As the saying goes, "a tiger father has no dog", an excellent father, the son will not be too different. Among the many founding generals, Xu Shiyou is recognized as the "Tiger General" of our army, his life is full of legends, and he has also made great achievements in battle, so what happened to his descendants now?
Born in 1905 in Xinyang, Henan Province, General Xu Shiyou worked as a handyman for a martial artist due to family poverty, and later studied martial arts at the Shaolin Temple. During the Agrarian Revolution, Xu Shiyou served as a battalion commander of the 11th Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. In 1932, Xu Shiyou threw himself into the struggle for the revolutionary base areas in Sichuan and Shaanxi. In 1937, Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the Red Fourth Army and the commander of the cavalry of the Red Fourth Front, and under the leadership of Xu Xiangqian, he participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle and the Long March.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, with The Departure of Mr. Zhu from the Taihang Mountains. In 1938, Xu Shiyou served as the deputy brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and participated in the construction of the anti-Japanese revolutionary base area in Jinan. During the Liberation War, Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the Ninth Column of the East China Field Army and participated in the battles of Laiwu and Menglianggu. In 1948, Xu Shiyou commanded troops to conquer Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, after eight days and nights of fierce fighting.
After the founding of New China, Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the Shandong Military Region, and in 1954 he became the second deputy commander of the East China Military Region. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general. In 1985, General Xu completed his life.
General Xu Shiyou had three marriages in his lifetime, and his wife was named Zhu Ximing, who was 4 years older than Xu Shiyou and was arranged by Xu Shiyou's mother.com. However, soon after becoming a relative, Xu Shiyou threw himself into the battle, and for many years after that, there was no news, and Zhu Ximing was forced to remarry.
Xu Shiyou's second wife was named Lei Mingzhen, and she and Xu Shiyou only met in the revolutionary ranks, and two young people with lofty ideals soon came together and held a wedding ceremony in Yan'an. However, when Xu Shiyou was later killed, Lei Mingzhen chose to stand by and watch, general Xu and Lei Mingzhen divorced, and it was useless for General Chen Geng to come and say that it was useless.
Xu Shiyou's third wife was named Tian Pu, who accompanied General Xu throughout his life. They met when Xu Shiyou was fighting in Shandong, when Xu Shiyou was busy fighting all day and living without anyone to take care of him, and later under the introduction of the director of the Logistics Department, he met Tian Pu. However, due to the relatively large age difference between the two people, Xu Shiyou was not optimistic about this relationship. Unexpectedly, Tian Pu was the most suitable person for General Xu, and the two of them had been together for more than 40 years until General Xu's death. General Xu once said, "She is my faithful companion throughout my life." "
General Xu's children were many, with a total of ten children before and after, but two of his sons died prematurely when they were young, and one daughter was fostered elsewhere, and after the victory of the war, the location of this daughter was not found. The last thing left were three sons and four daughters, and his three sons had captured all the three armies of the army, navy and air force.
The eldest son, Xu Guang, was born to Xu Shiyou and his first wife, and in his early years he worked as a farmer in the countryside, and after liberation, Xu Shiyou took Xu Guang to his side to raise him. At that time, Xu Guang was already 20 years old, and then Xu Shiyou sent Xu Guang to the Dalian Naval Naval Academy to study, and after 9 years of hard work, Xu Guang successfully graduated and became the first batch of naval officers with a bachelor's degree.
The second son, Xu Jianjun, was the first child of Xu Shiyou and Tian Pu, and under the influence of his father, he served as a staff officer at the Air Force Command of the Nanjing Military Region.
The third son, Xu Yuanchao, entered the military camp when he was 16 years old, starting from the most basic soldiers, successively serving as platoon commanders, company commanders, etc., and also served as the commander of Anhui Province and Jiangsu Provincial Military District, and was promoted to the rank of major general in 2000 and retired in 2011. Among Xu Shiyou's three sons, Xu Yuanchao's success was the highest.
As for General Xu Shiyou's four daughters, it is not simple, the eldest daughter Xu Li worked in the Nanjing Military Region Frontline Drama Troupe; the second daughter Xu Sangyuan served in the Nanjing Air Force and later became a director. The third daughter, Xu Hua, was a businessman, and the youngest daughter, Xu Jingjian, also joined the army.
In this way, General Xu Shiyou is a rare general, and his sons and daughters are also shining in their own fields, and they are all outstanding talents.