As the saying goes: War is the natural cradle for the training of generals.
There is such a humble correspondent who has been tempered by the flames of war and spent 38 years from captain to general.
Who is this legend? Behind his shining military merit badge, what kind of weathered past is there?
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > little teenager with lofty ambitions</h1>
In that devastated era, countless people were killed by enemy fire, and their former homes were razed to the ground under the bombardment of bombs.
At the moment of critical survival, some people steal their lives and treason against the enemy, but there are also people who firmly believe and vow to become the backbone of the motherland.
In September 1931, a baby boy was born into a Qingbi family in Fu County, Liaoning Province.
As a descendant of the Manchu Zhenghuang banner, if Yu Yongbo had been born decades earlier, he would have lived an aristocratic life of fine clothes and squandering.
Yu Yongbo
However, the Manchu Qing government had already perished in the revolution, and the glory of the ancestors had disappeared, and it was unable to provide a trace of shelter for the Yu family in the war.
Yu Yongbo's father, a people's teacher, was dismissed for opposing the enslaved education of the Japanese and had to return to his hometown to work as a farmer for a living.
Although the family's life was poor, it was fortunate that they could be safe and sound, and they found a place to stay in the midst of the war.
In 1937, the Japanese invaders brazenly opened fire on the Lugou Bridge, and the prelude to the nation's anti-Japanese resistance was opened.
When he was a teenager, Yu Yongbo grew up with the smoke of gunfire and the flames of war; outside the door was the desperate cry of innocent people; what reverberated in his mind was the picture of the invaders trampling on the land of the motherland with their iron hooves; he witnessed with his own eyes the atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders in burning, looting, and committing all kinds of evil deeds in our country.
This country that once stood on the top of the world is experiencing a tragic catastrophe, which makes Yu Yongbo extremely sad, and the revolutionary ideal of saving the country and the people has gradually planted seeds in his heart.
In September 1947, at the age of sixteen, Yu Yongbo resolutely joined the army, not wanting to be a walking dead, but eager to find his faith in this turbulent era.
After joining the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, due to his younger age, Yu Yongbo was not sent to the front, but became a correspondent under the founding lieutenant general Wan Yi.
Although he could not go to the battlefield, Yu Yongbo was not discouraged, but completed his tasks in a down-to-earth manner and never perfunctory.
Soon, Yu Yongbo was incorporated into the Fifth Column and reappointed as a propagandist, leading the work of the propaganda unit.
Extremely talented in art, he was good at writing and rehearsing literary and artistic programs, and he and the members of the propaganda team went deep into the army, taught and sang revolutionary songs, and did a good job in propaganda work.
Wan Yi
Although he did not set foot on the battlefield and made no achievements, his propaganda work played a crucial role.
It is precisely because of Yu Yongbo's dedication that the soldiers have been greatly encouraged, and their spirit is full and their fighting spirit is getting higher and higher.
In the Battle of Anshan in February 1948, Yu Yongbo joined the army, he was responsible for leading a stretcher team to transport the wounded, and after the siege order was issued, he also followed the troops to launch a charge and bravely marched forward.
Braving the guns and bullets of the Kuomintang defenders, he rushed into the enemy's headquarters, contributed blood and sweat to the victory of the battle, and made a small contribution.
The young Yu Yongbo, however, contained a huge amount of energy in his body, which made him receive a commendation from a general order from a senior leader.
In this way, this small correspondent who was not known in the past has undergone the test and tempering of the cruel war and is growing rapidly.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > thick and thin, and awarded the title of captain</h1>
In September 1948, Yu Yongbo's application to join the Party was approved, and he officially became an excellent Communist Party member.
This year, Yu Yongbo had just turned 17 years old, and he finally found the immortal faith in his heart.
Down-to-earth and hard-working, he only wants to be a little spark, gathered into a bright lamp, to illuminate the way forward for this obscure era.
After the Fifth Column was reorganized into the Forty-second Army, Yu Yongbo entered the pass with his troops and participated in the battle to liberate Anyang.
After the trumpet of the charge was sounded, in order to break the will of the Kuomintang defenders, Yu Yongbo and the propaganda team members picked up the loudspeaker and stood at the forefront and shouted at them.
In the face of the baptism of bullets and bullets, he had no fear, a shell flew over, and The comrades around Yu Yongbo fell, but he did not take a step back and insisted on completing his task.
In the end, the Battle of Anyang was won, and the people of Yindu land were truly liberated.
Soon after, Yu Yongbo was promoted to vice captain of the propaganda team, when he was not yet 18 years old.
In one arduous battle after another, Yu Yongbo's performance is not like a fledgling young man, but like a veteran, brave and courageous, not afraid of danger, always charging at the forefront.
On October 1, 1949, the Chinese people who had endured hardships and struggles looked at the rising five-star red flag and finally ushered in the dawn of the rebirth of the Chinese nation.
However, imperialism was still pressing hard on the newly established New China, and in 1950, the US military ignored our country's warnings and forcibly crossed the 38th Parallel and ignited the flames of war to the Yalu River.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, the Forty-second Army was preparing to enter the Dprk to fight, but Yu Yongbo was hospitalized for malaria.
As soon as he heard that there was going to be a war, he hurried out of the hospital, disregarded his condition, took the initiative to ask for help, and put forward a request to the front line.
Yu Yongbo, who went to a foreign country, served as a regimental propaganda officer in the Chinese Volunteer Army, participated in the first to fourth battles, and became a solid backing for the volunteer army.
In defensive campaigns and position consolidation operations, he did a good job of combat propaganda on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was responsible for carrying the wounded, and even mastered simple Korean.
During the period of aiding Korea, Yu Yongbo transformed into a truly excellent and qualified general, who proved his strength and ability in one war after another, and was credited with a third-class merit.
After the triumph from North Korea, because of his outstanding performance, in September 1953, Yu Yongbo was recommended by his superiors to the First Business Team of the Fourth Political Cadre School of the People's Liberation Army for further study.
During his time in school, Yu Yongbo was strict with himself and studied diligently, and he cherished the opportunity of this study, mastered a number of professional knowledge, and greatly improved his military ability.
After graduating from school, Yu Yongbo returned to the Forty-second Army, and his many years of experience in propaganda and political work in the army accumulated a lot of experience for Yu Yongbo, and he also became more mature and stable over the years.
However, in the face of those veterans who have made great contributions to the Chinese revolution, Yu Yongbo, who has been engaged in political work, is still a little naïve.
Therefore, at the 1955 ceremony of the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Rank, Yu Yongbo was only awarded the rank of captain.
This rank did not affect Yu Yongbo's loyalty to serve the country, he did not fall lonely, but gladly accepted, still infused with enthusiasm for his work, and took every next step in a down-to-earth manner.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the southern conquest of the northern war, promoted to general</h1>
In the process of the growth and expansion of the people's army, the army's propaganda work has played an irreplaceable role, and they have always insisted on leading the whole army with lofty goals of struggle, giving the soldiers infinite strength and the heroic spirit of forging ahead.
In the face of arduous tasks and the ever-changing world situation, the army's propaganda and ideological work could not be relaxed for a moment, and at this time, Yu Yongbo, who had worked in the propaganda department for many years, assumed an important responsibility.
The more achievements are achieved, the more cautious it is to walk on thin ice, and Yu Yongbo did not disappoint the leaders and completed one task after another.
In 1960, Yu Yongbo was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and received the Liberation Medal.
The hard work was recognized by everyone, which made Yu Yongbo work harder and was promoted to the rank of major in 1963.
In December 1978, Yu Yongbo was promoted to the post of director of the office of the Headquarters of the Guangzhou Military Region, and although his official position was getting bigger and bigger, he was as diligent and earnest as ever in his work, and strived to be unashamed.
In 1983, at the age of 52, Yu Yongbo was booming in his career and officially became the political commissar of the 42nd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
In 1988, china implemented a new military rank system, with the highest rank of general of the first rank, and there is no longer a marshal, general and lieutenant.
At this time, Yu Yongbo had already risen to the rank of director of the political department, and because of his outstanding political work for many years, he was directly promoted to the rank of lieutenant general by the state.
In Yu Yongbo's view, this is not only the leader's recognition of his work, but also a heavy responsibility, so he pushes himself more and more seriously and responsibly, in order to achieve better results.
In 1989, Yu Yongbo was transferred out of the local army, and then in the 1990s, he was transferred to Beijing, where he successively served as deputy director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and member of the Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.
The time came to 1993, because of his outstanding political achievements and firm faith, Yu Yongbo finally entered the peak of his career in this year.
On June 7, the Central Military Commission held a ceremony in Beijing to promote the rank of general officer, and issued a promotion order to six PLA generals.
Surrounded by flowers and applause, Yu Yongbo, then a member of the Central Military Commission and director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, stepped forward to take over the order and was formally promoted to the rank of general.
Without accumulating steps, there is no way to go thousands of miles; without accumulating small streams, there is no way to become a river and a sea.
As the only general in New China who was awarded the title five times, Yu Yongbo, who had struggled in the military camp for decades, was promoted all the way and forged a brilliant road with his own sweat, which was also the most straightforward recognition given to him by the motherland.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > a Confucian general in the army, continuing to write a legend</h1>
Since joining the revolution, Yu Yongbo has always firmly believed in communism, brought into play his own wisdom and ability, worked hard to learn military culture and technology, made immortal meritorious contributions to the people in the War of Liberation, and made tremendous contributions to defeating the US aggressors and defending the homeland during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Looking back on Yongbo's promotion path, in the turbulent times, he still maintained his faith and strengthened his original intention; in the face of a temporarily hopeless future, he did not choose to give up, but performed his duties and undertook the mission.
Hard-working, willing to dedicate, the precious spiritual quality of soldiers has been perfectly interpreted in Yongbo's body.
In the period of peaceful construction, even if he was far away from the battlefield, Yu Yongbo also made important contributions to strengthening the political and ideological construction of the troops, and put forward many valuable suggestions for the regularization, modernization, and militarization of the army in the new period.
Many times, the power of words is far beyond our imagination, Mo said that literature is not as good as martial arts, martial arts can save the country, and literature can also raise the pen to secure the world.
A general like Yu Yongbo, who has been engaged in political work for a long time, is cautious in his words and deeds, knows people well, is known as a wise man, and enjoys a relatively high prestige in the army.
Whether in the war years or in the era of peace construction, he devoted himself, tried his best and fulfilled his duties for the party and the motherland, and was warmly supported by the vast number of soldiers and also won the respect of the Chinese people.
In 2003, Yu Yongbo stepped down from his military post and officially retired from the army.
Due to his years of military propaganda career, Yu Yongbo has trained a good hand, and his thick and free pen strength seems to tell the glory days of the past, and his vigorous and powerful brushstrokes are also a positive reflection of his ideological disposition.
Yu Yongbo started as a correspondent and conferred the title five times in 38 years, standing out from the ranks of political workers, and rising from captain to general.
Yu Yongbo dedicated his youth and life's energy to the motherland, and continued to write a new legend of our army, which is worthy of the admiration of the world!