Indeed, General Zhong Wei's military talent is extremely high, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a genius who leads troops to fight, but at the same time, General Zhong Wei is also famous for his "short temper". After the anti-war drama "Bright Sword" was released in 2005, many people speculated that the prototype of the protagonist Li Yunlong was Zhong Wei. Although the crew denied this, they had to admit that Li Yunlong's character in the play was indeed somewhat similar to that of General Zhong Wei!
On the afternoon of September 27th, 1955, a ceremony was held in the State Council Auditorium of Ziguangge, Zhongnanhai. Zhong Wei was awarded the rank of Major General, the Second Class August 1st Medal, the Second Class Medal of Independence and Freedom, and the First Class Medal of Liberation. As can be seen from the level of medals, Zhong Wei's meritorious military service was mainly concentrated during the War of Liberation.
After the award, Zhong Wei was dissatisfied with his rank, shouting that he would hang the medal on the dog's tail, and vowed never to wear the military uniform of Major General or the rank of Major General. Chairman Mao's response is intriguing.
Chairman Mao said:
Aside the boss zhu responded:
In fact, Zhong Wei's complaint is understandable. Huang Yongsheng was also the commander of column 12 in Dongye. Later, Zhong Wei was the commander of the four fields, and Liang Xingchu was also the commander. However, when it comes to honor, Huang Yongsheng was appointed as a general, and Liang Xingchu was appointed as a lieutenant general. Zhong Wei is inevitably unbalanced.
At that time, Chairman Mao also knew that Zhong Wei's evaluation of professional titles was a bit low, but it was the first time after all, and there were so many people evaluating professional titles. It is obviously unrealistic to satisfy everyone.
Song Renqiong and Luo Ronghuan are worried that this will happen. In order to evaluate their professional titles, they are busy running around all day, searching for information and trying their best to satisfy everyone. Chairman Mao also knew that everyone was not easy and decided to comfort Zhong Wei in his own way.
Chairman Mao not only personally appointed Zhong Wei as the chief of staff of the Beijing Military Region, but also improved the treatment of Zhong Wei. Zhong Wei naturally understood the chairman's kindness, so he never mentioned it again and worked hard in obscurity.
General Zhong Wei's life is full of legends. He disobeyed General Lin for three times and won great victories. Later, he stood up for Peng. As a result, he was implicated. Peng kept chanting the name before he died.
Zhong Wei was born in 19 1 1 Jiashan Village, Pingjiang County, Hunan Province. Pingjiang county is a place where heroes come forth in large numbers, and more than 60 generals have emerged successively, which has made great contributions to the country. Among these more than 60 generals, Zhong Wei is the most famous!
When it comes to Zhong Wei, Pingjiang people always feel proud. They affectionately called Zhong Wei a "brave soldier", which means that General Zhong Wei is strong-willed and can fight.
When Zhong Wei was born, China was in turmoil. The outbreak of the Revolution of 1911 brought an unprecedented impact to China, and the revolutionary wave quickly spread to the whole country, opening a half-century-long war era in China.
1928, revolutionary fighters such as Peng,, and launched the Pingjiang Uprising. Gunfire rang through Pingjiang, and panicked people fled outside the city. In the crowd, a teenager went upstream and hurried to the city.
This boy is Zhong Wei. Zhong Wei's visit is to help Yuan Keqi, an underground party hiding at home, understand the city. This is the first time that Zhong Wei heard gunshots.
It is because human beings are afraid that courage is meaningful. Zhong Wei was very scared when he heard the gunshots in the whole city. He knew very well that an ordinary stray bullet could take his own life, but Zhong Wei finally chose to go forward bravely and complete his task.
1928, Zhong Wei joined the Chinese Communist Youth League, 1930, he joined the Red Army and became a real proletarian soldier.
Zhong Wei was only 19 years old when he joined the Red Army. Although he is not the youngest Red Army, he is a very young group. Because Zhong Wei's cultural level is higher than others, he went directly to the political department as a propagandist after he joined the army.
Although the official is not big, Zhong Wei works harder than anyone else. Soon he was promoted because of his excellent work ability, and served as the political commissar of the company and the regiment, all the way to the director of the political department of the 72 nd Division.
Zhong Wei is ugly, but his personality is very hot. He was also Ray Mo Lifeng when he was on a mission, and he was extremely efficient. His comrades all said this about Zhong Wei:
As can be seen from this passage, Zhong Wei's figure belongs to the thin and capable type, and her appearance is relatively ordinary. Most people don't have a deep impression on him when they see him, but as soon as Zhong Wei starts to speak, his momentum comes out, and he has a well-thought-out plan.
But it is also true that if such a person does not send him a person with the same strong and violent personality and a higher level of speaking and doing things to lead him, it is really easy to stir up trouble.
1939, Zhong Wei came to the Henan-Hubei Independent Guerrilla led by Li Xiannian, with Zhong Wei as the political commissar. However, because he couldn't get along with the leaders of the detachment, he even ran away from home with his wife and children and the guard class in a rage. Zhong Wei didn't consider the cost of the trip, and lived with his wife and children all the way.
In order to avoid the enemy, Zhong Wei and his party had to stay up all night, all the way from Hubei to northern Jiangsu, taking refuge in their old leaders Huang Kecheng and Zhong Wei, and they respected and trusted Huang Kecheng very much. Huang Kecheng reprimanded Zhong Wei after learning the cause and effect, but he still took in his family and made Zhong Wei the head of the 28th regiment of the 3rd Division 10 Brigade of the New Fourth Army.
At that time, if Zhong Wei was taken back by Li Xiannian, the consequences would be great or small. If it is serious, he may be shot by Li Xiannian as a deserter.
After coming to Huang Kecheng, Zhong Wei found his own Bole, and his combat command ability was also brought into full play. When he captured the Gaogou in northern Jiangsu, Zhong Wei played beautifully and became a typical attack tactic, which reached its acme in Liaoshen Campaign.
At that time, our army was actually not good at fighting tough battles. Highland terrain is special, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The enemy attacked the five-meter-high wall of the city and dug a deep trench under it. The enemy used the terrain to hide behind the wall and shoot. Our army is seriously short of heavy weapons, and in this case, it is helpless to the enemy.
In addition, the enemy also built a large number of turrets, bunkers, barbed wire and other fortifications. The four guard companies made three consecutive attacks, all of which ended in failure. The company commander asked the soldiers to cover their desks with quilts and use them as mobile shelters to resist enemy fire, but it still didn't help.
The security company commander ordered to prepare for the fourth storm. Zhong Wei quickly stopped him and said, "It's not enough to fight alone, you have to use your brain!"
Zhong Wei told the soldiers to withdraw and held an emergency meeting. According to the current situation, Zhong Wei decided to take tunnel operation and shelling as the main means of attack to minimize unnecessary casualties.
Zhong Wei's tactics, also known as "digging ditches to get close to the enemy", were specially formulated for this tough battle. First, the soldiers dug tunnels under the city walls, and then placed explosives to blow up the city walls. Later, this tactic was adopted by the People's Liberation Army and used in many famous battles, especially the battle to liberate Jinzhou. Our army successfully captured this indestructible city by using this tactic.
In the battle to conquer Huaiyin City, Zhong Wei once again shines brilliantly. Huaiyin City has been a famous place easy to defend but difficult to attack since ancient times. In order to defend against the enemy, Wu Tang, the governor of water transport in Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, built a solid wall with stones, the height of which could reach more than five meters, and set up more than 20 fortresses.
After Japan surrendered, the 28th Division of the Puppet Army in Huaiyin City resisted by relying on the solid city walls and refused to surrender. Pan ganchen, the teacher of the 28 th division, occupies such a favorable position and is extremely arrogant. In order to make the city more difficult to break, he ordered all four city gates to be built into Wé ng gates, and the wall was raised to 8 meters again, and hidden shooting holes were set on the wall.
In the eyes of ordinary people, Huaiyin City is impregnable at this time, and there is basically no possibility of breaking through. However, Zhong Wei is a man who likes to challenge the impossible. Staring at the wall as high as eight meters, Zhong Wei gave birth to another plan.
Since the enemy likes to climb higher, let's compete with them. Zhong Wei built a shooting range higher than the enemy's wall outside the city, which gave the enemy a heavy blow from the highlands.
After this war, the 29th regiment led by Zhong Wei became famous, and was called "Qingjiang Army". Zhong Wei was promoted to brigade commander. Not long after Zhong Wei followed Huang Kecheng into the Northeast, he was incorporated into the 5th Division of the Second Column of the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces, and studied under Zhong Wei.
Zhong Wei has always been strict with himself, especially his subordinates. When I was fighting the Japanese army in northern Jiangsu, I met two enemy towers, one of which was shot down soon, and the other could not be shot down anyway. The company commander is a new recruit. I can't fathom Zhong Wei's temper and don't know how to continue fighting.
Without saying a word, Zhong Wei called the security company commander and said, "Go and tell him that he can't call for an hour. Come and see him! "
The company commander of the guard quickly informed him and said to the new company commander, "Fight quickly, or you will be shot if you can't fight!"
Hearing this, the company commander understood Zhong Wei's style and immediately charged bravely with the team. Indeed, another turret was also shot down. Zhong Wei's troops have always been able to win battles and fight tough battles, but their style is also quite "overbearing"!
In the War of Liberation, when Zhong Wei encountered siege operations, he would write down many seals of "captured by the Fifth Division" and distribute them to his own troops when he was sure of victory. Whenever an enemy city falls, soldiers in Zhong Wei will put seals on the supplies and food they encounter.
The brothers who fought together were not convinced and went to the Dongye headquarters to complain. Zhong Wei always replied plausibly: "There is a seal to prove it!" There is nothing anyone can do about it.
Later, two ammunition trucks passed the Zhong Wei Army Station of Dongye Headquarters. At that time, Zhong Wei was worried about ammunition, and the troops lacked ammunition. At the sight of the truck carrying ammunition, Zhong Wei quickly ran over and waved to stop, and directly called a company of soldiers. All the ammunition in the car was unloaded, and the cadres who were riding in the car stopped people and complained: "How can I go back and explain!"
Zhong Wei also worried that cadres would be embarrassed. He wrote him a receipt, smiled and said to the cadres in the car: "When you go back, tell them I collected it in Zhong Wei. They are all the Eight-Route Army, and they are all anti-Kuomintang. What are you and me? "
I don't know if you are familiar with Zhong Wei's works. Isn't Li Yunlong in Liang Jian such a "overbearing" style? But I have to admit, people did win a lot of battles!
At that time, many people complained to Huang Kecheng. Huang Kecheng severely criticized Zhong Wei every time, but on the battlefield, Zhong Wei had to be reused. Zhong Wei really has a high fighting talent.
Obeying orders is the first duty of a soldier, but Zhong Wei is a little different from others. He often said, "The duty of a soldier is to win the battle. If something goes wrong, I will be responsible! " This led to Zhong Wei's repeated "disobedience" on the battlefield, but it turns out that Zhong Wei's tactical changes made improvisation on the battlefield did bring us great victory.
1947 In the campaign of "Three Downs to the South of the Yangtze River", Zhong Wei led his troops to cross the Songhua River in the south, and his main task was to cooperate with the 1st and 6th vertical encirclement and suppression of the new national army and the new first army.
Zhong Wei hurried all the way to Kaoshantun, and suddenly he found Jiangjiatun in the southwest very busy. Zhong Wei immediately found something was wrong and sent troops for reconnaissance, only to find that the enemy had stationed two battalions here.
At this time, Zhong Wei had a combat mission, and his superiors didn't order him to fight two battalions, but Zhong Wei thought it was a good opportunity to eat the enemy. Political commissar immediately stepped in to stop him, and condemned Zhong Wei for openly disobeying orders from his superiors!
Political commissar more the tail from wagging the dog, think Zhong Wei should strictly carry out the orders of the superior, even if the front two battalions were eaten by us, but it is likely to delay the fighter plane, delay the task assigned by the superior. Zhong Wei is unwilling to observe for a long time. He thinks it's better to fight here than to advance eastward, and the odds are better. Finally, Zhong Wei said angrily, "That's settled! Stay here and fight! I want to behead, I want to fight! "
Just start, Zhong Wei immediately surrounded the enemy. The United States sent three telegrams to Zhong Wei to move eastward, but Zhong Wei ignored them. The United States knows that Zhong Wei is not satisfied with staying here to besiege the enemy, but it is understandable that Zhong Wei does not obey foreign military orders. ■ Said in the telegram:
After Zhong Wei surrounded the enemy, the enemy's 87th Division came to reinforce, and the fighting became more and more fierce. Zhong Wei directly reported to the superior for support, and in others, he defied orders and dared not make these demands again. Zhong Wei is different. He knew that S had always insisted, and the military orders were like a mountain, which was extremely difficult to change, what's more, Zhong Wei disobeyed for three times in a row.
But surprisingly, S took Zhong Wei's advice as an exception. Zhong Wei does have two brushes. After the battle, Zhong Wei wiped out a whole enemy regiment and successfully blocked the 87th Division which came to reinforce. Lin Biao took the opportunity to order the 6th Division of Longitudinal 1 and Longitudinal Division to move westward, and won the 87th Division of the enemy at one stroke, thus winning the battle of "Three Down the South".
This time, Zhong Wei defied orders. Although the victory was won, at most, the merits and demerits were offset. Unexpectedly, S electrified the Fifth Division and praised Zhong Wei for his "enthusiasm and mobility in fighting". Zhong Wei became famous in all fields from then on.
Zhong Wei has won many battles in his life, among which Wenjiatai's annihilation, also known as the "Battle of Tun Princess", is the proudest. Zhong Wei called himself "the most crisp and beautiful battle of his life."
1947165438+10. In October, the Northeast Field Army launched a winter offensive and all the troops took action. Winter in the northeast is very cold, catching up with heavy snow for several days. Under harsh operational conditions, the troops of the 57th Regiment of the Seventh Vertical and Seventeenth Division and the 17th Regiment of the Second Vertical and Sixth Division were attacked by the enemy in Wenjiatai, causing heavy casualties.
At that time, the enemy's armament weapons were much more advanced than ours, and there were countless planes, artillery and tanks, which formed an obvious gap with our army. Many people suggested retreating, but Zhong Wei stepped forward and volunteered.
Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, Zhong Wei is very aware of the risks of this war, but he is not an ordinary reckless person. Zhong Wei has been fighting for so many years and is very experienced. He came up with a way to fight in the snow, which can suppress the enemy well, even if the enemy has planes and cannons.
Well-documented, Zhong Wei put forward two requirements, one is that he should be responsible, and the other is that the artillery must be given enough. CMC thought for a long time and finally agreed to Zhong Wei's request. Like the previous Huaiyin Campaign and Gaogou Campaign, Zhong Wei also held a prewar meeting this time.
Zhong Wei said in the meeting:
Zhong Wei used version 2.0 of the "Trenching to Close the Enemy" tactics here, and upgraded to the snow. In addition, he also made full use of the fierce attack capability of artillery, minimizing his own casualties.
After the battle began, the soldiers successfully dug trenches into the enemy's front positions and bombed the enemy's fortifications with artillery. After several waves of charge, the enemy was defeated and fled, and the battle led by Zhong Wei was as fast as the autumn wind sweeping the leaves.
The battle of Wenjiatai, in which our army annihilated the first army, the main force of the Kuomintang Central Committee, was also the first large-scale annihilation war in Dongye. Four columns and powerful artillery participated together, which accumulated experience and provided excellent cases for our army's subsequent large-scale corps operations.
After the battle, the prisoners of war were counted. The enemy officer disguised himself as a soldier, put on his clothes and mingled with the soldiers. After several interrogations, our army failed to find the "big fish". When Zhong Wei knew this, he ordered all prisoners of war to gather and flee, and those left behind were arrested and interrogated. Sure enough, most of those left behind were officers, including the enemy commander Chen Linda.
Zhong Wei this recruit is really wonderful and loss, the kuomintang officers always pampered, neglected training, running together, physical nature is not as good as ordinary soldiers, Zhong Wei this recruit really effective!
The battle of Wenjiatai dealt a great blow to the arrogant Kuomintang army. Prior to this, relying on advanced equipment and aircraft cannons, the Kuomintang army was extremely arrogant. After the battle of Wenjiatai, our army won one after another, completely smashing the enemy's strategic defense plan. Chiang Kai-shek was surprised and flew to Shenyang to supervise the war.
1948, Dongye formed the 12th column, and Zhong Wei was directly promoted from the teacher to the commander of the 12th column, which is unique in the fields of Zhong Wei!
Zhong Wei is a very interesting person. Many veterans who followed Zhong Wei for many years recalled Zhong Wei with admiration and helplessness. A veteran once wrote in his memoirs:
1959 after the Lushan meeting, Peng was targeted and stood up to speak, denouncing the people present for "ulterior motives." Therefore, Zhong Wei was directly taken out of the meeting and delegated to the Anhui Provincial Department of Agriculture as the deputy director.
Peng was deeply moved by his brave words. Until Peng's death, he was still obsessed with the name.
1On June 24th, 984, Zhong Wei died in Beijing at the age of 73.
Although General Zhong Wei passed away, his soul is immortal. History will always remember this honest and lovely people's hero who can win battles and dare to fight hard!