Ding Sheng, the former commander of the Nanjing Military Region, was removed from his post for examination because of the testimony of Ma Tianshui and three other Shanghai rebels. There is a very special sentence in the testimony, Ma Tianshui and others said that Ding Sheng said at the Yan'an Hotel: I can't command the 60th Army, and it poses a great threat to Shanghai, so you must prepare early. Judging from the results of the follow-up handling, Ding Sheng was found to be an "accomplice" and expelled from the party, and the main evidence was the description of the conversation between the three people about the Yan'an Hotel, indicating that the prosecution had confirmed this important testimony.
Taking a step back, leaving aside the authenticity of the arguments for the time being, the 60 th Army was "famous" in the army because of this incident, and it can be seen from the side that the party spirit and discipline of the officers and men of this army were very good. Even if Ma Tianshui and the three of them colluded in advance and fabricated testimony to help themselves reduce their guilt, then they also had an in-depth understanding of the troops of the Nanjing Military Region, otherwise they would not have just pushed out the 60th Army. You must know that the Nanjing Military Region had three armies under its jurisdiction back then, not only the 60th Army.
When it comes to the 60th Army, we must first talk about another unit: Nowadays, on important military parades, there must be a red flag with "Luoyang Battalion" written on the honor battle flag vehicle in front. In the Luoyang Campaign of the Liberation War in 1948, the first battalion-level unit of our army to attack Luoyang City was the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Vertical and 23rd Regiment of the East China Field Army. The commander of the "Luoyang Battalion" was named Zhang Ming, and he commanded the battle well and took the lead and was commended by his superiors, but Zhang Ming himself was injured by explosives.
He's not just famous. At the critical stage of the Huaihai Campaign, the "Luoyang Battalion" led by Zhang Ming, as an assault knife force, bravely broke through the inner defensive circle of the Kuomintang 12th Corps and entered the corps headquarters of the enemy general Huang Wei, and Zhang Ming made new contributions. During the war years, the heroic battalion commander Zhang Ming was wounded 16 times and won three heroic medals, one of which was a first-class medal. Such a rare general, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, was trained by the army, Zhang Ming's position was promoted many times, he became the division commander in 1956, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1964.
In 1976, when the "Yan'an Hotel Secret Talk" occurred, the commander of the 60th Army of the People's Liberation Army was none other than Zhang Ming, the former heroic battalion commander, and the three main divisions under his command were stationed in the Yangtze River estuary. The testimony of the so-called "Ding Sheng commanded the 60th Army" has two meanings: first, Commander Zhang Ming is not from Siye, as a cadre of the old Sanye, he is not the "descendant" of Commander Ding Sheng, and he is not controlled at the critical moment; Second, Zhang Ming, as a tiger general with outstanding military exploits, has an upright and principled temperament, and is absolutely loyal to the party and the people. Beginning in 1971, Zhang Ming first served as the political commissar of the 60th Army, and later became the commander of the army; He not only has a background in commanding heroic troops, but is also a cadre with excellent military and political skills, and by 1976 his position in the 60th Army was deeply rooted and very prestigious.
As for the 60th Army led by Zhang Ming, it is not the old Sanye team: this army is from North China, and it is the main force created by Xu Shuai during the Liberation War, formerly known as the 8th Column of the North China Military Region, which played a very good role in the liberation of Shanxi and the conquest of the Great Northwest, and later the 60th Army was transferred to East China to garrison. The provinces of East China were mainly liberated by the Sanye, and the Nanjing Military Region had a large number of Sanye cadres, and it was reasonable for Zhang Ming to serve as the commander of the army in the 70s. Due to the history and personnel structure of the military region, Ding Sheng was transferred at the end of 73, which can hardly be said to convince all the Sanye generals, and there were some stumbles in daily work. The chief that Zhang Ming admired the most was Xu Shiyou, the former commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and it was when Xu Shiyou was in office that Zhang Ming was promoted to a regular army-level cadre.
After Ding Sheng "fell off" in March 1977, because of that testimony, the reputation of the 60th Army and Zhang Ming was objectively further raised. Obviously, if a cadre like Zhang Ming really wants him to lead the troops to do bad things, he must not be able to command. This "uncontrolled" army commander was promoted in 1980 to become deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and later received the rank of lieutenant general. At the same time as becoming a deputy cadre of the military region, Zhang Ming also served as secretary of the discipline inspection committee of the military region, specifically responsible for the management of military cadres and the work of law and discipline.
It is worth mentioning that in peacetime, he published more than 1 million words of military literary works, such as "The Record of Heroes", "Essays on Visiting the Soviet Union", "Luoyang Battalion" and "Records of Steel Guns and Iron Pens", which were well received by the vast number of soldiers and civilians. Zhang Ming's hometown is in Zouping, Shandong, and in the 80s, Zouping was still very poor, and the general donated the manuscript fee he earned from writing his book, together with his personal savings of nearly 10,000 yuan, to the local school free of charge to help the children in his hometown study and become talents. In March 2001, at the age of 76, General Zhang Ming died of illness in Nanjing.
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