His name is Zhan Danan, I guess everyone is not impressed, Zhan Danan is the founding major general of our new China, oh, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region and commander of the Gansu Provincial Military Region, deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and other positions, and what makes people feel even more admirable is that after General Zhan Danan retired, he actually took out his own money to donate to hope primary school.
Zhan Danan, a native of Jinzhai, Anhui Province, joined the Red Army with his fellow villagers at the age of 16, and because Zhan Danan's performance was so outstanding that he was valued by his superiors, it was not long before Zhan Danan was transferred to a very important position, that is, as the defender of General Xu Haidong.
And Zhan Danan since becoming Xu Haidong's bodyguard, it is really conscientious, during a war, Zhan Danan saw a grenade suddenly thrown at Xu Haidong's side, Zhan Danan was so angry that he immediately threw Xu Haidong down, but Xu Haidong's leg was still hit by a piece of shrapnel.
This situation made Zhan Danan extremely anxious, he immediately picked up Xu Haidong and began to charge, the result was a successful breakthrough siege, and General Xu Haidong was also saved.
And Xu Haidong actually saved Zhan Danan's life, at that time Zhan Danan's ankle was hit by a bullet, but this was during the Long March, according to the custom, it was customary to stay in the local area to recuperate, but Xu Haidong refused, because he knew that it was extremely dangerous to stay, so he resolutely marched with Zhan Danan.
In the War of Liberation, General Zhan Danan also made many meritorious achievements, and in the battle of the Paddock Cone Mountain, Zhan Danan's unit was a regiment that completely annihilated the enemy army, in addition to many good achievements.
Of course, Zhan Danan also had many injuries, in a battle in the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhan Danan's left span was hit by enemy bullets, when the wound was large, people felt shocked, fortunately Zhan Danan met the famous Indian doctor Ke Dihua, under the treatment of Indian Doctor Ke Dihua, Zhan Danan was successfully saved.
In the second campaign, Zhan Danan's unit completely annihilated 1 reinforced regiment of the US army, which was also a model example of successfully creating a battle on the Korean battlefield to completely annihilate 1 reinforced regiment of the US army.
Another point that must be mentioned is that the great leader Chairman Mao has repeatedly asked Zhan Danan to participate in the mission by name in telegrams, which shows that General Zhan Danan is indeed very powerful.
After the founding of New China, Zhan Danan successively served as deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and a member of the 12th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
After retirement, Zhan Danan still did not forget the suffering of the people, he and his wife discussed to donate a primary school for Jinzhai County, and it takes a lot of money to build a school, but Zhan Danan and his wife saved money and later took out 42,000 yuan, and his children also took out a lot of money, so the whole family worked together to take out 100,000 yuan.
On November 21, 2020, founding Major General Zhan Danan died in Nanjing at the age of 106.