During the Liberation War, he was promoted from lieutenant to general, and he experienced a lot of hardships about who he was
The War of Liberation was raging, when a teenager who was only 16 years old wanted to participate in the war and later became a correspondent under the founding general, but no one thought that after many wars, the 16-year-old teenager was suddenly promoted from correspondent to general, higher than the leadership level of the correspondent at that time. Let's take a look.
In fact, this admiral is the general We are familiar with. He was born in the northeast and joined the revolution at the age of 16, but because he had no combat experience, he first worked as a correspondent under a general, and later because this general had a unique vision, he took a fancy to Yu Yongbo at a glance, and let him participate in the political propaganda work at that time, Yu Yongbo was also very serious and careful, and in several major wars, his political work played a decisive role, so he was highly valued by the leadership. He was also rewarded for not being in the army at the time. This made him more fully engaged in the war.
Because of his good political propaganda work, he was assigned to the Korean War, in which he played a greater role and fully displayed his talents, after which he participated in many wars, his talents were tempered, making him more and more powerful, after the victory of the war, because he performed very well, he was recommended by the superior leaders to study in the cadre school, during the school, his military management level was greatly improved.
In the following period, he has been dedicated to the work of the army, seriously take his every job seriously, so that he soon stood out in the army, soaring all the way to the rank of major, in 1988, China restored the system of awarding military ranks, at that time Yu Yongbo has been the director of the political department, because of years of outstanding military achievements, so he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in this award. In 1992, Yu Yongbo returned to Beijing to work, and in the following year's award, he was awarded the rank of general because of his outstanding military achievements.