Speaking of the general Chen Xilian, I believe that everyone is no stranger, born in Hubei, Chen Xilian joined the Communist Party of China in 1930, when he was only 15 years old. It is difficult to imagine that a 15-year-old Hubei baby who has not yet grown into an adult will become a generation of famous players in the future. In Chen Xilian's military career, it can be said that it is also his growth process, he joined the army at the age of 14, participated in a large-scale war for the first time at the age of 15, and war after war made him constantly forged and sharpened.
Chen Xilian showed good courage and fighting talent in the first battle. 15 years old is still a young age, the first time on the battlefield, Chen Xilian naturally can not help but nervous and nervous, under the encouragement of the squad leader, the thin, slightly immature Chen Xilian holding a large saber, the mouth shouted "Rush! Come on! As the team rushed to the enemy position, they won the first victory in their military career.
Heroic and fearless "small steel cannon"
This victory also brought great encouragement to Chen Xilian's military career, in the following battles, the 15-year-old Chen Xilian always took the lead and rushed to the front of the troops, Chen Xilian even captured a clerk of the enemy army, and captured a Parker pen from this clerk, which was also very powerful at that time.
The brave and enthusiastic Chen Xilian soon became famous in the army, and Chen Xilian's battalion commander would always praise this little Red Army soldier when summing up the war; Chen Xilian was famous in the army for "small people with great ambitions, fighting bravely and good at war." Therefore, Chen Xilian's nickname in the army was called "Small Steel Cannon."
Although this nickname sounds slightly funny, it should be known that at that time, the small steel cannon was quite a powerful combat weapon, and because of this, these three words later became Chen Xilian's nickname. With a passion for blood, chen Xilian has experienced many 2 battles that are extremely important for the establishment of new China since he joined the Communist Party, which has also allowed him to step by step from a hairy soldier to a squad leader and even a commander.
In the days when Chen Xilian was a soldier, there were also many interesting things, such as because Chen Xilian grew up poor, so he did not recognize gold, for him did not know how valuable the copper block was, and because of this, he has always made gold bricks as a cushion foot object, and even threw it into the pit, which has also become an interesting thing in his military career, but although his family is poor and has no culture, Chen Xilian is indeed famous for his love of learning.
Even in the days of artillery fire, Chen Xilian did not forget to seize a moment to consult the comrades around him, at that time, because the conditions did not allow, he could only take sticks and stones and other things on the ground to practice writing through the mound, so he learned to read and read the newspaper independently step by step, and after that, General Chen was even more inseparable from his pen and ink, taking his own words, hoping to be able to record the experience of experience at any time and place, and to be able to record the major events that occurred at home and abroad and the experience of one battle after another.
Informal "Shenwei General"
However, the achievements of any successful general are inseparable from those around him, and the same is true of Chen Xilian, because he once followed Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng and many other outstanding military leaders, and he also learned the advantages of these generals. Therefore, even Yan Xishan once commented: Chen Xilian is really not moving, and I dare not have a hard confrontation with him.
There are not a few people who had similar revolutionary experiences with Chen Xilian during the war period, Yang Yong is one of them, he also experienced the revolutionary war to the War of Resistance Against Japan, all the way to the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and he almost ate a lot of guns after years of hard work on the battlefield.
Yang Yong suffered 5 injuries and was shot 4 times in his life, but this became a medal on his body, and because of this, Yang Yong was also called "General Shenwei".
Looking back on Yang Yong's revolutionary career, he had two extremely important escort tasks, one of which was that during the Red Army period, he defended the personnel of the central organs through the Long March. The second was that during the Liberation War, he escorted Liu Bocheng zhang Jichun and the leading organ of the Central Bureau to cross the Huai River. Such an important task assigned to Yang Yong is enough to confirm his strength and credibility.
After the founding of New China, Chen Xilian was appointed by the state as the commander of the Shenyang Military Region, and Yang Yong was also assigned to the Shenyang Military Region as deputy commander after officially resuming his work in 1972.
The old comrades-in-arms once again walked side by side
Originally, Yang Yong and Chen Xilian were close old comrades-in-arms, when Chen Xilian got the news that Yang Yong was also going to Shenyang to work happily, he had to go to the airport to personally meet his old friends, after all, after many years, they could be together again, which was very rare for the old comrades-in-arms.
In fact, with Yang Yong's seniority and achievements, he should not have sat in the position of deputy commander, but because the position of the main position in the military was relatively scarce at that time, he was wronged, and it was precisely because of this that when Yang Yong first arrived at the post, Chen Xilian was like a subordinate who ordered that in the future, general Yang Yong should be asked for instructions on military decisions, and he must not be regarded as a deputy commander. This also shows Chen Xilian's affirmation and trust in his former old comrades-in-arms.
And Yang Yong did not live up to the expectations of the Party Central Committee and Chen Xilian, and it did not take long for him to adapt to the new working environment and be able to devote himself wholeheartedly to the intense work. Whether it is going down the big pit or climbing a mountain or crossing the grassland, Yang Yong always rushes to the front, even if he is sick, he does not cry bitterness.
In this way, Yang Yong served as a deputy in the Shenyang Military Region for a while, until he was transferred to Xinjiang as a commander, and only then did he truly resume political work.
After arriving in Xinjiang, Yang Yong still maintained the spirit of conscientious work, adhering to the belief and mission of escorting the motherland, and although he had been reinstated at that time, he still appeared in various workplaces by himself, without a bit of commander's shelf. However, in the days after he was transferred to Xinjiang, Yang Yong also missed Chen Xilian very much, but unfortunately, at that time, one of them had not had the opportunity to meet in Xinjiang and the other in Beijing.
Until 1975, when it was the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, the central government decided to hold a founding ceremony in Xinjiang, when Chen Xilian was the head of the central delegation, so Yang Yong also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to have a good exchange with this old friend, when Yang Yong informed his wife of his idea of looking for Chen Xilian, his wife immediately reminded: Don't say I didn't tell you, now Lao Chen's status is different from before. You must pay attention to proportions when talking to him, and don't joke with him casually.
The reason why Lady Yang advised her husband in this way was because she knew that the perennial military life had long allowed Yang Yong to develop an informal personality, and because he and Chen Xilian were old comrades-in-arms for many years, it was easy to lose their measure when talking.
But hearing these Yang Yong also laughed and said: Old Chen is our own comrade, we must be frank and frank to him, it is because he is now different in identity, we must strengthen communication, and Old Chen will not pay attention to those.
In fact, it is true that Yang Yong's informal personality is straightforward and frank in Chen Xilian's view, they have always respected each other as old comrades-in-arms and old friends, whether in the revolutionary period before the founding of the Country or in the days after the founding of the Country, Chen Xilian and Yang Yong have made great contributions to the motherland, and their friendship is also a legend in the revolutionary years.