Everyone must know who the first naval commander of new China was, right? That is the famous founding general Xiao Jinguang, but do you know who is the deputy commander of the Navy? This man is also a general in our army, he was awarded the title of founding general when he was awarded the title in 1955, and his cousin is more cattle than him, he is a founding general, and after the founding of the country, he has also been held many important positions, such as the second political commissar of the navy, the member of the National Defense Commission, the central committee, and so on.
He is the former deputy commander of the Navy, General Wang Hongkun, first of all, let's briefly introduce this Wang Hongkun, Wang Hongkun is a hubei Macheng Magang stone trough Chong people, born in January 1909, because he was in the old society, when he was a child, Wang Hongkun was also exploited and squeezed by the landlord class, so in Wang Hongkun's heart, the seeds of struggle sprouted.
In the famous jute uprising, Wang Hongkun also participated, and 2 years later, he chose to join the great Red Army without hesitation, and since then Wang Hongkun's revolutionary career has officially begun.
In the following period of the Red Army, General Wang Hongkun also made many meritorious achievements and also held many important positions, such as platoon commander of the first regiment of the first division of the Red First Army, deputy battalion commander of the first battalion of the twenty-eighth regiment of the tenth division of the Red Fourth Army, and commander of the Red Fourth Army. It is true that from this resume, Wang Hongkun was also promoted very quickly, of course, thanks to his military achievements.
The time came to the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, when the whole country set off a frenzied anti-Japanese upsurge, and as the senior commander of our army, Wang Hongkun was also extremely angry, after all, a small projectile country dared to launch such a huge war of aggression against the Chinese nation.
In the ensuing War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Wang Hongkun successively served as the brigade commander of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy commander of the Ji'nan Military Region, and the commander of the Jiluyu Military Region.
In the subsequent Liberation War, Wang Hongkun was also unstoppable, and successively served as deputy commander of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region, commander of the Tenth Column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army, and so on.
After the founding of New China, General Wang Hongkun was naturally very happy, after all these years of fighting, the Communist forces finally drove away the strong enemy, and after that, they also held many important positions, such as deputy commander of the navy, the second political commissar of the navy, etc. In addition, in 1955, the army awarded the rank of founding general, and was awarded the first class of the August 1st Medal, the first class of independence freedom medal, the first class liberation medal.
By the way, Wang Hongkun's cousin is the famous founding general Wang Shusheng, and I believe that everyone is also extremely familiar with General Wang Shusheng, who is a very capable general in our army, and also has a good reputation in our army.
It is only regrettable that Wang Hongkun was dismissed from his post in his later years, which was related to the era of exploration, and later Wang Hongkun confessed his problems and had the courage to repent, but then General Wang Hongkun was dismissed from his position as the second political commissar of the Navy.
In 1993, Wang Hongkun, former deputy commander of the Navy and founding general, died of illness at the age of 85.