On September 27, 1955, China held a grand award ceremony in Zhongnanhai, this award, China selected a total of 55 generals, 175 lieutenant generals, among which the famous "Three Musketeers" under Su Yu became the focus of attention on the scene, but although the "Three Musketeers" were all famous, the final military rank was slightly different.
In the "Three Musketeers", "Wang Laohu" Wang Bicheng and "Desperate Saburo" Tao Yong were both awarded the rank of lieutenant general, but Ye Fei was awarded the rank of founding general"Ye Fei is different! ”
So, what exactly is different about Ye Fei? Why can you get such a high evaluation from Luo Shuai? What outstanding achievements has Ye Fei made in his military career and can he be ranked as a general?
In May 1914, Ye Fei was born in Quezon County, Philippines, formerly known as Ye Qiheng, his mother was Filipino, and his father was from Nan'an, Fujian.
Ye Fei was born at a time of social turmoil in my country, although Ye Fei's father Ye Sunwei was in the Philippines, he always remembered the motherland, and Ye Fei heard a lot of news about China's current affairs and politics under the education of his parents since he was a child, which made Ye Fei have the determination to serve the motherland at a young age.
In 1919, Ye Fei reached the age of primary school, in order to let Ye Fei receive traditional Chinese education, Ye Fei's father took the 5-year-old Ye Fei and his brother back to the motherland from the Philippines, Ye Fei's father also had a wife named Xie Binniang before going to the Philippines, after returning from the Philippines, Ye Fei and his brother were fostered by Xie Binniang.
In order to let the Ye Fei brothers receive a good education, Xie Binniang sent the brothers to a private school in the township, and later sent the Ye Fei brothers to Shen'an Township Complete Primary School to receive a "new education".
At the age of 14, Ye Fei was inspired by the revolutionary trend of thought and began to join the underground organization of our party in Fujian, although he was young, Ye Fei was full of revolutionary enthusiasm, in order to devote himself to revolutionary work, and in order not to drag down his family, Ye Fei also lied to his adoptive mother and his biological mother in the Philippines that he was going to study in Japan, and used this as an excuse to cut off contact with his family, perhaps Ye Fei did not expect that this break was 21 years.
In the years of engaging in revolutionary work, Ye Fei has achieved remarkable results, and has successively served as the head of the Propaganda Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League, the secretary of the Fuzhou Central Municipal Party Committee and other positions.
* During this period, Ye Fei's biological mother learned about the incident, in order to help Ye Fei get out of danger, Ye Fei's biological mother rushed to China from the Philippines thousands of miles away, and even found the Philippine authorities to assist Ye Fei in extradition, but before Ye Fei's biological mother arrived, Ye Fei was rescued by our party comrades.
For the sake of the safety of his biological mother, Ye Fei immediately wrote a letter to his mother who was coming, informing her that she had retreated, and hoped that her mother would return to the Philippines first, and when the revolution was completed, she would go over to visit.
After countless battles, Ye Fei has gradually transformed from a scholar to a fierce general who can fight well, and what is even more surprising to the world is that Ye Fei is still an "iron general who can't be killed".
In 1933, Ye Fei due to the frequent blows to the enemy, the enemy dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and sent dozens of plainclothes policemen to ambush Ye Fei in a concealed manner.
Seriously injured, Ye Fei was already dying when he was carried back for rescue, but even so, Ye Fei still survived with one breath, and three days later, Ye Fei woke up in a coma, and the people sighed that Ye Fei's life was great, and later Ye Fei's title of "Iron General Who Can't Be Killed" resounded throughout the army.
In 1940, when Ye Fei led his troops across the river to Guocun to establish a stronghold, Li Changjiang led 13 regiments to block it, and Ye Fei and others were not allowed to enter Guocun.
In this case, Ye Fei's situation is very difficult, Li Changjiang has already made up his mind not to negotiate, if our army still does not fight, then it will not be able to open the gap to advance into northern Jiangsu, if it is fought, whether it is sure to win the victory, this is what Ye Fei is more worried about, because if he loses, it will be very troublesome in the future.
Ye Fei weighed it again and again, and finally at the combat meeting, Ye Fei made a bold decision, that is"Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected. Beat! ”
After careful analysis, Ye Fei believes that the commander has not been to Guocun and does not know much about the terrain and mass conditions here, but at this moment, these front-line fighters have been to the battlefield in person, and no one knows the actual situation here better than them.
Therefore, Ye Fei felt that he had to dare to be independent and responsible, and knew how to adapt to changes on the battlefield, which was the real responsibility for the ** commander and the party.
It's just that this battle is not tolerated, from the perspective of the strength of both sides, our army occupies the upper hand, and our army has traveled a long distance to come, and has not established a large rear supply, and the probability of defeat is very high, but no one expected that Ye Fei's independent combat ability is far beyond imagination, after the battle started, Ye Fei only commanded more than one regiment of troops, and smashed the three attacks of Li Changjiang's 13 regiments one after another, and finally realized the campaign, and the first battle played the prestige of our army.
After the battle of Guo Village, ** personally rushed to Guo Village, and after understanding the specific situation of Guo Village, ** not only did not blame Ye Fei for making good claims, but praised Ye Fei's ability to adapt to changes and the spirit of daring to be responsible.
During the War of Liberation, Ye Fei once again showed his outstanding military strength, when Ye Fei was already the commander of the Huaye First Column, under his command, the First Column in Subei, Lunan, Laiwu, Menglianggu and other battles repeatedly performed miraculous feats, especially the Menglianggu Battle was even more brilliant.
In 1947, Ye Fei was ordered to attack Zhang Lingfu's integrated 74th Division, and after receiving the order, Ye Fei immediately commanded a column and brother troops to drive the enemy's 74th Division out of the other eight integrated divisions, and then Huayedi.
The 1st, 4th, 6th, and 9th columns launched a fierce attack on Meng Lianggu together, and in the end, Ye Fei fulfilled his mission and successfully planted the red flag on Meng Lianggu, and the enemy's 74th Division was successfully annihilated.
After the end of the Liberation War, the war in the whole country decreased, and Ye Fei, who had become the commander of the 10th Corps of the Third Field Army, finally got a chance to rest, at this time Ye Fei thought of his adoptive mother Xie Binniang, who was still in his hometown, the two had not seen each other for 21 years, in order to fulfill his filial piety, Ye Fei specially sent someone back to his hometown, ready to take care of his adoptive mother.
However, when Ye Fei's subordinates found Xie Binniang and explained their intentions, Xie Binniang was very surprised, because she didn't remember that she knew "Commander Ye Fei", but despite this, Xie Binniang still came to Ye Fei's residence.
After seeing his adoptive mother, Ye Fei was very happy, the long-lost reunion of mother and son made Ye Fei have mixed feelings, but at this time, Xie Binniang was at a loss, she timidly asked Ye Fei: "Commander, who are you?" Ye Fei noticed that he had already changed his name and was no longer called "Ye Qiheng", but his adoptive mother didn't know it.
Mother, I am Ye Qiheng, Ye Fei is Ye Qiheng", Ye Fei said to his adoptive mother with a smile, hearing this, Xie Binniang suddenly burst into tears, because there was no news of Ye Fei for decades, she thought that Ye Fei had died in the war, who would have thought that there would be a day of reunion, and what she didn't expect was that the current Ye Fei has grown into a general who has experienced a hundred battles.
Since then, Xie Binniang has been living with Ye Fei, although Xie Binniang has no fertility grace, but she regards Ye Fei's brother as her own kindness, Ye Fei has always kept in mind, because of the war before, Ye Fei failed to fulfill his filial piety under his knees, and now Ye Fei has doubled the compensation, and this also makes the adoptive mother enjoy the happiness until the last moment of her life.
In 1989, Ye Fei was invited by Philippine Senate Shalonga to lead a delegation to visit the Philippines, which was the first time Ye Fei returned to his birthplace in 70 years.
On April 18, 1999, Ye Fei died of illness in Beijing at the age of 85, although Ye Fei is gone, but his heroic deeds are still widely circulated in the world, in order to commemorate General Ye Fei, the Philippines built a "General Ye Fei Memorial Park", Ye Fei's hometown also appeared a Ye Fei memorial, the meritorious service of the Republic, the pride of China and the Philippines, the heroes of southern Fujian, will always guide the people to forge ahead.