Do you know all 177 founding lieutenant generals? Not really. The top ten marshals and ten generals, and even the 57 founding generals, should all know each other, but the lieutenant generals may not be able to fully recognize them. Lieutenant generals like Pi Dingjun, Zheng Weishan, Zeng Siyu, etc., they all served as commanders of large military regions, and they must have known each other. However, there are also some lieutenant generals, ** who may not be named. At a youth work conference after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he met with the delegates of the conference in his busy schedule, and when he shook hands with Wang Zonghuai, he said cordially: "Oh, you are Wang Zonghuai, doing youth work in the army. Wang Zonghuai held the hand of *** and was excited. He didn't expect that *** Rili would know his name, and even call his name. In Wang Zonghuai's opinion, even if *** doesn't know his name, it is very normal. Although Wang Zonghuai had seen *** as early as the beginning of 1931, he was still a red imp who had just joined the Red Army. At that time, *** must not know Wang Zonghuai.
At the division meeting, the division commander shouted, "Stand up, stand up!" After that, he suddenly ran dozens of meters to salute and report to a Red Army chief. This chief is the General Political Commissar of the Red Army and a great man of the Republic***, it was the first time Wang Zonghuai saw ***, which left an unforgettable impression on him. Wang Zonghuai is a native of Jiangxi Wanzai, joined the Red Army at the age of 15, his original name was Wang Yongkai, and later changed his name to Wang Huai. Li Tao, the political commissar of the division, felt that Wang Zonghuai had the same name as Wang Huai, the leader of the murdered AB regiment, so he changed his name and proposed that he be renamed Wang Zonghuai. Wang Zonghuai felt that this name made sense, and it has been used ever since. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Zonghuai became the founding lieutenant general, and Li Tao became the founding general. The founding admiral changed the name of the founding lieutenant general, and it became a good story. After a long march of 10,000 miles in the Soviet region, Wang Zonghuai and *** went to the Jinchaji anti-Japanese base area. During the Liberation War, Wang Zonghuai served as the political commissar of the Fourth Column of the North China Military Region and cooperated with Zeng Siyu. Subsequently, he became the military commissar of the 63rd Army, while Zheng Weishan served as the commander.
Although Zeng Siyu and Zheng Weishan were both founding lieutenant generals, enjoyed high prestige and later served as commanders of large military regions, while Wang Zonghuai was relatively unwell-known, he remained focused on political work. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Zonghuai went to the northwest with the 19th Corps and continued to fight. ** Repeated attempts to transfer him to the General Political Department, but initially Corps Commander Yang Dezhi blocked the move because he believed that the 19th Corps needed a talent like Wang Zonghuai. Eventually, he was dug into the General Political Department and appointed him Deputy Minister of Organization and Head of the Youth Department. As a veteran soldier who participated in the struggle in the Soviet area, Wang Zonghuai was the founding lieutenant general of the Red Army and an old subordinate. Not only remember his name, but also learn about his contributions to youth work. This made Wang Zonghuai deeply moved and excited. In the process of meeting with the people, he called on young people to maintain good physical condition, actively study Xi, and complete their work well, which pointed out the direction for the national youth work.
In 1998, Wang Zonghuai passed away at the age of 83, coincidentally, his life span was as long as ***.