Wei Jie, Lieutenant General -- The Collection of Famous Generals of the People's Liberation Army of China

Author: Yan Xinning
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Wei Jie, a general of Zhuang ethnicity, was one of the few senior ethnic minority military leaders in our army. As the commander of the Red Army's reconnaissance company, he demonstrated both wisdom and bravery in capturing the perilous Loushan Pass, opening a path to victory for the Fifth Red Army Corps. Before the victorious reunion of the Long March, as the commander of the cavalry regiment of the Fifteenth Red Army Corps, he led his troops to charge and seize the city of Huining, where at the age of 22, Wei Jie had already become the commander of the 75th Division. This Zhuang ethnic general served as the commander of the guard regiment for General Zhu De. His ambush battle at Xiangchenggu in the 688th Regiment is considered a masterpiece of plain ambush battles by the Eighth Route Army. During the life-or-death crossing of the Ruhe River by the Sixth Column of the Jin-Xi-Jin-Yu Military Region advancing into Central China, Deng Xiaoping personally appointed him as the commander of the crossing. He captured Lanfeng and Dayanghu, completely destroying the enemy's Third Division, launched a fierce assault on Tangyin to capture Sun Dianying, fought in the Taiyuan offensive, expanded into the northwest, and advanced into the southwest. The general's footsteps covered half of China. This book also provides a detailed account of the historical records and in-depth interviews with the parties involved, differing from the preconceived notions about the 180th Division and objectively and truthfully describing the bloody clash that occurred 50 years ago on the Korean battlefield during the withdrawal of the Volunteer Army's 180th Division, as well as the psychological trauma it caused the generals and soldiers involved. The supreme commander personally investigated the causes and consequences of the 180th Division, which is a rare historical revelation. All of this revolves around Wei Jie, who was then the commander of the 60th Army.