Among the founding lieutenant generals of New China, there was a general who had been recuperating in the rear for a long time during the war years and refused many posts due to illness. In the end, he was also rated as a quasi-corps and awarded lieutenant general.
If he could work all the time, perhaps with a higher position and rank, he would be General Ouyang Yi.
Ouyang Yi began to recover in 1940, and did not get better, he applied to the organization to return to Yan'an for treatment. Despite the approval, many leaders retained him in important positions, such as Zhang Jichun wanted him to stay as deputy director of the Political Department of the Kang Da, and Luo Ruiqing wanted him to serve as the minister of defense of the Political Department.
Ouyang Yi was in poor health and insisted on returning to Yan'an to recuperate.
After returning to Yan'an, Chairman Mao came to visit him, and President Zhu also cared deeply about him.
In 1941, after a period of recuperation, his superiors again assigned him a job to go to the Shandong front as deputy director of the political department of the 115th Division to assist Luo Ronghuan in his work.
Although he was very happy, the actual situation did not allow him to go far away and work in the front line, his health was still very bad, and he eventually stayed in Yan'an as the deputy director of the General Political Department. As a deputy, you don't have to worry too much about it, and you can take care of your illness.
After working in the Hoeing And Rape Department for a while, some leaders came to him again, like Tan Zheng who wanted him to concurrently serve as the secretary general of the General Political Department. When Ouyang Yi joined the Red Army on Jinggangshan, he started from his secretary, which was considered to be an old business. However, because of physical reasons, he felt that it was difficult to hold two positions, so he refused.
What disease did Ouyang Yi suffer from, and did he not get better after many years?
He was suffering from lung disease, which had not improved because of limited medical conditions and harsh malnutrition.
Not only him, but also her wife is not in good health, heart disease, high blood pressure, neurasthenia, etc.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Guang, the acting commander of the 115th Division, wanted her to work in Shandong, and they prepared to pack up their things and leave, but their illness worsened and his wife also contracted lung disease. In the end, he could not go anywhere, so he had to recuperate in peace, and he did not leave Yan'an until December 1946.
During the liberation period, he went to Xibaipo to recuperate, and in 1948, he served as vice minister of social affairs, and after a short job, Li Kenong asked him to go to Dalian to recuperate, and after the peaceful liberation of Peiping, he went to Beijing for treatment.
It wasn't until 1950 that he went to work, which wasn't easy.
After liberation, he was given the rank of a brigadier general and awarded the rank of lieutenant general. If he had been physically tough and had been working, he would have been at a higher rank and a higher rank.