introduction:
In our country, people attach great importance to the family, and the influence of parents on their children is also very far-reaching. Even many children grow up in the same jobs as their parents. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, countless heroes of the War of Resistance emerged, who bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield. After the end of the war, countless elites were trained for the country, such as the eighth route army commander mentioned today, who killed the Japanese lieutenant general on the battlefield, and there were three sons of the general among his children, and his daughter who graduated from Tsinghua was also awarded the rank of major general, he was Yang Chengwu.
He joined the Communist Youth League at the age of 14 and joined the Communist Youth League at the age of 16
Yang Chengwu is also an old revolutionary in the army, participating in the battle for more than ten decades, and the team he led once fought in the Wolf's Tooth Mountain area, and many heroes also emerged in the team at that time. He was born in 1914, his family was still well off, he entered the local private school at the age of 6, entered the church school in the city three years later, and later entered the middle school, and joined the Communist Youth League at the age of 14. At the age of 15, he joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army with the local peasants, and he also showed his outstanding talent in the team for a short time, becoming the leader of the propaganda team, joining the Communist Party at the age of 16, and in several anti-encirclement and suppression battles, the teams he led made military achievements.
The bravery on the battlefield is admirable
In 1935, together with the regimental commander, he led the soldiers of the four regiments to set out first, defeated the enemy's resistance, and then marched for two days and nights, occupying the Luding Bridgehead, and then occupying the city of Huding. It was also because of the outstanding performance of the team that favorable conditions were created for the successful crossing of the river by the main forces in the later period, and in September of that year, they broke through the Lazikou and opened the exit for the Red Army to go north. After the victory of the Long March, he came to kang da to study, and after graduation became a division commander. He was later appointed head of the Independent Regiment.
In the battle against the Japanese in 1938 he led 6 regiments of soldiers to fight the enemy.
He also killed a Japanese brigade commander who was well known in Japan during the Battle of Loess Ridge
He was also the first senior general of the Japanese army to die on the battlefield after the beginning of the war of aggression against China, in addition to killing and injuring nearly a thousand enemy people, the results of the battle were fruitful, and he also played his own reputation in the local area, which made many Japanese troops have a fear mentality, and his combat ability was also very recognized organizationally.
After this battle, he was appointed commander of the Jizhong Military Region within a few years, presided over the anti-war work in the local area, and he participated in many battles. After the Battle of Tianjin, he served as the commander of the local garrison and was awarded the rank of general after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In 1950, he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
After entering Korea, although the configuration of our army was very low and the weapons were not very advanced, we did not have the slightest timidity in the face of the US army, and even in the face of the strict offensive composed of infantry, tanks, and aircraft, the soldiers of our army still won many battles under the leadership of Yang Chengwu.
He led the Sixty-seventh Army to wipe out more than 17,000 enemy troops in three days.
It was a huge blow to the US Seventh Division, which was attacking Korea at that time. His outstanding performance in battle was also recognized by the organization, and he was once called the political commissar of the model regiment by Nie Rongzhen.
In addition, he has also received first-class merit many times. In 1955 he was awarded the rank of general,
At the age of nearly fifty, he is still fighting on the external battlefield, and it can be said that he has dedicated his life to the motherland and the battlefield.
It is also excellent in educating children, and several children are very good
In April 2009, Yang Chengwu's former residence began to be exhibited.
At that time, there was a lieutenant general named Yang Dongming, who was yang Chengwu's second son and graduated from the Beijing Aeronautical Institute
He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 2007.
His eldest son was named Yang Dongsheng, who worked in the Second Artillery after graduating from Tsinghua University.
He also published many military papers, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1998. Another daughter graduated from the Harbin Military Engineering College and entered the armed police headquarters in 1983.
In 1996, she was awarded the rank of major general of the Armed Police Force, and was the first female general of the Armed Police Force.
There were several generals in the family, and the children were so good that the people in his hometown were very proud. Later, the local people also built the General Square, and created a bust on the square, passing through the General Square during the Olympic torch relay in 2008, and his story was later adapted into a movie.
epilogue:
Yang Chengwu joined the revolution in 1928 and is a very famous general in our army, and during the war years, he had the courage and strategy to go around and make countless military achievements. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as a senior general of our army for a long time, and made great contributions to the modernization and regularization of the army; in addition, in terms of educating his children, his performance was also very outstanding, and several sons and daughters joined the army one after another under his inspiration, making important contributions to the army building on the mainland.
References: Memoirs of Yang Chengwu, Selected Military Writings of Yang Chengwu, Tunnel Warfare