Yang Zonggui was born on January 28, 1917 in Shengxiahe Village, Ninghai Town, Muping, Shandong, his father is called Yang Shien, and his mother is Song Xuezhi, both of whom are poor farmers.
In the village of Xingshudi in the north of the Mudanjiang River, more than 400 bandits who fled in all directions gathered and relied on strong fortifications to confront our army. On March 22, Yang Zirong led the sharp knife squad to encircle and suppress, but due to the fierce fire of the bandits, many attacks were unsuccessful.
In order to avoid greater losses, the command decided to support with artillery fire. In between the shelling, Yang Zirong successfully persuaded some of the bandits, including Guo Chunfu and Kang Xiangbin, to successfully defuse a fierce battle, and was awarded special merit and rated as a combat model.
Due to Yang Zirong's wisdom and bravery, he was transferred to the reconnaissance platoon by the regiment headquarters as a platoon commander, and shared his experience in reconnaissance of bandits. In January 1947, he took six people to disguise themselves as bandits, and successfully broke into the "Mountain Eagle" bandits' nest through the introduction of Meng Jiangtou, and with wisdom and courage, he finally succeeded in killing the "Mountain Eagle" bandits.
In addition, he also participated in the operation to capture the bandit leader "Zheng Sanpao" alive, and successfully eliminated the hidden diehards. Yang Zirong's heroic deeds were widely reported in the February 1947 issue of Northeast **.
In April 1948, the bandits Zheng Sanpao, Ding Huanzhang, Liu Weizhang, Cheng Shulin, Ma Liande, Mou Chengshun and other bandits in Northeast China set up an ambush in Naozhigou and attacked Yang Zirong, a soldier of our army's reconnaissance platoon, and others.
Meng Laosan escaped through the window by luck, hid in the mountains and forests, and became the only fish among the seven bandits who slipped through the net.
From the sculpture of Yang Zirong in the Martyrs' Cemetery in Hailin City and Han Keli's recollections, we found a key clue: Yang Zonggui used his character when he joined the army, not his real name.
This clue is very important, as long as we can find Yang Zonggui's words, then we can uncover the truth. Another veteran surnamed Jiang recalled that he used to be with a man named Yang Hegui when the recruits were concentrated, and Yang Zonggui told him that he had two names, and now he is using a new name, and his hometown seems to be in some river village.
After Guan Huiyuan heard Jiang Veteran's recollections, he thought of an old civil affairs cadre who had reported about the old lady Song in Shengxiahe Village petitioning for her son. He invited Jiang Veteran into another room to recall, and two hours later, Jiang Veteran said that he had come out of the village of Langxiahe, and Guan Huiyuan confirmed Yang Zonggui's hometown.
The investigation team found Yang Zongfu in the village, but he denied that Yang Zonggui was his younger brother. However, Guan Huiyuan inquired about Yang Zongfu's appearance, figure, and personality, and found that his memories matched those of Qu Bo, Sun Dade, Wei Chengyou, and other veterans.
Guan Huiyuan also asked Yang Zonggui whether he had ever been married and what his daughter-in-law's name was, and Yang Zongfu replied that he was married, and his daughter-in-law's name was Xu Wanliang, who died in the fall of 1952. In this way, Yang Zonggui and Yang Zirong are the same person, and the basic information of the hero's origin, life experience, and social relations has been clarified.
However, the investigation team has not been able to find Yang Zirong's life**. Until the spring of 1974, a ** was mailed to Guan Huiyuan. This is a picture of Yang Zirong wearing red and flowers at the celebration party provided by the head of the propaganda unit of the Political Department of the regiment when a painter created a portrait of the hero Yang Zirong.
I heard that Hailin County was soliciting Yang Zirong's ** from all sides, so the old painter sent ** to Guan Huiyuan with **letter. Guan Huiyuan was very excited, and immediately asked someone to enlarge the ** remake, and then made a special trip to Beijing to find Qu Bo and Jiang Guozheng and others to confirm.
Yang Zirong's comrades-in-arms exclaimed: "Where did you find it, this is Platoon Commander Yang!" * was sent to Xiahe Village, Muping County, and when the old man Yang Zongfu saw **, he was in tears, crying and speechless.
The old people in the village pointed to the ** in unison and said, "This is Zonggui!" So far, the work of finding the hero's origin has been carried out for 8 years, in which the "Cultural Revolution" and other difficulties have been experienced, and the hero's life history has finally been investigated clearly, and the hero's soul has been comforted.
The mystery of Yang Zirong's life experience has also been solved.