In 89, *** met with his comrades-in-arms, saw Yang Guoyu and said: Isn't this Lord Yang
On November 20, 1989, ** stepped out of the second line for the first time and participated in a happy gathering with old comrades-in-arms who had fought together on the battlefield.
This event was organized by Comrade Qin Jiwei, a former subordinate of ***. Qin Jiwei took the opportunity of revising the "History of the Second Field War" to propose a gathering with his former comrades-in-arms, and ***, who had served as the head of the Second Field War, gladly accepted the invitation.
** Zeng said: "Although I am retired, I still hope to have the opportunity to talk to my old comrades. * It also attached great importance to this event, and even specially notified Xinhua News Agency to report on it.
In the morning, in the early winter of Beijing, the weather was unusually warm. The Fujian Hall of the Great Hall of the People is filled with a joyful atmosphere. The old comrades-in-arms who went to the north and south battlefields for the country in the past were in good spirits, laughing and talking, and looking forward to getting together with ***.
Fig** with *** et al.
At about ten o'clock, ** came to the scene in person in a Mao suit and warmly shook hands with each comrade-in-arms. When shaking hands with Song Renqiang, Du Yide, Chen Zaidao, Liu Zhijian, Nie Zhen and others, ** asked them about their physical conditions in detail.
Seeing his former comrades-in-arms, ** seems to have returned to that era of fierce battles. He said excitedly: "In the past, it was too busy to meet with everyone. Now that I'm retired, I have this opportunity. ”
When he saw Yang Guoyu, the former deputy commander of the Navy, he was stunned for a moment, and then said humorously: "Yang Guoyu, isn't this the famous Lord Yang of the Erye Army." ”
Who is the "Lord Yang" in his mouth, and what kind of story has he experienced?
Fig** With the veteran of the second field.
On September 25, 1948, Yang Guoyu and "Lord Yang" drafted a telegram on behalf of the Military Commission: "We believe that it is very necessary to hold the Huaihai Campaign. Three days later, the telegram further stated: "The whole army must be fully prepared for the operational needs, including all logistical work, before the ...... can begin."It is necessary to prepare two to two and a half months of food and straw supplies. ”
As a result, Yang Guoyu, who was then the chief of the military and political department of the Central Plains Field Army Headquarters, received the task of organizing logistics and transportation work.
On weekdays, Yang Guoyu has always been an objective person and never seems to be in a hurry. This time, however, he felt the responsibility on his shoulders become heavy.
Yang Guoyu was born on September 18, 1914 in Shunyichang, Yilong County, Sichuan, from a poor family, and was a fellow townsman of the first commander. At a young age, he came to study at a local private school, and later entered the academy for formal education. While in school, he was first introduced to progressive ideas, and in 1930 he joined the progressive student organization.
In 1933, when the Red Fourth Front Army came to Yilong, Yang Guoyu actively responded to the call for revolution, joined the Red Army, and became a propagandist of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department of the Red Fourth Front Army.
Due to his outstanding performance, Yang Guoyu was transferred to the 1st Company of the 274th Regiment of the 91st Division of the Red 31st Army, and successively served as squad leader and platoon leader. In December 1935, he was appointed to learn to translate and became a translator of the Red 31st Army.
During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, Yang Guoyu actively participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Region, as well as the Tianshuibao battle. After the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement campaign, he also embarked on a 25,000-mile long march.
In 1937, when the "77 Incident" broke out, Yang Guoyu served as the head of the translation and telegraph team and section chief in the Red Army, and participated in a series of fierce battles, including Mashan Village, Shentouling, Qigan Village, Xiangtangpu, Xianggu City, the attack on the Pinghan Railway, and the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yang Guoyu actively participated in the battles of Houma, Mengcheng, Jinnan, Xinjiang, Jinnan, Dabie Mountain, Huaihai Campaign, River Crossing Campaign, and Great Southwest Campaign, and served as the director of the Military Administration Division of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region Headquarters, the deputy political commissar of the Transportation Command, the chief of the Transportation Division of the Central Plains Military Region Headquarters, and the chief of staff of the army.
After decades of war, Yang Guoyu became Liu Deng's right-hand man. Years of military experience have shaped his broad-mindedness and perseverance.
Although Yang Guoyu is not tall, *** affectionately calls him "Lord Yang". This title is not because of his status, but because Yang Guoyu is vibrant, lively, and often acts like an innocent child. ** and *** are both humorous and funny people, so the title of "Lord Yang" is widely known in the army.
Yang Guoyu does not show weakness, and the sentence he often hangs on his lips is: "Concentration is the essence." You see Xiaoping is not tall, but he is great!As a result, there are two "adults" in the Erye Command, one is "Lord Yang" and the other is "Lord Deng".
As time passed, Yang Guoyu ushered in a new task. He knew that the success or defeat of a war was not determined solely by the strength of both sides. **He*** has always attached great importance to the army's logistical support, especially in the case of our army's thousand-mile leap into the Dabie Mountains and the difficult battle, the supply from the Central Plains is particularly critical.
Recalling the Battle of Tangyin, Yang Guoyu once accompanied Chief of Staff Li Dayan to visit Sun Dianying, a Kuomintang general who was captured by our army. Sun Dianying is known as the "head snake of the Central Plains" because of his knowledge of the Central Plains. During the banquet, Li Da humbly asked Sun Dianying for advice and learned about various situations in the Central Plains. Sun Dianying was able to describe in detail the number of conscripts in the province of Huaihe and Henan each year, the number of pigs transported from the mountains to Hankou from the mountains, and even the tobacco tax revenue of Xuchang over the years.
At the climax of the banquet, Sun Dianying said with emotion: "The Central Plains and the Central Plains, Chiang Kai-shek's source of food, soldiers, and salary. "Now, the Central Plains has returned to the hands of the people and is in the hands of our army, and the lifeblood of the Chiang dynasty has also been firmly grasped by our army, providing more guarantees for victory.
The Huaihai Campaign is about to begin, unfolding between Xuzhou and Bengbu, spanning hundreds of miles, and millions of soldiers and civilian workers of our army will be thrown into it. ** and the Central Military Commission requested that all efforts be made to coordinate logistics support to ensure adequate preparation of food, ammunition and other materials.
On 14 October, the Central Military Commission sent a telegram instructing that the preparations for logistical work (food, ammunition, etc.) and political work should be made in a thoughtful and complete manner. At the meeting, Comrade Yang Lisan was assigned to be in charge of logistics work and to cooperate with Liu Ruilong, director of logistics of the East China Field Army, and Liu Daifeng, director of the Central Plains Field Army, to provide logistical support.
After the meeting, the Central Plains Bureau set up the Henan-Anhui Soviet Logistics Command, and party committees, prefectures, counties, districts, and villages at all levels also set up front-line organizations. **The bureau stressed: The party, government, military and people of the whole region should work together for the front, for the war, and for the victory!
Yang Guoyu is well aware of the biggest problem facing the logistical support of the Huaihai Campaign: how to ensure that the materials are delivered to the front line in time and to the hands of every soldier. In particular, many people have not experienced such a large-scale war, and the ammunition and military supplies stored by the Central Plains Field Army are located in the rear of western Henan, while the transportation line in the Central Plains and North China is 300 kilometers away from the Luoyang line of the battlefield. In the face of this challenge, what kind of deployment will he make?
Considering the importance of strengthening the transportation work, the Central Plains Field Army decided to set up a transportation command and appointed Yang Guoyu as political commissar. Soon after, Chief of Staff Li Da proposed a plan to transport Luoyang's supplies to the east by land and water.
Yang Guoyu learned that the railway from Luoyang Bridge to Heishiguan would take five days to repair, and the 40-kilometer section of the road from Gongxian to Mengyin would also need to be repaired. Therefore, he decided to first load Luoyang's supplies by water and go down the river east to Heishiguan, and then transfer them to the railway for transportation.
The war situation developed rapidly, and on October 22, ** and *** led the main force of the Central Plains Field Army to successfully conquer Zhengzhou, which is located at the intersection of Jinghan and Longhai railways. More than 10,000 enemy troops fled north, and our army annihilated them on the south bank of the Yellow River north of Zhengzhou. At the same time, the enemy's cities more than 70 kilometers east of Zhengzhou also abandoned the city and fled eastward, and our army liberated Kaifeng, Luoyang, and Zhengzhou, effectively mastering this strategic transportation artery.
After learning of this good news, Yang Guoyu personally rushed to Zhengzhou and loudly announced the victory at the bridgehead of the Yellow River. However, faced with the harsh realities of the war, the railway east of Kaifeng was impassable due to enemy occupation.
In this regard, Li Da made a new instruction: continue to organize water transportation to ensure the smooth delivery of ammunition to the front-line column in Fuyang. While it would have been ideal to be able to transport by train, the lack of railways meant that we had to continue to rely on waterways to ensure that supplies reached the front lines quickly.
Yang Guoyu successfully completed the logistics task.
Soon after, after the liberation of Zhengzhou, the first phase of the Huaihai Campaign broke out rapidly east of Xuzhou, approaching Xuzhou. Chiang Kai-shek's army advanced from the Zhumadian area to Fuyang and Taihe. Due to the emergency, the ammunition of our army was stranded in the rear, which, combined with the continuous rainy weather, faced great difficulties in transportation.
In the middle of the night on November 14, the ** and ** Vehicle Committee sent a telegram instructing: This battle is an unprecedented large-scale battle on the southern front, which may last about two months, the wounded may exceed 100,000, and the demand for ammunition and civilian workers is huge.
Yang Guoyu silently wrote down every word of the telegram, and his thoughts were surging.
In previous operations, we relied on the people in the liberated areas and the old base areas, shouldered ammunition and food, and relied on ox carts and horse-drawn carts to send 10,000 tons of supplies to the front line. However, today's situation is different, our first object is no longer a column, or even just a front army, but the Central Plains and East China Field Armies are fighting together, and the target is no longer 100,000 or hundreds of thousands of people, but millions of troops and migrant workers.
And what about the enemy?Despite being in a state of panic, it is, after all, still a military group of a million people with advanced equipment of the American style. To destroy such an adversary, it is necessary to have sufficient and timely supplies**.
Compared with the Yangtze River, the ancient Yellow River is incomparable and can only be transported by small wooden barges. The Longhai Railway, which lies on the plains, is currently difficult to navigate, but it has great potential to quickly transport large quantities of supplies to the front line.
Yang Guoyu remembered the expectations of Chief of Staff Li Da, and even more remembered the experience of working in the summit organs for many years, witnessing the decisive decisions made by the leaders at critical moments, and never sticking to the old way of working.
In particular, Comrade *** often stressed: In order to succeed, front-line commanders must be good at acting flexibly, courageously maneuvering, and pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages. In a given situation, the intention of the superior is simply conveyed by a command, indicating the goal, rather than a fixed means.
Yang Guoyu thought of this and suddenly realized. With the liberation of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, ammunition from North China could be shipped directly to Zhengzhou without the need for transshipment through Luoyang. Now that we have control over the cities, we must give full play to the convenience of urban and railway transportation, rely not only on the vast number of peasants, but also on urban workers, and rely on the forces of all quarters to ensure the smooth progress of war and logistics transportation.
Yang Guoyu hurried to the Zhengzhou Railway Bureau to find the new director Tian Yumin, and encouraged: "You are now the director of the railway bureau, we need to ensure that the railway is unblocked!".We are about to face the battle, ammunition, equipment, food, all need to be transported by train and rail, and we also need to pay attention to water transportation, but rail is the key. Do you think it's feasible?”
After receiving Tian Yumin's support, Yang Guoyu arrived in Kaifeng by train. With the assistance of the Kaifeng Garrison Command, he found the former stationmaster of the railway station and asked to transport the train to Shangqiu and get as close as possible to Xuzhou.
On the morning of November 19, the train successfully arrived in Shangqiu, and the whole station set off an upsurge of "emergency repairs and support for the front line". Workers donated their supplies, and one local boss even lent 5 tons of coal for fuel. The station began to operate normally.
With everyone's help, the work of the military station was quickly prepared, and the radio station was quickly established. Yang Guoyu reported to the commander and political commissar of the front line: "The first train has entered Shangqiu, and the military station has been established. ”
At the same time, he also reported to Li Da and others in the rear. However, they expressed doubts that the military station would be able to reach Shangqiu so quickly, and sent a telegram asking if it was true.
Yang Guoyu happily replied: "The train did enter Shangqiu on November 19, loaded with ammunition for 50 cars, the military station has been set up, and the signs have been hung up. ”
Chiefs Liu, Chen, and Deng were very pleased, and sent a telegram instructing that the Shangqiu Military Station should not only receive the materials supported by the Central Plains, but also receive the materials supported by the army and local governments in North China, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, East China, Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, not only including first-class ammunition, but also food and daily necessities, which must be transported to Shangqiu for transshipment.
With the passage of time, the political commissar *** commander *** and other leaders arrived in Shangqiu from Xuzhou in mid-January by chartered bus No. 6. ** He made a special trip to inspect the work of the military station, and after learning in detail about the preparation of ammunition, he especially praised Yang Guoyu's excellent work.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yang Guoyu assumed different responsibilities, successively serving as chief of staff of the Qingdao Navy Base Command, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Navy Training Base, and member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee. In 1956, he went to Nanjing Military Academy for further study.
After returning from his studies, Yang Guoyu successively served as deputy commander of the naval training base, member of the Standing Committee of the party committee of the base, and chief of staff. In May 1967, he joined the Ministry of Machinery Industry of the Seventh Province and served as deputy director and first deputy director of the Military Management Commission.
On August 9, 1969, in the conference hall, he presided over the International Conference on Advanced Science. At the meeting, ** announced: "Qian Xuesen is in charge, and Comrade Yang Guoyu is the political commissar." In addition, ** said to Yang Guoyu: "If Qian Xuesen and other experts are arrested, I will only ask you." ”
Yang Guoyu was awarded the rank of Major General in 1961 and was awarded the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Second Class, the Order of August 1, the Order of Liberation of the First Class, and the Meritorious Medal of the Red Star of the First Class. Since then, he has served as a deputy to the 5th and 6th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
In 1970, Yang Guoyu became the head of the core group of the Ministry of Industry of the Seventh Ministry of Machinery and led the development and testing of the first artificial satellite and strategic missile. Under the leadership of *** and Yang Guoyu, scientific research and production work can be carried out safely.
At the beginning of 1975, Yang Guoyu led a military advisory group stationed in Cambodia, and then served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Navy Party Committee. In 1978, he became Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Navy, where he organized and led the construction of lighthouses on North Reef and the Paracel Islands.
In May 1980, Yang Guoyu, as the deputy commander-in-chief, led the Chinese ship formation to carry out the South Pacific ICBM recovery mission.
On November 21, 1984, a total of 591 people from the Navy J121 salvage rescue ship, the Antarctic expedition team, the Xiangyanghong 10 ship and the Southern Ocean expedition team successfully arrived in Antarctica.
After 24 days of hard work, the Great Wall Station in Antarctica was completed on February 15. This marks the establishment of China's own scientific research base in Antarctica.
After the completion of the Antarctic Great Wall Station, General Yang Guoyu, as the deputy leader of the team, braved the wind and snow to climb the Antarctic on February 20 to participate in the inauguration ceremony. Although he has reached his old age, General Yang Guoyu is not afraid of cold, saying: "We have established our own Great Wall scientific research station in Antarctica for the sake of our future generations and to fight for the rights of China's citizens in Antarctica. As for my body, there was no problem at all, and I even went to Penguin Island to play. ”
In 1987, Yang Guoyu officially retired. Someone asked him how old he was, and he replied with a smile: "It's not big, it's not old, Yang is not old, I've read all the poems and books for fifty stones, and I only get a green shirt when I'm oldFifty years ago twenty-three. ”
Even after entering retirement, Yang Guoyu is still full of energy, actively participating in various beneficial social activities, and assuming the position of vice chairman of the China Cadre Education Association.
Yang Guoyu has a funny and open-minded personality, swaying freely when walking, and often hums revolutionary songs such as "Little Snail" in his mouth. However, years of military polishing also made him a little impatient.
On the way to run errands, whenever he sees a red light or a traffic jam ahead, he can't help but shout: "Rush!".At this point, he didn't explain, just smiled back. Then, he would joke: "If I had been on the battlefield, I would have rushed to it, but now I still have to obey the law." ”
In 1992, General Yang Guoyu, who dedicated his life to the revolutionary cause, still lived in a collective dormitory, with a meager salary, a diet still barely maintained, a thin body, and a maximum weight of only 86 pounds. Despite this, he never complained, showing the tenacity of the older generation of revolutionaries.
In addition, Yang Guoyu is extremely disgusted by injustice. Once, he saw newspaper reports about nepotism and oppression of subordinates by leaders, and he was deeply angry. On a whim, he wrote a "Vinegar Poem":
The stronger the vinegar in the altar, why is it sour everywhere. Jealousy of the virtuous can be jealous of talent, jealousy of wealth and jealousy of beauty. It's better to exchange vinegar for fine wine and pour yourself a drink to eliminate your troubles.
On April 27, 2004, General Yang Guoyu passed away in Beijing, ending a full and bumpy life.