At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, several senior generals of the Eighth Route Army went to the Soviet Union for medical treatment due to illness, but during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, they left the Soviet Union to return to China, but they were stranded in Mongolia. What did they do to make a living? Can you think of it?
The generals stranded in Ulaanbaatar were Liu Yalou, Yang Zhicheng, Li Tianyou, Zhong Chibing, and others. Of the four generals, three were awarded the rank of admiral and one was awarded lieutenant general.
In 1938, Liu Yalou, Yang Zhicheng, Li Tianyou, Zhong Chibing and others traveled together to the Soviet Union for medical treatment and studied at the Frunze Military Academy.
When the Great Patriotic War broke out in the Soviet Union in 1941, they also wanted to return to their home countries, and after the Soviet side sent them to Ulaanbaatar, they were stranded here because the route back to China was blocked by the Japanese army and could not return home.
At first, the Soviet side was responsible for their aspects of life, but it was later interrupted. I can't go back to china, and I have to do other things to support myself in order to make a living.
Because of his age, Yang Zhicheng was very difficult to find a job, and he was provided with relief many times, and even became a beggar at one time. Later, he was introduced to a farm to work hoeing grass. Although he was not a famous general, he was the best at logistics, and during the Liberation War, the uniform he formulated for Shino was the most eye-catching of the five field armies.
Zhong Chibing, because he was a leg, could not engage in manual labor, and in order to cover his identity, he said that he was a prisoner of the Kuomintang army, and later went to the theater to sell tickets. Li Tianyou has the strongest will, and he has always wanted to return to China, but there are not enough plates of food. In order to raise money for the road, he raised rabbits to make money. When it was almost over, he and another comrade-in-arms bypassed the desert, died nine times, and returned to Yan'an in more than twenty months.
Liu Yalou was the luckiest one among them, and there was also Lu Dongsheng, who was very good at Russian, so he went to the Soviet army as a soldier and participated in the Soviet Patriotic War. When the Soviet Red Army sent troops to the northeast, they returned to their homeland. Liu Yalou served as chief of staff of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, while Lu Dongsheng suffered an unexpected sacrifice.
All four of them, without exception, fought in the northeast during the Liberation War and made great achievements. After liberation, Liu Yalou, Yang Zhicheng, and Li Tianyou were awarded generalship, and Zhong Chibing was awarded lieutenant general.