On January 1, 1968, Wen Yucheng, who had worked in the positions of Guangzhou Military Region, had been in the position of Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander, suddenly received a transfer order from the Central Military Commission, and was ordered to be transferred to Beijing and became the Deputy Chief of Staff of Military Commission.
However, two months later, Wen Yucheng went to Beijing to meet Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao turned around and asked, "Are you going alone? Going alone?" Wen Yucheng asked inexplicably: "Where am I going?" Chairman Mao was puzzled: "Didn't you notify?"
So, what exactly is Chairman Mao's new appointment to Wen Yucheng?
Wen Yucheng
Begs all the way to find Red Army
1915, Wen Yucheng was born in a poor peasant family in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province. Due to the influence of the social environment, he has experienced the hardships of life and the warmth and coldness of the world since childhood.
With the arrival of the revolution , he actively participated in the peasant association, and then joined the secret Red Guards, and fought resolutely with the reactionary forces. After the failure of the Great Revolution, the peasant association was brutal suppression, Wen Yucheng's home was burned, and his father died of injuries and had no time to treat him when he fled.
The young Wen Yucheng experienced the destruction of his family in a very short time. At a young age, he always wanted to avenge his father.
1929, Chairman Mao led his army to liberate Xingguo County, and Wen Yucheng's opportunity came soon.
In April 1930, the underage Wen Yucheng resolutely joined the Red Army and embarked on the road of revolution. In the Red Army, because I had read books for several years and had a relatively flexible mind, I quickly became the best among my peers.
In March 1932, based on his performance, Wen Yucheng quickly joined the Communist Party of China, and later served as secretary of the Party Branch of Xingguo County Independent Battalion, secretary of the Youth League Party Branch, and director of the League Political Department.
1934, during the most difficult period of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression operation, Wen Yucheng was appointed as the political commissar of the 62nd Regiment of the newly formed 21st Division of the Soviet Red Army.
Before Long March , Wen Yucheng came to the Red 8th Army to serve as the Party Secretary of the Directly Affiliated Team. Because the time for forming the troops was relatively hasty, and this troops had just been established, they participated in the battle before they had time to train.
Not only that, their troops also faced the difficulties of lack of equipment. The troops of nearly 10,000 people only had three thousand guns, so they hurriedly started the Long March.
Xiangjiang Battle
During the Xiangjiang Battle, the Red 8th Army was heavily besieged by the Kuomintang army because of falling behind, with heavy casualties. Later, the number was directly revoked and incorporated into Red 5th Army , and Wen Yucheng was assigned to work in the Political Department of the Military Commission's Cadres.
They followed the large army to continue the Long March, and after hardships, they finally won the victory in Maogong.
In December 1935, Wen Yucheng was appointed as the political commissar of the Red 5th Army. When the left army headed north, Zhang Guotao insisted on going south. Wen Yucheng did not understand Zhang Guotao's actions, but was also a little dissatisfied with him.
On this day, he was attacked by local armed forces while going out to raise food, which eventually led to the disappearance of the captain. Later, Wen Yucheng was dismissed and detained as a soldier. He did not return to work in the Political Department until June 1936.
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After the three main forces met, the Red Army entered the Hexi Corridor, which was destined to be a difficult journey. Due to insufficient equipment, it encountered the Ma Family Army and was almost wiped out. After the battle at Gaotai, there was almost no remaining troops.
Only the injured Wen Yucheng and several soldiers were left. They struggled to break through the siege and finally saved their lives, but they were still captured by the enemy due to hunger and legs. After being captured, they always looked for a way to escape. When they found that the place where they were imprisoned was a dirt house, they decided to run away late at night. That night, they dug a hole in the wall and escaped quietly, but several people were separated for it.
Wen Yucheng could only beg for one person with his injured leg, escaped the enemy's layers of pursuit, and finally found the Red Army's Aid to the West in Zhenyuan County, Gansu Province more than a month later.
This time, Wen Yucheng was filled with tears of excitement. For more than a month, he had no idea how hard he had lived alone, so he hid and hid. Now he finally found the organization, which made him excited and burst into tears.
After several days of rest, Wen Yucheng was ready to go and was assigned to work in the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Western Army. In early 1940, the Jiangnan Anti-Japanese Volunteers led by the Communist Party established an office in the Shazhou area of southern Jiangsu. Shazhou is located between the two anti-Japanese bases of , Suzhong, and Nansun East Road. It has an important strategic position and is a must-fight for the Japanese puppet, the Kuomintang army, and the CCP’s anti-Japanese forces.
Japanese puppet army
In July 1941, in order to curb the anti-Japanese forces in the eastern Jiangsu region, the Japanese and puppet army gathered a large number of troops to launch the "cleaning of the countryside". After the "clearing the township" began, the Japanese and puppet troops from Changshu and Jiangyin counties entered Shazhou County and set up more than 430 strongholds. In response to the enemy's "clearing the township", the Sixth Division of the New Fourth Army decided to attack separately.
On September 22, Tan Zhenlin ordered Wen Yucheng, the political commissar of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division, to lead the troops to meet with the 1st Guard Regiment of the 1st Guard Regiment, organize mobilization of the masses, rebuild local governments, and insist on guerrilla warfare.
On the evening of 25, Wen Yucheng led more than 160 commanders and soldiers to enter the sandbank by boat. They took advantage of the night to cross multiple enemy blockade lines, avoided the enemy's patrol troops and the searchlight , and finally arrived at their destination before dawn to meet with the armed forces.
At this time, it was dark, and Wen Yucheng arranged for everyone to take a break. The kitchen team was preparing to make a fire to cook. Just as they finished their meal, a scout came to report that a Japanese and puppet army was moving towards our army not far from the left.
Wen Yucheng decisively ordered the troops to prepare for battle and gave the enemy a sudden attack. At Wen Yucheng's order, the machine gun, grenade, and pistol fired together, causing the enemy to fall down instantly, and some remaining troops fled in a hurry.
Wen Yucheng knew that this battle would definitely attract a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, and it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, so he immediately commanded the troops to march along the Yangtze River and move westward.
However, when they had just moved to Daxinxinhaiba, the vanguard was attacked by fiercely by the Japanese and puppet troops. Wen Yucheng commanded everyone in the battle to immediately seize the favorable terrain and fight back.
But they saw in the telescope that the Japanese and puppet troops standing in front of them had at least 400 people. At this critical moment, Wen Yucheng believed that no matter which direction he broke through, on this unobstructed sand plain, our army would definitely be exposed to the enemy's gun. Now our most correct choice is to build fortifications on the spot, fight with the Japanese and puppet troops, and ensure that we stick to it for four hours.
But other commanders and fighters in the army questioned Wen Yucheng's idea. In 4 hours, the enemy would form a heavy encirclement against our army. Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, Wen Yucheng decided to send an inquiry to the division command center, but unexpectedly the radio was damaged during the transfer process. In the end, they decided to fight the enemy and puppet troops on the spot.
During the battle, our army repelled five charges from the enemy in succession, and the troops suffered more than 30 casualties, the Japanese and puppet troops had already formed an encirclement of our army. In such an emergency, the troops immediately formed a 40-man assault regiment to prepare to break through the encirclement, while Wen Yucheng led his troops to cut off the rear.
At the command of the commando, they attacked like tigers and finally arrived at the Xujia Gaoqiao on the night of the 26th.
However, when they came to the bridge, they found that the wooden bridge had been destroyed by the enemy, leaving only a few wooden stakes.
Facing the rapid flow of river in front of him and the pursuers behind him, Wen Yucheng immediately ordered the troops to go into the water to cross the river. When they had just arrived at the river, they were discovered by the Japanese and puppet troops at the Xujia Gaoqiao stronghold, they immediately fired our troops.
As the gunfire sounded, the pursuers also found that our army was crossing the river, and the Japanese and puppet troops around were also dispatched to encircle the country from the west.
Our army could only speed up the crossing of the river, but at this time the Hengtao River was in the flood season, the water was turbulent, and a whirlpool formed in the depths of the water. Some soldiers who could not swim had to pull the swim soldiers across the river. They not only had to face the enemy's guns and bullets, but also the turbulent rivers. Many soldiers were washed away by huge waves during the crossing of the river and eventually disappeared into the river.
Under the cover of the assault troops, most of the commanders and fighters went ashore. Wen Yucheng stood on the shore and stared deeply in the direction of the washed-out soldiers. He endured his sadness and turned around to catch up with the team advancing west. In the end, there were less than 20 commanders and fighters and cadres left. Along the way, Wen Yucheng led the soldiers to fight fiercely with the enemy dozens of times, and finally broke through layers of obstacles and arrived in Chengxi.
, and Chen Xinyi also led the assault troops to retreat while fighting, successfully leading the enemy away from the large army's crossing location, and crossed the Hengtao River before dawn. After dawn, the enemy gathered towards Hebei again, and Chen Xinyi decided to lead his troops to Chengnan and then detour to Chengxi.
On the afternoon of the next day, the commando commanders and fighters were surrounded by Japanese and puppet troops. During the fierce battle with the enemy, all the bullets were fired, and commanders and fighters, including Chen Xinyi, died heroically. Other comrades also highlighted the encirclement and returned to the establishment.
When Wen Yucheng led his troops to break through, it was dark and some comrades fell behind. Bao Houchang, who was familiar with the local situation, voluntarily stayed to find the comrades who fell behind. He did not disappoint everyone. He not only accommodated the fallen soldiers, but also led them to fight and retreat while fighting, walked out of the enemy's encirclement and hid in the local area.
Bao Houchang led more than 30 soldiers to Zhongxing Township. At night, he took the soldiers to open the bamboo fence wall along the river, escaped the enemy's stronghold, and quietly boarded the Shuangshan Sand with weak defense of the Japanese and puppet troops, and finally safely moved to Suzhong.
After more than half a year of rest, they finally landed at Qiwei Port in the early morning of May 7, 1942, returning to the sandbank, and launched the second round of arduous anti-"cleaning of the struggle.
After this, Wen Yucheng served as the brigade commander of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division, and led his troops to fight bloody battles in central and southern Jiangsu, opening up the anti-Japanese base area behind Chengxiyu area and Jianggaobao area.
After the founding of New China, the Korean War broke out, Wen Yucheng was appointed as the commander of the 40th Army, and once again shouldered the task of defending the motherland.
Central Military Commission urgently dispatched Wen Yucheng to Beijing
After the outbreak of the Korean War, Wen Yucheng led the 40th Army across the Yalu River and became one of the earliest volunteer troops to join the war in North Korea.
At the beginning of entering the dynasty, Peng Dehuai ordered Wen Yucheng that the first battle of should be fought beautifully and show his might, and the main forces of the volunteer army gathered and carried out at the banquet.
After 5 days of marching, the 118th Division, 119th Division and 120th Division were ready. On October 25, the vanguard of the 120th Division exchanged fire with the South Korean army, thus firing the first shot of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
Wen Yucheng commanded the army to fight fiercely with the enemy without fortifications, and won a brief victory, destroying a battalion of the South Korean Army and an artillery squadron. After
, Wen Yucheng was ordered to command the attack on the South Korean army in Wenjing area, and finally wiped out more than 1,000 troops from the First Division and the Sixth Division of the South Korean, and lived up to the trust and completed the first victory of the Volunteer Army's entry into North Korea.
Immediately afterwards, Wen Yucheng was ordered to lead the army to launch an attack in Bailong Cave and Longtou Cave. He won consecutive battles within six days, annihilated more than 1,400 South Korean troops, and was commended by the Volunteer Army Headquarters. After
, it fought fiercely with the 24th Division of the US Army, annihilated a company, and wiped out the US troops coming to support. As of November 5, the volunteers stopped attacking across the board and won a battle victory.
After this, Wen Yucheng led his troops to participate in the fourth battle, commanding troops to launch an attack on the enemy in the Hengcheng area, annihilated more than 12,000 people, forcing the enemy to retreat 26 kilometers, and dealing a heavy blow to United Nations Army .
During the fifth battle, Wen Yucheng was ordered to lead the troops to carry out the task of separating the battle. After the battle began, commanded the troops to break through dozens of kilometers in depth, completed the tasks of interspersing and dividing the enemy, and defeated a US artillery regiment in the retreat.
In June 1951, Wen Yucheng returned from North Korea and was received by Chairman Mao.
After reporting to Chairman Mao the first battle of Resisting U.S. aggressing U.S. aggressing Korea, Wen Yucheng told Chairman Mao the story of Wang Xuefeng , deputy squad leader of the 10th Division of the 40th Army.
On April 3, 1951, the United Nations army began to attack the frontier positions of Huayue Mountain. Wang Xuefeng led a team to stand on the top of the mountain. His left hand was injured during the battle. The battle the next day was extremely difficult. Wang Xuefeng's cheek was pierced by a bullet, but he continued to fight after a simple bandage.
After the enemy counterattacked, Wang Xuefeng led the combat team to fight bravely. The submachine gun broke the grenade and disappeared. When he was about to pick up his comrade's gun and continued to fight, a bullet hit his head and suddenly fell into a coma.
Soon after, Wang Xuefeng woke up, he signaled his comrades to evacuate quickly with his eyes. He threw out the last grenade. When he climbed out of the trench, his legs were broken by the enemy's bullets. In order not to become a prisoner of the enemy, he rolled down the cliff with all his strength.
After listening to Wen Yucheng's battle story, Chairman Mao shed tears and even forgot to squirt the cigarette ash in his hand.
This time, Chairman Mao gave a high evaluation of the 40th Army's participation in the war for more than 7 months. After returning to China, Wen Yucheng served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region.
In 1968, Wen Yucheng suddenly received a transfer order, asking him to go to Beijing to serve as the deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army of China. It turned out that this visit to Beijing was decided by Lin Biao and Ye Jianying after discussing it, so they tactfully recommended Wen Yucheng to Chairman Mao. After hearing this, Chairman Mao said: "Then let him come to Beijing!"
In this way, Wen Yucheng was transferred to Beijing and was enthusiastically received by Lin Biao.
In the early morning of March 24, Wen Yucheng was ordered to go to Chairman Mao’s office for a meeting. When he saw Chairman Mao in the corridor, he saluted respectfully and greeted him.
Chairman Mao held a cigarette in one hand and carried the other behind his back, and suddenly asked him, "Are you going alone? Going alone?" Wen Yucheng was a little at a loss, not knowing what the Chairman said, so he asked, "Chairman, where am I going?" Chairman Mao then said, "I asked you to go to the garrison and take charge of the important areas of the capital."
The sudden transfer order made Wen Yucheng unable to react for a moment, but after he came to his senses, he realized that Chairman Mao had given him a new appointment. In this way, he served as the commander of the Beijing garrison as the deputy chief.
This appointment is not only Chairman Mao’s trust in him but also the central government’s recognition of him. Therefore, in his later work, Wen Yucheng’s work performance was also outstanding and he resolutely implemented the orders of his superiors.
Wen Yucheng in his later years
Wen Yucheng in his later years lives away from the hustle and bustle of life in Nanjing, and she will also grow flowers and plants in her spare time.
In the summer of 1989, Wen Yucheng suddenly felt discomfort in his liver, so he immediately came to the People's Liberation Army General Hospital for diagnosis and found that he was suffering from advanced liver cancer.
After learning about it, my friend Chen Renqi went to the hospital in a wheelchair to visit him. The two were both founding lieutenant generals and had been together for half of their lives.
Now Wen Yucheng is suffering from a terminal illness, which means that his friend will be in short order, which makes him feel very sad. Wen Yucheng looked at his old friend and smiled faintly and said calmly: "Brother, I will leave first for the rest of my life."
Chen Renqi listened to these sad words, grabbed Wen Yucheng's hand tightly and did not dare to let go. He raised his head but saw that he was already full of tears.
Wen Yucheng
Wen Yucheng knew in his heart that his life might have come to the end, so he decided to return to Nanjing and spend his last time peacefully.
On October 29, 1989, Wen Yucheng died in Nanjing at the age of 74.
Before his death, he also left his last words: The funeral is simple, and the ashes are placed in the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery.
