In April 1950, a special meeting was held in Beijing, this time presided over by Liu Yalou, who participated in the meeting of military and political cadres transferred from various units to the air force.
The new Chinese Air Force is a new team that has just been born, and when it first opened, everything had to start from scratch. Liu Yalou convened this meeting precisely to assign specific work to these military and political cadres and lay a good foundation for the future of the Air Force.
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At that time, many posts were still vacant, and Liu Yalou was most concerned about the choice of aviation school cadres, and before taking office as commander-in-chief of the air force, Liu Yalou said that if he wanted to build a good air force, he must first build a good aviation school. Aviation school is the place where New China cultivates talents and is the foundation of everything, so the aviation school must have capable people to manage, otherwise, if the foundation is not laid well, how to build high-rise buildings?
So not long after the meeting began, Liu Yalou laughed and started advertising, he said: "The Air Force was created, and there are many vacant posts now, but I will first advertise for a position - the chief of staff of the aviation school, who wants to be?" ”
There was silence at the bottom for a while, the chief of staff of the aviation school, this position is important, very important, but the people sitting below are quite high-level, and the division commander level grabs a large number of them, let them become the chief of staff, which is a demotion. Moreover, the work of chief of staff is not easy to do, there is not much power, but there are a lot of things to worry about. Finally, more importantly, many of these people are in contact with the Air Force for the first time, and many things are still groping for themselves, how dare a layman easily take over the job of chief of staff?
Just when everyone was hesitating, a man raised his hand and shouted, "Let me be it!" Everyone followed the sound and saw that the cadre who raised his hand was Yang Silu, a division commander in Erye.
Seeing Yang Silu raise his hand, Liu Yalou was very surprised, but he still said frankly to Yang Silu: "Comrade Xiao Yang, you are now the commander of Erye's division, have you really thought about whether you are willing to submit to the position of chief of staff?" Yang Silu replied: "It doesn't matter how high or low the position is, I think, if I can become the chief of staff, I am willing to study while working and understand the professional knowledge of the Air Force as soon as possible." ”
Hearing Yang Silu say this, Liu Yalou's brow stretched out, and he said to Yang Silu: "Well said, if you can be a good chief of staff, you will be able to be an excellent general in the future, I hope you can withstand the test!" ”
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In this way, Yang Silu, who took the initiative to invite Him, came to the Fifth Aviation School in Jinan, Shandong. In fact, Yang Silu did not know much about the Air Force, he was a poor cattle herder, he had not read a few days of books, he had become a soldier at a young age, but he had always been a member of the army unit, and before coming to the aviation school, the thirty-something chief of staff had never touched an airplane.
In fact, this situation was very common at that time, and the number of professional air force cadres in new China was basically zero, because in the past the conditions were difficult, the People's Liberation Army had no conditions at all to establish an air force, the only few air force personnel were still the rebel generals of the nationalist army, and the remaining cadres all had to learn from scratch, just as the so-called "building the air force on the basis of the army" was not terrible, and the cadres of the people's army grew up from poverty and white.
Yang Silu was an absolute layman at that time, but after he became the chief of staff, he strictly demanded himself to change from a layman to an insider in the shortest possible time. Only this he offered to learn to fly an airplane, recalling the first learning experience, Yang Silu only felt that it was more difficult. At that time, yang Silu was trained by a Soviet instructor, and after the plane took off, the Soviet instructor had a big heart and directly gave Yang Silu a few "turns", causing Yang Silu to get off the plane and float his footsteps and spit on the ground.
This matter Yang Silu has always regarded as his own major lesson, think about it, where is the chief of staff of the aviation school who can't fly an airplane himself? During the Period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Yang Silu also took his own cadets to the battlefield and joined the air battle, making great contributions to the motherland.
In life, Yang Silu has a good temper, but in school, the students are a little afraid of Yang Chief of Staff. Because on the first day of school, everyone saw Yang Silu's strict requirements, at that time, not long after the opening of the aviation school, everyone's discipline was very loose, and many trainees learned the style of the young master of the national army, and their behavior was very frivolous, Yang Silu was angry at first sight, drank a few trainees on the spot, gave them a few hours of ideological education, and strictly reiterated several school rules and disciplines in the opening speech. Since Yang Silu came, the atmosphere of the school has been greatly reversed.
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Yang Silu's attitude is very simple, although the number of air force is small and relatively expensive, but even if it is golden and expensive, it is also a soldier of the people's army, and there is nothing special to talk about in terms of discipline, otherwise what is the purpose of training these air force cadets? Yang Silu knows very well that for these young people, a little bad atmosphere can easily lead to a distorted whole, so he must always be strict and disciplined in order to be worthy of the state's entrustment.
In 1954, due to his excellent work, Yang Silu was promoted to the principal of the Eleventh Aviation School, and under his management, the Eleventh Aviation School became a model for many air force aviation schools at that time, never had an accident, and also trained a large number of pilots who were exceptionally good in work and character. Moreover, Yang Silu also led the students to make many innovative improvements to flight technology, making great contributions to the cause of the Air Force, until now, the Chinese Air Force still retains Yang Silu's achievements in that year, and his figure is everywhere.
Although the style is strict, but Yang Silu in the depths of his heart these students are regarded as their own children, after so many years, almost every student's face he recognizes, some people graduated for more than ten years, met Yang Silu, Yang Silu still remembers which class he is, these students in Yang Silu's heart are treasures, is the future of the country.
For this responsibility, Yang Silu almost never sleeps, gives all his time to work, people are a lot older, others are sad about his work, Yang Silu said: "Now this difficulty, compared with climbing snowy mountains and crossing grasslands, nothing counts, we are party members, in our lifetime, we should worry more about the country." ”
For a long time, China was a country without strong air power, but in the most difficult times, there were a group of the greatest fighters struggling for the future of the motherland's air force, and Yang Silu, in his later years, once sent a message to young people: "The victory of the revolution is not easy to come by, and I hope that young people will cherish the good life now, listen to the party, listen to the chairman's words, live well, and work well." "The predecessors cut through the thorns, and the future generations should forge ahead."