Xu Shiyou let Wang Jinshan live
In 1969, at the Nanjing Railway Station, the two generals greeted a special person at the railway station. Stepping down from the train was a middle-aged man who took a deep breath and stared ahead with a complicated and grim expression.
He holds a duck in his left hand and a little boy in his right hand, wearing an old faded military uniform. The man was followed by a woman holding a child. At first glance, the man looks like a farmer who has come to the city to visit relatives.
Unexpectedly, the two generals immediately ran to the middle-aged man's side, saluted him with a standard military salute, and shouted: "Old chief, you have worked hard, Commander Xu asked us to pick you up." ”
The middle-aged man greeted the two generals with a smile. So, who is this middle-aged man? He is the comrade-in-arms of the famous Chinese general Xu Shiyou, the general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Yang Chengwu.
Lieutenant General Wang Jinshan, a legendary PLA general, is known as the "King Maniac". He joined the Red Fourth Front at the age of 16, and in one battle, he raised his broadsword and smashed into enemy lines, engaging in fierce battles with several times the enemy.
His brave combat was unanimously recognized and admired by his comrades-in-arms. With his outstanding military exploits, he successively served as battalion commander and regiment commander. During the six-way siege of the Red Fourth Front Army against the Sichuan Army, he successfully defeated one of the enemy's divisions and captured the enemy's division commander alive by virtue of his clever strategy, turning the situation on the battlefield and achieving victory.
His deeds were known as "the madman of the king" in the Red Fourth Front Army, but in fact he was a military general with outstanding command skills.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Jinshan led a regiment of men and horses back to Yan'an to assist in the defense. When they walked to the village of Dongluo, Linfen, Shanxi, they encountered the Japanese army. Wang Jinshan led his troops to lay in an ambush in the valley of Hanluo Village, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army.
When the Japanese convoy entered the ambush circle, Wang Jinshan ordered the soldiers to throw grenades, and the light and heavy machine guns of the whole regiment also fired fiercely at the Japanese troops. The raid caught the Japanese by surprise.
Wang Jinshan knew that the place where they were located was very close to the Japanese heavy group, so he ordered the whole regiment to carry out a bayonet charge against the remaining Japanese troops. In the end, they succeeded in destroying the Japanese army.
After the war, Wang Jinshan discovered that this Japanese army turned out to be a field observation group of the Japanese North China Front, and six wing commanders and officers below including Major General Hattori Naomi were killed in the battle, and the number reached more than 120.
In the War of Liberation, Wang Jinshan served as the commander of the 6th Column of the Central Plains Field Army. In the first vicious battle of Liu Deng's army to Dabie Mountain, Wang Jinshan personally commanded, and finally in the battle of the Dayang River, he made a military order to Liu Deng's chief, saying that he would destroy the enemy in front of him at any cost.
In order to achieve this goal, he said that if there was one regiment left, he would be willing to be the commander of the regiment; There is one company left, and he is willing to be the company commander. In the end, Wang Jinshan's 6th Column successfully eliminated the reorganized 3rd Division, collapsed the ** defense line, and made the 6th Column the main force of the field army.
In the battle of the People's Liberation Army to capture Xiangyang, Wang Jinshan showed his military wisdom and courage. He broke the practice of attacking Xiangyang in previous dynasties, adopted the tactic of "leaning on the mountain to attack the city, and the tiger digging out the heart", successfully concentrated the main force to attack the core position of Xiangyang, and conquered the military town of Xiangyang in less than two days, annihilating more than 20,000 defenders.
This offensive caught the enemy by surprise and demonstrated Wang's outstanding military leadership. In 1949, Wang Jinshan served as the deputy commander of the Second Field Third Corps and the commander of the 12th Army, and participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and cooperated with Qin Jiwei in the Battle of Shangganling, defeated the US army, and created a miracle in the world's military history.
However, in 1952, Wang Jinshan was demoted to colonel for violating discipline and regulations. Despite this, his military achievements and courage are still widely praised.
In 1955, at the age of 40, Wang Jinshan became the deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region. However, his personal problems led to his dismissal, demoting him from lieutenant general to colonel, and being sent to a farm as a farm director.
His wife divorced him, and ** also left him due to a status gap. During his days on the farm, Wang Jinshan's situation was very difficult, but his two subordinates, Xiao Yongyin and You Taizhong, as well as his old superior, Xu Shiyou, have always supported him steadfastly.
Although there were twists and turns in his emotional life, Huang Shenrong, a staff member next to him, chose him, and they became husband and wife and had children. Xiao Yongyin often visited him and took him to see the movie "Shangganling", and Wang Jinshan cried bitterly because of the sacrifice in the movie.
Xiao Yongyin suggested that Wang Jinshan write a letter to ** to admit his mistake, and Commander Xu Shiyou would help him.
Xu Shiyou's admiration for Wang Jinshan was beyond words, and he forwarded his letter to ***, and strongly recommended Wang Jinshan as deputy chief of staff of the Nanjing Military Region. In the end, the great man agreed with Xu Shiyou's suggestion, and after Xu Shiyou returned to Nanjing, he immediately sent someone to greet Wang Jinshan, and Xiao Yongyin and You Taizhong went to Nanjing Railway Station to greet him.
The appearance of this scene reflects the precious comradeship between them.
Xiao Yongyin and You Taizhong accompanied Wang Jinshan and his family to spend an unforgettable time at the home of Xu Shiyou, commander of the Nanjing Military Region. General Xu Shiyou took out the Moutai liquor that had been treasured for many years, held a family banquet for Wang Jinshan's comeback and the arrival of his family, and wished him smooth sailing in his new post as deputy chief of staff of the Nanjing Military Region, expressing full confidence in him.
When he learned that Wang Jinshan's residence was simple and not large enough to accommodate his entire family, General Xu Shiyou generously offered to lend him his house to live in. At the family banquet that night, the four generals drank to their heart's content, as if they had returned to the days full of gunpowder smoke and war horses.
In addition to the excitement, they hugged each other and cried with joy. It may be difficult for us modern people to fully understand their comradeship, but I think this is probably the comradeship of life and death.
During his tenure as commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, Xu Shiyou was very concerned about Wang Jinshan's physical condition. In 1977, Wang Jinshan was diagnosed with cancer, and Xu Shiyou immediately dispatched a team of medical experts from the Guangzhou Military Region to Nanjing to serve him.
Despite this, Wang Jinshan died of illness on May 10, 1978. At Wang Jinshan's memorial service, Xu Shiyou asked ** in order to restore Wang Jinshan's reputation (Wang Jinshan had not been completely rehabilitated at that time).
After Deng Gong learned the news of Wang Jinshan's death, he was very shocked, and was deeply moved by Wang Jinshan's exploits during the war years, and specially instructed to hold a memorial service for Wang Jinshan in accordance with the specifications of the main military region, and wrote an inscription for him: "A generation of generals".
Although Wang Jinshan has left us, his heroic image and outstanding military exploits will forever be engraved in our hearts.