The tiger generals of the Northeast Field Army are like clouds, and the commanders of more than a dozen columns are all heroes who are brave and good at war.
Among them, General Wan Yi is a relatively special one.
He was once an aide-de-camp to the young marshal Zhang Xueliang, and after the victory of the War of Resistance, Wan Yi was one of the first generals to lead troops into the northeast, and during the Liberation War, Wan Yi was the general with the most frequent changes in Dongye's position.
Dongye had a total of twelve infantry columns and a special forces column, and Wan Yi alone served as the commander of five columns.
In 1929, Wan Yi was admitted to the Northeast Army Lecture Hall and graduated with the first place.
The young marshal was happy and awarded Wan Yi a pocket watch and a command knife.
In the northeast, the young marshal became the deputy commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force, and Wan Yi also followed the "rising tide" and went to Nanjing together and was promoted to lieutenant colonel and deputy regiment.
After the Xi'an Incident, the young marshal was imprisoned, and Wan Yi also fell ill and went to prison, until the all-out War of Resistance, Wan Yi was able to get out of prison and return to the army.
In 1938, Wan Yi secretly joined the Communist Party of China.
In the anti-Japanese battlefield, Wan Yi took the lead and bravely killed the enemy, without any ambiguity.
In the defense of Nanjing, Wan Yi's army was almost completely destroyed, and he escaped from Nanjing with difficulty.
A few years later, Wan Yi was once again imprisoned, and the Kuomintang convicted him of "being too close to the Communist Party and suspected of being a communist." ”
Wan Yi was cornered and risked escaping from prison, and actually successfully escaped to our coastal anti-Japanese base area.
Later, Wan Yi was assigned by the Shandong Branch of the COMMUNIST Party of China to return to the Northeast Army and serve as the deputy commander and division commander of the new 111th Division.
In October 1944, Wan Yi was ordered by the Shandong Military Region to join the Eighth Route Army with the officers and men of the new 111th Division, which was reorganized into the Coastal Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and Wan Yi served as the deputy commander of the Coastal Military Region and the head of the Coastal Detachment.
In August 1945, the chairman sent three telegrams in a row in 20 days, personally naming Wan Yi to the northeast.
In the chairman's view, Wan Yi is from the northeast, has extensive contacts in the northeast, and takes the lead in seizing the northeast, and no one is more suitable than Wan Yi.
For Wan Yi, to fight back to his hometown is a long-cherished wish of his dreams, an unshirkable responsibility and a supreme glory.
A few days later, Wan Yi led the northeast forward column to the northeast urgently.
This was Wan Yi's first time as the commander of the column.
The story of the advancing column on its way to the northeast is endless.
When the troops set out, the entire column was only more than 3,000 people, and Wan Yi was still worried as he walked: How to recruit troops and buy horses after going to the northeast?
Unexpectedly, when the troops passed through Jiaodong, Commander Xu Shiyou sent charcoal in the snow and generously allocated more than 400 people to Wan Yi.
After the troops entered the northeast, they encountered a Soviet Red Army.
A Soviet officer looked at Wan Yi's rag shoes and said sarcastically: "With these shoes, can the general go to the northeast?" ”
Wan Yi smiled and said, "You can rest assured, even if I am barefoot, I can go to the northeast, if you don't believe it, you can wait and see." ”
After Wan Yi arrived in the northeast, he recruited troops, bought horses, suppressed bandits, carried out mass work, and quickly gained a foothold in the northeast.
In January 1946, the Northeast Advancing Column was reorganized into the Seventh Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, with Wan Yi as its commander.
This was Wan Yi's second time as the commander of the column.
In the cold and cold, lack of food and clothing, Wan Yi led his troops to engage in a fierce battle with the Kuomintang troops who had successively marched to the northeast.
During this period, the Seventh Column fought nearly 30 battles with the Nationalist army, annihilating more than 5,700 enemy troops.
The Seventh Column was later reorganized into the 44th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and Deng Hua was the first commander of the 44th Army.
In August 1946, the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army formed the First Column, and Wan Yi was reappointed as the commander of the First Column.
This was Wan Yi's third time as the commander of the column.
The first column was the first main force of the Higashino Army.
After Commanding the First Column, Wan Yi participated in the Three Battles of Jiangnan.
In jiangnan, Wan Yi led his troops across the frozen Songhua River, annihilating the enemy quite abundantly, and was commended by Lin Zong;
In the second jiangnan, Wan Yi's troops still achieved brilliant results, and the soldiers also captured two American advisers;
Three times down to Jiangnan, Wan Yi commanded the first column and ate most of the Kuomintang division in one bite.
In May 1947, Wan Yi encountered a difficult problem.
At the beginning of the year, the Northeast Field Army held a work conference, during which Lin Zong personally talked to Wan Yi.
Lin Zong intended to have Wan Yi and Li Tianyou, commander of the Songjiang Military Region, transfer against each other.
Because the strength of the Plakmen army increased greatly at this time, the weapons and equipment were also greatly improved, and the troops began to change from small-scale operations to large-scale corps operations.
In order to get the troops into a state as soon as possible, Higashino decided to adjust the leadership of the first column, and let Li Tianyou, who had studied large corps combat in the Soviet Union, serve as the commander of the first column.
"Invincible Admiral" Li Tianyou participated in the Guangxi Baise Uprising and successively served as a platoon commander, deputy company commander, and company commander of the Red Seventh Army's special service company.
Because he was brave and good at fighting, especially good at fighting hard battles and vicious battles, Deng Tianyou, political commissar of the Red Seventh Army, once commented on Li Tianyou:
"This little devil head, not yet 16 years old, is so fierce!" By the age of 26, 36, what else? Guangxi warlords don't have to mess around! ”
Li Tianyou was not very old at that time, but his thoughts were very precocious.
He once said at a mass mobilization meeting: "My parents named me 'God bless', but God never blessed me!" God is also a snob, and it only blesses the rich. ”
"Facts have proved that it is the Communist Party and the Red Army that bless me and bless us. If you want to find your way, join the Red Army! ”
After the congress, 1,000 ordinary people signed up to join the Red Army.
Commissar Deng was overjoyed and once again praised Li Tianyou: "This little devil is not simple, but also quite politically minded!" ”
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Tianyou participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan, and when he was the deputy brigade commander of the 343rd Brigade, he participated in the Battle of Zhengtai Road many times and made countless achievements.
When acting as the brigade commander of the 343rd Brigade, Li Tianyou led his troops to fight in the Lüliang Mountains, making great contributions to the opening up of the anti-Japanese base area in southwestern Jin.
Because of repeated injuries, at the end of 1938, the central government arranged for Li Tianyou to go to Moscow, the Soviet Union, for medical treatment, and at the same time entered the Frunze Military Academy to study.
In the spring of 1944, Li Tianyou returned to Yan'an and was sent to the Northeast Democratic United Army, where he served as the commander-in-chief of the liberation of Harbin and later as the commander of the Songjiang Military Region.
After Higashino made the decision to replace Wan Yi by Li Tianyou, Wan Yi was reluctant.
For a long time, Wan Yi has been leading soldiers on the front line to fight, and has become accustomed to a tense combat life.
He said to Lin Zong: Even if I am demoted and used, I will stay in Yizhong.
Mr. Lin could only come up with another plan, letting Wan Yi go to the infantry school as the principal.
However, Wan Yi was still reluctant to leave the First Column.
In the end, Lin Zong agreed to Wan Yi's request to stay in Yizhong, but Lin Zong asked him to change to the political commissar of Yizhong.
Lin Zong especially reminded Wan Yi: You don't have to worry about political work, your main task is to learn regular warfare and fight with Li Tianyou and the large army corps.
Li Tianyou was several years younger than Wan Yi, and Wan Yi did not say anything on his lips, and in his heart he still had some doubts about Li Tianyou's military ability.
However, in the days that followed, Wan Yi witnessed Li Tianyou's extraordinary boldness and outstanding military command ability, and admired Li Tianyou.
Under the leadership of Li Tianyou and Wan Yi, the first column became more and more courageous and stronger, and gradually became a trump card for Dongye to overcome difficulties.
The Kuomintang army was still worried about Wan Yi's fierce fighting style, and lamented that "if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid of Wan Yi." ”
The First Column of the Northeast Field Army was later reorganized into the 38th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with Li Tianyou as the first commander.
In March 1948, Higashino decided to form the Fifth Column.
Who will be the commander of the Fifth Column?
Mr. Lin thought of Wan Yi again.
When the Fifth Column participated in the Liaoshen Campaign and blocked Liao Yaoxiang's corps, this unit was brave and tenacious, did not retreat at all, and played a tiger and domineering spirit.
Wan Yi did not live up to expectations, and brought out a division of ace troops for Dongye.
This was the fourth time that Wan Yi had served as the commander of the column.
The Fifth Column of Dongye was later reorganized into the 42nd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and Wan Yi became the first commander.
In the spring of 1949, Wan Yi's position was changed again, and wan Yi was transferred to the Special Forces Column of the Fourth Field Army and served as the commander of the Special Forces Column.
This was Wan Yi's fifth time as the commander of the column.
When the whole country was liberated and the smoke cleared, Wan Yi left the front line.
After the founding of New China, Wan Yi successively served as secretary of the party committee of the Special Forces Headquarters of the Central and Southern Military Region, commander of the artillery of the Central and Southern Military Region, and first deputy commander of the artillery of the People's Liberation Army.
In 1950, Wan Yi participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, serving as the commander of the special forces of the Chinese Volunteer Army and the commander of the artillery of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, and led his troops to participate in the first and second battles.
After August 1952, Wan Yi successively served as the deputy director of the Second Machine Department and the director of the Equipment Planning Department of the General Staff.
In September 1955, Wan Yi was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
In May 1958, Wan Yi became the fifth minister of the Ministry of National Defense, responsible for leading the formation of special forces.
In July 1988, the Central Military Commission awarded Wan Yi the Medal of Merit of the Red Star of the First Class.
On October 31, 1997, General Wan Yi died of illness in Beijing.