Who is Fan Xiliang's prototype? In fact, Lao Fan, like Lao Dong, is also composed of a mixture of multiple characters.
Fan Xiliang, the squad leader of the sixth class of the third phase of Huangpu, was already a brigade commander of the local army before enrolling in the military academy. It shows that Lao Fan's entry into the school in Huangpu has been a mixture of the old warlords in the local area for a long time.
In fact, at the beginning of the Whampoa Military Academy, there were indeed old warlords who came to apply for the Whampoa Study Examination as soldiers. This person was Fan Hanjie, but Fan Hanjie was from the Huangpu Phase I, first in Chen Jiongming's Cantonese Army, and later in the Gui Army, where he served as a detachment leader and a major general commander, with the rank of major general. Therefore, Fan Hanjie had a lot of military experience before entering the school; I think the prototype of Lao Fan at this time in the TV series is very similar to Fan Hanjie, so I think that when I studied at the Whampoa Military Academy, the prototype of Lao Fan should be Fan Hanjie.
Fan Xiliang was a bloody general; Later, when he participated in the encirclement and suppression operation, the Huangpu instructor Qu En was captured alive, Principal Jiang ordered the execution, all the Huangpu students present sent Qu En off, and the old Fan Guangminglei landed on the ground to execute Qu En's order. At this time, Lao Fan's prototype was Song Xilian, a student of Huangpu I; Lao Fan was the division commander at this time, Song Xilian also became a division commander in the 30s, the only difference in the play is that Qu En is the Huangpu instructor, in reality, Song Xilian is not the Huangpu instructor.
In the end, the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain appears in the play, and Lao Fan finally died in Zhongtiao Mountain, where he was martyred with his soldiers, sacrificing his life on the anti-Japanese battlefield. In reality, the Battle of Nakajō Mountain was fought miserably and many lives were sacrificed; Therefore, the prototype of Lao Fan at this time was Wang Jun, Wang Jun, who graduated from the third phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and died heroically in Zhongtiao Mountain, and was the division commander at the time of sacrifice. Interestingly, when Lao Fan was sacrificed in the play, he was also the division commander, and Lao Fan in the play was also the third phase of Huangpu.
Fan Xiliang should have other archetypes of hot-blooded patriotic soldiers.