He Yanbing's Personal Experience

Nicknamed "He Xiaolong", he lost his right arm in the war and was called the one-armed general. He made great contributions to the liberation of China people and was awarded the rank of general.

He was born in Jiawan Village, Pingjiang, Yimu City. 9-year-old mother, 1 1 year-old cattle. He learned many skills such as quilting, killing pigs, and striking while the iron is hot. /kloc-in the spring of 0/929, He Long led the Red Army to join the Red Army in Yidu and Songzi. Because of its firm revolutionary will and heroic and tenacious fighting, he joined the China Production Party in the same year and was promoted to cavalry company commander and political instructor.

During the fourth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression", hundreds of thousands of enemies were pressed in the Soviet area in western Hunan and Hubei, and our main force turned to exterior lines. One day, the enemy attacked the central branch of western Hunan and Hubei, and He Long ordered the students to fight. He Yanbing, who was trained in the military academy at that time, picked up a big sword, entered the enemy group, cut down several enemies in succession, and seized the gun to kill them. This caused a sensation in the military academy, and he was rewarded in Yan Bing. 1935 Spring, Houping Battle, attack force was restrained by the enemy's heavy artillery fire, and neither assault group attacked. He Long urgently ordered "He Yanbing to go up". After being shot, He Yanbing still succeeded in his solo assault, and was known as a "lonely hero". 1935 65438+In February, the division commander He led the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps on the Long March, and his right arm was blown off after the sixth injury. There were no surgical instruments and anesthetic at that time, so the doctor sawed off his right arm with a woodworking saw. He Long was heartbroken and said, "This is the bone of the party's good son."

During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he was the head of the 7th16th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. The World War I of Yanmenguan wiped out more than 500 Japanese invaders, broke the myth of "invincible Japan" and was commended by the National Government. In the battlefield behind enemy lines, He successively served as the detachment leader of the third detachment of the Eighth Route Army 120 Division and the deputy brigade commander of the 358 Brigade. He went to Yan 'an Military Academy to study, then entered the Central Party School, participated in the Yan 'an Rectification Movement, and was elected as the representative of the "Seventh National Congress". During the meeting of the Seventh National Congress, he gave Mao Zedong a military salute with his left hand. Mao Zedong held his left hand with his right hand and said kindly, Comrade He Yanbing, you are a one-armed general! You don't need this gift from now on. How many one-armed generals have China had since ancient times? There was no such thing before. Only our Red Army can cultivate such a unique talent! Later, He Yanbing led the 358 Brigade south to open up a new area and became the commander of Jianghan Military Region.

During the War of Liberation, He Yanbing fought in the northwest battlefield, and successively served as the deputy commander of the Jinbei Field Army, the deputy commander of the Jinsui Third Column and the brigade commander of the Fifth Brigade, the commander of the first column of the Northwest Field Army and the commander of the First Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and participated in important battles such as defending Yan 'an. Especially in the battle of Yiwa, when our army turned to a strategic counterattack, He Yanbing took the overall situation and commanded correctly, creating the famous "hard-core six companies" of the whole army. On the journey into the whole country, He Yanbing led an invincible army, liberated Qinghai and became the commander of Qinghai Military Region.

After the national liberation, He successively served as deputy commander of Southwest Military Region and commander of Sichuan Military Region, member of the Standing Committee of Sichuan Provincial Committee, director of Sichuan Provincial Sports Committee, secretary of Chengdu Military Commission and commander of Chengdu Military Division. /kloc-0 was awarded the rank of general (the only quasi-corps-level general) in September, 1955, and won the first-class "August 1st" medal, the first-class "independence and freedom" medal and the first-class liberation medal. 1956 was elected as the representative of the Eighth National Congress of communist party, China in September, and 1959 was elected as the third member of the Standing Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in April. Unfortunately, he died in Chengdu on July 1960 at the age of 47.