Wang Zheng: "clairvoyance" and "ear to the wind" of half radio stations"

He is a graduate of the sixth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy; he is the clairvoyance and ear of the Red Army; he started with half of the radio station and started the radio communication business of the People's Army. He was also responsible for the establishment of our party's first radio station. During the period when the Party Central Committee moved to northern Shaanxi, he creatively built a radio communication network and made outstanding contributions to the victory of the War of Liberation. With the joint efforts of him and his comrades in arms, he created the prerequisites for the revolutionary historical legend of "Chairman Mao's use of troops is really like a god.

Today, the Ministry of Information Industry, the State Administration of Radio and Television, China Telecom, China Mobile and other industrial groups all respect him as the founder of the industry; he is the only senior general who has been selected into the Chinese Dictionary of Scientists for 100 years. He is Wang Zheng, a founding general who served as Minister of the Communications Department of the Central Military Commission, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Director of the Communications Department, Minister of the Fourth Machinery Department, and Deputy Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army.

General Wang Zheng is a senior general of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, the founder of radio communications in the Central Soviet area and our army, and the pioneer and outstanding leader of the electronics industry in New China. He has made outstanding contributions to the establishment and development of our army's communications industry, to the development of our army's radio technology reconnaissance and electronic countermeasures, to the creation of my country's news broadcasting and post and telecommunications industry, and to the development of electronic industry, missiles, aerospace and other cutting-edge science and technology. He was praised by Mao Zedong as the "pioneer" of our army's communications work ".

　Red communications career, he and half radio started

Wang Yu, formerly known as Wu Rinjian, was born on May 16, 1909 in Wujin County, Jiangsu Province. In 1928, Wang Zheng was admitted to the Huangpu Military Academy. During his time at school, he was concerned about politics and read a large number of progressive books. He was a firm supporter of Sun Yat-sen's three major policies of "unites Russia, unites the Communist Party, and supports farmers and workers. After graduating from the military academy, he was assigned to work as a radio operator in the Kuomintang army.

On November 5, 1930, the Kuomintang began its first "encirclement and suppression" of the Central Soviet Area in Jiangxi. The Red Army wiped out the 18th Division in the Longgang area in one fell swoop. Among the Kuomintang soldiers captured in the Longgang battle were Wang Zheng. Waiting for 10 radio personnel.

Four days later, Mao Zedong and Zhu De met Wang Zheng and others who voluntarily asked to join the Red Army. Mao Zedong welcomed them to join the Red Army with a smile on his face and encouraged them to use radio technology to serve the workers and peasants in the future.

Wang Zheng was deeply impressed by the Communist Party's aim of serving the people and the good style of the Red Army officers and soldiers sharing weal and woe. He resolutely joined the Red Army and changed his name to Wang Zheng. He encouraged himself with the word "Zheng" and "believed in his words and was upright and upright".

Wang Zheng's radio station was damaged by Red Army soldiers who did not know what it was when cleaning up the booty. It could only be listened to, not sent out. It was called "half radio station". Wang Zheng decided to use it to copy the news and telegram of the Kuomintang Central News Agency and listen to enemy intelligence to help the Red Army understand the movements of the Kuomintang army. This half of the radio became the most convenient channel for the Central Soviet Area to communicate with the outside world. In the subsequent pursuit of the Kuomintang army, the Red Army seized another radio station. Wang Zheng and his comrades in arms relied on this "one and a half" radio station to start the radio communication industry of the people's army.

Overcoming difficulties and making outstanding contributions to the struggle against "encirclement and suppression"

After the victory of the first anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, Mao Zedong and Zhu De decided to form a Red Army radio team and appointed Wang Zheng as its captain.

In the tulou of Chikan Village, Xiaobu Town, Ningdu County, Jiangxi Province, the first radio training class of the Red Army officially started. Wang Zheng personally served as a teacher and made training equipment. They made electric keys with wood and iron pieces, and used waste copper wires. Making code trainers, in just four months, trained the first batch of radio communication technicians for our army, and made outstanding contributions to the subsequent anti-"encirclement and suppression.
On April 1, 1931, Chiang Kai-shek launched a second frenzied "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Central Soviet Area ". In the newly established Red Army radio team, Wang Zheng, who had just been appointed as the captain, personally went on the plane to operate. He used the damaged radio receiver that could only be listened to, monitored the enemy's movements day and night, and finally intercepted important information. The enemy division said, "We are now stationed in Futian and will leave tomorrow morning." The enemy in Ji'an left behind asked, "Where are you going?" The enemy division replied, "Donggu."

This important information was immediately sent to Mao Zedong and Zhu De. According to the detected arrival time, location, serial number and deployment of the enemy, the superior forces were concentrated, and an ambush circle was set up at the necessary place for the enemy to pass through, and the second victory against "encirclement and suppression" was won.

At the meeting of the army and the people in the Soviet area to celebrate the victory, Mao Zedong invited the young Wang Zheng to the rostrum and said happily: "our workers' and peasants' Red Army also has clairvoyance and ears, which is a magic weapon for defeating the enemy!"

After the end of the third anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, the Central Soviet Area already had 6 radio stations, which ensured the smooth communication of various troops, and obtained contact with the Shanghai Party Central Committee, and communicated the air connection between the Soviet Area and the White Area. In accordance with the decision of the Central Bureau of the Soviet area, Wang Zheng, while ensuring the completion of the communication task, increased the number of personnel to copy the English telegrams of foreign news agencies, translated and edited, and named them "Reference News", which is now the start-up of Xinhua News Agency's "Reference News. At the same time, using the copied press release as the material, the first text news radio station of the Communist Party of China was created, which was named "China Soviet Central Government Radio Station", and the Red China News Agency, referred to as "Red Central News Agency", was established. The call sign is "CSR".

On August 1, 1933, at the meeting to celebrate the Army Day, at the proposal of Zhu de and Zhou Enlai, in view of Wang Zheng's meritorious deeds in previous anti-"encirclement and suppression" battles, the Central Revolutionary military Commission decided to award him a second-class Red Star Medal.

In September 1934, Wang Zheng was promoted to the director of the Third Bureau of the Military Commission in charge of communications and liaison, and he joined the Communist Party of China with honor. From joining the Red Army at the age of 22 to joining the party at the age of 26, Wang Zheng experienced the biggest turning point in his life and created a new situation in the Red Army's communications industry with his outstanding contributions.

　　Preparing for a rainy day and developing the radio communication industry

In 1940, the Central Committee decided to immediately prepare for the establishment of Yan'an Xinhua Radio Station. Before that, no one had ever built a large radio transmitter. At that time, there was only a four horsepower generator, which was not enough power. In the end, Wang Zheng proposed to use two gasoline barrels to connect to form a large charcoal stove to start the car head, which solved the power problem. On December 30, 1942, the trial broadcast was successful. For the first time, the red radio wave spread the voice of Yan'an to all directions. It was called "the first sound of people's broadcasting". This is the predecessor of today's Central People's broadcasting station, Yan'an Xinhua radio station.

In 1944, the U.S. military, as an allied force, requested the establishment of their meteorological observation network and meteorological communication network in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and the anti-Japanese base areas in North and Central China. The Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China instructed Wang Zheng of the Third Bureau of the Central Military Commission to handle the matter in detail. After organizing training, 20 meteorological observation stations have been established in relevant areas, and at the same time, our army's first meteorological information transmission network centered on Yan'an has been established. More importantly, it laid the foundation for the meteorological cause of new China in the future.

As early as when Japan announced its surrender, Wang Zheng soberly realized that Chiang Kai-shek would definitely start a civil war. Therefore, he organized a group of communication cadres in Yan'an in advance and quickly went to work in several large liberated areas such as Jinsui, Jinchaji, Northeast, North China, and Central China. In less than a year, considerable wireless and wireline communication networks were established in each of the major strategic areas.

The Xibaipo Memorial Hall has a 56-meter-long "telegraph" gallery. 37 telegrams sent by Mao Zedong and the Military Commission are carved on the marble on both sides. In the three major battles alone, the Military Commission's headquarters sent Mao Zedong personally to see the field army. There are more than 1000 telegrams, more than 400 combat telegrams drafted by Mao Zedong, and dozens of manuscripts such as combat instructions and instructions drafted by Zhou Enlai. In other words, it is through radio communication that Mao Zedong and other leaders of the CPC Central Committee have insight into the overall situation, plan strategies and win a decisive victory. Mao Zedong said: After the victory of the War of Liberation, Wang Zheng will be awarded the largest medal. In 1955, the Chinese People's Liberation Army was awarded the rank of lieutenant general for the first time. Wang Zheng was awarded the first-class Bayi Medal, the first-class Independence and Freedom Medal, and the first-class Liberation Medal.

Devotion to the Party and the people to establish outstanding meritorious service

In 1972, Wang Zheng served as the Minister of the Fourth Ministry of Machinery Industry, and was successively elected as a member of the 10th and 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; in April 1977, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Minister of the Fourth National Machinery Department and Minister of the Fourth Department of the General Staff. On September 9, 1976, Mao Zedong died, and Wang Zheng was designated as one of the wakers.

In 1977, Wang Zheng became ill from overwork and was diagnosed with cancer, but he still persisted in his work with tenacious perseverance. At the beginning of 1978, the Fourth Department of the General Staff organized an electronic countermeasures exercise in Wuhan. Wang Zheng, then deputy chief of the general staff and director of the Fourth Department of the General Staff, insisted on going and took an oxygen bag with him accompanied by a doctor to direct the scene. At the end of the day, he was so tired that he was panting and breathing hard. Nevertheless, he insisted on going to the scene the next day to make a summary report on the exercise. Marshal Ye Jianying asked the famous painter Li Kuchan to draw a picture of an eagle and gave it to Wang Zheng. Ye Shuai personally wrote on the picture, "Heroes are always strong in heart, independent and boundless in thought".

On August 13, 1978, General Wang Zheng died of illness in Beijing. Li Xiannian, then vice chairman of the CPC Central Committee, personally wrote an inscription to Wang Zheng: "Half of the radio stations started and fought for the people all their lives".
 

Source: Party Building Network