The war years are the years of heroes, the cruel social environment is the best grinding weapon, as long as the will is firm enough, coupled with a little good luck, gold will always shine.
Wan Haifeng, an old Red Army and veteran party member who has experienced hundreds of battles and made outstanding achievements in battle, was awarded the rank of general in 1988. Looking at his qualifications alone, he may not be as good as the founding general, but it is rare for a general like him to be given a name by the founder of the Red Army and promoted to the fourth level by the founding general.
Wan Haifeng was born in an ordinary family in Henan, because of the poor conditions in his family, he did not even have a serious name when he was a child, only a very casual nickname "Maotou".
At first he didn't care what his name was, but everyone in the village called it casually, and other people's names might not be as good as his. But then he joined the Red Army, and when he saw that everyone had an official name, he felt that he should also have one, after all, the identity was different, which Red Army soldier would be called "Maotou"?
Because his family was poor, he had not read books, and his education level was extremely low, so naturally he could not think of any good name. Fortunately, he was more bold, so he found Gao Jingting, the political commissar of the army, and asked him to help him give him a nice name.
Who is Gao Jingting? That was the founder of the Red 28 Army, an important leader of the Red Army, and if he had not been killed by his own people later, he might have been rated as a general or marshal in 55 years. Upon learning of Wan Haifeng's request, Gao Jingting happily responded, but in a few moments, the name "Haifeng" was decided, which means that the Red Army is as big as the ocean and as high as a mountain, and Wan Haifeng is extremely satisfied with this name.
After talking about the name, let's talk about the promotion. At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Wan Haifeng was only a small guard in the New Fourth Army, and was later transferred to Su Yu's side to do things.
The situation of the New Fourth Army at that time was not too good, and the Japanese army had been sweeping around the base area, making the New Fourth Army very passive. In order to solve the current dilemma, Su Yu decided to promote a group of grass-roots cadres and let them lead the troops to carry out small-scale battles and give the Japanese puppet army a counter-"sweep".
Su Yu looked around at the people around him, and finally turned his attention to Wan Haifeng. This year, Wan Haifeng was only 21 years old, and after several years of polishing, he also possessed some basic combat theoretical knowledge, and he was almost able to lead the troops to actual combat. Just as the so-called employment of people is not doubtful, Su Yu immediately decided to promote him out of the ordinary, and Lian Yue was promoted to battalion commander at the fourth level.
Facts have proved that Su Yu's vision is unique, and Wan Haifeng won the first battle, annihilating more than 600 puppet troops in one fell swoop. Later, he led troops against the 6,000 Japanese puppet army and captured 2 Japanese officers alive.
The second half of Wan Haifeng's life was relatively smooth, rising all the way to the general, and now his body was tough and still alive.