Among the founding generals of New China, not many have changed from commanders of the Grand Military Region to deputy commanders, and Yang Yong is one of them. After he came down from the commander of the Beijing Military Region, he resumed his work as deputy commander of the Shenyang Military Region, and then urgently transferred to the frontier as commander.
Speaking of Yang Yong, he is a famous general of our army who has made outstanding achievements in battle, and his achievements in battle are second to none, whether it is during the Red Army period, or during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and liberation.
Especially after liberation, he was promoted from commander of the Volunteer Corps to commander of the Volunteer Army, and he was also the longest commander of the Volunteer Army.
Back in China, he was immediately transferred to the Beijing Military Region as commander and garrisoned Gyeonggi.
He served as commander of the Grand Military District for many years, and at a special time, he retired from leadership positions and did not resume his work until 1972. After resuming his work, he was temporarily assigned to the Shenyang Military Region as deputy commander. At that time, the commander of the Shenyang Military Region was Chen Xilian, and they were of equal seniority.
After a year in the Shenyang Military Region, Yang Yong was transferred to the Xinjiang Military Region as commander. At that time, the position of commander of the Xinjiang Military Region had actually been vacant for about a year. At that time, the post of commander was replaced by Major General Cao Siming, political commissar of the military region. Why didn't Cao Siming become commander?
He was a political work cadre, and at that time the situation in northern Xinjiang was tense, as a political work cadre, he was naturally weaker in fighting, and his superiors sent Yang Yong as commander, which showed the intentions of his superiors. In the mid-to-late 1970s, the situation in northern Xinjiang was tense, and the superiors successively sent Yang Yong, Liu Zhen, Wu Kehua and other generals as commanders.
After Yang Yong's term of office, he was transferred to the General Staff as deputy chief of staff until his death in 1983.