I had a meeting with ***, and ** once said to him: "Yang Chengwu's backstage, I am the first in line, and you can only be regarded as second." What does that mean?In the revolutionary history of New China, the relationship between Yang Chengwu and *** can be described as extraordinary. For a long time, Yang Chengwu has been a subordinate of ***. During the Red Army, Yang Chengwu served as the political commissar of the Red Fourth Regiment, and was subsequently promoted to the commander of the Red First Division, and the Red Fourth Regiment and the Red First Division were both subordinate to the Red First Army, and *** was the political commissar of the Red First Army, so Yang Chengwu was a subordinate of ***. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Yang Chengwu served as the chief of staff of the 115th Division, and *** was the political commissar of the 115th Division. With the disbandment of the 115th Division, ** was appointed commander and political commissar of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, while Yang Chengwu also fought in the Jin-Chahar-Hebei region. During the Liberation War, ** served as the commander of the North China Military Region, while Yang Chengwu was the main general of the North China Battlefield, and served as the commander of the column and the commander of the corps. For more than ten years, Yang Chengwu worked and fought under the leadership of ***. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the North China Military Region was renamed the Beijing Military Region, and ** no longer served as the commander, and Yang Chengwu became the first commander of the Beijing Military Region.
**I have always cared about Yang Chengwu, and Yang Chengwu also has great respect and admiration for ***. However, in 1968, Yang Chengwu suffered the Yang Yufu incident, was removed from all positions, and left his job. Some people put many big hats on Yang Chengwu, accusing him of personal ambition and making extremely serious mistakes. A generation of famous generals Yang Chengwu withdrew from the political stage. Some people said in their speeches that Yang Chengwu engaged in mountaineering and sectarianism in North China, and some people spread rumors and reasoning for no reason, believing that there were people behind Yang Chengwu and that there was a black backstage. (* Behind him is Yang Chengwu). It's really a drunkard's intention not to drink. So, who is Yang Chengwu's backstage?As Yang Chengwu's old superior, ** is naturally the first candidate. But soon after, some documents and telegrams that were supposed to be sent to *** suddenly stopped being distributed. Furious by this, he told his secretary: "Regardless of them, they love to send documents or not." Regarding the Yang Yufu incident, ** actually didn't know at all, he didn't understand why Yang Chengwu was suddenly knocked down, and he didn't know who Yang Chengwu's black backstage was.
In desperation, ** wrote a letter to ***, detailing his views on Comrade Yang Chengwu and the history of the cooperation between the two, and expressed his desire to talk to *** in person. ** The reply said: "Comrade Rong Zhen, I have received your letter, rest assured, don't believe rumors." "* with Yang Chengwu: The criticism of a good story *** gave *** great comfort, which shows that *** did not agree with the set of theories they advocated at the time. A few days later, **I saw *** say the words at the beginning of the article to him. ** In his life, he has always been very serious and affectionate to Yang Chengwu, calling him a white-robed young general and opening the way for the Long March. Before the Liaoshen Campaign, in order to contain Fu Zuoyi's group, ** sent Yang Chengwu to attack Fu Zuoyi's old nest Suiyuan, and specially granted him 100,000 oceans. In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, ** personally cleared the obstacles for Yang Chengwu, when Yang Chengwu's corps was about to enter the DPRK to fight. **Saying this is not only to question their set of theories, but also to help *** get out of the predicament, and ultimately protect *** Historical facts have proved that the so-called Yang Yufu incident is just an unfounded unjust case.
A few years later, ** personally approved the restoration of the reputation of Yang Chengwu and others, and Yang Chengwu also returned to work. (References: "Records of the Exchanges of the Marshal of the Republic", "Memoirs").