When the news that Wang Keqin, the famous model of the whole army who loved soldiers and loved the people and killed the enemy and the platoon leader of the 6th column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, died heroically reached the headquarters of the field army, Commander Liu Bocheng said excitedly, "Chiang Kai-shek can't exchange a brigade for me a Wang Keqin!" Then, in the name of himself and political commissar Deng Xiaoping, he personally sent a message of condolence to Wang Keqin's troops, praising him as "an example of the new progress that our army and the whole army have learned through the combination of fighting and training, technology and courage".

Wang Keqin, 1920, a native of Fuyang County, Anhui Province. 1July, 939, captured by the Kuomintang army. 1945 10, liberated and joined the China People's Liberation Army in the Battle of Handan. Joined China in September, 1946. Under the training of the party and the people's army, he quickly grew into an excellent soldier with high political consciousness and courage. He has made meritorious service for 9 times and was rated as "a first-class enemy-killing hero" and "a model member". After becoming a squad leader, he inherited and carried forward the glorious tradition of the people's army and was good at doing in-depth and meticulous ideological work. Every time a new soldier is added to the class, he always shows up and inspires the proletarian consciousness of the new soldier. He used the motto of "relying on parents at home and mutual help in revolution" to educate everyone to do a good job of unity, organized two mutual aid groups and carried out three mutual aid activities in thought, technology and life, which played a great role in improving the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the class. 194610/0. On October 6th, he led the whole class to play the role of fighting and helping each other, fought fiercely with the Kuomintang army for one day, repelled the enemy several times, annihilated a large number of enemies, and successfully completed the task without any casualties. After the war, the whole class won the first class merit, three people were rated as war heroes, and he was promoted to platoon leader. In 65438+February of the same year, Yan 'an Liberation Daily published an editorial praising him for "creating a new shining example for the people's liberation in China" and calling on the whole army to carry out the "Wang Keqin Movement" in general. His experience of "three mutual assistance" in leading troops has been rapidly popularized in the whole army and is of great significance to the construction of the people's army.

July 1947, 10, southwest Shandong campaign, he led the whole platoon into the city bravely. After the injury, he still insisted on commanding the battle. He died heroically in the early hours of 1 1 due to excessive blood loss. In memory of him, his platoon was named "Wang Keqin platoon".