In 1979, Deng Xiaoping said to an old subordinate, "When you go to work in the Beijing Garrison District, you have a heavier responsibility; there are so many organs of the central and state organs, as well as many embassies, as well as the security of central leaders and state organs, and the relationship between the central and foreign countries. We must do a good job in our work, we must not have accidents, and we must pay attention to grasping the signs.
Yin Yin entrusted and taught. Soon, the general was appointed deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region and commander of the Beijing Garrison District. Who will this love be? What kind of legend and background does he have?
His name is Pan Yan, the word Yan is not easy to read, three fires read flames, four fires read easy. Pan Yan is a native of Xinxian County, Henan, a founding general of the famous general county. In 1929, at the age of 13, Pan Yan joined the Red Army guerrillas and officially embarked on the revolutionary road.
He is a red devil with red roots, who grew up in the army, grew up in the army, started from an ordinary messenger soldier, and eventually became a generation of famous generals. In 1932, at the age of 16, Pan Yan joined the party with honor and chose his lifelong faith.
Pan Yan was a member of the Red Fourth Front and participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battles in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region. In the wrong purge campaign, Pan Yan was also dismissed, but he did not sink and continued to work for the revolution.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Pan Yan engaged in military education in the Hebei-Luyu Military Region. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Pan Yan served as chief of staff of the Jiluyu Military Region and participated in negotiations with the Kuomintang. The Kuomintang did not recognize the base areas in our Shuidong region and constantly "encircled and suppressed."
Pan Yan had difficult negotiations with the Kuomintang, but Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping were not at ease, and sent Wang Youping, director of the Political Department of the Hebei-Luyu Military Region, to assist him in his work. Wang Youping said to Pan Yan that Political Commissar Deng was very concerned about the struggle in the Shuidong area, saying that you were busy day and night alone, and that you were too tired, so he specially asked me to assist you.
This shows that Deng Xiaoping knew Pan Yan very well and cared about him. When the Liberation War began, the seventh column of Liu Deng's army was formed, and the commander was Yang Yong, and later the founding general, Pan Yan, served as chief of staff.
(Admiral Yang Yong)
Deng Xiaoping often marched with the Seventh Column, with Pan Yan serving as his security. Deng Xiaoping always said, "Leave me alone and concentrate on doing a good job in the troops." Everyone gets along day and night, the feelings are relatively deep, and there are some interesting things. Once, Deng Xiaoping joked with Yang Yong that Yang Yong was riding on a horse, braving the wind, and could actually light a match and smoke, a trick that no one could learn.
Yang Yong was reappointed commander of the first column, and Pan Yan remained chief of staff. After leaping thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains, Deng Xiaoping inspected the work in Yizhong and asked Pan Yan, "But you have returned to your hometown, have you carried out the mass work well?" Together, they spent the most difficult period in the Dabie Mountains.
After Pan Yan joined the revolution, his old mother lived in a ravine by eating wild vegetables for food. Back at Dabie Mountain, Pan Yan couldn't go to find his mother. The mother begged all the way and found the troops. The troops gave her food, gave her money. She only needed a little food, saying that the troops were difficult, and that she would have to keep the money for war. What a mother who understands righteousness.
After the liberation of Guizhou, Yang Yong served as commander, and Pan Yan served as chief of staff and deputy commander, and continued to become Yang Yong's assistant and partner. In his lifetime, Pan Yan was injured 3 times and was rated as a third-class disabled soldier after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of founding major general.
(Pan Yan)
The Second Field Army wrote the history of the war and set up the War History Office, and Deng Xiaoping summoned Pan Yan and said, "You should become a deputy director." After returning from North Korea, Xiao Jinguang wanted Pan Yan to be the chief of staff of the Navy, and Pan Yan repeatedly asked for the wrong chief of staff. Xiao Jinguang then asked him to go to the North Sea Fleet and become the executive deputy commander.
In 1973, when Deng Xiaoping returned to Beijing from Jiangxi, Pan Yan took a great risk to visit the old chief, and he asked the old chief with concern, how is your leg injury? Deng Xiaoping did not expect that Pan Yan still remembered his leg injury, and replied, you remember so clearly, the leg injury was cured in the hospital, after being discharged from the hospital, there was no more problem, to Jiangxi exercise, nothing happened, and now the body is very good.
The commander of the Beijing Garrison District, who shouldered the security of the central leadership and organs, Pan Yan held this position from 1979 until 1983, four years before and after. Entrusting him with this heavy burden was Deng Xiaoping's high degree of trust and reassurance in this beloved general. In 1999, General Pan Yan died at the age of 83.