From 1957 to 1961, Wang Chenghan organized live-fire tactical exercises from battalions to regiments to divisions, as well as military anti-air raid exercises, which achieved excellent results and were highly praised.
Wang Chenghan was awarded the rank of major general in 1955, and 33 years later, in 1988, he was awarded the rank of general.
Who is Wang Chenghan? He was born on December 13, 1917 in Wangjia Dawan, Hong'an County, Hubei Province, to a poor family whose parents and grandparents depended on agriculture to make ends meet.
When the farm is not working, his family will go to Henan to sell grain and pigs. Despite the family's poor financial situation, the family is very united. Wang Chenghan's mother, Zhang, was hardworking and virtuous, kept the house in good order, and also helped her husband with farm work.
He was the eldest son in the family and was loved by his grandparents, parents, and aunts and uncles from an early age. In order to allow him to go to school, the whole family saved money and sent him to a private school.
He stayed in a private school for four years, and although he didn't study for a long time, he still knew a lot of words.
After Wang Chenghan's father passed away, the family's financial situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and eventually the family was ruined, and his mother could not continue to sponsor his studies. "You can't study anymore, your mother can't support you, go out and find a job, there will always be a chance to turn over, you have to work hard and fight for your mother!" ”
He followed his family to the town of Kawaguchi and began his apprenticeship at a grocery store. During the Chinese New Year holiday, the boss settled his salary, which was only a silver dollar and a pack of hookahs.
He couldn't wait to get home and stuff the money and cigarettes into his mother's hands. "Mom, it's yours. In 1930, Wang Chenghan joined the Red Army and embarked on his revolutionary road.
In his revolutionary career, Wang Chenghan experienced many wars such as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Battle of Menglianggu, the Liberation of the Great Northwest, the Battle of Fu (Feng) Mei (County), and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Among them, the most unforgettable for him was the third "encirclement and suppression war" launched by the army and people in the revolutionary base areas in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui border area in the first half of 1932 to smash the Kuomintang army.
Although the war was difficult, Wang Chenghan successfully led the army and civilians to break through the encirclement, showing his outstanding military talent and leadership ability.
When Wang Chenghan first participated in a large-scale battle, he was admitted to a hospital in Dabie Mountain because of typhoid fever. Although he was originally full of fighting spirit, the rapid onset of the disease and the obvious reaction to the disease caused him to develop a high fever and coma.
At this time, the leadership of the hospital cared about him, asked him what he wanted to eat, and tried his best to accommodate his request. Wang Chenghan told them that he wanted to eat cowpeas. However, since the mountains were sealed off by the Kuomintang, it was not easy to find cowpeas.
Fortunately, a comrade-in-arms successfully helped Wang Chenghan find cowpeas.
The comrades-in-arms had an idea, found an iron bucket, poured clear water, and then put fresh cowpeas into it, sprinkled a few handfuls of salt, and after a few minutes, the steaming cowpeas were cooked.
They carefully fed the bowl of hot cowpeas to Wang Chenghan's mouth. At that moment, Wang Chenghan felt joy that he had never felt before, and even felt that his illness had been alleviated a lot.
Lying on the hospital bed, his heart was full of hope, looking forward to the early **, looking forward to going home and planting a cowpea field after the success of the revolution. Unexpectedly, Wang Chenghan's mental state is getting better day by day, and he seems to be injected with new vitality when he was originally groggy.
His physical condition is also gradually improving, perhaps because after eating cowpeas, he began to have faith in life. This belief sustained him, and in the end, he struggled on the brink of life and death, and managed to escape the catastrophe and get out of the predicament.
Since then, Wang Chenghan has begun his combat career, and decades of fighting have accumulated a wealth of combat experience for him.
In July 1954, he was appointed first deputy commander and chief of staff of the 60th Army, and at the beginning of the following year, he entered the Nanjing Military Higher School to study, and soon after, he received the rank of major general.
Two years later, he graduated with honors, and when he returned to the army, he served as secretary of the military party committee and focused his work on military training.
In October 1962, ** issued instructions to prepare to smash the Kuomintang army's invasion of the southeast coastal area, and put forward instructions for the whole army to prepare, heighten vigilance, and resolutely not let the other side's conspiracy succeed.
After Wang Chenghan received the instruction, he rigorously implemented it and immediately devoted himself to the preparatory work. He led the entire army to carry out political and ideological education with the theme of "exposing the crimes of the United States and Chiang," and also organized the military dependents of a division to prepare for an emergency war.
Two years later, the 60th Army held its third party congress, and under the chairmanship of Wang Chenghan, the military party committee made a new military decision. After the meeting, Wang Chenghan once again went deep into the troops and guided them to carry out mass military training activities.
With more than 20 years of combat experience, Wang Chenghan has cultivated a group of sharpshooters and technical experts. It can be seen from this that Wang Chenghan is not only good at leading the troops, but also knows how to give full play to the strengths of his subordinates and avoid their shortcomings.
In 1964, the 60th Army performed well in the "All-Army Competition", and their wonderful military performance was highly praised by Ye Shuai (**: "Everyone is like a little tiger!" ”
Finally, ** also deliberately asked the 60th Army to write out the training experience so that the entire army could learn it.
In 1982, Wang Chenghan served as the commander of the Chengdu Military Region, and he devoted all his energy to military training under the guidance of the strategic thinking of active defense and the concept of attaching great importance to education and training.
He called on the troops, proceeding from their future combat missions, to carry out combat expansion and mobile training, to enhance their rapid response and actual combat capabilities, and at the same time to strengthen joint combat training under conditions similar to actual combat.
Under his leadership and command, a boom in military training was set off in 1983.
In August 1984, a nationwide military training competition was held, with more than 2,600 participants. The conference lasted for 168 events, including competitions and performances, and finally selected 39 outstanding coaches and 63 outstanding coaches.
While paying attention to military training, Wang Chenghan also attaches great importance to cultivating "dual-use talents" for the military and civilian areas. Under his guidance, many top talents have emerged in my field.
Wang Chenghan is not only good at combat, but also an excellent troop leader, which is very rare. Through Wang Chenghan, we can't help but think of another outstanding military talent, that is, Chen Geng, the first president of Kazakhstan's military industry.
Chen Geng is an experienced fighter who has been through many battles. On the joint recommendation of the President and the Prime Minister, he accepted the task of founding the Military Academy.
For Chen Geng, the establishment of the academy was not his "comfort zone", but he did not hesitate to devote himself to it, and under his guidance, the Harbin Military Engineering Institute gradually emerged, once on a par with Tsinghua University and Peking University, and became the dream school for many cadres and children.