Among the founding generals, the great name of General Wang Jinshan, who had made great achievements in battle, was well known, because General Wang fought and did not die, and people called him "Wang Crazy". Among the founding generals, in addition to the "Wang Madman", there is also a "Zhang Madman". This "Zhang crazy man" fought bravely and forward, not afraid of death, rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward, fighting a war even more crazy than Wang Jinshan. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Luo Ronghuan rewarded him with a "spotted leopard", and he rode the "spotted leopard" to kill a car of ghosts. He later became a founding lieutenant general.
He is Zhang Renchu, the founding lieutenant general nicknamed "Zhang Madman". Zhang Renchu was born in 1909 in Huang'an (Hong'an), Hubei Province, joined the Peasants' Association in 1926, and joined the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army in his hometown in 1927.
After joining the Red Army, Zhang Renchu fought xiao yong and made many meritorious contributions. In June 1935, after the Red First and Fourth Fronts met the division in Sichuan Maogong, Zhang Renchu was transferred to the First Army of the Red Army and reorganized into the Second Battalion of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Division, and served as the battalion commander. After participating in the Long March, in October 1936, he served as the regimental commander of the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the 1st Red Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in July 1937, Zhang Renchu served as the commander of the first battalion of the 686th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan. In March 1939, he was appointed as the commander of the 686th Regiment, and entered Rusi with the 115th Division headquarters to participate in the battle against the Japanese.
On March 1, 1939, Zhang Renchu, then commander of the 686th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, followed the troops into Luxi to resist the Japanese. In one battle, the troops captured a number of horses. After the war, Luo Ronghuan, political commissar of the 115th Division, specially distributed a war horse "Spotted Leopard" to Zhang Renchu as a reward for his decisive command and meritorious combat.
After Zhang Renchu got the "Spotted Leopard", a BMW pony, he was really like a tiger. He rode this sacred horse and galloped on the vast land of Lunan, fighting devils and destroying the puppet army.
In 1940, the Japanese puppet army carried out frequent and cruel "sweeping", encroachment, division and blockade of the Anti-Japanese Base Area in Lunan Province. During the anti-"sweeping" in the Tianbaoshan base area in Lunan Province, Zhang Renchu led the main force of the 686th Regiment to fight heroically and crushed the attack of the Japanese puppet army on the base area of Baoligu Mountain.
During the battle, a ghost leader saw that the situation was not good, and immediately drove a car with a car of ghosts to break through and escape. "Never let go of a ghost!" Zhang Ren, the leader of the 686 regiment, saw that the ghost had fled, so he flew onto his horse and rushed to catch up.
Zhang Renchu rode the "spotted leopard" in hot pursuit, and the ghosts on the military vehicle in front of him saw Zhang Renchu riding a horse and chased after him, so they opened fire on him. Zhang Ren was excited when he first saw the devil, he immediately crouched down, holding two box guns in his hand, and started to fight left and right, only to see the devils on the car one by one shot down and get out of the car, and at the end of the battle, even the driver of the car, the leader of the devils, was shot by Zhang Renchu, and the devil's military car was lying on the road, and all the devils in the car saw the king of Yan.
Zhang Renchu rode on a horse, and one of them killed a cart of ghosts. The guards and cavalry squads that came after them, after seeing this situation, deeply admired the heroism of the regimental commander, and Zhang Renchu held the "spotted leopard" in one hand, slapped the roof of the car with the other hand and smiled: "Haha, little devil, walking the mountain road to see if you are fast or my "spotted leopard" is fast, see who is strong in the end!" ”
After the war, in order to commend Zhang Renchu for his heroic killing of the enemy, the head of the headquarters decided to reward Zhang Renchu with two brand-new German-made fast and slow machines. Since then, Zhang Renchu has ridden this "spotted leopard" divine horse, carrying these two box guns, galloping on the vast land, conquering the south and fighting the northern war, killing countless enemies, and repeatedly building miracles...
In 1955, Zhang Renchu was awarded the rank of founding lieutenant general.