Among the founding generals, there are more generals with the surname Yang, and everyone is familiar with the "three Yang" generals, Yang Chengwu, Yang Dezhi and Yang Yong, in addition to the "three Yang" lieutenant generals, respectively, Yang Guofu, Yang Meisheng, Yang Xiushan, of course, the lieutenant general "Three Yangs" is not as famous as the general "Three Yangs".
However, they are all famous generals in hundreds of battles, and the story of Lieutenant General "Three Yangs" is also very exciting, especially lieutenant general Yang Guofu, who is a native of Huoqiu County, Anhui Province, who was a well-known fierce general during the Red Army period, and the Red Army snatched the Fujiang Iron Bridge, and Yang Guofu was the first to do.
The story of the Long March Road flying to seize the Luding Bridge is almost known to everyone, but the story of the Flying and Capturing of the Fujiang Iron Bridge has always been little known, in fact, the danger of the Fujiang Iron Bridge and the Luding Bridge is almost the same, and the enemy army has placed heavy troops at the head of the bridge, shouting "Even a bird cannot fly!" ”
Yang Guofu immediately said, "If you can't take the chain bridge today, the first one will shoot me!" Then Yang Guofu led the 270th Regiment of the 90th Division of the Red 30th Army to carry out a fierce attack, Yang Guofu and the red army soldiers' bravery made the enemy frightened, the defenders were beaten and retreated, and Yang Guofu took the Fujiang Iron Bridge.
In June 1935, the First and Fourth Fronts of the Red Army were in the Maogonghui Division, Yang Guofu's 270 regiment was incorporated into the 10th, 11th and 12th regiments of the 4th Division of the Third Army of the Red Army, and Yang Guofu was changed to deputy commander of the 10th Regiment.
After 6 days of marching, the whole division finally walked out of the meadow, and then statistics, Yang Guofu led the containment team only lost 2 people, Yang Guofu was praised by the division headquarters, after the troops arrived at Hadapu, the troops were reorganized, renamed the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment, and the regiments were changed to brigades, directly under the jurisdiction of 4 infantry companies and 1 machine gun company.
In this way, the battalion-level structure was abolished, Yang Guofu was appointed as the commander of the 2nd Company of the 10th Regiment, and the unit resumed the division-level structure after arriving in northern Shaanxi, while Yang Guofu was still the commander of the 2nd Company of the 10th Regiment, so he seemed to be demoted, but Yang Guofu did not care, as long as he could go into battle and kill the enemy.
In November 1935, when the enemy wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Red Army had just arrived in northern Shaanxi and was not on a stable footing, in order to crush the enemy's plan, our army launched the Battle of Zhiluo Town, when the chairman personally named Yang Guofu Company to fight with him, and the chairman said: "With him by his side, I am assured." ”
After the victory in the Battle of Zhiluo town, Yang Guofu entered the Red Army University, after graduation Yang Guofu was appointed as the commander of the 12th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Red 1st Army, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, in September 1937, Yang Guofu entered the third phase of the Kang Da, and was transferred to Qinghe District, Shandong Province in June 1938.
In The Qinghe District, Yang Guofu was on his own, and he not only undertook the task of organizing and developing local armed forces, but also carried out anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, when the Japanese Kou frequently swept the Qinghe District and the fighting conditions were very difficult, but despite this, he still commanded the troops and militia to smash the Japanese army again and again.
In order to break the Japanese army's blockade and encroachment on the base areas, he led the people in the base areas to fish and dry salt, and carried out self-rescue and successfully survived the disaster year and the blockade of the Japanese army.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Guofu served as the commander of the 7th Division and the deputy commander of the 6th Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, participated in the Liaoshen Campaign and the Pingjin Campaign, and in June 1949, Yang Guofu was transferred to the deputy commander of the Jiangxi Military Region, at the rank of deputy corps, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955.