His name was on the roster of martyrs, and his return half a month later surprised his comrades-in-arms, and his son became a lieutenant general
Chinese the People's Liberation Army has many major generals, lieutenant generals and admirals, many of whom are founding fathers. They drove the Japanese out of China, experienced the War of Liberation, and finally ushered in the day of the founding of New China.
At that time, the moment they chose to join the army, they may have already said goodbye to their parents. Because no one knows whether they can survive tomorrow on the battlefield, the sacrifice of soldiers in the war years is regrettable, but it also happens frequently. The names on the anti-Japanese martyrs' roster are all big heroes, but there is a big hero who is on the roster, but he has "come back from the dead". He is the founding major general Ye Jianming.
Speaking of Major General Ye Jianming, everyone may not be very familiar with it, so let's introduce the founding major general who survived on the roster of anti-Japanese martyrs.
Ye Jianming, a native of Henan, grew up in a very poor family, and he only attended a private school for one year.
He began herding cattle at the age of eight or nine and farm work at the age of ten.
At the age of eleven, he joined the children's group and served as the leader of the group.
At the age of thirteen, he joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and served as a soldier in the 16th Regiment of the Independent Division of Luoshan County. He also participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggles in the revolutionary base areas of Eyu and Anhui and the Battle of Qiliping.
At the age of sixteen, he continued the Long March as the Twenty-fifth Army began, and later joined the Red Fifteenth Army as a staff officer of the headquarters.
At the age of eighteen, he officially joined the Communist Party of China.
Later, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Ye Jianming successively served as a communication staff officer of the headquarters of the 688th Regiment of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, a reconnaissance staff officer of the Jinnan Detachment of the 344th Brigade, an acting chief of staff, a chief of staff of the Second Brigade of the Jiluyu Detachment, a chief of staff of the 2nd Detachment of the 5th Column of the Eighth Route Army, a chief of staff and deputy regimental commander of the 23rd Regiment of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, and the commander of the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Shandong Military Region.
He participated in the battles of Pingshiguan Dajie, the "Nine Road Siege" that crushed the Japanese army, Chen Ji, and Ganyu. Among them, after the victory of Pingshiguan, when Ye Jianming and his troops responded to the re-attack of the Japanese army, they encountered an accident, and he was almost killed by the Japanese gun.
At that time, Ye Jianming wanted to save the regimental commander Chen Jinxiu, but before his hand could touch the regimental commander, he was hit and fainted on the spot. When he woke up, he lay in a private house, and the rescuer in the house told him: "You are seriously injured. The devil's bullet shot in from the chest, through the chest, through the ribs of the left back and out, and probably abrasions to the lungs. Ye Jianming listened and fell asleep again.
When he woke up for the second time, Ye Jianming was on a stretcher and was preparing to be sent to the hospital. The attendant told him that the regimental commander had died, and the company commander had also died, and Ye Jianming fainted again when he heard the bad news. Until the third time he woke up, he was originally on a stretcher, because of the surprise attack of enemy bombers, the people fled. Only the attendants were still guarding Ye Jianming, but fortunately they met Tian Yangquan, a staff officer of the regiment headquarters, who was still with the leader of the health team at the time, so he immediately treated Ye Jianming. Ye Jianming fainted again in pain, until he woke up for the fourth time, and he finally arrived at the hospital. And after some treatment, he has slowly recovered.
Half a month later, Ye Jianming instructed the service soldiers to return to the team first. Later, he almost recovered, and returned to the team with several other wounded people in the hospital. When he returned, everyone was surprised. Because everyone thought that he had died with Chen Jinxiu and others, his name was also written on the roster of anti-Japanese martyrs. Everyone was very excited to see that Ye Jianming was okay, and some of them even cried. They all said one after another: If you don't die, you will be blessed!
Later, Ye Jianming, who had "sacrificed" once, became even more fearless on the battlefield. At the end of 1938, he led his troops to kill and wound more than 200 Japanese troops and captured the "Meritorious Cannon" given by the Emperor. In 1943, he participated in the Battle of Chen Jiaji and annihilated a squadron of the Japanese army.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Ye Jianming soon participated in the War of Liberation. He served as the commander of the Fifth Regiment of the Second Division of the First Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, the deputy commander of the 30th Division of the 10th Column, and the deputy commander and acting commander of the 141st Division of the Forty-seventh Army of the Fourth Field Army. He participated in the Siping Defense War and the Liaoshen, Pingjin, southwest and other battles.
After the founding of New China, the "Meritorious Cannon" captured by Ye Jianming that year was placed in the Military Museum of the Chinese Revolution. He also held many positions and participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. In 1955, Ye Jianming, who had been a soldier, was awarded the rank of major general and was awarded the Order of August 1 of the Third Class, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Second Class, and the Liberation Medal of the First Class. Order of the National Flag of The DPRK, Second Class, Order of Freedom and Independence, Second Class. He was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Red Star, First Class.
Ye Jianming was not only strong himself, but his son Ye Aiqun was also very powerful. Ye Aiqun had a higher rank than his father and was a lieutenant general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Unfortunately, on September 18, 1998, The 80-year-old Major General Ye Jianming passed away.