Decisive battle in Shanxi

On the morning of October 12, 1945, Wang Xinting led his troops to annihilate Shi Zebo, deputy commander in chief of the eighth group army and commander in chief of the 19th army of the Kuomintang. Three infantry divisions and a shanpao battalion of more than 20000 people surrounded jiangjunling on the East Bank of the Qinhe River, and captured Shi Zebo alive. On March 15, 1947, Wang Xinting concentrated more than 50000 troops in the fourth column and three brigades of Taiyue military region, organized 134 militia companies and more than 60000 people in front of the fighting branches, and launched a fierce attack on the southern flank of Hu Zong in southwest Shanxi. After 10 days of fierce fighting, more than 10 counties including Ze county, Xinze, Jishan, Hejin, Wanquan, Ronghe and Yishi were captured and more than 20000 Kuomintang troops were annihilated. He seized yumendu, the pass of the Yellow River, controlled the Tongpu railway line for more than 200 Li, and cut off the contact between Yuncheng and the Kuomintang troops in Linfen. On the 25th, they won Linjin, Wenxi, Jiexian, Yuxiang, Yongji, Pinglu, Yuanqu and Ruicheng, conquered Huoxian and Zhaocheng again, and controlled Fenglingdu, the main ferry of the Yellow River. Later, he won Quwo, annihilated more than 3000 Kuomintang troops, and seized 33 guns and more than 900 guns. On April 26, 1947, Wang Xinting commanded 22 and 23 Taiyue military regions

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