One day in 1950, he was the commander of the 19th Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
Yang Dezhi
He took his family back to his hometown of Zhuzhou, Hunan, where he had been separated for a long time, when the villagers heard that the general was coming back, they specially sent someone to find a four-person car to greet him.
Yang Dezhi just came to the mouth of the village, he saw the figure of his father and fellow villagers, because he knew that Yang Dezhi was coming back, and the villagers of several nearby villages rushed to greet him, and the scene at the head of the village at this moment could be described as a sea of people, at this time, an elder in the village walked up to Yang Dezhi and said:
"General, get in the car."
When Yang Dezhi heard this, he laughed and said:
"I'm a villager, and I've carried a car in the past, but now I don't take other people's shoulders as a road."
However, the surrounding villagers repeatedly invited, and under the difficulty of hospitality, Yang Dezhi had to let his little niece sit on the palanquin, while he followed the villagers all the way to talk about family life.
Figure | Yang Dezhi
When Yang Dezhi walked for about ten minutes, he finally came to his home, and after learning that his father, eldest sister, second sister and little brother had all died, Yang Dezhi was in great pain and said bluntly:
"My son is not filial, he didn't come back early."
Early the next morning, Yang Dezhi came to the grave of his father and other relatives to worship them, and the past came to Yang Dezhi's mind one by one, and his thoughts gradually drifted into the distance.
In 1911, Yang Dezhi was born in Li (
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At that time, a poor blacksmith family in Sanwangchong, Lingnanyang Bridge (now part of Zhuzhou), was very difficult, and the whole family lived in two thatched houses, which were also borrowed from others.
Originally, the family was very poor, coupled with so many family members, so the burden on Yang Dezhi's father became heavier and heavier, when Yang Dezhi was young, he only read a few days of books and then returned home to learn to play iron with his father, in order to master a skill, and later rely on this to eat.
Figure | Thatched house
However, the turning point of the matter came when Yang Dezhi was eleven years old, when Yang Dezhi's mother became worse and worse due to long-term overload work, and later died of a serious illness, leaving his father and other children in the family to rely on each other.
The departure of his mother made the family more difficult, sometimes they could not eat, there was no way, Yang Dezhi had to herd cattle for the landlord's family, earn some money to supplement the family, but at that time, the landlord who worked was a very domineering person, and would only use all means to exploit the poor people.
After three years of herding cattle in the landlord's house, Yang Dezhi could no longer stand it, and he was willing to do some dirty work and tired work, and he did not want to herd cattle for the landlord's family anymore, so he told his brother his idea
Yang Begonia
A few days later, he and his brother heard that the Anyuan Coal Mine in Jiangxi was recruiting workers, so they packed up and rushed to Anyuan, Jiangxi, when Yang Dezhi was only 14 years old.
When Yang Dezhi was 16 years old, he and his brother came to Hengyang, Hunan Province, to become a porter, and every time they had to carry heavy goods to walk forty or fifty miles, at that time he would always think, I must change this life and let my family live a good life.
Figure | porter
An incident that happened soon after completely changed Yang Dezhi's life and put him on a different path in life, what would it be?
One day in February 1928, Yang Dezhi came to the construction site as usual to work, at this time he overheard a conversation between two co-workers, one of whom said:
"Did you hear that?" It seemed as if the red army was about to pass by us. ”
Another co-worker replied:
"Yes, yes, I have heard about it, and I heard that many people still go to join the Red Army, and I also want to join the Red Army, but I don't know whether to accept it or not."
Hearing this, Yang Dezhi was extremely excited, because in the past, Yang Dezhi had heard others talk about the deeds of the Red Army, saying that this was a team that fought for the poor in the world, at that time, Yang Dezhi was very eager for this team, and secretly vowed that he would definitely join it in the future.
That day, Yang Dezhi did not have the heart to work at all, his mind was full of red army things, when he saw his brother, he told him the news of the Red Army, what he did not expect was that his brother also wanted to join such a team, so the brothers hit it off and decided to find the Red Army to join them.
After several days of searching, the brothers finally found the Red Army team, and on that day, the Red Army in charge of recruiting asked Yang Dezhi:
"What's your name?"
Yang Dezhi replied:
"My name is Yang Dezhi."
Then the Red Army asked:
"How old are you this year?" Where is home? Who else is in the family? ”
Yang Dezhi replied:
"I am 17 years old this year, my family is in Nanyangqiao Village, Liling, Hunan, I have a father and sister at home, and the one named Yang Haitang is my brother."
At this time, the red army looked at Yang Dezhi and asked:
"Why do you want to join the Red Army?"
"I want the poor to be no longer poor."
The Red Army was very happy when they heard this, and said to Yang Dezhi with a smile:
"From now on, you are the Red Army, so make sure that the poor are no longer poor."
In this way, Yang Dezhi and his brother joined the ranks of the Red Army, at that time, Yang Dezhi was assigned to the division headquarters as a correspondent, just joined the Red Army in those days, everything was so fresh, Yang Dezhi was not afraid of hardship, not afraid of blood and did anything very hard, but also more and more like such a team.
However, at that time, Yang Dezhi also had his own regrets in his heart, that is, he longed to get a gun, he was still just a correspondent, there was only a shuttle dart around him, watching others with guns in battle to kill the enemy, Yang Dezhi was particularly envious, and could not help but issue a sigh:
"How nice it would be if I had a gun too."
At that time, Yang Dezhi heard others say that only when he reached the combat company could he get a gun.
One day, Yang Dezhi received an order from his superiors to transfer him to the special service company of the division headquarters as a soldier, and Yang Dezhi was very happy that day, because in his opinion, as long as he arrived at the special service company, he could have his own gun, and he happily came to the special service company to report.
Figure | Darts
At that time, he was assigned to the third platoon of the special agent company and the seventh shift, knowing that a young soldier had been transferred, the squad leader of the seventh squad was particularly happy, and greeted him at the door early, and after waiting for a while, the squad leader of the seventh squad finally saw Yang Dezhi.
After seeing Yang Dezhi, the seventh class leader smiled and said to him:
"I am the leader of the seventh class, and from now on, you are one of us."
After hearing the words of the class leader, Yang Dezhi was very moved and said firmly:
"Squad leader, I will definitely win more battles in the future."
The squad leader patted Yang Dezhi's shoulder with his hand and said:
"Nice."
At this time, the squad leader handed Yang Dezhi a dart head, and then said to him:
"Go get a stick and cut it, and put this on it."
Yang Dezhi was very confused, so he asked the squad leader:
"What is this?"
The squad leader replied:
"This is your weapon."
After hearing the words of the squad leader, Yang Dezhi was stunned for a moment, and then asked:
"Don't you shoot?"
Seeing that Yang Dezhi never took the dart, the squad leader was also a little unhappy, and said to Yang Dezhi:
"If you want a gun, go and take it from the enemy yourself."
After saying that, he immediately let the soldiers of the seventh class assemble, Yang Dezhi looked at those soldiers who rarely carried guns, some with machetes, some with shuttle darts, he was silent, and quietly took the shuttle darts.
That night, Yang Dezhi never slept, and the next day, he found his brother and told him about what happened yesterday, and his brother asked him:
"Do you still want to get a gun now?"
Yang Dezhi shook his head and said:
"No, I want to rely on my own efforts to snatch it from the enemy's hands, and I will send one to the squad leader."
After hearing Yang Dezhi's answer, his brother felt very relieved and said to him with a smile:
"Good look, just like this, brother believes that you can do it."
So, how did Yang Dezhi get his first gun? What happened next?
At that time, the Red Army would often go to various mountain villages to fight local tycoons and landlords, and Yang Dezhi went with the team many times, and also gained a lot from it, he was very happy to help the people, so every time he was particularly active.
Figure | Fight the landlord
One day, Yang Dezhi followed the troops to a small mountain village to fight the local tycoons, and just as they were preparing to go back, the squad leader said to Yang Dezhi:
"What would you do if you encountered an enemy today?"
Yang Dezhi smiled and said to the class leader:
"If I encounter an enemy today, I will use the dart in my hand to snatch the gun from the enemy's hand."
This time it was really said by the squad leader, when they came to a hillside, they found the enemy's tracks, of course, the enemy also found them, just like this, the war was about to break out, the Red Army soldiers quickly found a bunker to hide, at this time, the enemy's shells also attacked.
The squad leader looked at Yang Dezhi next to him and asked him:
"Are you afraid?"
Yang Dezhi said firmly:
"I'm not afraid, I'm going to grab their guns."
After the sound of the cannon stopped, the squad leader said to Yang Dezhi:
"Ready to start charging."
Immediately after, you can see all the Red Army soldiers rushing up with darts.
Yang Dezhi was like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, stabbing at the enemy fiercely with the dart in his hand, and when the war was about to end, Yang Dezhi heard a Red Army soldier say to him:
"Go and see the squad leader, he's dying."
After hearing these words, Yang Dezhi immediately killed the few remaining enemies around him, and then came to the side of the squad leader.
When he saw the squad leader, he saw that the squad leader's body had become weaker and weaker, and his stomach was still oozing blood, and the squad leader also saw Yang Dezhi, raised the gun with his hand, and said that he would give the gun to Yang Dezhi, and after Yang Dezhi took the gun, the squad leader was sacrificed.
Yang Dezhi looked at the gun in his hand and vowed to use this gun to kill a few more enemies, avenge the squad leader, and avenge the dead fighters.
In October 1934, the main force of the Red Army began the 25,000-mile Long March, when Yang Dezhi received orders to lead the Red Regiment to undertake the advance task and open the way for the Red Army's Long March.
Figure | The Long March of the Red Army
On January 5, 1935, Yang Dezhi led the soldiers of the Red First Division of the Red First Army to march for several days, and finally arrived at the Longxi ferry of the Wujiang River before the Kuomintang arrived, looking at the rolling river water in front of him, Yang Dezhi planned to cross the Wujiang River with a bamboo raft, so he immediately led the soldiers of the Red Regiment to cut bamboo in the nearby bamboo forest, and then made these bamboo rafts.
In order to check the safety and feasibility of crossing the river on a bamboo raft, Yang Dezhi selected several fighters with relatively good water characteristics in the team and let them cross the river first, so these fighters came to the center of the Wujiang River on the bamboo raft, at this time, the enemy on the opposite side launched a fierce attack on the fighters crossing the river, and the fighters who crossed the river of course fought back while dodging.
Just at this moment, the bamboo raft crashed into the reef, and after a huge shake, the entire bamboo raft was shattered by the impact, and all the warriors fell into the cold water of the Wu River, so they quickly swam towards the shore, but some of the warriors were still caught in the whirlpool and sacrificed.
After learning the lessons of the previous time, Yang Dezhi began to summarize the various situations that would be encountered when crossing the river, the first was the enemy's attack, the second was the reef in the water, and the third was the whirlpool generated by the river. In response to these problems, Yang Dezhi asked the soldiers to install handrails on each bamboo raft, which greatly improved the safety of crossing the river.
Figure | Forced crossing of the Wu River
In addition, Yang Dezhi also deliberately surveyed along the Wujiang River and found a place where the water flow was relatively slow and the reef was relatively small to cross the river, and in this way, the second crossing of the river officially began, because various preparations were made in advance, so the last two problems were basically solved, and now only the attack of the enemy on the opposite side was left.
When the soldiers came to the center of the Wujiang River, the enemy did indeed begin to attack our army, and in the face of the enemy's attack, the soldiers could only cross the river in the rain of bullets and bullets, and finally, these fighters who crossed the river successfully crossed the Wujiang River under the cover of the fire of other fighters.
However, there are more difficulties on the Long March road than this, and what will happen to Yang Dezhi after that?
On May 24, 1935, Yang Dezhi led the soldiers of the Red Regiment to the ferry port of the Dadu River overnight, Anshun Field, where there were also Kuomintang garrisons, and through the telescope observation, it could be seen that their garrison was still relatively tight, and it was certainly not appropriate to attack strongly.
Therefore, Yang Dezhi made the political commissar of the Red Regiment
Li Lin
With the soldiers of the second battalion to the downstream of the ferry to pretend to attack, the enemy stationed found that there was a battle downstream, thinking that the Red Army soldiers were going to cross the river from that place, so they mobilized most of the troops to go downstream, at this time, Yang Dezhi, who had already ambushed the first battalion, led the soldiers of the first battalion to launch a fierce attack on the enemy in Anshun Field.
Figure | Anshun field
After dozens of minutes of fighting, the enemy on the side of Anshun Field had been solved, and the enemy downstream heard that Anshun Field had been occupied, and they panicked in an instant and were annihilated by the soldiers of our army in one fell swoop.
Now the Anshunchang ferry port has been laid down, the boat has been there, only the boatman has not been found, and later after many inquiries, I know that many boat workers have been caught by the Kuomintang on the other side of the river, but some have not been arrested.
Handsome
It was one of them, so the Soldier of the Red Army hurried to Shuai Shigao's home and asked him to help the Red Army cross the river.
You must know that in this case, helping the Red Army to cross the river will face a very dangerous situation, but looking at these Red Army soldiers who are fighting for the common people, Shuai Shigao chose to help the Red Army cross the river despite his personal danger.
At the same time, in order to increase the safety of crossing the river, Shuai Shigao also hired several other boatmen to assist him.
Figure | Handsome
In the early morning of the next day, the Red Regiment began to cross the river, when Yang Dezhi selected eighteen warriors who crossed the river first, who were not afraid of danger and vowed to die to complete the task. Since there is only one boat, it can only be divided into two groups to cross the river,
Xiong Shanglin
Boarded the boat with 8 warriors as the first warriors to cross the river.
Watching the boat slowly sail towards the opposite bank, the enemy also began to attack, at this time, the warriors crossing the river can clearly feel the sound of bullets passing through the ears, the boatman Shuai Shigao is also the first time to see this scene, just at this time, a bullet flew towards Shuai Shigao, and when he saw that he was about to hit Shuai Shigao, Xiong Shanglin made a flying swoop and saved Shuai Shigao.
After that, nine warriors, including Xiong Shanglin, quickly escorted the boatmen behind them and took up their weapons to fight back at the enemy, while Yang Dezhi and others on the shore were not idle, he quickly let the gunners
Zhao Zhangcheng
Two cannons were fired at the enemy, destroying two enemy bunkers.
At this time, part of the enemy's firepower was also attracted by Yang Dezhi and others, and the enemy was also lacking in skill, while attacking the Red Army soldiers who crossed the river, on the other hand, they also had to attack Yang Dezhi and others, and Yang Dezhi led the remaining fighters of the Red Regiment to launch a fierce attack on the enemy in order to let those warriors cross the river smoothly.
Figure | Forced crossing of the Dadu River
When the warrior crossing the river reached the center of the river, because of the enemy's attack, the direction of the boat was somewhat shifted, and when he saw that he was about to hit the reef, Shuai Shigao immediately jumped into the water and lifted the boat with his shoulders, and the other boatmen saw it and jumped into the water with them.
In this way, the warriors who crossed the river successfully crossed the reef area, Yang Dezhi also saw this thrilling scene through the observation of the telescope, and could not help but break out in a cold sweat, seeing that the warriors crossing the river were about to reach the opposite bank, the enemy fire was concentrated on them.
At this time, Yang Dezhi let Zhao Zhangcheng fire two cannons, hitting the enemy's center, and the enemy's attack was also disrupted, in this way, the warriors crossing the river successfully reached the opposite bank, and after reaching the other bank, Xiong Shanglin quickly led the soldiers to seize the beachhead position, while Shuai Shigao returned to Yang Dezhi's side and began to transport the next batch of warriors who crossed the river.
The success of the Red Regiment in crossing the river this time not only dealt a blow to the Kuomintang defenders on the opposite side, but also provided favorable conditions for the subsequent Red Army to cross the river, and it was precisely because of the sacrifice of these fighters that the large troops were able to cross the river more safely.
Figure | Zhao Zhangcheng
Yang Dezhi showed his extraordinaryness during the Long March, and even more so in the Subsequent War of Resistance Against Japan.
In the late autumn of 1943, the Japanese army launched a large-scale "sweep" of the Hebei-Luyu Border Region, and on October 2, the Japanese army gathered a large number of troops and divided into 13 roads to launch a fierce attack on our army
Sun Liangcheng
The most rampant, but also moved the headquarters to the nearest Bagong Bridge to the city center.
At that time, in order to attack Sun Liangcheng's headquarters, our army launched the Battle of Bagong Bridge, and on November 15, Yang Dezhi led the soldiers to the Fire Temple near the Bagong Bridge, and through the reconnaissance of the scouts, he learned that Sun Liangcheng had set up a large number of bunkers in front of the Bagong Bridge, but the back was very weak.
Therefore, Yang Dezhi planned to start from the rear, unify command, and surprise attack Sun Liangcheng's headquarters, and on the afternoon of the 16th, Yang Dezhi led the soldiers to march more than twenty kilometers to the depths of the enemy.
That night, Yang Dezhi came to the vicinity of the enemy early, they hid in the woods, taking advantage of the dark clouds to cover the moon, Yang Dezhi quickly launched an attack, and before the enemy could react, he was severely damaged by our army.
Figure | Sun Liangcheng
The battle lasted until the next morning, annihilating 18 enemy strongholds, capturing more than 3,000 enemy prisoners, killing hundreds of enemy soldiers, and capturing a large number of weapons and equipment, including two mortars and countless bullets.
The victory in this battle not only recovered a large area near the Bagong Bridge, but also smashed the enemy's plan to encroach on the anti-Japanese base areas.
During the Korean War, Yang Dezhi crossed the Yalu River and came to the Korean battlefield to participate in this battle to defend his family and the country, the most notable of which was the Battle of Shangganling.
On October 14, 1952, the "United Nations Army" launched an attack on the Chinese Volunteer Army in the Shangganling area, at that time, the "United Nations Army" dispatched more than 300 artillery pieces, more than 170 tanks, and a large number of aircraft, and countless cannons could be seen flying towards our positions on the battlefield.
Figure | Volunteers crossed the Yalu River
At that time, Yang Dezhi participated in leading more than 40,000 volunteer army defensive positions mainly in tunnels, and fought with the enemy for 43 days, during which the "United Nations Army" made hundreds of charges against our army's positions, but they were all repelled by our soldiers, and after 43 days, our soldiers successfully held the positions and crushed the enemy's plans.
This battle was a very successful defensive battle, which not only struck at the arrogance of the "United Nations Army", but also let the world see the power of chinese soldiers.
In 1955, at the first awarding ceremony of our army, Yang Dezhi was awarded the rank of general, and he deserved to receive this honor, not only during the Long March, but also during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation and later the Korean War, Yang Dezhi made great contributions, and he was the pride of Chinese.
On October 25, 1994, this hero who had spent his whole life serving the country and the party passed away, he spent his whole life on horseback, was an excellent member of the Communist Party of China, was a great hero, he used his life to interpret the qualities that Chinese soldiers should have, and his spirit is worth learning from each of us.