In August 1945, Japan announced its surrender, and the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei developed the fastest. Yang Silu, head of the special task force regiment of the Jidong Military Region, became the commander of the 25th Brigade.
He had been in office for a few days in the 25th Brigade, and one morning, as soon as he got up, he heard a noise outside the window.
As soon as he listened, the guard was shouting:
"Why do you have to see our chief?" Who are you?!"
When Yang Silu went out to take a look, he saw his guard arguing with a ragged man. The man had to enter the door, but the guards blocked it, or they wouldn't let him in.
Yang Silu stepped forward, carefully identified, startled, and hurriedly shouted to the guards: "Don't be rude!" ”
The person who came was Huang Yongsheng!
Yang Silu immediately let the old chief into the house.
As soon as Huang Yongsheng entered the room, he shouted:
"Yang Silu, you have made a lot of progress, and you have become a brigade commander!"
Why was Huang Yongsheng so surprised?
Because they had been together in the Red 2nd Division, Huang Yongsheng was the deputy division commander and Yang Silu was a guard.
However, Yang Silu was still not surprised, the famous commander Huang Yongsheng was wearing a tattered dress, his beard was long, and he was shivering with cold, how could he be so depressed?
It turned out that in order to strengthen the eighth route army's strength to recover the northeast, Huang Yongsheng came from Yan'an with a group of men and horses on the orders of the central authorities, but unexpectedly arrived at Rehe and encountered the bombing of Kuomintang planes, Huang Yongsheng's entourage was killed by Kuomintang planes, and the grooms and guards were also scattered. Fortunately, Huang Yongsheng knew the location of the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei, so he single-handedly broke in.
Yang Silu saw that he was wearing a tattered shirt and hurriedly said, "The old chief will change his clothes and eat first." ”
Then, he put on the tweed coat captured from the Japanese army for Huang Yongsheng, and after the hot meal was served, he assigned the best guards around him to Huang Yongsheng.
Huang Yongsheng is very grateful.
Before saying goodbye, Huang Yongsheng took off a sweater that he had been wearing during the Long March and said, "Xiao Yang, give it to you." ”
Soon, the Reliao Military Region was established, and Huang Yongsheng was appointed commander of the Reliao Military Region.
A few years later, General Yang Silu talked about this matter and said with a smile: "The old chief's depressed appearance at that time really frightened me. ”