General You Taizhong, with a large body, a large nose and a wide mouth, two ears are particularly long, almost up to the shoulder position, two eyes are shining, and there are two vertical lines between the eyebrows. As the saying goes, "Men look at the facial features, and women look at the flowing years." "From the face of General You Taizhong, we know that he is a man who is honest and honest, and who is heroic and courageous.
In 1973, Deng Xiaoping returned to Beijing from Jiangxi, because Deng Xiaoping's identity was more sensitive at that time, many people were afraid to avoid it, at that time, going to see Deng Xiaoping was undoubtedly risky, but General You Taizhong completely ignored it, did not care, when he heard the news of Deng Xiaoping's return to Beijing, he went to visit with Two Generals Su Zhenhua and Li Da on the same day. Deng Xiaoping, who was well aware of his situation, really did not expect that You Taizhong and others would come to visit him. When General You Taizhong saw Deng Xiaoping, he did not neglect Deng Xiaoping because of his status at this time, but first stood up and then saluted him, as if he were treated as a political commissar of the field army during the war years; at that time, Deng Xiaoping had not yet been liberated, and he still belonged to the "largest bourgeoisie in the country." The general's salute not only showed his attitude toward Deng Xiaoping, but also highlighted the "not forgetting the roots" in his bones.
When he saw You Taizhong, Xiao Ping was shocked and worried, and asked, "How dare you come?" Unexpectedly, the general replied, "You will always be my old commissar." In just a few words, he said the general's chivalrous courage and righteousness. According to General You Taizhong's recollection, due to Deng Xiaoping's difficult situation, when he smoked only paper cigarettes, seeing this scene, the general's heart was both sad and uneasy, just as smokers know that smoking paper cigarettes is not only tasteless, but also not addictive at all, so the general hurriedly bought five Chinese cigarettes to send to Deng Xiaoping after returning. Seeing the cigarette sent by the general, Deng Xiaoping was very happy, immediately took out the cigarette and lit it, took a deep breath, and said: "I haven't smoked such a good cigarette for a long time!" A word of endless bitterness.
At that time, when it was time, General You Taizhong was appointed deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region and commander of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and he dared to do such a thing in such a capacity, and the general's "chivalry" was really admirable, however, after knowing the general's deeds, he deeply felt that the general's move was inevitable, because he had melted into his blood and "did not forget the original".
General You Taizhong's morality and friendship are also reflected in many seemingly small things that are actually righteous. General Xu Shiyou is a generation of heroes, before his death, he was loyal but failed to fulfill his filial piety, but he wanted to be able to accompany his mother to fulfill his filial piety after death, for this reason, the central government felt that his deeds specially approved his burial, which was at the time of the cremation period, for this reason, the upper echelons of Beijing had quite objections to the burial of General Xu Shiyou, and after General You Taizhong heard about it, he immediately sent people to Guangxi to buy two hundred-year-old Nanmu trees and transport them directly to Nanjing for the use of General Xu Shiyou's coffin. There was also the case of General Wang Jinshan, who was dismissed from his post after the founding of the People's Republic of China, demoted from lieutenant general to colonel, and delegated to a certain farm labor. In July 1969, General Wang Jinshan returned to Nanjing from Henan, when many people avoided it, since ancient times, they were "full of high friends when they were rich and noble, and few cars were sparse when they were down", and there were "icing on the cake, easy to add flowers, and it was difficult to send charcoal in the snow", it was human nature to seek advantages and avoid harm, but this scene was inevitably sad, however, General You Taizhong completely ignored it, and drove to the railway station late at night to wait to meet General Wang Jinshan. General You Taizhong has done a lot of "chivalrous" things like this, and he has been doing it all his life, and his spirit and sentiments are worthy of our admiration, and even more worthy of our study!
General You Taizhong, who was born in the "Little Red Devil", joined the Red Army at the age of 14, and then experienced the Long March, participated in the Anti-Japanese War, and the early war experience made General You Taizhong grow rapidly, and also made him a "legendary figure" in the army at that time.
People call General You Taizhong "a fierce general in the army, a heroic master among people", which is by no means a waste of time, but an honor that the general has shot and shot and fought with blood. In August 1947, Liu Deng's army leapt thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains, and on the 24th, to cross the Ru River, at that time, Henan had an enemy blocking the attack, And Hebei had a constant influx of pursuing soldiers. General You Taizhong was ordered to lead the Sixteenth Brigade to hold the Big and Small Leigang in Henan to cover the smooth crossing of the Ru River by the entire field army. Didn't General You Taizhong know that the situation was dangerous? Doesn't he understand that there is a dead end in the world? The general understood the situation too well, and he was well aware of the importance of this "cover" operation, so when he received the order, he resolutely decided to set up the command post at Daleigang, only two kilometers away from the enemy army. Later, the Sixteenth Brigade fought fiercely for one day, with more than 2,000 casualties, and finally fulfilled its mission to complete the heavy task of blocking the enemy's attack and successfully guaranteed the entire field army to cross the river. The battle was fought very hard, with countless casualties, rivers of blood, and the corpses of the soldiers were all over the place, but they had no time to bury them properly, so they could only wrap the dead comrades in blankets and bury them hastily, and many years later, when the general recalled the scene of that day, he was still devastated.
General You Taizhong fought bravely and fiercely, and also manifested himself in the Battle of Yutai. During the Liberation War, when attacking Yutai, the first siege of the city was not successful, at that time, Du Yide, the political commissar of the Sixth Column, called and asked You Taizhong, the brigade commander of the Sixteenth Brigade, and said: "Old You, you are not very capable of fighting, how did you do it, you did not fight for half a day?" When the general heard this, he took off his hat and went straight to the front line, and when the generals saw General You Taizhong personally coming to the front line and directing the killing of the enemy, the crowd was excited, and everyone killed the red eyes like chicken blood, and bravely went forward to fight with the enemy and conquer the city. After the general entered the city, his right leg was also pierced by the remnants of the enemy's cold gun inside the bunker.
Pile by pile, enough to prove the general's bravery and good fighting. The reason why the general can create a battlefield "legend", in addition to his bravery, his wit has also played a pivotal role. In the Fifth Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, General You Taizhong was ordered to lead his troops to attack the south bank of the Han River, and according to the order, it was necessary to advance along the road, but the general, who had insight into the opportunity, instructed the troops to cut a small road. And it turns out that the general's decision is very wise and heroic. After several days of reconnaissance, as General You Taizhong had predicted, they had been surrounded by enemy groups, and if they had traveled along the road, they would have long been reduced to the souls of the guns. Seeing this situation, some people proposed to disperse the breakthrough, but the general tried his best to dispel the crowd, saying: "We were originally alone in the depths, and now we are besieged by the enemy army, and at this time we should clench our fists and fight out." Therefore, he went up against the Han River, looked for an opportunity to cross the river, and indeed broke through the enemy's siege and finally escaped danger. When it was, all levels believed that General You Taizhong's troops were bound to fall into a heavy siege and could not break through, and the field army headquarters, corps, and military radio kept calling, and General You Taizhong scolded the radio station director: "When we were besieged, they did not say a word. Immediately ordered all the soldiers of the division to rest on the spot for an hour. In this battle, if it were not for the general's insight and resourceful response, I am afraid that a vicious battle would not only not be spared, but also the casualties would certainly be huge.
Bing Xin said: "The flower of success, people only envy her reality of brilliance, but her buds were soaked with the tears of struggle and sprinkled with the blood rain of sacrifice." Indeed, General You Taizhong is a scenery, and this scenery is also enviable. One day in 1972, General You Taizhong was critically ill, and his wife Wang Xuechen sent the general to Beijing for treatment, and as soon as he got off the plane, an ambulance modified by Jim rushed to pick up the general. The specifications of the "ambulance" were only available to the central leaders at that time, and after Madame Wang knew about it, she was uneasy in her heart, and later learned that this was specially arranged by Premier Zhou. Such a "treatment", a few people can have, how not to be enviable. However, when you understand General You Taizhong's past experiences, you only feel that this is the reward he deserves.
The general spent his whole life raining down bullets, sacrificing his life and forgetting death, and exhausting his life's painstaking efforts for the revolution, and the general's "critical illness" in his later years had a lot to do with it. Regardless of the general's contribution to the revolution, even the general's character is worthy of everyone's praise, and it is really deserved to receive this "special honor". General You Taizhong was just and honest, and dared to speak bluntly, and if he did something against his heart, he would rather cut off his head than do it. On a certain day in a certain month of a certain year, a certain leader of the headquarters instructed the Guangzhou Military Region to stage a certain drama. General You Taizhong, who was then the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, read the script three times and thought that the plot of the play seriously distorted history, so he did not agree to stage it. A certain leader of the Political Department of the Military Region was quite embarrassed and told the general that if it was not staged, it would be difficult to explain it to his superiors. The general said, "I'll say it." In just three words, it shows the courage and boldness of the general. On the same day, the general telephoned a certain director of the General Political Department and the Ministry of Culture: "We in the Guangzhou Military Region will not perform this play." The other party replied: "This is the instruction of so-and-so." The general did not think so, and said in a loud voice, "We will not listen to the instructions of the Heavenly King Lao Tzu." At that time, Madame Wang happened to be nearby, signaled the general with her eyes and whispered to the general: "Be calm and pay attention to the way, otherwise this commander will not be a commander." Unexpectedly, the general said: "Afraid of something, at most go home and herd cattle." So he picked up the phone again and added: "I am not the commander of the right place, and I will not act." "This matter is enough to see that the general is just and righteous.
However, the general's noble virtue is not only manifested in his integrity, but also in the general's upright and incorruptible style although he is in a high position. In January 1971, General You Taizhong was appointed as the former commander of Mongolia in the Beijing Military Region and the commander of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and in August, when he went to the border defense inspection, he traveled 40,000 kilometers from east to west, passing through Luoxian Sumu, Ordos Grassland, Barnar League, East Uju Muqin, Khorshe Bohor, West Tooth Rahodoga, Hashat, Huhe Tolgai Sumu, Agukhail, ErgeYinsomu, Bailant, Baiyinhua, Bayin Hure, Zhuligeda, Suju, Ubyerha, Hading Humobaga, etc. Everywhere he went, the general would instruct him to eat according to the standard, and when he left, he would instruct him to pay according to the standard, and wherever the general went, he would not owe a single penny for the food expenses. This is General You Taizhong, who has been honest and honest all his life, and can be called a model, and his heroic fighting spirit and his upright, upright, and honest character are worth learning from us all our lives.