In the village of Shangqian in The town of Wan'an, Jiangxi, next to each other, there is a lawn with green grass, which has planted a lot of fruit trees, and the villagers told me that this is the location of the former residence of Lieutenant General Kuang Yumin, who has the reputation of "General Shencang", who has never returned to his hometown after he participated in the revolutionary work, and this house collapsed after the founding of the People's Republic of China due to a flood, and it is still a very lush orchard.
Kuang Yumin, born in 1907 in a poor peasant family in Shangqian Village, Wan'an, Jiangxi Province, Kuang Yumin ranked third, there are brothers and sisters on it, due to the poor family, children can not enter the school, can only help their parents work at home. Kuang Yumin grew up with his brother and sister herding cattle, cutting grass, cutting firewood, wind and rain to make a good body, the villagers said that he was the material for carrying a gun.
In the year of his teenage years, when there was a revolution in his hometown, he began to realize that if the poor wanted to turn over and live a good life, they had to join the revolution. So he joined the peasant association with his brother Kuang Yujing, and because of his active and enthusiastic work, he soon became a land commissar of the township Soviet government and the leader of the Self-Defense Forces. In November 1927, Kuang Yumin and his brother participated in the surprise attack on the county town, and his brother Kuang Yujing was unfortunately shot and killed, he buried his brother with tears, took up arms, and led the Peasant Army Self-Defense Force to continue the attack.
In the subsequent Wan'an Rebellion, Kuang Yumin was ordered to command the peasant army to attack the East Gate. He took the lead in charging the front, took the lead in breaking through the East Gate, and successfully entered the county town. The Wan'an Rebellion was successful and established the first county-level Soviet government in Jiangxi, "opening up a new era for the establishment of the Jiangxi Soviet government." Because of his heroic struggle against the enemy, Kuang Yumin grew up quickly, joined the party organization, and honorably joined the Red Army, and soon after, he was transferred to the artillery company of the headquarters of the Red Army as a soldier.
At that time, artillery was a new type of army, the weapon was mainly captured enemy mortars, Kuang Yumin carried mortars, participated in the second anti-"encirclement and suppression" operation in the Central Soviet Region, in the attack on Guangchang, the Red First Army concentrated the main force, mainly attacking the north of Guangchang City. The enemy in the north of the city, relying on hill fortifications and machine gun fire, crushed the Red Army on the mountainside and could not retreat. At this time, the artillery company was in danger and was ordered. As a result, none of the gunners in front of them hit, and the enemy's machine guns roared. Kuang Yumin saw that the enemy was so rampant, and his anger started from the head of the fire, he quickly rolled up his sleeves, firmly stabilized the body of the gun, aimed at the enemy's fire point, and fired the cannon decisively!
This cannon was really god, and it landed accurately on the enemy's fire point, and the enemy machine gun was dumb. At the sight of the enemy's machine guns being shot down, the Red Army commanders and fighters trapped on the mountainside rushed to the top of the hill and won the victory, and this battle Kuang Yumin was praised by the commander as a "sharp gunner", because of the special equipment and strong firepower of the artillery company, he also became one of the most well-known company commanders of the Red Army in the Soviet period.
Because Kuang Yu used artillery to be stable, accurate, and fierce, he successively served as the captain of the special section team of the Red Third Army and the commander of the artillery battalion, and even though the troops were seriously reduced during the Long March, Kuang Yumin was still one of the artillery company commanders!
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Artillery Regiment of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters was established, and Kuang Yumin was transferred to the Artillery Regiment as chief of staff; he carried out political study education and military training in an organized, leading, and step-by-step manner.
In August 1938, he finally waited for the fighter: he was ordered to command the 1st Company of the Artillery Regiment to go to the anti-Japanese front in Shanxi to cooperate with the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. In the ambush battle on the Fen (Yang) Li (Shi) Highway, he commanded the artillery company to support the infantry with accurate and fierce fire, annihilating more than 400 Japanese troops, destroying 2 cars, and killing and capturing more than 320 Japanese war horses. The artillery regiment won the first battle, which greatly boosted the morale of the commanders and fighters. Later, from the captured Japanese documents, it was learned that the Japanese army had privately lamented: "If there were no artillery fire on the Eighth Road, our Imperial Army would not have suffered such a huge wound!" ”
During the Liberation War, Kuang Yumin served as the first deputy commander and chief of staff of the Artillery Command of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, and the artillery unit performed outstandingly in each battle, won high praise from the infantry, and was commended by the head of our army in the northeast. In the subsequent Liaoshen Campaign, The Battle of Pingjin, and the Battle of Taiyuan, he made great achievements.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Kuang Yumin successively served as the commander of the Siye Artillery Corps and the commander of the artillery of the Central south military region. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, an artillery command post was set up, with Kuang Yumin as the director, and he became the number one of the artillery of the volunteer army on the Korean battlefield. He was present in the five campaigns to resist US aggression and aid Korea each time. In the face of the huge disparity in the number and equipment of the artillery on both sides of the operation, Kuang Yumin resolutely decided: The artillery of the Volunteer Army should adopt the principle of concentrated use, concentrate troops and firepower in the main direction and main areas, and strive for local superiority; focus on close-in shooting and direct aiming and shooting, and improve the hit rate. Under his correct command, the volunteer artillery achieved great results:
In the first battle, due to the concentration of troops, the firepower was sudden and fierce, so that the infantry successfully broke into the depth and directly took Yunshan Mountain. When the Linjin River was broken through in the third campaign, the artillery concentrated artillery to open up a passage, suppressed the firing points and artillery fire on the enemy's deep positions, and after 20 minutes of artillery preparation, destroyed 80 percent of the enemy's forward fortifications and opened two breakthrough points to ensure that the infantry quickly crossed the Linjin River and completed the breakthrough task. In the fifth campaign, the brave implementation of close combat, the organization of crossfire networks with flank and oblique firepower, the artillery of the volunteer army became stronger and stronger.
The Battle of Shangganling, the Battle of Jincheng, and the five consecutive battles of the earth-shattering and weeping ghost god all left the sonorous sound of his "firing". The victory in the war also condensed Kuang Yumin's painstaking efforts and wisdom. The commander highly praised: "Kuang Yumin's father and son participated in the war, and their contributions were indispensable! ”
Just when Kuang Yumin's command team had made many military achievements, an unfortunate news came from the artillery command post, Kuang Yumin's eldest son had unfortunately died in the second battle. At this time, all the people in the command post were in a deep mood, sad and mournful. Kuang Yumin took off his military hat, pondered for a moment, endured grief, and said resolutely: "He died for the motherland, for the Korean people, and died a glorious death!" After the commander knew, he praised with admiration: "This is the true color of the old Red Army, the general's mind!" ”
In his hometown, kuang Yumin's brother with his grandfather took out a family tree and said: The family tree repaired for him in his hometown, the family tree wrote the people as "Ming", because his brother who died in his early years was "Mirror", Mingjing. Kuang Yumin has not been heard from since he became a Red Army, and the people in the family think that this brother has long been sacrificed, and he will burn paper money to his brother who is a Red Army every year on the Middle Day. It wasn't until after liberation, when Kuang Yumin wrote home, that they learned that the brother was still alive.
On April 9, 1977, Kuang Yumin unfortunately passed away, and when his relatives changed his clothes, he had 13 scars on his body. This is a noble symbol and true record of the general's selfless and fearless and heroic life, and it is also a heavy expectation and profound enlightenment left to the younger generations.