In the vast universe, there is a star that is particularly bright, it is Venus, which is also known as Taibai Venus. It is called Daystar when it appears in the east in the morning, and Chang Gung Star when it appears in the west in the evening. Legend has it that the birth of the poet Immortal Li Bai was quite a vision, but his mother dreamed that Taibai Venus fell into her arms, so she named Li Bai, the word Taibai. Li Bai's poetry is extremely romantic, and he is known as "Who Immortal", and some people even say that he is too platinum to be a mortal.
Among the founding generals, there is also a person whose name comes from Chang Gung Xing, and he is Ye ChangGeng. Ye Changgeng, whose original name was Ye Zhanggen, because his family was poor, in order to earn a living, at the age of 23, he became a machine gun shooter in the 13th Regiment of the 5th Division of the National Revolutionary Army. When the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked Niutou Mountain on the outskirts of Nanjing, Ye Zhanggen successfully suppressed the enemy's firepower with heavy machine guns, and made a first contribution to the victory of the battle. At that time, many Communists served in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Zhang Zhiping, the commander of the machine gun company, was a Communist.
When he saw that Ye Zhanggen's machine gun was well played and that he was born of bitterness, he intended to develop him, not only promoting him to become a squad leader, but also personally renaming him Ye Changgeng. After the battle, Zhang Zhiping often chatted with Ye Changgeng and explained him the revolutionary principles, and Ye Changgeng was deeply inspired. Unfortunately, in a battle not long after, Zhang Zhiping was unfortunately shot and killed, and Ye Changgeng lost a good mentor and friend. In December 1929, the 5th Division was sent to Jiangxi to fight against the Red 5th Army led by Peng Dehuai. Ye Changgeng saw the opportunity and defected to the Red Army with two heavy machine guns and 8 like-minded comrades-
At that time, the Red Army did not lack a shortage of soldiers, and many enthusiastic young people joined the army every time they expanded the red, but the weapons were insufficient, and some soldiers still held cold weapons such as large knives. Rifles are not enough, not to mention heavy machine guns. Due to the serious lack of heavy weapons, the Red Army's offensive firepower was insufficient, and the troops' ability to attack the strongholds was greatly affected. In this case, the two heavy machine guns brought by Ye Changgeng are even more precious. After Peng Dehuai received this news, he personally received Ye Changgeng and appointed him as the leader of the machine gun brigade.
Since then, Ye Changgeng's machine gun brigade has made many meritorious contributions at important junctures in the campaign and has become the most powerful fist in Peng Dehuai's hands. In July 1930, the Hunan warlord He Jian engaged Zhang Fakui and Li Zongren's troops on the border between Xianggui and Guizhou, and the Troops in Changsha were empty. Peng Dehuai decided to lead the Red 3rd Army to take the opportunity to seize Changsha, and before this, the Red Army had never captured the provincial capital occupied by the enemy. In order to defend Changsha, He Jian hastily mobilized the strength of 7 regiments, under the unified command of the commander of the 15th Division, Wei Suzhong, and fought a decisive battle with the Red Army in Changsha.
In the early morning of July 27, the Red Army crossed the Liuyang River and quickly cleared the perimeter and marched into Changsha City. The walls of Changsha were tall and strong, and the Red Army lacked artillery fire and could only blast with explosive packs. But the enemy fire was fierce, and many demolition groups were killed before they could get close to the city walls. If Changsha could not be taken in a short period of time, the enemy's reinforcements would arrive, and the Red Army would be attacked by the enemy on its back. At the moment of crisis, Peng Dehuai called Ye Changgeng over. He built a heavy machine gun position at the west gate, and then personally controlled the heavy machine gun to fire at the enemy, so that the enemy could not lift his head.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, three demolition teams of the Red Army jumped out of the fortifications, quickly leaned up, and blew open a large opening tens of meters wide in the city wall. The follow-up troops rushed into the city from this breakthrough point and engaged in street battles with the enemy, fighting until about 9 p.m., annihilating more than 4,000 enemy personnel, capturing more than 3,000 long and short guns, 28 machine guns, and more than 20 mortars, and successfully capturing Changsha. This was the only time during the agrarian revolutionary war that the Red Army captured the provincial capital city guarded by the enemy army, and Ye Changgeng was indispensable, and soon after he was promoted to regimental commander.
In June 1932, Ye Changgeng was appointed as the commander of the Red 12th Division, at this time Yang Dezhi, Yang Yong and Yang Chengwu and other famous generals were still battalion and regimental cadres, and the youngest founding general Xiao Hua was also the political commissar of the 30th Regiment of the Red 10th Division, which shows the depth of Ye Changgeng's seniority. Later, Ye Changgeng also served as the commander of the Red 22nd Division and the chief of staff of the Xianggan Military Region, and participated in the Long March. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Ye Changgeng entered the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and led his troops to fight against the Japanese puppet army many times, and was wounded six times, leaving 14 scars on his body. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Ye Changgeng followed the troops into the northeast to fight, and soon after the old wounds recurred, he was forced to stay in the rear to recuperate.
After his injuries improved, Ye Changgeng became the commander of the Heilongjiang Military Region and was responsible for the suppression of bandits. It was not until November 1948 that he returned to the front as first deputy commander of the 50th Army. In 1932, he was the commander of the Red Army division, and after 16 years of the revolution, he was only promoted half a rank. When he was awarded the title in 1955, luo Ronghuan also made difficulties in the face of Ye Changgeng's situation. After much deliberation, he was finally awarded the rank of major general. After learning of this result, many old comrades-in-arms complained about Ye Changgeng and believed that his rank had been lowered. But Ye Changgeng was very calm and did not complain in the slightest. Although only the rank of major general, Ye Changgeng received three precious medals of the first class, which were the highest praise for his important contribution to the victory of the Chinese revolution.