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In the autumn of October 1938, a historic encounter took place in Wangjiaping, Yan'an. That day, Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, had dinner with a special officer, Wang Yaonan. On the occasion of parting, Zhu De repeatedly told Wang Yaonan to give full play to his expertise, create protracted war tactics that defeat the strong with weakness, and promote it in various anti-Japanese bases. And this special officer is Wang Yaonan, who is highly praised for his outstanding achievements in the field of engineering.
Wang Yaonan, once known as the "King of Sappers", "King of Demolition" and "King of Mines", is one of the founders of our army's sappers. He was proficient in blasting and fortifications, and was praised by Chairman Mao as an "expert in sapping". The reason why Zhu De values him so much is precisely because he hopes that he will translate his professional skills into practical tactics and inherit and promote them in major bases across the country.
After Wang Yaonan returned to the troops, he immediately went to work. Although his education level is not high, he does not dare to snub in the slightest. In between battles, he picked up the American-made fountain pen given by Zhu De and began the painstaking summary and creative work. His efforts gradually paid off, and he summed up a series of protracted warfare tactics to defeat the strong, including mine warfare, tunnel warfare, and sabotage warfare. These tactics were gradually extended to the main forces of the Eighth Route Army and the anti-Japanese base areas, and achieved outstanding results.
The engineering unit has always had an important place in the history of our army. As early as the Red Army period, Wang Yaonan was ordered to form an engineering company of the First Red Army and began to train engineering talents. With the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, engineers became a valuable resource for the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army to compete for.
In August 1937, after the Red Army units were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, engineering battalions were formed in the 115th, 120th and 129th Divisions. Among them, the engineering battalion of the 115th Division has the largest number of people, and the chief engineer and battalion commander of the 115th Division is Wang Yaonan. As the main forces of each division entered the North China Theater, the combat losses of the engineering units were not small, and the technical cadres became more and more precious.
During the battle, sometimes the 115th Division's engineering units even had to "loan" some personnel to support the missions of other units, and although the original plan was to return after the mission, in fact few returned. This situation made the personnel of the engineering battalion less and less, which made Wang Yaonan very anxious. However, his appeal could not change the order from headquarters. The number of engineering battalions gradually decreased, and at its lowest was only more than 100.
However, fortunately, at a critical moment, the division headquarters decided to replenish the engineering battalion. Wang Yaonan happily accepted the good news, but he also hoped to send more cadres over. Luo Ronghuan, then the political commissar of the 115th Division, encouraged him to train cadres himself, believing that there were many soldiers in the team who had the ability to learn. Therefore, the Military Affairs Section of the 115th Division began to select cadres, giving preference to those who had worked as blacksmiths, carpenters, shipwrights, etc., and recruited new soldiers. The engineering battalion was quickly replenished in terms of staffing.
Wang Yaonan's persistence and efforts eventually bore fruit, and the combat effectiveness of the engineering battalion was improved. He not only passed on his professional knowledge to future generations, but also trained a group of outstanding engineering cadres and made outstanding contributions to the anti-Japanese struggle of the Eighth Route Army. At the same time, the tactics he summed up were also popularized in major anti-Japanese base areas across the country, making positive contributions to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Wang Yaonan used his expertise and perseverance to write a glorious chapter in the history of the Anti-Japanese War.
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