Fall the star!The founding major general died

According to surging news reports,

Founding Major General, former Beijing Military Region Engineering Army Political Commissar

General Yang Yongsong was not effective due to illness,

Died in Beijing at noon on September 1, 2022,

At the age of 103.

According to the statistics,

At present, in the "Faculty General" group,

Marshal, general, general, and general have all died,

The founding major generals who are still healthy

The oldest is 109 years old.

General Yang Yongsong was taken at the age of 101 (source: CCTV military)

Born in poor, participated in the revolution at the age of 10

According to the information of the Party History Research Office of the Meizhou Municipal Party Committee, in July 1919, Yang Yongsong was born in a poor family in Hounan Village, Baihou Town, Dapu County, Meizhou City. When Yang Yongsong was 5 years old, his father died of illness, and his mother took four children. He was the fourth son in the family.

Later, Yang Yongsong's second brother Yang Hesong joined the Communist Party in Singapore and returned to his hometown to actively organize revolutionary activities. Yang Yongsong was influenced by his brother and environmental influence, and joined the boy group at the school.

At the end of April 1930, Yang Yongsong joined the Chinese Communist Youth League and officially started revolutionary work at the age of 10.

Later, Yang Yongsong participated in the Red Army and was assigned to work in diligence and documents in the Political Department of the Red Twelve Army. Later, he was included in the 101th Regiment of the Red Army. In September of the year, the fifth anti -"encirclement" of more than a year.

After experiencing the Long March, the South Expedition and North War

In October 1934, Yang Yongsong embarked on the Long March with his troops. On the sixth day when he entered the grass, Yang Yongsong's feet soaked in rain for a long time, and his legs were swollen and could not get up. He did not give up, and encouraged himself to "can't fall like this, you must go out."

In October 1935, Yang Yongsong followed the revolutionary team and walked for a year. Yang Yongsong followed the troops to pass the 11 provinces, gathered in dangerous mountains and evil water, defeated the enemy's chase, and walked to Wuqi Town, Gansu District, Shaanxi.

On July 7, 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out and the Red Army was adapted into the Eighth Route Army. On August 23, the 685 regiment of the technical secretary of Yang Yongsong served as the leading force of the Ministry of Political Training Office, as the leading troops to the Shanxi Anti -Anti -AD line, participated in the Pingxing Guan battle, and achieved the first great victory of the Chinese army since the start of the National Anti -Japanese War. The battle was extremely fierce. Yang Yongsong's 685 regiments were injured more than 800 people, and the whole regiment had only returned more than 900 people.

Since then, Yang Yongsong followed the army to defend Xinkou, moved to Jinxi, advanced to Shandong, and took a bloody Lunan. On April 23, 1945, Yang Yongsong attended the party's "Seven Congress" as the alternate representative of the CPC's seventh National Congress. In March 1949, Yang Yongsong was assigned to the Fourth Field Army Charlelvantian as a political commissar.

The founding major general, only 4 left

At the founding ceremony on October 1, 1949, Yang Yongsong's chariots participated in the review. The tank formation slowly passed Tiananmen Square in a neat formation and accepted the review by Chairman Mao and other party leaders.

In January 1953, Yang Yongsong was transferred to the director of the Political Department of the Armored Army of the North China Military Region. In 1954, the North China Military Region Armored Command was renamed the Beijing Military Region Armored Command.

In 1955, Yang Yongsong was awarded the rank of major general. Yang Yongsong was awarded the Bayi Medal of the Third Level, the second independent freedom medal, and the second -level liberation medal.

In August 1957, after graduating from the Political College of the PLA, Yang Yongsong was assigned to the Beijing Military Region Engineering Army as the Deputy Political Commissar. In September 1959, he participated in the amateur choir organized by the General Political Department. In 1968, he served as the political commissar of the Beijing Military Region.

In 1978, Yang Yongsong served as a consultant to the Beijing Military Region. In 1981, he retired according to the Vice Army Corps level, and won the honorary chapter of the First Class Red Star Medal in 1988.

On April 1 this year, Comrade Zou Yan, the founding major general and former deputy political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region, died of illness at the age of 107.

After General Yang Yongsong's death, all the founding major generals in 1955 have died.

At present, there are only 4 people in the founding generals. They are Zhang Lixiong, the former political commissar of the Jiangxi Provincial Military Region in 1961, Wang Fuzhi, former deputy commander of the Urumqi Military Region in 1964, the former Minister of the Artillery Department of the Ministry of General Staff, and the former Academy of Military Medical Sciences Dean Tu Tongjin.

The average of the four major generals who are still healthy are over 100 years old. The oldest is Zhang Lixiong, who was born in 1913. He is 109 years old. The youngest is Wang Fuzhi, who was born in 1923.

Source: Polar News, Surging News

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