When the title was awarded in 1955, Zhong Wei, who was the commander of the 12th Column of the Northeast Field Army, was awarded the rank of major generalBattle of Qingshuping.
In this award, Zhong Wei still had an uncomfortable thing in his heart, because one of his division commanders also surpassed him and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, he was Wen Yucheng.
Wen Yucheng is a well-known "iron-footed division commander" in our army
In 1930, 15-year-old Wen Yucheng joined the Red Army, during the agrarian revolution, he successively served as an officer of the Red Army guard battalion, political commissar of the cavalry regiment, etc., he participated in the first to fifth anti-encirclement and suppression battles in the **Soviet area, as well as the 25,000-mile Long March.
In October 1936, in order to open up the channel with the Soviet Union, it was decided that the Western Route Army would be composed of the Red Fifth Army, the Red Ninth Army, the Red Thirty Army and other troops to implement the Ningxia Plan for the Western Expedition, and Wen Yucheng served as the political commissar of the Red Fifth Army Cavalry Regiment at that time.
During the Western Route Army's westward expedition, Wen Yucheng led the cavalry regiment to conduct many fierce battles with the enemy's cavalry, and the results were high, but due to the lack of backup forces, the Western Route Army finally failed, and after the Red Fifth Army captured Gaotai County, the enemy used several times the strength of the Red Army to attack.
Due to being outnumbered, the Red Fifth Army suffered heavy losses, the army commander Dong Zhentang died on the spot, and Wen Yucheng was captured by the enemy because of a leg wound.
Later, the enemy escorted him to Lanzhou, where Wen Yucheng took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and escaped, and near Pingliang, Gansu, he found the party organization and returned to the revolutionary ranks.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Wen Yucheng successively served as the chief of the Organization Section of the Political Department of the New Fourth Army and the commander of the 18th Brigade of the Sixth Division.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, the CCP made a strategic policy of "developing to the north and defending to the south".
Wen Yucheng went to the Northeast, first received some local security teams, and got the establishment of a regiment of the People's Liberation Army, what is very surprising is that Wen Yucheng is indeed very capable, he developed and developed, and developed the army into a large army with more than 5,000 people, so that it can no longer be called a regiment, therefore, the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army Command changed his unit to the Second Independent Division.
Wen Yucheng became the first commander of the Second Independent Division.
In May 1946, Wen Yucheng led the 2nd Independent Division to participate in the summer offensive, this time the 2nd Independent Division fought for the first time, they annihilated a reinforced battalion of the enemy in the Panshi area, at the same time, the enemy saw that the situation was not good, and the enemy 21st Division was preparing to withdraw to Jilin.
Wen Yucheng didn't want to let them go, so he took the main force of the second division to chase after them for a day and a night, everyone didn't eat, and they were surprisingly tired, but everyone didn't slow down, until the troops came to Jichang Town, Shuangyang County, and caught up with the enemy, and under the command of Wen Yucheng, the troops annihilated most of the enemy.
The remaining enemies fled, and Wen Yucheng didn't want to let them go, at this time, the 2nd Independent Division had been forcibly marching for so long, and many people were too tired, Wen Yucheng decided to lead a regiment to chase, and the rest rested on the spot.
Another day and night, Wen Yucheng led his troops in Shuanggou Town, caught up with the enemy, and captured all of them.
This time, the enemy also had to be convinced, saying that the PLA is all scuds, and they will not lose it if they chase it.
After that, Wen Yucheng led his troops to participate in the autumn offensive, and in the Liaoshen Campaign, he made great achievements for the liberation of the Northeast.
In March 1948, the Northeast Field Army formed the 12th Column, which was formed with the 2nd, 4th, and 5th independent divisions, and Wen Yucheng's unit was renamed the 12th Column 34th Division, and he continued to serve as the division commander.
Many people don't know that at that time, Wen Yucheng was the top boss of Zhong Wei, a famous warrior in Siye, Zhong Wei was deeply respected and trusted, he was often reused because of his outstanding military achievements, and after the formation of the 12th column, Zhong Wei was originally the division commander, but he was directly promoted to the commander of the column.
Wen Yucheng has been serving under Zhong Wei since then, participating in the Liaoshen Campaign, the Tianjin Campaign and other positions.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wen Yucheng was transferred to the commander of the 40th Army.
In October 1950, ** made a great decision, "Resist US aggression and aid Korea, protect the homeland and defend the country", and the 40th Army, as the main force in the four field troops, became the first batch of troops to fight in Korea.
On October 19, Wen Yucheng led his troops from Andong, Liaoning Province, across the Yalu River to North Korea.
According to the requirements of the first month, after the volunteers entered the DPRK, they should first establish a defensive line in the area of Tokugawa and Ningyuan north of the Qingchuan River to prevent the offensive of "joint **", and then wait for the opportunity to ** after gaining a good foothold.
Wen Yucheng led the 40th Army to Tokugawa, Ningyuan area, and when they came, the "United **" arrived almost at the same time, on October 24, Wen Yucheng sent a telegram to ***, saying that the 118th Division of the 40th Army, the 120th Division had reached the east of Beizhen and the north of Yunshan.
The arrival of the joint army has made the plan of the first army have to be changed, and the 40th army, as the vanguard force, met with the united army without accident, and told Wen Yucheng: "The 40th army is the vanguard force, and it must take the lead, and the first battle abroad must be fought beautifully, play majestic, and defeat the enemy's arrogance." ”
The enemy came to Wenjing at this time, and between Wenjing and Beizhen, there was a north-south river, and Wen Yucheng decided to fight an ambush battle for the enemy here.
On the morning of the 25th, the enemy walked out of Wenjing and came to the ambush circle of the 40th Army, not long after, the battle began, the 118th Division in this battle, unexpectedly occupied the initiative, after a fierce battle, the Volunteer Army eliminated and captured more than 400 enemies, and captured dozens of cars.
The Battle of Wenjing was the first battle of the Volunteer Army's entry into North Korea, and it won so beautifully that it was highly praised by the Volunteers, ** said: "The first battle of the 40th Army fired the first shot of the Volunteer Army into Korea. ”
Later, ** immediately stated that October 25 was the anniversary of the Volunteers going abroad.
After that, Wen Yucheng led the 40th Army to participate in all the battles from the first to the fifth, in the whole campaign, the 40th Army destroyed more than 43,000 enemies, and after the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953, the 40th Army returned to China victoriously.
Wen Yucheng thus became one of the few commanders in the volunteer army who participated in all the battles.
When the title was conferred in 1955, Wen Yucheng was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, surpassing his old leader Zhong Wei.
In 1968, Wen Yucheng became the deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, and in 1970, he became the first deputy commander of the Chengdu Military Region.