In 1955, China held a ceremony to award titles to those who had made outstanding contributions to China, including 1,048 founding generals. With the passage of time, they gradually left this world, and only 2 people are still alive today.
Although they are gone, their contribution to China will not be forgotten, and their spirit will always remain in people's hearts. So who are the two people who are still alive today?
Zou Yan was awarded the rank of major general in 1955, and he was born in 1915 at the age of 106. Zou Yan has lived in a relatively poor family since he was a child, and in order to reduce the burden on the family, he has become a cattle herder.
In 1928, the Red Army came to Zou Yan's hometown to carry out revolutionary work, and many local peasants established peasant associations under the organization of the Red Army, and Zou Yan also joined them. Whenever the Agricultural Cooperatives were about to meet, Zou Yan was responsible for standing guard outside and letting go. At the age of 15, Zou Yan followed the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on missions.
During the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" defense of Guangchang, zou Yan observed the enemy's situation and found that the enemy was planning to raid them from behind. Zou Yan soon realized that the enemy was going to surround them, so he immediately told Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan about this situation, feeling that he should immediately withdraw and move to a safe place, otherwise he would face the encirclement of the Japanese army.
In 1934, Zou Yan began to accompany the army on the Long March, and in the face of various harsh environments, Zou Yan tried to overcome it.
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Zou Yan always paid close attention to observing the enemy situation around him, and found several enemy troops who wanted to sneak attack them, and made many meritorious contributions. When Zou Yan retired, he also continued to study, cared about major state affairs, often went to schools and troops to observe, and published many books.
Founding Major General Yang Yongsong
Yang Yongsong was born in 1919 in a very poor family in Guangdong, but his mother wanted her children to have knowledge, so even if the economic conditions in the family were not particularly good, yang Yongsong had to be sent to school.
In 1927, Yang Yongsong joined the local boy group under the influence of his second brother, sowing the seeds for him to join the revolution. In 1930, Yang Yongsong joined the revolutionary ranks and later participated in the Long March. During the Long March, Yang Yongsong and his comrades-in-arms supported each other and advanced.
When encountering all kinds of difficult problems, I always refuse to lose, even if my feet have swollen after a long journey, I must continue to move forward. Although the road of revolution was full of thorns, Yang Yongsong finally persevered, leaving the enemy far behind.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Yang Yongsong followed the troops to various battlefields and made great achievements in resisting the Japanese army. During the Liberation War, Yang Yongsong once again devoted himself to his work and made many contributions to the modernization and development of the Chinese army.
In 1955, Yang Yongsong was awarded the rank of major general, but he did not stop his work and served as a political commissar in the engineering corps of the Beijing Military Region.
He was always meticulous in his work, and put forward a number of very pertinent opinions on the construction and development of the Chinese army, until 1981, when he left his post. After retirement, Yang Yongsong has not been idle, he will continue to expand his reading, and now that he is over 100 years old, his spirit is still very good.
epilogue
The revolutionaries of the older generation have always been concerned about China's construction and development, and from the moment they joined the revolution, they wanted to contribute to the construction and development of the motherland, so they have always worked diligently and diligently for the development of the motherland.
They do not consider personal gains and losses, but will put the interests of the country first, and their spirit will affect generations of people to continue to struggle. Even though they are old, they still want to risk their motherland as much as they can and always care about the future development of the country. They are the spiritual role models of the times and the most respectable people in the hearts of the people.