During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as staff officer of the Seventh Army, captain, company commander and even political commissar of the trench team of the 19th Division, director of the political department directly under the Seventh Army, temporary commander-in-chief of the guerrilla headquarters of Shangyou and Chongyi, director of the political department of the Hunan-Jiangxi Military Region, director of the political department directly under the General Command of the Central Soviet Military Commission, director of the political department of the Red Fifth Army, director of the political department of the Red Thirteenth Division, director of the political department of the Red Eighth Army, director of the political department of the Red Army Cadre Corps, and the superior cadre team of the Red Army University.
During the Long March and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he served as director of the Political Department of China People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army Left-behind Corps, deputy political commissar of the Southern Detachment, deputy political commissar of the Shenyang Garrison Command, deputy political commissar of the Liaodong Military Region and director of the Political Department, political commissar of the fourth column of the Northeast Field Army, political commissar of the 41st Army of the Fourth Field Army, and political commissar of the 14th and 13th Corps.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as deputy political commissar of Guangxi Military Region, mayor of Nanning, director of political department of Northeast Military Region, vice president and dean of China People's Liberation Army School of Political Science, deputy political commissar of Fuzhou Military Region, and political commissar of armored force of China People's Liberation Army. 1955, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. He is a deputy to the 3rd, 4th and 5th National People's Congresses, a member of the 6th NPC Standing Committee, and a deputy to the 7th, 8th, 11th and 12th China National Congresses. 1988, with the approval of the central military commission, he left his post to rest. He died in Beijing on May 3, 2000 at the age of 90.
avocation
Mo Wenhua loved reading all his life. Even between battles, he squeezed time to read his diary and never stopped. Harrison Salisbury, an American writer, wrote in the book Long March-An Unknown Story: "The sun has risen. Mo Wenhua looked around, and there were books and documents everywhere-current affairs manuals, maps, books on the art of war, books on land issues, China's revolutionary issues and political economy, books on Marxism-Leninism, various pamphlets and books of Britain, France and Germany. All the books that the Red Army porters stumbled along the way are here. The page was torn to pieces and the handwriting was covered with mud. " Mo Wenhua recalled: "All our ideological weapons and all our military documents were thrown aside". "Some war diaries were lost, and the general still feels sorry. During the Cultural Revolution, the rebel property owner could not find the general's passbook and asked the chef. The cook didn't know, so he replied, "Maybe all of them! "In fact, most of Mo Wenhua's savings are spent on books, and thousands of books are the wealth of General Mo Wenhua's life. 1991July, General Mo Wenhua and his wife Yang Feng donated a batch of ancient books, calligraphy, paintings and cultural relics to their hometown Guangxi Museum.