Zeng Zesheng

Zeng Zesheng

Zeng Zesheng (October 1902 February 22, 1973) was born in Daxing Town, Yongshan County, Yunnan Province in October 1902. He graduated from the Yunnan army's lecture hall. He was the captain of the 98th division of Yunnan army's Sergeant team and the former commander of the 60th army of the national revolutionary army. He led the 60th army's battlefield uprising on October 17, 1948. The uprising army was organized as the 50th army of the people's Liberation Army and served as the commander. The rank of lieutenant general was awarded in 1955. Zeng Zesheng is a member of the first to third National Defense Commission and a standing member of the third and fourth CPPCC National Committee.

Life of the characters

Zeng Zesheng was born in October 1902 in Yongshan County, Yunnan Province. Graduated from Kunming provincial middle school. In 1922, he joined Tang Jiyao's No.7 military team of Jianguo military aircraft gun army to study.

In December 1922, he was admitted to the Jianguo machine gun Sergeant team founded by Tang Jiyao of Yunnan Province. After graduation, he went to Yunnan lecture hall to study.

In January 1924, he entered the 18th Military Academy of Yunnan army without examination.

In 1925, he served as the captain of Huangpu Military campus and joined the Chinese Kuomintang in the same year.

In 1926, he served as the company commander of the teaching regiment of the 20th Guangdong division.

In 1927, he transferred to the advanced class of Huangpu Military Academy.

In January 1929, he returned to Yunnan at the invitation of long Yunzhi, chairman of Yunnan Province of the Kuomintang, and set up a reserve Cadet team of officers in Kunming as the vice captain. Later, he served as the commander of the 98th division Sergeant team, the commander of the 6th regiment of the 3rd Brigade, and the deputy head of the 5th regiment.

In 1930, he served as the deputy head of the 5th regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 10th Route Army.

In September 1937, he served as the head of 1085 regiment of 184th division of 60 army of Kuomintang government. He led his troops to take part in Taierzhuang's war against Japan.

In 1938, he led the Ministry to take part in the battle of Taierzhuang.

Since 1939, he has served as deputy division commander and division commander of the 184th division, commander of the 60th army, and division commander in July.

In November 1944, he served as commander of the 60th army.

After Japan surrendered in August 1945, he led his troops to Vietnam to participate in the surrender.

In 1946, he led the 60th army to the northeast, and successively served as the deputy commander of the 4th "appeasement" area, Jilin garrison commander, deputy commander of the 1st corps, and commander of the 60th army.

In January 1948, he served as commander of Jilin Garrison and commander of the 60th army of the Kuomintang government army, and vice commander and commander of the 60th army of the first corps of the Kuomintang government army in March. Dissatisfied with Chiang Kai Shek's reactionary policy of betraying his country and dictatorship, launching civil war and killing people, he resolutely led the 60th army to revolt in Changchun in October 1948. After the uprising, the army was reorganized into the 50th army of the fourth field army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army and served as the commander. Actively cooperate with the political commissars to implement the policies of the Communist Party of China on the reorganization of the uprising army, so that the army can be successfully transformed into a new type of people's army.

In October 1948, he led the 60th army to revolt in Changchun. His headquarters was reorganized into the 50th army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army and served as the commander of the army. Later, he led his troops to liberate western Hubei and march into the southwest.

In 1948, the people's liberation army besieged Changchun in the Liaoshen campaign. On October 17, Zeng Zesheng, commander of the 60th army of the Kuomintang, resolutely declared an uprising when he was "hopeless to break through the encirclement and stand by for annihilation". He led his troops to withdraw from Changchun, stand by for reorganization, and guided the PLA into its east city garrison. Zeng Zesheng's uprising led the remaining Kuomintang garrison into chaos and surrendered one after another. Changchun declared its liberation without blood.

On January 2, 1949, the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China granted the former 60th army of the Kuomintang the title of the 50th army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, and appointed Zeng Zesheng as the commander and Xu Wenlie as the political commissar. The former 182nd division was reorganized into the 148 division of the 50th army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, with Bai Zhaoxue as its division commander. The original provisional 21st division was reorganized into the 149th division of the 50th army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, with Long Yao as its commander. The original 52nd division was reorganized into the 150th division of the 50th army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, with Li Zuo as its commander. A total of 23000 troops were formed by the fourth field army.

In 1949, he attended the first session of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference.

In 1949, he led the army to take part in the liberation of Western Hubei and Sichuan.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as commander of the 50th PLA.

In March 1950, he served as a member of the Political Committee of the central and southern army. In October of the same year, he joined the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, served as commander of the 50th army of the Chinese people's Volunteer Army, and led his troops to participate in the first to fourth campaigns.

On March 15, 1951, the 50th army, who was ordered to complete the Han River interdiction operation, returned to China for a rest.

On July 4, 1951, he led another 50 troops into the DPRK for the second time,

As the west coast defense and repair front-line airport task.

From October to November 1951, he commanded 50 troops to cross the sea and attack the islands (big and small and Island air battles), and successively liberated the enemy occupied islands in the north of Qingchuan river.

At the end of 1951, he returned to China for recuperation due to illness.

In January 1953, he joined the DPRK and returned to the 50th army.

On April 19, 1955, he led 50 troops back to China to garrison Dandong. In total, 95 large and small battles were conducted on the Korean battlefield, and 14492 enemy troops were annihilated.

In September 1955, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. Won the first class Medal of liberation.

In 1955, the PLA implemented the rank system, and Zeng Zesheng was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and the first Liberation Medal.

In 1953, he was awarded the first-class national flag Medal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

In September 1968, he left to recuperate.

He died of illness in Beijing on February 22, 1973 at the age of 71.

Personal life

Determined to be a "good man"

Zeng Zesheng was born in Daxing Town, Yongshan County, Yunnan Province in 1902. He was a "selfish landlord family" with hundreds of acres of land and a population of 30-40. After she lost her father at the age of two, her widowed mother remarried with Zeng Zesheng and his 7-year-old brother to her uncle. Since then, her status inside and outside the clan has plummeted. Zeng Zesheng was absent from school when he was 13 years old. His uncle interceded with him and his family allowed him to study in Zhaotong more than 200 miles away. After graduating from high school, Zeng Zesheng's family refused to continue to study. He was eager to study, so he stole 200 silver dollars from his family and escaped. He was seized by his family. After another intercession from relatives, he was reluctantly allowed to go to Kunming to study in junior high school. After just one year, he cut off the supply. Zeng Zesheng, who has just turned 20, has no choice but to abandon his studies and join the army. He was admitted to the sergeant team of Tang Jiyao, the governor of Yunnan Province.

The humiliation of his childhood and study cast a huge shadow on Zeng Zesheng's soul, laid the foundation of his introverted character of bearing humiliation and seeking perfection, and smeared the background of his philosophy and the golden mean attitude. The huge shadow is accompanied by emotional and psychological pressure, which breeds an aversion to the evil forces and activates his strong desire in his heart: "I want to be a good man!"

The strong desire to pursue the ideal broke through the psychological pressure and pushed Zeng Zesheng to take a brave step in the direction of alienation. During his first 10 years in the army, Zeng Zesheng was determined to "clean himself up" and "dare not" except "mend the breast". But I don't know that the military official career under the blue sky, dark and windy, deep and thin, difficult, want to "clean", may not be able to "protect", want to "self-improvement", may not be "good"! After graduating from the sergeant team, Zeng Zesheng entered the 18th Yunnan Academy of martial arts with excellent results. The school was founded in the late Qing Dynasty. It was famous for its new style of teaching, but it declined very quickly. One year after joining the school, Zeng Zesheng "because the school authorities didn't pay subsidies and it was new year's day, he saw the family members of the Wei class students coming to the school to complain about the tragedy, so he was indignant. When he called the roll at night, he advocated riots, played with the school and stayed up all night." he was found by the school authorities and fled the school.

In May 1925, Zeng Zesheng went to Huangpu Military Academy and was appointed as the commander of the third phase. In November, he served as the company commander of the third regiment. Less than a year later, he resolutely resigned and returned to Huangpu Military Academy because he hated the "corrupt habit" that "officers only know how to whore and gamble, and don't ask about business affairs".

In 1927, Zeng Zesheng graduated from the senior class of Huangpu Military Academy and was transferred to the front. "At that time, we saw that the Kuomintang troops were withholding military pay and food everywhere, and the soldiers could not bear the hardships. Some of them gathered to petition, and some of them were armed insurrections." but the officials were too old to change their habits. Zeng Zesheng disdained being a member of the army, so he resigned and went to Shanghai to study.

In 1929, after Long Yun ascended the throne of "king of Yunnan", in order to train cadres and transform the Yunnan army, he sent Lu Junquan to Shanghai to invite more than 20 people including Zeng Zesheng back to Kunming to hold the "alternate cadets of officers" at the former site of Yunnan lecture hall. Lu Junquan served as the team leader and Zeng Zesheng served as the team appendage. Zeng Zesheng and his group of young officers founded the school journal new force "with a passion", advocating "carrying forward the revolutionary spirit, opposing feudal autocracy and eradicating corrupt officials". However, within a few months, Chiang Kai Shek sent Wang Boling to Yunnan to investigate and deal with the case. First, he disarmed all the cadets, and then sent Zeng Zesheng and others to prison.

This prison disaster almost took Zeng Zesheng's life. After Long Yun's confidant Lu Han and other human security, he was released after several months of confinement. After introspection, Zeng Zesheng finally understood the "true meaning of survival" in the Kuomintang army: the will of the chief executive is the truth, and only the will of the chief executive is the way out. From then on, Zeng Zesheng, who had to be "afraid of fate, of adults and of the words of saints", ended his character conflict in his vigorous age. He always "took obedience as his bounden duty" to restrain himself, endured humiliation, obeyed orders, and worked hard. Finally, he won the good feeling of the officials at all levels, and ushered in his dream of turning the tide of the day.

Zeng Zesheng wanted to "sweep the snow in front of the door by himself, and never mind the frost on the tiles of others", seeking the best of both worlds between the pursuit of personality and the pursuit of status. However, "night dreams are common, while day thoughts are dim." even if the society is dark, it may not be easy to "sweep the snow in front of the door.".

Zeng Zesheng was born in 1925

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