- Huang Yongsheng
Huang Yangsheng (Chinese: 黄永胜; 1910-1983) was a general of the China's
People's Liberation Army .Huang Yangsheng was born in
Xianning prefecture (now,prefecture-level city ) ofHubei province.Huang Yongsheng participated in the
Autumn Harvest Uprising of 1927, and in December of the same year joined theChinese Communist Party . In 1932, he was successively appointed the commander of the 31st Division of the 11th Red Army, and then of the 16th Division of the 22nd Red Army. With the beginning of the war against Japan, he is appointed a regimental commander in the 115th Division of theEighth Route Army .In 1948, he is appointed the commander of the 6th Column of the Fourth Field Army. By the end of the year, the 6th Column becomes the 43rd Army, with Huang Yongsheng as its commander. In 1949, he was commanding the 14th and 13th Army Groups.
After the establishment of the
People's Republic of China , he commanded the 13th Army Group, and later the 15th Army Group.During the
Korean War , he commanded the 13th Army Group, and later the 15th Army Group. [ [http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/War/General-Huang-Yongsheng.html Chinese Military Leaders During the Korean War: General Huang Yongsheng] ]During the
Cultural Revolution , Huang Yongsheng commanded theGuangzhou Military Region . It was reported much later that during the pro-communist riots inHong Kong in 1967, he suggested invading and occupying the British colony; his plan, however, was vetoed byZhou Enlai . [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1977594.ece "Revealed: the Hong Kong invasion plan"] , by Michael Sheridan. From TheSunday Times , June 24, 2007 ]As a Chief of Staff of the PLA, in 1969, he was put in charge of building the tunnel system to house the PLA comman headquarters in case of nuclear war, known as
Underground Project 131 . The chosen site for the facility was in his home prefecture ofXianning .An ally of
Lin Biao , he lost his position after Lin Biao's fall. He was arrested on September 24, 1971 - two weeks after Lin Biao's flight and death. After the arrest, even his family did not know what is happening to him, until he was put on trial in 1980 and given a prison sentence.The Culture of Power: The Lin Biao Incident in the Cultural RevolutionBy Qiu Jin, Jin Qiu. Published by Stanford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0804735298. Partially available [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Kc5wutpAuHgC on Google Books] ]The general's grave is located on the Project 131 site, which is now a museum.
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