General Yang Dezhi, a native of Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1928 and began his military career. General Yang Dezhi, who had never even touched a gun or attended a military academy before. After joining the Red Army, from learning to shoot, to killing the enemy, accumulating combat experience, after the baptism of war, he became a brave fighter in the Red Army.
In the battle to defend and develop the base areas in the Soviet zone, General Yang Dezhi went through the Jinggangshan defense war and the anti-encirclement and suppression war in the Soviet zone, especially during the Long March of the Red Army. At this time, General Yang Dezhi served as the commander of the Red First Army, the Red First Division, and the Red First Regiment, which was a sharp knife unit of the whole army and had a tenacious fighting style. In the course of the Long March, shouldering the heavy responsibility of opening the way, he broke through the enemy's four lines of defense all the way, fought a bloody battle on the Xiang River, covered the retreat of the main force, and forcibly crossed the Wu River, opening up a way for the Red Army to live. Crossing the Dadu River by force, General Yang Dezhi's red regiment, the vietnam war became more and more courageous, once again desperate, turning the danger into safety, and opening the way north for the main force of the Red Army.
The Red Regiment led by Yang Dezhi made outstanding achievements during the Red Army period. In this way, General Yang Dezhi also became one of the famous generals in the Red Army period, and also allowed him to accumulate rich combat experience. This experience played a very important role in his later becoming an excellent military commander. Later, we all know that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Yang Dezhi was one of the regimental commanders of the 115th Division, and later served as the brigade commander of the Eighth Route Army.
During the Liberation War, Yang Dezhi served as the commander of the first column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region. Under the command of Liu Shuai, he participated in the Battle of Handan and the Battle of Qingcang. In 1947, Yang Dezhi served as the commander of the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army, commanded the famous Battle of Qingfengdian, captured the enemy army commander Luo Lirong alive, and annihilated more than 10,000 enemy troops. This battle has also become a classic work of General Yang Dezhi's encirclement and reinforcement, and it is also the pioneering work of General Yang Dezhi on the battlefield of liberation. Because in the following battles, General Yang Dezhi participated in and commanded many classic battles and made important contributions to the liberation of North China.
In 1948, General Yang Dezhi served as the commander of the Second Corps of the North China Military Region, the political commissar at that time was Luo Ruiqing, and the chief of staff was Geng Biao, so the Second Corps was also known as yang Luogeng Corps. In the Battle of Pingjin, the corps conquered the new security in one fell swoop, annihilated the 35th Army of the enemy's ace department on the North China Battlefield, and made great contributions to promoting the peaceful liberation of Peiping.
In 1949, the Second Corps of the North China Military Region was reorganized into the 19th Corps, and the commander was General Yang Dezhi. The former Third Column was reorganized into the 63rd Army, the Fourth Column into the 64th Army, and the former Eighth Column into the 65th Army. The newly formed 19th Corps participated in the Battle of Taiyuan, marched into the northwest, participated in the Pursuit of Longdong, the Battle of Lanzhou, and the Battle of Ningxia. From the North China Battlefield to the Northwest Battlefield, General Yang Dezhi's 19th Corps made outstanding achievements in the liberation battlefield and also made great contributions to the cause of liberation.
The 19th Corps, in addition to its outstanding achievements on the battlefield of liberation, has made the world talk about it. The four tiger generals under the command of the corps are also brave generals on the battlefield of liberation. They went through the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and made great contributions to the liberation of the whole country and the defense of the homeland. At the same time, the four tiger generals under the 19th Corps were also the commander of the corps, General Yang Dezhi, and the most important general on the battlefield.
The first tiger general of the 19th Corps was definitely General Zheng Weishan. He was the commander of the 19th Corps, the 63rd Army, and was one of the main generals belonging to the corps. In the North China Battlefield, the Northwest Battlefield, the 63rd Army was a sharp knife unit that served as the 19th Corps. The commander of the army, Zheng Weishan, was also a tiger general who had trained on the battlefield.
The second tiger general of the 19th Corps was Fu Chongbi, the second commander of the 63rd Army. During the Liberation War, he served as deputy political commissar of the 64th Army and participated in the liberation of the northwest. However, during the Period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, General Fu Chongbi served as the commander of the 63rd Army of the Volunteer Army. The famous Tieyuan blockade battle was that General Fu Chongbi led the 63rd Army of the Volunteer Army to block the enemy army in Tieyuan, and the two sides experienced four days and four nights of bitter fighting, and finally forced the enemy to retreat in its entirety, and this battle destroyed more than 20,000 enemy troops. Of course, the 63rd Army also suffered heavy losses, according to records, just after the end of the Tieyuan Blockade Battle, Mr. Peng added 20,000 new soldiers to the 63rd Army, which shows the fierceness of this battle.
The third tiger general of the 19th Corps was General Zeng Siyu. He was one of the main generals of the corps, and was then the commander of the 64th Army, participating in the liberation of North China and the Northwest Region, and also participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. And he is a tiger general who performs well on the battlefield of aiding Korea.
The fourth tiger general of the 19th Corps was General Qiu Wei, who was the commander of the 65th Army during the Liberation War. During the Period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he served as the commander of the 67th Army of the Volunteer Army and was also a general who could recruit good warriors.
In addition to these four tiger generals, luo Ruiqing, the political commissar of the corps, and Geng Biao, the chief of staff, all became well-known figures after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Luo Ruiqing has served as vice premier and chief of the general staff. Geng Biao was an excellent diplomat, an excellent military general, and the only defense minister in China who did not have a military rank.