The founding general introduced today is the opposite of Xu Shiyou and Yang Dezhi, wearing a pair of thick glasses, like a weak scholar.
As soon as they saw this dress, many people may have guessed that it was General Wang Xinting.
Wang Xinting is a filial piety in Hubei Province, and when he was a child, his family conditions were not bad, and he received a good education, which also laid the foundation for his later civilian career.
But the weather was unpredictable, and then their family went bankrupt and went into decline, and Wang Xinting, who was only 12 years old, had to come out to work and subsidize the family, and it was at this time that he became highly myopic.
At that time, he was an apprentice in a pawn shop, working through a faint kerosene lamp, which could only be barely seen clearly, and over time, Wang Xinting became highly myopic, and the glasses he wore were getting thicker and thicker.
It was not until 1930 that Wang Xinting joined the Red Army, but when he first arrived in the ranks, he was different, and if nothing else, his thick pair of spectacle lenses alone made him stand out from a group of "mud-legged people" and was appointed as a clerk of the company.
Because of his culture and serious work, Wang Xinting soon stood out in the army, and in only 3 years, he was promoted to director of the political department of the Red 9 Army. This speed is unique in our army, faster than Lin Zong!
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Xinting was appointed political commissar of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, with the brigade commander Chen Geng, the deputy brigade commander first Chen Zaidao, then Xu Shiyou, and the chief of staff Being Li Jukui.
Chen Geng is a person that everyone is very familiar with, and was once rated by General Manager Chen as one of the "Five Tiger Generals" of our army, and the other four were General Manager Peng, General Manager Lin, Liu Shuai, and General Manager Su, which shows the high ability of Chen Geng and the fact that Wang Xinting can serve as a political commissar for Chen Geng also shows the strength of Wang Xinting's ability!
Chen Geng also praised this political commissar and often said to people: "Wang Xinting is my Zhuge Liang, without him, I would not be able to fight so many good battles!" ”
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the 386th Brigade fought hard battles and fought the Japanese devils with great fear, and the most famous battles were mainly three battles, namely Changshengkou, Shentouling, and Xiangtangpu Ambush Battles.
Among these three battles, the most famous is the Shentouling Ambush, which can be called a textbook-level ambush, in which Wang Xinting played an important role.
The terrain of Shentou Ridge is very complicated, full of winding mountain roads, and the 386th Brigade has to climb to the top of the mountain to ambush the Japanese devils, which is easy to expose, so many people in the pre-war meeting voted against this battle plan.
However, the brigade commander Chen Geng has always insisted on his battle plan, and the scene is very stiff. At this time, the opinion of political commissar Wang Xinting is very important.
Wang Xinting has always been cautious and does not take risks easily; everyone thought that he would definitely vote against him this time, but he did not expect that he agreed with Chen Geng's opinion, saying: "Brigadier Chen's idea is reasonable, very dialectical and philosophical, everyone thinks it is impossible, but it contains the best fighter plane, we are good at ambushing the Eighth Route Army feel that it is impossible, the Japanese army will feel even more impossible, so they are bound to relax their vigilance, so it will be more conducive to our army's ambush." ”
Later results are known to everyone, the 386 Brigade proved the correctness of this adventure plan with practical actions, the Japanese army just arrived at Shentou Ridge, it relaxed its vigilance, directly drove to Shentou Ridge, the result was the 386 Brigade a violent beating, heavy losses.