Xu Shiyou, after entering the revolutionary ranks, dared to fight and quickly became the party's key training cadre, and then participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the War of Self-Defense and Counterattack against Vietnam.
Because Xu Shiyou has made countless military exploits in his life and is a rare brave general for the party and the people, Chairman Mao once commented on him: "Xu Shiyou is a general, and he has made half the sky in Jiaodong popular, which is great, amazing!" Deng Gong also has such an appreciation: "Xu Shiyou has made great achievements in his 60-year career as a horseman, and he has died a hundred times, and he is a special person with a special character, special experience, and special contributions. ”
It can be seen from the evaluation of Chairman Mao and Deng Gong that the two leaders are very positive about the contributions made by Xu Shiyou, and it can be said that it is the struggle and efforts of revolutionary martyrs like Xu Shiyou that have a happy life today, so at all times, we must remember the contributions made by our ancestors and their glorious deeds.
However, Xu Shiyou's brilliance and glory did not last only one generation, but continued to the next generation, his children were the same as their fathers, they were very powerful, and there were also a commander, two pilots, and a high-achieving student who graduated from a naval academy.
General Xu Shiyou had a total of three wives, three sons, and four daughters, all of whom were born in turbulent times, so they had a very clear understanding of protecting their families and defending the country, so they embarked on the road of military service when they grew up.
Xu Shiyou's eldest son Xu Guang, born by his original wife Zhu Ximing, was born after the war, Xu Guang followed his mother for a long time to wander between bumps and bumps, and later with the help of General Wang Shusheng, Xu Guang reunited with his father, and after the reunion, his father let him receive a good education, and finally became a naval soldier, and then his father asked him to retire from the army and return to his hometown to take care of his grandmother.
The second son Xu Jianjun, born in the year of the establishment of the republic, grew up and received a relatively good education, so when he reached the age of being able to enter the army to serve, he entered the army to serve, but later made a mistake and entered prison to serve his sentence, Xu Shiyou was very angry when he learned the news, and did not show favoritism for him, and was later rehabilitated, but he was not willing to stay in the army, and finally chose to do business, and he also became the only one of Xu Shiyou's children who was in business.
Xu Yuanchao was born in 1951, that year Xu Shiyou just went to North Korea, and his wife Tian Pu was going to give birth at this time, before parting, Xu Shiyou named the child Xu Yuanchao, Xu Yuanchao later joined the army, and later relied on his own efforts step by step to become a major general, and successively served as the commander of the military region of Jiangsu Province and the party committee member of the Nanjing Military Region and other positions, he is the second generation of the Xu family, the highest achievement, it can be said that he is the pride of General Xu Shiyou.
The eldest daughter Xu Jingfu was born in the war years, the year Xu Jingfu was born, Xu Shiyou happened to win the battle in Jingfu Mountain, so he was named Xu Jingfu, and his daughter Xu Jingfu thought that this name was not like a girl's name, so she changed her name to Xu Li when she grew up. As for the second daughter Xu Sangyuan, when she was born, that place happened to be called Sangyuan, so it was named Xu Sangyuan. The third daughter Xu Huashan, when she was born, happened to be near Huashan, so she was named Xu Huashan, and the youngest daughter Tian Xiaobing, formerly known as Xu Jingjian, was born just in time for the national economic construction, so she was named Xu Jingjian, and later the turbulent period came, and was renamed Tian Xiaobing.
It can be seen from the name of the child of the Xu family that not only can we see the life and sincerity of General Xu Shiyou, but also that General Xu Shiyou is an informal person.
Among Xu Shiyou's children, Xu Shiyou prefers his daughter, especially his third daughter Xu Huashan, who has a very deep affection.
Xu Huashan was born during the Liberation War, when General Xu Shiyou was leading our people's army to fight fiercely with the national army on the Shandong battlefield, and it was precisely because of this reason that General Xu Shiyou was appointed commander of the Jinan Military Region in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The sudden outbreak of the Korean War made General Xu Shiyou even more busy, because not long after the outbreak of the Korean War, Xu Shiyou was sent to the Korean War to command the troops to fight.
After the end of the Korean War, Xu Shiyou returned to China, and after the Battle of Yijiangdao, he was transferred to the commander of the Nanjing Military Region.
In this way, Xu Huashan was fortunate to grow up next to his father, so the relationship between the two was very deep. Because he did not receive a good education when he was a child, Xu Shiyou very much hoped that the children could study well and make up for their regrets, so as long as he was free, he chatted with his daughter about reading, so as to encourage the children to study hard.
However, the books Xu Huashan likes to read are not the same as Xu Shiyou, and the reason why they are different is mainly due to the times, so she likes Western books even more. Once, Xu Shiyou saw that his daughter was watching "Human Comedy", so he took it back and watched it, and found that the overall situation was not bad, so he asked his daughter to continue studying.
Due to the influence of her father's military career, Xu Huashan was very interested in her military career, but at that time, she put her studies first, so her military career was postponed for the time being. Later, Xu Huashan's friend passed the physical examination and invited her to accompany him to the physical examination, and Xu Huashan agreed to his classmates.
In this physical examination, Xu Huashan's friend did not meet the criteria for becoming a pilot because his eyesight did not meet the standard. At that time, the selection criteria for pilots were very strict, and none of Xu Huashan's students passed the physical examination and were all eliminated.
This made the director of the hospital where they had a physical examination very anxious when he learned the news, so he went to ask the doctor in charge of the physical examination, and the doctor told the dean that everyone had completed the physical examination, which made the dean very anxious, so he asked the doctor if Xu Huashan had already done a physical examination.
The reason why the dean asked this was mainly because he had already had a physical examination of many pilots, which made him have some experience in selecting pilots and thought that Xu Huashan had every chance to become a pilot.
At that time, Xu Huashan was about to leave with his classmates, but after hearing the dean's words, he immediately said: "I didn't participate in the physical examination, I came with the student" So the dean invited Xu Huashan to participate in the physical examination, and her classmates also thought it was an opportunity.
At the invitation of the two, Xu Huashan participated in the physical examination and finally passed the physical examination, so she was qualified to become a pilot. The dean was very satisfied with the results of the physical examination, and immediately asked Xu Huashan to fill out the registration form.
The dean inquired about Xu Huashan's family situation, and when he saw Xu Shiyou written on his father's column, he asked Xu Huashan in surprise, your father is Xu Shiyou, commander of the Nanjing Military Region.
Xu Huashan replied without hesitation: "Yes." ”
After hearing Xu Huashan's affirmative answer, the dean was instantly not calm: "Does Commander Xu agree with you to be a pilot?"
Xu Huashan said that his father didn't know, and after the dean was silent for a while, he asked Xu Huashan to go home and discuss with his father, and make a decision, if your father agrees, you will come over, if you don't agree, this matter will be stopped.
In this way, Xu Huashan went home with his classmates.
After returning home, Xu Huashan told Xu Shiyou what happened in the hospital, and at the same time showed Xu Shiyou the registration form, Xu Shiyou saw the registration form and was silent for a while. Although Xu Shiyou is also in the army, the military branch to which he belongs is the army, and although the two are different services, he still has a certain understanding of the air force, so it is easy to know the pilot's department.
After a moment of silence, Xu Shiyou told his daughter that if you want to go to the Air Force, you must be prepared to endure hardships.
Xu Huashan thought for a moment and decided to go, Xu Shiyou saw that his daughter had agreed and did not stop him, so he agreed to Xu Huashan's request, and in this way, Xu Huashan's other brothers and sisters in the family all entered the army.
After getting her father's approval, Xu Huashan quickly packed up and went to report to a flight academy of the Air Force, thus starting her flight learning career.
The overall training of pilots is relatively hard, which makes Xu Huashan deeply aware of his father's reminder to be prepared to endure hardships.
In the early days, pilots could not touch the aircraft, but carried out various basic training, which included physical training, so they often ran with weights, and three to five kilometers were commonplace.
In the face of these difficulties, Xu Huashan was not afraid, but persevered to the end, but because her grades in the early stage of training were not good, which made her ostracized, and her heart was very painful, so she had the idea of dropping out, so she wrote to her father, hoping that her father would agree to drop out.
After Xu Shiyou received his daughter's reply, he put down his busy work and immediately replied to his daughter, encouraging his daughter not to be afraid of hardship and persevere to the end. In Xu Shiyou's reply, there was also a letter written by his secretary Li Wenqing, Li Wenqing's letter contained his father's thoughts about his daughter, and after seeing this letter, Xu Huashan instantly understood what his father meant.
So, she trained harder and harder, and eventually became a qualified pilot, able to fly several types of aircraft, and successfully graduated from school.
Later, once Xu Shiyou took a plane to go out to work, after boarding the plane, Xu Shiyou and the crew said hello, during this period, he accidentally saw his daughter, which made Xu Shiyou very surprised, so he happily said to everyone: "My family has two pilots, my son became a pilot, and my daughter also became a pilot." ”
In this way, everyone knew that in addition to Xu Shiyou's daughter Xu Huashan, who was a pilot, his second son also worked as a pilot.
In addition, Xu Huashan met the other half of himself in the army, and soon the two became husband and wife. After the two got married, the army gave her three wedding terms, so she left the army to start her honeymoon.
However, at this time, a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam occurred, and Xu Huashan's unit happened to be in the range of rectification.
Due to the changeable situation on the front line, Xu Shiyou was deeply aware of the urgency of the military situation, so he learned that Xu Huashan was not in the army for his honeymoon.
Xu Shiyou was very angry about this, and he was very angry and gave an order to the air force, demanding that Xu Huashan return to the army immediately, or he would be expelled from the army.
After learning the news, Xu Huashan immediately returned to the unit to report.
General Xu Shiyou's strict and selfless approach has made countless people love him very much, thinking that only such a general can bring out a strong army.
During his service in the Air Force, Xu Huashan made countless meritorious achievements, which made him live up to his father's prestige.
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