Tian Weiyang was an old Red Army soldier who was also a senior general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army and a founding lieutenant general.
Tian Weiyang is a native of Zaoyang, Hubei Province, he participated in the revolution in his early years, the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, more than 20 years before returning to his hometown, after returning to his hometown, his hometown became unrecognizable, Tian Weiyang inquired in many ways in front of his father and elders in his hometown, only to inquire about his son Tian Mingsheng, who was born with his ex-wife when he married in his hometown, at this time Tian Weiyang was already a military commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, his son was working in agriculture in his hometown, he did not see him for 21 years, he saw the poor son, the age was full of vicissitudes, he was very distressed, However, he did not arrange any work for his son, and encouraged him to sign up for the army and go to the front line of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.
The son listened to his father's words, signed up for the volunteer army, in Korea, Tian Mingsheng fought with the enemy in blood, lost a leg, dragged a prosthetic leg back home, according to a situation like Tian Mingsheng, his father Tian Weiyang is also the commander of the 41st Army, lost a leg for the country on the Korean battlefield, should take care of the arrangement of work, but Tian Weiyang did not do that, but encouraged his son Tian Mingsheng to return to his hometown to work and make contributions to rural construction, he said to his son: "It is said that it is not a problem to arrange a job for you in a position like mine. But people will poke me in the back of the spine, I am uncomfortable, besides, you have no culture, you are arranged to work in the city is the need for culture, you have no culture, working in the city is not adaptable, only to go to the countryside, in the countryside has a broad world, you can make a lot of achievements, you still continue to contribute to your hometown. ”
The son listened to his words and worked as a farmer at home all his life, without complaint, and only felt that he was very proud to have such a father.
After joining the Red Army, Tian Weiyang first served as a platoon commander, a company commander, a staff officer of the Red Third Army, and a battalion commander in the Fifth Column of the Red Fifth Army, and participated in the Long March of the Central Red Army, and after the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, he served as the battalion commander of the 81st Division of the Red 15th Army, the commander of the cavalry regiment, and the commander of the 225th Regiment of the 75th Division, and led the troops to participate in the Eastern Expedition, the Western Expedition and the Battle of Mountain Castle.
In November 1936, he entered the University of the Red Army.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he entered the Second Military Team of the Chinese Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and served as a captain.
In May 1938, after graduating, Tian Weiyang served as the general secretary of the teaching battalion of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff of the Suluyu detachment, the political commissar of the first detachment of the Fifth Column of the Eighth Route Army, the political commissar of the first regiment of the first brigade of the teaching brigade, and the deputy brigade commander of the seventh brigade of the third division of the New Fourth Army, and carried out anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare in Weishan Lake, Shandong, Hongze Lake, Jiangsu And other areas.
Before 1943, Tian Weiyang entered the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and participated in the Yan'an rectification.
In April 1945, Tian Weiyang attended the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
After the surrender of Japan, Tian Weiyang was sent to the northeast, serving as the commander of the First Military Subdistrict of the Liaoxi Military Region, the commander of the First Cavalry Division, the commander of the 11th Division of the Fourth Column of the Northeast Field Army, the commander of the 122nd Division of the 41st Army of the Fourth Field Army, and led his troops to participate in the 1947 summer, autumn and winter offensive operations in the northeast. After the war, the 31st Regiment was awarded the honorary title of "Model Regiment of Heroic and Good Fighting" by the column, and then led his troops to participate in the battles of Pingjin, Crossing the River, Hengbao, guangxi and so on.
After the founding of New China, Tian Weiyang served as the deputy commander and commander of the 41st Army.
After May 1951, Tian Weiyang served as the commander of the 41st Army and the commander of the Eastern Guangdong Military Region, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Water Conservancy Engineering Unit of the Central and Southern Military Region, and the commander of the Engineer Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army, and participated in leading the construction of the first large-scale water conservancy project in New China, the Jingjiang River Flood Diversion Project, and the Hainan Highway Construction Project on Hainan Island.
In February 1954, Tian Weiyang entered the high-cadre class of the Cadre Culture School of the Central and Southern Military Region.
In 1955, Tian Weiyang was appointed as the director of the Rear Engineering Construction Department of the General Logistics Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
In September 1955, he was awarded the rank of founding lieutenant general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
From August 1957 to March 1965, Tian Weiyang served as the commander of the Guizhou Provincial Military District of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
After he became the commander of the Guizhou Provincial Military Region, he was strict with himself, arduous and simple, took the lead in setting an example, cared about the lives of cadres and soldiers, and sympathized with his feelings.
Once, after returning from an inspection of the grass-roots units, the general returned to Guiyang City in the evening, it was already late at night, and he suddenly found that there was a group of hooligans in front of him who were picking up the doors of the shops on the street and robbing the shops. ”
The gangsters were stealing, when they heard the general shouting, they obediently raised their hands, turned their heads to look, and saw that there were only a few People's Liberation Army, relying on the large number of them, not only did not surrender, but instead put down their raised hands, one of the gangsters arrogantly said: "I was a police station person, it turns out that you are a soldier, don't worry about it, this is not what you should take care of, it's okay, hurry up!" Do not hinder us brethren in doing things here. ”
The general smiled coldly and said, "What you say is better than what you sing, the People's Liberation Army can manage anything no matter where it is, and criminals like you who steal here should be even more responsible, put things down, you people follow me, don't resist, there is no good fruit for you to eat." ”
Although there were few guards, they were all good men who had experienced hundreds of battles, and they all set up a racket style, and they fought with this gang of hooligans in a row of hooligans, and after a while, they beat these hooligans to a swollen nose and swollen face, took out the military handcuffs, locked them one by one, and the leader of the gangsters was caught in front of the general, and the general sternly rebuked: "You social scum, you know that it is not easy to do business against ordinary people, you rob the shops." Everything is looted, what do you do to let people who open shops live? You're such a bunch of evil spirits!" If you are not severely punished, it will be difficult to account for the victims. ”
The general instructed the guards to notify the police station to come and deal with it, and after a while, the public security police arrived and took the gangsters who had been robbed of the gang away from the scene.
After interrogation by the public security police, these gangsters often got entangled together, taking advantage of the fact that people were asleep in the middle of the night to pry the doors and lock the shops along the street and steal property; dozens of crimes have been committed.
After dealing with these matters, the general led his entourage back to the provincial military district organs, and the sky was also bright, and the general said: "The new day has begun again, and there is still a lot of work waiting for us, the general went straight to his office, and after a while of sham time in the office, he began another day of intense and orderly work and life." ”