History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
In the face of foreign invasion during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the two parties put aside all contradictions and united as one to jointly defeat the japanese invasion. During this period, many generals of the Nationalist army were not accustomed to the old Chiang Kai-shek's style, voluntarily joined the camp of our army, became a part of the road of justice, and made great contributions to the founding of the Chinese nation. Today we are going to talk about a communist soldier from the Nationalist Army, whose name is Wan Yi.
Wan Yi was born in 1907 in Dalian, Liaoning Province. Because the family conditions were not too good, until the age of 8, Wan Yi came to the county seat of Jinzhou under the guidance of his parents, where he studied at a private school for three years. In the spring of 1925, with excellent results, he was admitted to the 4th Infantry Section of the Northeast Army Non-Commissioned Officer Teaching Team, and the captain at that time was Zhang Xueliang, and the two became the best friends at first sight. In 1926, at the recommendation of Zhang Xueliang, he became a second lieutenant aide-de-camp of his adjutant and an ordnance officer of the Beidaying camp in Shenyang. In June 1930, Wan Yi graduated from the Army Academy with the first place, and as a congratulations to Zhang Xueliang, he was given a pocket watch and a command knife. Soon after, Zhang Xueliang was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and Wan Yi accepted the invitation of his friends to come to Nanjing together, and under his outstanding military talent, he served as the deputy colonel of the regiment, becoming Zhang Xueliang's right hand and left arm.
Wan Yi, who went out with the army in 1935, became acquainted with Liu Lanbo, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, and during their relationship, he was gradually attracted to communist ideas. In March 1938, Wan Yi, who was deeply disappointed in the Kuomintang, resolutely joined the Communist Party of China. As a senior general lurking in the party army, he quickly dug up many "cancerous" traitors lurking in our party, and the repeated transmission of intelligence can be described as crucial. However, this time, in order to carry out retaliation, in 1941, the Kuomintang once again turned against the Nationalist army in disregard of national security, and a large number of people arrested by our Party members shocked China and foreign countries, and Wan Yi, as a secret security guard of our army, was also arrested by the Nationalist army.
But having just joined the Communist Party, he has not yet made a better contribution to the country, and he is not willing to sacrifice himself. So when he returned from the courtroom, he carefully observed the small courtyard where he was being held, and finally climbed over the wall in the middle of the night, waded through the river without hurrying to evade the sentry's pursuit, until the next day, after exhausting all kinds of hardships, finally came to the coastal anti-Japanese democratic base area, where he joined the Shandong Branch of the CPC Central Committee.
On October 20, 1944, on the orders of the Shandong Military Region, Wan Yi served as the commander of the new 111th Division reorganized into the Coastal Detachment of the Eighth Route Army. With his continuous participation in the battle, he successively served as the commander of the special forces of the Fourth Field Army and the secretary of the party committee. In September 1955, the general was awarded the rank of lieutenant general by our army until his death in Beijing on October 31, 1997, at the age of 90.