Wang Xinting (Chinese: 王新亭; pinyin: Wáng Xīntíng; 23 December 1908 – 11 December 1984) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China from Hubei.[1]
Wang Xinting | |
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| 王新亭 | |
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| Member of the Central Military Commission | |
| In office 28 September 1954 – 1975 | |
| Chairman | Mao Zedong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1908 Xiaogan, Hubei Province, China |
| Died | December 11, 1984 (aged 75) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Awards |  Order of Bayi (First Class)
 Order of Liberation (China) (First Class) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army |
| Years of service | 1930–1984 |
| Rank |  General |
| Commands | 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Commander of Taiyue Military Region, Director of Politics in the Hebei – Shandong – Henan Military region |
| Battles/wars | Encirclement Campaigns, Long March, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War, Chengdu Campaign |
Biography
editEarly life
editWang was born into a humble peasant family in Xiaogan, Hubei Province. In the spring of 1926, he joined the workers' and peasants' movement. He joined the Chinese Red Army in 1930 and was appointed as a team leader. Following in September, he joined the Chinese Communist Party. In 1931, he was appointed Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the 10th Division in the Red Fourth Army. Later in the year, he was appointed as the deputy secretary general of the army's political department. In October 1932, following the encirclement campaigns, Wang Xinting and Red Fourth Army evacuated Hubei and Henan in favor of Northern Sichuan. In July, he was appointed as the political director of the Red Ninth Army. Wang Xinting participated in the "anti-three-way siege" operations and "anti-six-way siege" operations. Wang Xinting joined the Long March in May 1935 and was later promoted to Chief Minister of the General Political Department of the Red Fourth Army. With the army's arrival in northern Shaanbei in 1936, Wang was concurrently appointed as the Political Director of the Red Thirty-First Army.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War
editFollowing the outbreak of war, Wang was appointed as the Political Director in the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, assisting in the expansion of the army in the Shanxi – Changzhi region.[2] In January 1938, he was appointed as the political commissar of the 386th Brigade and worked alongside Chen Geng. On 22 February 1938, the brigade ambushed and killed more than 130 Japanese troops. The 386th Brigade was notoriously known for their guerilla warfare, and with other surrounding brigades inflicted over 4000 casualties to the Imperial Japanese Army. The Japanese hunt for the brigade extended to pasting slogans on such as "focus your attack on the 386th Brigade" on their tanks.[3]
References
edit- ^ "王新亭--中国共产党新闻--中国共产党新闻网". cpc.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ xzbu论文网. "人民解放军第六十军首任军长王新亭". www.xzbu.com (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ 华军 (1994). 铁血万里: 第二野战军纵横征战纪实. . 四川人民出版社. p. 27.