Tong Yansheng

Tong Yansheng

Tong Yansheng (1911-may 2, 1985), male, Han nationality, from Anfu county, Jiangxi Province, joined the Red Army of workers and peasants in 1930 and the Communist Party of China in 1933. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and was a member of the third, fourth and fifth national committees of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. On May 2, 1985, Tong Yansheng died in Nanjing at the age of 73.

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Tong Yansheng joined the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army in 1930 and the Communist Party of China in 1933. He once served as the guerrilla leader of the Hunan Jiangxi military region and participated in the anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign in the Central Soviet region and the three-year guerrilla war in the Hunan Jiangxi border region. Later, he served as company commander, battalion instructor and director of Political Department of regiment of the first detachment of the New Fourth Army, political commissar of regiment of Central Jiangsu military region, director of Political Department of brigade of central China military region, deputy commander of Central Jiangsu military region and commander of Northern Jiangsu military region. He took part in the battles of Weigang and Huangqiao. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he successively served as chief of staff of the northern Jiangsu military region, chief of staff and deputy commander of the Jiangsu military region, and was a member of the third to Fifth National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955. He was awarded the three level 81 medal, the two level independent freedom medal and the one level Liberation Medal. Among the founding generals of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, there were 13 generals with one arm, one leg and one foot. Among them, general Tong Yansheng, former deputy commander of Jiangsu military region, was seriously disabled, with one arm and a limp. Former deputy commander of Jiangsu military region.
Tong Yansheng was born in Anfu county, Jiangxi Province in 1911. He took part in the revolution in the Soviet Area of Jiangxi Province in 1929. The next year, he transferred to the Red Army of workers and peasants of China and joined the Communist Party of China in 1933. During the second Civil Revolutionary War, he took part in one to five anti encirclement and suppression struggles in the Central Soviet Area, and successively served as the political instructor of the company of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army and the team leader of the advancing regiment. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he joined the advance detachment of the New Fourth Army and marched into the enemy's rear of Southern Jiangsu. He successively held the posts of battalion instructor, director of the Political Department of the regiment, political commissar of the regiment and director of the Political Department of the brigade. In the battle of Huangqiao, he took the lead and led his troops to fight with the enemy. during the war of liberation, he successively served as the commander of Taizhou military division of Northern Jiangsu military region and the commander of the first river crossing command of Central Jiangsu military region. He took part in the seven battles and seven victories between the Soviet Union and central China, crossing the Yangtze River and other famous campaigns and battles.
After the national liberation, Tong Yansheng served successively as the chief of staff of the northern Jiangsu military region, the chief of staff and deputy commander of the Jiangsu military region, and was successively elected as a member of the third, fourth and Fifth National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference.
Comrade Tong Yansheng's life is a life of revolution, a life of fighting and a life of serving the people wholeheartedly. He really devoted himself to the revolution and died.
Comrade Tong Yansheng died in Nanjing on May 2, 1985.

Life experience

Tong Yansheng is from Anfu, Jiangxi Province. He joined the Red Army of workers and peasants in 1930. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1933. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, in 1932, he served as the monitor of the Red Army in the Hunan Jiangxi border region, the platoon leader of the third independent regiment of the Red Army, the sub captain of the advancing brigade behind the enemy line in the Hunan Jiangxi military region, and the leader of the Chaling Youxian Lianhua guerrilla group. In a battle, the whole class was surrounded by the White army. When Tong Yansheng led the whole class out of the enclosure, a chemical shell exploded beside him, injuring his left leg. At that time, the environment was harsh, there was no medicine, and it was impossible to wash the wound with salt water. Soon, half a foot of rotten meat appeared on both sides of the wound. In the absence of anesthetics, he endured great pain, cut off the rotten meat, applied herbs, and the wound gradually healed. Soon after, in another battle, he suffered another injury to his left knee to cover the retreat of the battalion commander. Later, he took part in the anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign in the Central Soviet Area and the three-year guerrilla war in the Hunan Jiangxi border region. during the Anti Japanese War, he served as the commander of the second regiment of the first detachment of the New Fourth Army, the political instructor of the company, the political instructor of the battalion, and the director of the Political Department of the regiment; the director of the Political Department of the fourth regiment of the second brigade of the second division; the political commissar of the Third Secret Service Regiment of the Central Military Region of the Soviet Union; and the director of the Political Department of the first brigade. In 1944, when he was a political commissar of the regiment in the Central Military Area of the Soviet Union, a battle ended and a large number of local hand grenades were captured. At that time, no one would use such local hand grenades. Tong Yansheng tried to throw a grenade. Unexpectedly, the grenade exploded in his hand, and five fingers of his right hand were blown off. He had an amputation from his wrist. Because he was eager to kill the enemy, he returned to the army before the wound healed. As a result, the wound could not heal, so he had to do a second amputation. When the wound did not heal, he went to the front line again. As a result, the wound could not heal, so he had to do a second amputation. during the war of liberation, he served as the director and deputy commander of the Political Department of the first military division of the central Jiangsu military region, and the commander of Taizhou military division of the northern Jiangsu military region. after the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as chief of staff of the northern Jiangsu military region, chief of staff of the Jiangsu military region, and deputy commander of the Jiangsu military region. He is a member of the third, fourth and fifth national committees of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. In 1960, he led a delegation of Jiangsu Province to attend the national militia Congress and was cordially received by Chairman Mao, vice chairman Zhu De and other party and state leaders. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955. He was awarded the three-level 81 medal, the two-level independent freedom medal and the one-level Liberation Medal. He died of illness in Nanjing on May 2, 1985 at the age of 73.

War love

In the days when the south of the Yangtze River turned to war, Tong Yansheng also gained love. She is Xu Min, a female soldier of the New Fourth Army and an accountant of the supply department of the fourth regiment of the second brigade. Tong Yansheng's smart and capable figure constantly appears in front of Xu Min, the accountant of the 4th regiment of the 2nd brigade, and gradually sublimates his love for him from admiration to love. Tong Yansheng also loves this stubborn, lively and righteous girl, but the more he loves her, the less he wants to marry her. For fear that the beloved will suffer mental pain due to his own blood, disability or even sacrifice in the war. Brigade commander Wang Bicheng and political commissar Liu Peishan saw their love and felt that they were a very suitable couple. They acted as the old man under the moon and contributed to the happy marriage. At the wedding ceremony, Tong Yansheng wrote a two finger wide note in the name of him and her. The two sides signed the note, pressed their fingerprints, and handed it to Liu Peishan under the moon. It was the marriage registration. The comrades in arms said wittily: "the marriage of Tong Yansheng and Xu Min is really romantic. You don't need to put on firecrackers in red or green, just the sound of guns, guns and grenades."

Character evaluation

From the war of resistance against Japan to the war of liberation, Tong Yansheng always insisted on commanding the battle at the forefront. He successively served as the deputy commander of the first military division in the Central Soviet Area and the commander of the Taizhou military division. He took part in the famous Seven battles and seven victories in the Central Soviet Area and served as the commander of the first river crossing command in the battle of crossing the Yangtze River. After the founding of new China, Tong Yansheng successively served as the chief of staff of the northern Jiangsu military region, the chief of staff of the Jiangsu military region, and the deputy commander of the Jiangsu military region. In 1955, Tong Yansheng was awarded the rank of major general. Tong Yansheng made great contributions to the people's armed forces construction and coastal defense construction in Jiangsu Province.

Character

In the summer of 1980, Tong Yansheng, then deputy commander of Jiangsu military region, went to Shanghai for medical treatment and stayed in Yan'an Hotel. While the waiter was delivering the food, Tong Yansheng got up and tore a big hole in his old shirt, which had been sewn and mended. The two young people sitting next to him heard the sound of their clothes tearing. They immediately cast a surprised look and said with a smile, "chief, your shirt should have been sent to the museum long ago." Tong Yansheng said with a smile: "we old guys are poor. During the Red Army period, I still wore the women's clothes captured from the local tyrant's house." "It's all in the 1980s. What are you doing with those rotten seeds?" Tong Yansheng seriously said: "the times are developing, and I don't agree with being so poor all the time. Especially, you young people eat better and dress better. I have no opinion. The problem is that you should never forget to work hard." Tong Yansheng's torn shirt spread like wildfire in Shanghai and soon spread to the compound of Jiangsu military region. People say everything, some say he is "stingy", some say he is "conservative", but the majority of people in the know praise him for being strict with themselves, generous, helpful and plain living. Tong Yansheng, a director of the provincial military command, said that in order to reduce the burden of the country in three years of natural disasters, he first returned the cooks he organized and cared for, and actively responded to the call of his superiors to build a nest in front of and behind his house to raise chickens, ducks, rabbits and other poultry and livestock. When these little lives grew up, he was reluctant to eat them by himself. Instead, he let civil servants chop them into pieces and give them to his neighbors and needy families. A director of the headquarters said, "at that time, there were many children in my family and life was difficult. As long as commander Tong started to make tofu, I would have a share. Whenever I ate tofu made by one armed man, my heart was warm." There is an old vegetable farmer nearby. He is still a bachelor in his sixties. He usually has no strength to work without alcohol and tobacco. But it is difficult for everyone to divide alcohol and tobacco according to their heads that month. Tong Yansheng gave up smoking and drinking in order to let the old vegetable farmer grow more vegetables and grow good ones, and gave his share to the old vegetable farmer.