<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Centennial General 81: Xiao Yongyin</h1>
Author: Forget about the jianghu
There is a founding major general, and "Xu Monk" are both fellow villagers in Xinxian County, Henan.
During the Long March, he was specially approved by the military commander Xu Shiyou to ride a stretcher through the snowy mountains and meadows;
When the Red Army marched west, he was "snatched away" by Xu Qiangqian and became a guard platoon leader;
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he led a company with the military school directly to the anti-Japanese battlefield;
Advancing into the Dabie Mountains and forcibly crossing the Ru River, Liu Bocheng proposed to him that "the narrow road meets the brave to win";
In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he and Li Desheng were willing to play supporting roles, and achieved Qin Jiwei's prestige!
After liberation, he had the intention to create a mountain opportunity for the "crazy" Wang Jinshan, and then sent off the old chiefs Xu Shiyou and Liu Bocheng successively. He was the "first sword" of the "Three Musketeers" under Wang Jinshan, and the only founding major general of the three who was not promoted to general.
Founding Major General Xiao Yongyin
Xiao Yongyin, formerly known as Xiao Yongyin, was born in June 1917 in Huang'an, Hubei Province.
His mother died when he was 5 years old, and his father Xiao Zhixue was wrongfully killed when he was 13 years old. Xiao Yongyin joined the Red Army, serving as a serviceman, a squad leader and a trumpet commander, and after the start of the Long March, in a battle, the 18-year-old Xiao Yongyin asked Miao to command two companies and defeated the besieging Liu Xiangchuan army, but he was seriously wounded. Although there was no danger to his life after rescue, he was asked to stay at his hometown.
Xiao Yongyin insisted on following on a stretcher, and Zhang Jihou, the leader of the Red 33 Regiment, was reluctant to leave him. At this moment, the military commander Xu Shiyou passed by, learned of the situation, and ordered to be carried on a stretcher. This promotion, after countless hardships, left a founding general for New China.
After crossing the meadow three times, Xiao Yongyin, as a guard platoon commander of the 30th Army, followed Cheng Shicai to participate in the Western Expedition to the Hexi Corridor.
When Cheng Shicai was surrounded, 19-year-old Xiao Yongyin led two soldiers to deceive Ma Jiajun all the way to deliver a letter to Commander Li of the 33rd Army, and Li Yingwai cooperated to help the besieged Red Army successfully break through. Xiao Yongyin became a guard platoon leader again. When commander-in-chief Xu Xiangqian saw Xiao Yongyin for the first time, he decided that he must be a good seedling in the future, so he "grabbed" him to serve as the platoon leader of the headquarters guard.
After the failure of the Western Expedition, the remaining Red Army dispersed and broke through, and Xu Xiangqian personally handed over a document and a letter to Xiao Yongyin, asking him and his combat staff officer Chen Mingyi to go to Yan'an to hand it over to Yan'an. Xiao Yongyin and Chen Mingyi hid in caves during the day, braved the cold at night to rush to the edge of the Gobi Desert, and marched hungry for more than 120 days, and finally encountered Liu Bocheng's reinforcements.
Soon, Xu Xiangqian also went through all kinds of hardships to the headquarters of the Western Army, and later xiao Yongyin was incorporated into the 129th Division.
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance, Xiao Yongyin was incorporated into the 129th Division's camp school.
In February 1938, Xiao Yongyin was appointed commander of the 8th Company of the 129th Division. In March, the division commander Liu Bocheng transferred more than 130 people from Xiao Yongyin's 8th Company to the detachments of Wang Naigui and Li Dingzhuo to strengthen the strength of the guerrilla forces in southern Hebei. In April, Xiao Yongyin was promoted to battalion commander of the 1st Battalion, 14th Regiment, 385th Brigade.
Soon, as the competition for the plains became increasingly fierce, Liu Bocheng sent Chen Zaidao to approach Southern Hebei to strengthen leadership, but the Six Departures of tens of thousands of people had great power in the local area. In May, Deputy Division Commander Xu Xiangqian led the 769th Regiment to the Great Plains of Southern Hebei to carry out the "Renshan" struggle. Soon, Xu Xiangqian fell ill, and the division commander Liu Bocheng personally went down to Taixing and led Xiao Yongyin and other units of the Ji'nan Eighth Route Army to fight against the Japanese and puppets.
Xu Xiangqian, deputy commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army
After the liberation war began, the 129th Division became the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army, and Xiao Yongyin served as the brigade commander of the 18th Brigade.
In August 1946, at the mobilization meeting of the Dingtao Campaign, due to the extreme fatigue of the continuous combat troops, the commanders of the columns had a difficult face. At this time, Wang Jinshan, who was known as a "madman," stood up and assured Liu Deng: If there is one brigade left, he will go to the brigade elder Du (Du Yide) as the brigade political commissar, fight the remaining regiment, and go to the regiment elder Du as the regimental political commissar himself.
Wang Jinshan's words, the "god of war" Liu Bocheng was moved, and Commissar Deng directly picked up the thumb.
But the "cowhide" is blown out, and it depends on the result. Zhao Xitian's entire 3rd Division was not a wine bag, especially in the early days of the Liberation War, the equipment of our army was too backward, and Wang Jinshan gave Xiao Yongyin of the 18th Brigade the task of attacking the yanghu of the whole 3rd Division.
At 23:00 on September 5, Xiao Yongyin's 18th Brigade and the 49th Regiment of you Taizhong's 17th Brigade launched an offensive attack on Dayang Lake, the enemy's defense was extremely tenacious, and the reinforcements were also fiercely supported by 5 tanks. Xiao Yongyin called for help. Wang Jinshan: "Give you another regiment!" "
Not much effort, Ma Ning led the 50 regiment to report, Xiao Yongyin saw the soldiers in front of him blink past, very surprised and asked: "Ma Ning, the guard company is not enough, pull your regiment up." Ma Ning smiled bitterly: "Brigadier Xiao, at the moment my regiment has 80 people." "
Xiao Yongyin immediately ordered a general attack on Dayang Lake. Soon, Liu Bocheng, who had already descended to the headquarters of the 6th Column, received a call from Wang Jinshan from the 18th Brigade: The entire 3rd Division's headquarters, Dayanghu Lake, had been taken. Liu Bocheng immediately ordered: 2 columns, 3 columns, 7 columns all attack!
Wang Jinshan 6th Column stood out in the Battle of Yanghu Lake, from the "small follower" of Liu Deng's army to the main force of the ace during the Liberation War. Xiao Yongyin of the 18th Brigade, You Taizhong of the 17th Brigade, and Li Desheng of the 16th Brigade were also known as the "Three Musketeers" under the command of "Madman" Wang Jinshan.
In the "Three Musketeers", the brave and resourceful School Yongyin has won many battles and is known as "sweeping eight hundred miles".
Xiao Yongyin (front row left) Wang Jinshan (front row third from left)
At Juye Zhang Fengji, Liu Bocheng's three columns singled out the 11th Division and the 5th Army.
It was a tough fight, but the 18th Brigade emerged as a combat hero, Wang Keqin, who later became an example for the whole army to learn. In March 1947, the Northern Henan Offensive. Xiao Yongyin commanded the 18th Brigade to liberate Tang Yin and capture Sun Dianying alive, who had robbed the tomb.
On June 30, 1947, the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army forcibly crossed the Yellow River, unlocking the prelude to the strategic offensive.
After annihilating 56,000 enemy troops in southwest Lu, Liu Deng's army crossed the Huangpan area and pointed directly at the Dabie Mountains. At first, the enemy judged that Liu Bocheng was panicked and did not choose a path, and when the enemy eased up and began to deploy a large army to pursue and intercept, the two sides launched a fierce battle at the Ruhe River.
At this time, the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army had 4 columns of 120,000 troops, and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd columns were advancing from the left and right.
The command organ of the Middle Road was escorted by Liu Deng's most trusted Wang Jinshan 6 vertical. On August 22, 1947, Liu Deng's Zhonglu Army reached the north bank of the Ru River, at which point the enemy's reorganized 55th Division intercepted it on the south bank, and less than 50 miles behind it were the pursuit of 3 reorganized divisions.
Wang Near the Mountain
At this time, Li Desheng of the 16th Brigade had already escorted Yuanzhong across the river in advance in accordance with the arrangements of Liu Deng's chief and the headquarters of the 6th Column. The burden of covering Liu Deng's organs was pressed on the shoulders of Xiao Yongyin of the 18th Brigade and You Taizhong of the 17th Brigade. The battle was extremely fierce, and amid the rumbling of artillery and stray bullets flying everywhere, Liu Deng rushed to the brigade headquarters of the 6th Column Forward Guard Brigade at Wei Jie, deputy commander of the 6th Column, and You Taizhong, brigade commander of the 17th Brigade.
Chief of Staff Li Da opened the map and briefly introduced the enemy's pursuit of troops, Liu Bocheng immediately decided to set up a pontoon bridge in the current section of the river to rush the crossing, and after Wei Jie arranged the combat tasks, everyone acted separately. Commander Liu Bocheng stared at Xiao Yongyin with his only remaining left eye, and said solemnly and loudly: "When the narrow road meets the brave, the brave will win, be brave, be fierce, understand?" "
Xiao Yongyin immediately issued an order to forcibly tear open an opening in the face of enemy bombing. Crossing the Ru River by force, and finally crossing the most difficult pass of the Thousand Mile Leap, Xiao Yongyin and You Taizhong escorted the center of the 120,000-strong army of Jinji Luyu into the Dabie Mountain.
You Taizhong and his wife Wang Xuechen
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Xiao Yongyin led the 12th Army to fight in Korea as the second batch of troops.
On October 14, 1952, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, VanVleet, launched "Operation Showdown", but no one expected that this 3.7 square kilometer narrow strip would eventually evolve into a battle that shocked the world. The coalition army invested 60,000 people, and the volunteer army also invested 43,000 people. Qin Jiwei and the lonely and nameless 15th Army were enthroned in a battle, while Xiao Yongyin and the 12th Army behind them were willing to be green leaves.
The Battle of Shangganling lasted 43 days, and the 15th Army fought the first 20 days. Beginning on November 1, troops of the 15th Army and the 12th Army jointly defended Shangganling. Li Desheng, deputy commander of the 12th Army, threw in 4 regiments and fought for 20 days, with more than 4,500 casualties.
In 1955, Xiao Yongyin, You Taizhong, and Li Desheng, the "Three Musketeers" under Wang Jinshan, were all awarded the rank of major general.
After the founding of New China, Xiao Yongyin served as the commander of the armored corps of the Nanjing Military Region, and You Taizhong served as the commander of the 27th Army, both in the Xu Shiyou Nanjing Military Region. Wang Jinshan is well known for his "family problems," but no one at all levels dares to take care of it. Xiao Yongyin tried to persuade him in person, but was misunderstood by Wang Jinshan.
In the end, Wang Jinshan, a generation of warriors, was demoted to a colonel and went to a farm in Henan to be on the spot. Someone asked Xiao Yongyin to expose historical issues and be reprimanded in person, and as a result, Wang Jinshan saw the criticism of Xiao Yongyin in the newspaper and realized that he had misunderstood this old subordinate. So he wrote the same letter three times, asking his son to give it to Xiao Yongyin and then forward it to Xu Shiyou, who told Xu Shiyou that one letter was for the chairman.
In 1969, under the coordination of Xiao Yongyin's efforts, Xu Shiyou handed over Wang Jinshan's letter to the chairman in person. The "madman" was able to make a comeback and went to the Nanjing Military Region, where Xiao Yongyin, You Taizhong, commander of the 27th Army, and Wu Shihong, commander of the 60th Army, went to the station to greet Wang Jinshan.
Wang Jinshan, Han Xiuyan and their son
In 1970, during the special era, Marshal Liu Bocheng moved to Nanjing, and Xiao Yongyin and Xu Shiyou took good care of Liu Shuai. Liu Shuai's favorite general in his later years was Xiao Yongyin, who was 25 years old. Every time Xiao Yongyin entered Beijing, he also had to visit the old marshal in the courtyard of No. 15 Grain Hutong in Dongjiaomin Lane.
In 1986, Liu Shuai died of illness, and the last words left for the world were: "Xiao Yongyin, charge!" Mrs. Liu Shuai saw that there was no Xiao Yongyin in the list of participants in the memorial service, and immediately called him. The founding major general who was nearly seventy years old at that time wept bitterly in front of Liu Shuailing, and everyone present was unmoved.
In 1988, You Taizhong and Li Desheng, the "Three Musketeers" under Wang Jinshan, were promoted to generals. Xiao Yongyin has been "stagnant", an old subordinate said that he was "too many edges and corners", Xiao Yongyin laughed and enjoyed himself.
On April 29, 2002, founding Major General Xiao Yongyin died in Nanjing at the age of 85.
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