Zeng Guangming. Zeng Guangming (1917-1985), a native of Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province, died at the age of 68.
In 1930, he joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, in 1931 he joined the Chinese Communist Youth League, and in 1932 he became a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as a soldier and squad leader of the Red 4th Army, a platoon commander and company instructor of the 19th Regiment of the 7th Division of the 3rd Army of the Red 1st Army, an instructor of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division of the Red 1st Army, and a student of Yan'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University; He participated in all the anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns in the Soviet area and the Long March of the Red Army.
Order of August 1, 2nd degree.
During the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively served as the head of the Organization Unit of the Political Department of the 4th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army Garrison Corps (Director Liu Jianting), the Chief of the Political Department of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army (Directors Jin Rubai and Zhu Ming), the Director of the Political Office of the 716th Regiment of the 358th Brigade (Regiment Commander Huang Xinting, Political Commissar Liao Hansheng), and the Director of the Political Office of the 8th Regiment (Regiment Commanders Liu Bin and Tang Jinlong, Political Commissar Liang Renjiao).
Order of Independence and Freedom, 2nd degree.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he successively served as the political commissar of the 13th Regiment of the 4th Independent Brigade of the Jinsui Field Army (regiment commander Wang Wenli), the deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the 4th Independent Brigade of the 2nd Column of the Northwest Field Army, and the deputy political commissar of the brigade (brigade commander Dun Xingyun, political commissar Yang Xiushan).
In February 1949, he served as deputy political commissar of the 4th Division of the 2nd Army of the First Field Army of the People's Liberation Army (division commander and political commissar Yang Xiushan).
Order of Liberation of the Second Degree.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the political commissar of the 4th Division of the 2nd Army of the 1st Corps of the People's Liberation Army.
From 1953 to 1956, he served as the first deputy political commissar of the Southern Xinjiang Military Region under the Xinjiang Military Region.
From 1956 to 1962, he served as commander of the Southern Xinjiang Military Region.
From 1962 to 1969, he served as the first political commissar of the Southern Xinjiang Military Region.
In 1969, he was dismissed from his post and repatriated to his hometown due to his involvement in a wrongful conviction.
During his leisure time in Jiangxi, he wrote reminiscences such as "Nine Dozen Ji'an", "Three Wars and Three Victories", and "Educating Us to Take Care of the Overall Situation".
In 1955, he was awarded the rank of Major General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and was awarded the Order of August 1 of the Second Degree, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Second Class and the Order of Liberation of the Second Degree.
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Liu Bin (no data).
Wang Wenli (1914-unknown), a native of Gong County, Henan Province, later served as the deputy director of the No. 456 Factory in Chongqing.
Dun Xingyun (1912-1985), a native of Shishou City, Hubei Province, was the founding lieutenant general of the People's Republic of China.
Yang Xiushan (1914-2002), a native of Xiantao City, Hubei Province, was the founding lieutenant general of the People's Republic of China.