During the Anti-Japanese War, many units of the Eighth Route Army did not advocate smoking among soldiers, but there were exceptions, such as the founding lieutenant general Wang Zonghuai, who was once "ordered" to smoke. It was in 1941 that Wang Zonghuai led a condolence group to express condolences to the Self-Defense Army that was preparing to be reorganized. When they arrived, they were naturally warmly welcomed by the Self-Defense Army, and they took out their best cigarettes to entertain Wang Zonghuai and others, but because Wang Zonghuai couldn't smoke, he rarely touched them. 
Unexpectedly, his inadvertent move cooled down the originally enthusiastic Self-Defense Army, and in the following days, few people went to him to learn about the situation after joining the Eighth Route Army. It wasn't until a few days later that an underground party quietly approached him and said: "The Self-Defense Forces heard that you have a lot of rules over there, and you are not even allowed to smoke. ”
Originally, Wang Zonghuai thought that the Self-Defense Army was resisting the adaptation, but after hearing this, he realized that this was the reason, and in order to dispel the concerns of the Self-Defense Army, Wang Zonghuai could only learn to smoke. The cigarettes of that era were spicy and choking, and it was very uncomfortable to smoke in the mouth, but what could be done, smoking was the first job before the adaptation. 
It's strange to say, since Wang Zonghuai started smoking, more and more people have come to him to understand the situation, sometimes at the end of the day, the cigarette in his mouth has not been broken, and the smell of smoke on his body can't be washed off. After the condolence group returned to the headquarters, some leaders who did not know the inside story criticized him and said: How did you become a minister, and why did you take the lead in smoking? 
Wang Zonghuai sighed and laughed at himself: I will change, I will change. Unexpectedly, just after he quit smoking, a new task came, and he still received and adapted the new Self-Defense Army. Having learned the lesson of the last time, this time as long as someone handed out cigarettes, he would not refuse to come. There was no barrier, and the talks between the two sides went quite smoothly. Slowly, as more and more people came into contact with the adaptation, Wang Zonghuai's hobby of smoking was spread, but who would have thought that in fact, he was just "ordered" to smoke.