Communist military guerrilla leader and political commissar

Communist military guerrilla leader and political commissar

Wang Zhen (April 11, 1908 - March 12, 1993) was born in Liuyang, Hunan Province. He began to work in 1924. He joined the Communist Youth League in 1927 and transferred to the Communist Party of China in the same year. In 1929, he joined the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army with the rank of general. He once served as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council, member of the Central Military Commission, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, President of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, vice president of the people's Republic of China, etc.

On March 12, 1993, Comrade Wang Zhen, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a great proletarian revolutionist, statesman, militarist, a firm Marxist and an outstanding leader of the party and the state, died in Guangzhou at the age of 85.

Life of the characters

Wang Zhen was born on April 11, 1908 in a tenant family in majenqiao village, beishengcang Township, Liuyang County, Hunan Province. In his youth, he felt the darkness and injustice of the old society and sprouted the idea of resisting oppression. After joining the army in Changsha in 1922, he became a railway worker and began to contact with progressive ideas and the organization of the Communist Party of China. During the great revolution, he actively participated in the workers' movement. He once served as the leader of the workers' picket team and the executive member of Changsha branch of Guangdong Han Railway Union. He joined the Communist Youth League of China in January 1927 and became a member of the Communist Party of China in May of the same year. After the failure of the great revolution in 1927, Comrade Wang Zhen resolutely took part in the armed struggle against the reactionaries of the Kuomintang in the white and terrible environment. He traveled to Changsha, Wuhan and other places, insisting on the work of workers' movement, underground transportation and military movement. In 1929, he took part in the establishment of the Hunan Jiangxi Revolutionary Base, and successively served as political commissar, political commissar and Secretary of the Party committee of the first Xiangdong independent division of the Red Army, political commissar, director of the political department and acting commander of the eighth Red Army division, member of the CPC Hunan Jiangxi Provincial Committee and acting commander of the provincial military region. In the struggle in the base areas, he fought bravely and charged ahead. He led his troops to cooperate with the central revolutionary base areas in the struggle against "encirclement and suppression" and won the third Red Star Medal. He resolutely carried out Comrade Mao Zedong's instructions on correcting the expansion of the elimination of counter revolutionaries and the strategic and tactical principles of smashing the enemy's "encirclement and suppression", tried his best to protect his comrades and resist the influence of the "left" military line. In May 1933, in the battle of jiuduchong, he led the soldiers to go straight into the cliff behind the enemy's position, snatched the high ground at one stroke, and killed the defending enemy by surprise. In this battle, the eighth Red Army annihilated more than 500 enemies and captured more than 1000. It was praised by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission as "an unprecedented victory for Hunan and Jiangxi Province, a severe attack on the enemy's fourth" encirclement and suppression "on the Hexi front, and a great victory for the central Red Army.". Since July 1934, Comrade Wang Zhen has been a member of the military and Political Committee of the sixth Red Army Corps. Under the leadership of Comrade Ren Bishi, he led the western expedition with Comrade Xiao Ke, the commander of the army. In more than 80 days, the sixth Red Army Corps marched for more than 5000 miles and went through a lot of hardships to break through the enemy's encirclement, pursuit and interception. In fact, it played the role of an advance team for the long march reconnaissance and road exploration of the Central Red Army. In October of the same year, after the sixth Red Army joined forces with the third Red Army led by he long and Guan Xiangying (the number of the second Red Army was soon restored), Comrade Wang Zhen served as a member of the CPC Hunan Hubei Sichuan Guizhou Provincial Committee, a member of the branch of the central Military Commission, and an acting commander of the military region. He took part in commanding the 100000 Ping battle, annihilating more than 3000 enemy troops, and won the first major victory after the second and sixth Red Army joined forces. Later, he took part in commanding the battles of Chenjiahe, taozixi, Zhongbao and banliyuan, dealt a heavy blow to the enemy, cooperated with the Central Red Army in the Long March, and made important contributions to the establishment, development and consolidation of the revolutionary bases in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou. In November 1935, in order to get rid of the heavy "encirclement and suppression" of the Kuomintang army, the second and sixth red legions took the initiative to transfer and began the long march. In early July 1936, he joined the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army in Ganzi area of Sichuan Province. Soon after, according to the instructions of the Central Committee, the 2nd and 6th Red Army and the 32nd Red Army formed the 2nd red front army. Comrade Wang Zhen, together with Ren Bishi, he long, Guan Xiangying and other comrades, resolutely opposed and resisted Zhang Guotao's act of splitting the Red Army and the party, and resolutely implemented the correct policy of the Party Central Committee's going north to resist Japan. He ordered the burning of the books and propaganda materials issued by Zhang Guotao to advocate splitting the party and the Red Army, which showed a Communist's loyalty to the Party Central Committee and became a good story of safeguarding the unity of the party and the Red Army. In October of the same year, he arrived in Gansu with the second front army of the Red Army, successfully realizing the grand division of the three main forces of the Red Army in Northwest China. During the war years of the Red Army, Comrade Wang Zhen was politically determined, courageous and resourceful, fearless of sacrifice, and made outstanding contributions in military command and political work. He was a "revolutionary general" who frightened the enemy. After the outbreak of the national war of resistance against Japan, Comrade Wang Zhen served as a member of the military and Political Committee of the 120th division of the Eighth Route Army, vice brigade commander, brigade commander and political commissar of the 359th brigade of the 120th division. He led his troops to the front line of Anti Japanese war in Shanxi Province, ambushed the Japanese army several times, destroyed the enemy's transportation, cooperated with the development of Xinkou campaign, and achieved significant results. Since February 1938, he led his troops to recover seven counties including Ningwu and set up the Anti Japanese regime, which made important contributions to the establishment of the Anti Japanese base in Northwest Shanxi. Later, in accordance with the Party Central Committee's deployment, he advanced into the Shanxi Chahar Hebei border area, carried out more than 70 battles in succession, and established the Yanbei Anti Japanese base based on Hengshan. From the beginning of 1939 to August 1939, he commanded the 359 brigade to fight up and down the xiyaojian, Zuoxin village and other battles, winning victories in succession and inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the border region government awarded Comrade Wang Zhen the titles of "model Party army" and "Iron Army of hundred battles and victories" respectively. In the battle of xingshuzui, under the attack of the Japanese poison gas bomb, he still led his troops to rush into the enemy line and won the victory, which was highly praised by Zhu De, Peng Dehuai and other comrades. In August 1939, in order to protect the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region, Comrade Wang Zhen was ordered to lead his troops back to northern Shaanxi and entered Suide, Mizhi and other places, where he became the commander and political commissar of Suide garrison. He led his ministry in a resolute struggle against the first anti Communist upsurge set off by the Kuomintang diehards. In early 1941, he led his troops to Nanniwan to guard the "South Gate" of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region. In 1942, he also served as secretary of the CPC Yan'an prefectural committee, regional commander of Yan'an army and garrison commander. Inspired by the slogan of "one head, one gun, self-sufficiency in production and defense of the Party Central Committee", he led all the officers and men of the brigade to participate in the military and political struggle against the second and third anti Communist upsurge of the Kuomintang diehards on the one hand, and to carry out a vigorous mass production movement in order to overcome the increasingly serious material difficulties in the base areas on the other. After more than two years of efforts, the 359 brigade has cultivated more than 300000 mu of land, built Nanniwan, which is "barren mountains everywhere", into "a good Jiangnan in Northern Shaanxi", set up the glorious banner of "do it yourself, rich in food and clothing", and was praised as "the vanguard of economic development" by the Northwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. In the mass production movement, Comrade Wang Zhen led cadres at all levels to adhere to the front line of opening up wasteland and shoulder the same production task as soldiers. "Brigade commander Wang's hands, like his subordinates, are full of calluses due to labor," said a foreign reporter who went to the border region to interview Comrade Wang Zhen was selected as the labor hero of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region, and Comrade Mao Zedong wrote a "creative spirit" for him. In October 1944, according to the deployment of the Party Central Committee, the South detachment of the Eighth Route Army, with the 359 brigade as the main force, Comrade Wang Zhen as the commander and Comrade Wang Shoudao as the political commissar, carried out the strategic task of fighting south and opening up new bases. Comrade Wang Zhen led his troops to overcome many difficulties and obstacles, made a long journey and fought bravely. He crossed half of China through eight provinces and more than 20000 Li. He broke through more than 100 enemy blockades and fought bravely for more than 300 times. In the autumn of 1946, he successfully returned to Yan'an, completed the task entrusted by the Party Central Committee and composed a magnificent epic of revolutionary heroism. This feat was hailed as the "second long march" by Comrade Mao Zedong. During his mission to the south, Comrade Wang Zhen was elected as an alternate member of the CPC Central Committee at the Seventh National Congress of the CPC. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Comrade Wang Zhen served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Central Plains military region, assisting Comrade Li Xiannian to successfully command the Central Plains to break through the encirclement. After November 1946, Comrade Wang Zhen successively served as secretary of the CPC Luliang District Committee, commander and political commissar of the Luliang military region, and commander and political commissar of the second field column of the Jinsui military region. From the winter of 1946 to the beginning of 1947, he led his troops to take part in the battles of Luliang and fenxiao to contain and delay the Kuomintang's attack on Yan'an. In the spring of 1947, he led his troops back to northern Shaanxi from Jinsui. He served as commander and political commissar of the second column of the northwest field corps. Under the command of Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai and other comrades, he won the three victories of Qinghuabian, yangmahe and panlongzhen with his brother troops, and then launched the three side battle of Longdong and the battles of Yulin and shajiadian, completely smashing the Kuomintang army's attempt to annihilate our army in Northern Shaanxi The arrogant plan to overtake the east of the Yellow River has fundamentally changed the situation in the northwest battlefield. Subsequently, he led his troops to take part in and take part in a series of important battles commanding the PLA's strategic offensive in the northwest battlefield and won major victories. In the battle of Chengtai, he personally went to the front line to command and was wounded for the seventh time. In the battle of Yongfeng Town, he led his troops to annihilate more than 10000 enemy troops, creating a model battle example of annihilating one enemy army by one. In 1949, he successively served as commander and political commissar of the second army of the first field army, commander and political commissar of the first Corps. At the second plenary session of the seventh CPC Central Committee in March, Comrade Wang Zhen volunteered to march into Xinjiang. In September, he led his troops into Xining and liberated Qinghai. Later, along the Xining Zhangye highway, Qi, which is snowy all year round, is under severe cold and wind

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