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preface
Some time ago, veterans of the Sino-Vietnamese War lined up and posed the word "Bayi" to impress many people.
The six fighters who participated in the counterattack against Vietnam were reunited, evoking memories of the counterattack against Vietnam in people's hearts.
When it comes to the self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam, everyone will think of such a person, who has served the country all his life, has participated in many important battles, and has made great achievements for the country and the people. However, in the "self-defense counterattack against Vietnam" that shocked the world, he was forced to retire from the front line due to illness. He is the founding general of our country, Yang Dezhi. So, what happened to the founding admiral? Next, please follow Pai into the life of this respectable founding general and find out!
Born in the cold door, doubly hard
Born in 1911, Yang Dezhi's family was extremely poor, and the fourteen brothers and sisters in the family were crammed into the only two other people's huts, because of the harsh conditions, few of the fourteen brothers and sisters survived in the end. In such an environment, Yang Dezhi only read books for a few days, and began to learn to play iron with his blacksmith father. At the age of 11, his mother died of illness, the family situation was more difficult, yes, the young Yang Dezhi, had to go to others as a cattle herding baby, later, he also did a pick, as a road construction site worker, but has always been firm he has never given up his life. In February 1928, Yang Dezhi and his co-workers defected to the First Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army founded by Zhu De and Chen Yi, and formally joined the Communist Party of China in October. Coming from a poor background, he was well aware of the hardships of the people's lives, so he cherished the opportunity he had given to do things for the country and the people. Born with a flexible mind and a brave and fearless spirit, he gradually rose in his position in continuous combat, and in the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, he took over the position of regimental commander. In the process of the Long March, either to open the way, or to cover up, has not been afraid of hardships, dedicated, conscientious, admirable.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang and the Communists fought a civil war with many achievements
In 1937, Yang Dezhi entered the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to study, graduated early in the July 7 Incident, as soon as he returned to the army, he immediately participated in important battles such as the Pingxingguan War.
In the counterattack against the Vietnamese self-defense, the veteran is still powerful
After the founding of New China, Yang Dezhi, who had made many achievements in battle, was named the founding general of the people, and he successively served as commander of the Jinan Military Region, member of the Central Military Commission, and other important positions, and he still worked hard for the motherland and the people. In 1979, the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam broke out, and Yang Dezhi, who was 68 years old, served as the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, and the veteran was still powerful. Having conducted fieldwork in Vietnam in his early years, he was well aware of vietnam's military situation, so he was very comfortable in commanding the war.
Retired to the front line due to illness
However, after the war began, Yang Dezhi, who had only commanded the early stages of the campaign, was forced to leave the front line because of the threat to his life due to a stomach disease, and returned to Beijing for treatment after his condition stabilized. But at that time, he still played a certain role in the Sino-Vietnamese war, which allowed the Chinese border to be settled.
epilogue
Such a general, who made immortal contributions to the country and the people, finally died in Beijing on October 25, 1994, at the age of 83. Yang Dezhi, who was born in poverty, but did not complain about the unfairness of life, but loved the country and the people all his life, is really admirable!