At the end of the story of "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong and two old comrades-in-arms were awarded the rank of major general. They were all a bit of a low-ranking soldier. Many people also believe that Li Yunlong is so capable of fighting, the Eighth Route Army was established, that is, the main commander of the 386 Brigade, and the result was that he was awarded major general, which is really a bit condescending.
In fact, there is one person who is more condescending than Li Yunlong, and he is the old comrade-in-arms Ding Wei. In terms of battle merits, Ding Wei is not inferior to Li Yunlong at all, and he is not always in trouble like Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei's concept of the bureau is still relatively strong.
During the Liberation War, Li Yunlong participated in the Battle of Huaihai in the East China Battlefield, and Ding Wei participated in the Liaoshen Campaign and the Pingjin Campaign in the Northeast Battlefield. It should be said that Ding Wei was slightly superior, surpassing Li Yunlong. When Li Yunlong was still the commander of the division, Ding Wei was already the commander of the column.
A column commander usually has to manage three division commanders, so Ding Wei is better than Li Yunlong. And he was the commander of the column of the Northeast Field Army. Among the four major field armies, the Northeast Field Army is second to none. When Ding Wei was the commander of the division, a division dared to fight an ace army of Liao Yaoxiang.
Therefore, throughout the period of the Liberation War, whether from his position or his military achievements, Ding Wei was above Li Yunlong. Unfortunately, in the end, Ding Wei was also awarded the title of major general. Of course, he was more aggrieved. So, someone has to ask, is this possible?
In fact, it is possible that Ding Wei has a real historical prototype, and he is Zhong Wei. Zhong Wei has the same personality as Li Yunlong's archetypal character Wang Jinshan. He was a native of Pingjiang, Hunan, and a general of the Red Third Army of Peng Laozong, who belonged to the Central Red Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the New Fourth Army had a third division with many famous generals, division commander Huang Kecheng, two deputy division commanders liu zhen and Hong Xuezhi, and Zhong Wei was also the third division, he was a main regiment commander, and later promoted to brigade commander.
The Third Division went to the Northeast Battlefield, Zhong Wei was promoted to division commander, and the Fifth Division he commanded was a well-deserved trump card for the entire Northeast Field Army. Zhong Wei fights a war, very li yunlong characteristics, often disobedience, does not play cards according to the rules, and finally can win the battle.
By 1948, Zhong Wei had been promoted to commander of the Twelfth Column. Directly promoted from an ordinary division commander to column commander, there is no second case in the Northeast Field Army, and there is probably no second case in the entire four field armies.
Zhong Wei is such a legend. However, in 1955, Zhong Wei was only awarded the title of founding major general. As Ding Wei complained in "Bright Sword", many of the column commanders of the Northeast Field Army were generals, such as Li Tianyou, Han Xianchu and Liu Zhen. The worst is also a lieutenant general, such as Liang Xingchu, but he is only a major general.
Ding Wei was even more condescending than Li Yunlong.