He joined the Red Army at the age of 11, was only 32 years old at the time of his death, and served as the acting commander of the 39th Army
Last year, a "Chosin Lake" once again showed the world that difficult time. In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, in the case of backwardness in weapons, logistics, and other aspects, the volunteer army relied on its strong conviction to defeat the US army, and countless heroes died, one of whom was still a deputy commander, that is, Wu Guozhang, whom we want to talk about today.
Wu Guozhang is a native of Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, and it should be known that this county is a famous general county, and if he did not sacrifice, he should also use a founding lieutenant general.
In 1930, Wu Guozhang joined the Red Army, when he was only 11 years old, and because he was not tall enough to be gunned, he was not arranged to participate in the battle, but to work as a correspondent.
But he aspired to go to the battlefield, often exercising alone, and after a few years he grew into an excellent Red Army soldier. In 1934, Wu Guozhang participated in the Long March with the Red 25th Army, and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he went with the troops to the Jilu Border Region and served as the head of the local guerrilla group.
He was good at fighting guerrilla warfare, paying a small price, but caused great losses to the Japanese army, but the Japanese could not do anything about him, and gradually became famous in the local area, the local people mentioned that he gave a thumbs up, and Wu Guozhang was also rated as a model of combat.
After entering the Liberation War, Wu Guozhang served as the chief of staff of the 5th Division of the Second Column of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, and led his troops to participate in important battles such as the Liaoshen Campaign and the Pingjin Campaign.
In the Liaoshen Campaign, his troops were the main force in the siege of the city, destroying more than 7600 enemies, and then participated in the liberation of Shenyang. In the Battle of Pingjin, more than 17,000 enemy people were killed, wounded, and captured at one time. At the end of the Liberation War, he led his troops to the south, participated in the Battle of Jiangxi Against Bandits and Xianggan, and made outstanding achievements.
In 1950, he led his troops to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and served as the deputy commander of the 39th Army, whose commander was Wu Xinquan. The enemy they faced was a well-armed American army, but Wu Guozhang was not afraid, and commanded the troops to repel the enemy, which greatly boosted morale.
Wu Guozhang participated in the first to fifth battles of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea together with the 39th Army, and because of his outstanding military achievements, he was promoted to acting commander of the 39th Army, which was placed in 1955 and should be a founding lieutenant general.
Unfortunately, he did not live to 1955. On October 6, 1951, Wu Guozhang took a jeep to the Pyongyang Volunteer Army Headquarters for a meeting, and on the way back he was bombed by Us military aircraft, and the fragments of the bomb hit his left rib and died on the spot.
When Wu Guozhang died, he was only 32 years old, and the guards found a blood-stained IOU from his clothes pocket, which she borrowed from the logistics department of the Volunteer Army, a money he never forgot.
However, after the 39th Army received the news of his death, the whole army was very sad, and the commander of the army, Wu Xinquan, personally returned his body to China, and An Chang was in the Martyrs' Cemetery of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in Shenyang.