preface
Born in October 1913, Yang Yong joined the Ranks of the Red Army in 1930 and was awarded the rank of General in 1955. Throughout his life, Yang Yongrong made many military achievements and was called a good comrade by the chairman as "both culture and martial arts".
A good boy is to be a soldier
Yang Yong was influenced by revolutionary ideas from an early age, and his father joined the local workers' and peasants' government at a very young age. The subtle influence prompted him to throw himself into the revolutionary movement without hesitation.
In 1927, he joined the Youth League of our party and was admitted to Liuyang No. 1 Middle School in 1928. At that time, there were several teachers of progressive ideas in the school, who would often tell them some revolutionary principles, and every time they listened to the teachers talk about these things, Yang Yong's blood boiled.
Yang Yong believes that a good boy is to be a soldier, and being a soldier is a natural thing for boys. Therefore, Yang Yong officially joined the Red Army in 1930.
Scars that never grow
Yang Yong on the battlefield is always the one who rushes to the front. He fought bravely, no matter how severe the situation, there was only one word in his consciousness: rush!
Yang Yong has a scar in the center of his head that is 2 centimeters long and never grows, and the year he left this scar, Yang Yong was only 20 years old.
It was in October 1933, the fourth encirclement and suppression period. At that time, Yang Yong was the director of the Political Office. The Fourteenth Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Red Third Army under his command met the enemy at Xuankou, which caught both sides off guard.
Yang Yong charged into the battle, leading the troops to rush in the direction of the enemy, and under his leadership, the warriors became more and more courageous. At this moment, a bullet flew through the center of his head, piercing his scalp, and the blood was immediately incessant.
But he ignored it and continued to take the lead in rushing to kill, and after the victory of the war, Yang Yong was happy like a child, completely forgetting about his head injury. When the soldiers reminded him to hurry to the clinic for bandaging, he smiled and said, "Whatever he does, as long as this battle is won, this shot will not be in vain." ”
After the war, Yang Yong's performance was also praised by the regimental commander Peng Zong, and he was awarded a third-class Red Star Medal.
The Eighth Route Army is too godly!
Yang Yong is brave in battle, and he is good at propaganda and agitation. We all know that the social conditions at that time were very harsh and the material conditions were harsh, which led to the heavy casualties of every combat unit.
But Yang Yong's troops were different. When the soldiers are passive and sluggish, he will patiently do their ideological work and raise the political consciousness of the fighters. Therefore, the troops he led, every soldier can slam on the battlefield, shoot extraordinary, and finally complete the task very well.
In March 1938, Wei Lihuang led the headquarters to cross the Fenhe River, at this time they did not know that the bridge had been blown up by the Japanese army, and the way back along the way had long been blocked by the Japanese army.
After Discovering all this, Wei Lihuang's first thought was to take a detour to the nearby defense area of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. Who knew that the Japanese army followed closely behind like a group of evil wolves, encircling Wei Lihuang's headquarters to death. Wei Lihuang could only send a telegram to the Eighth Route Army for help now, and it was the 686th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade led by Yang Yong who came to the rescue.
After they arrived, they first protected Wei Lihuang's headquarters and retreated to the Eighth Route Army garrison. Faced with the relentless pursuit of the Japanese army, Yang Yong decided to leave 5 companies to block the Japanese at Baierling. Because of the steep terrain of Baierling, the Japanese army could not launch an attack, and the commander of the 5th Company led the soldiers to block the Japanese in front of the ridge.
Wei Lihuang had been observing the situation of Baierling, and suddenly the explosions in the direction of Baierling came and went, and the deafening sound of the cannon made Wei Lihuang's heart jump, plus there were fewer people in 5 companies, whether he could resist the Japanese army, this was unknown.
After successfully returning to the 115th Division's defense area, Wei Lihuang was still very nervous in his heart, and he asked Yang Yong: "Commander Yang, just now the battle situation is so fierce, how many regiments are fighting against the Japanese army?" Yang Yong smiled and said, "My hand is just a company." ”
Wei Lihuang panicked when he heard this: "Impossible, right? A company? Yang Yong saw that Wei Lihuang was so surprised, smiled and replied: "Commander Wei, I did not deceive you, our Eighth Route Army never deceives people, it is true that there is only one company." ”
Wei Lihuang was even more worried in his heart, knowing that a division of the Kuomintang troops was fighting against the Japanese army, and did not dare to casually face the battle, let alone a company. In Wei Lihuang's view, it might be difficult for the brothers of this company to come back alive, and their hearts were somewhat overwhelmed.
But just when he felt guilty, he suddenly heard a cheer: "5 companies are back, 5 companies are back!" Wei Lihuang looked at the gray-headed but smiling warriors in front of him, and his heart was touched.
You know, the number of Japanese troops is more than ten times the number of their one company. But not only did they win the war, but they also brought back a few Japanese horses, and immediately carried rice, cans, and all kinds of weapons.
In this war, the 5 companies killed and wounded more than 200 Japanese troops, and the company only suffered more than 20 casualties. Such data was something that Wei Lihuang had never thought of, destroying so many Japanese koku, but only suffering more than 20 casualties.
He took Yang Yong's hand and trembled and said, "The Eighth Route Army is too godly, if all the armies in China can fight like the Eighth Route Army, then how dare the Japanese invade China!" ”
Yang Yong also told Wei Lihuang about the difficulties of the Eighth Route Army, and when he learned that the Eighth Route Army was reluctant to fight because of the lack of weapons and bullets, he felt even more guilty, and before leaving, he promised Yang Yong to go back and help them solve the problem.
Wei Lihuang did not lose his word, and immediately sent someone to send 100,000 rounds of ammunition and 100 machine guns to the 686 Regiment after returning.