* * There is * *, and there is a founding general named Yan Hongyan. Yan Hongyan (1909-1967) is a native of wayaobao county, anding county, Shaanxi province. 1927 joined China. During his revolutionary career, he served as traffic policeman and squad leader of the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrillas of the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army, political instructor of the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrillas of the Red Army, member of the Shaanxi Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, political commissar of the fourth guerrilla column, director of the Political Department of the Red Third Regiment, secretary of the Party branch, political commissar of the 2nd Regiment of a Red Army, director of the Political Department of the Shaanxi-Gansu Independent Division of the Red Army, director of the United Front Work Department of the Red 65438 Political Department+director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army 129 Division Director of the Political Department of the Sixth Army Division of the Taihang Military Region, deputy commander of the Taiyue Military Region, political commissar of the fourth column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, political commissar of the Xie Chen regiment and commander of the 58th Army of the Fourth Field Army, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee and deputy governor. Participated in Wenjiacheng Campaign, Pingjiang Uprising Campaign, Changsha Campaign, Ji 'an Campaign, Huashan Campaign, Shajiadian Campaign, Yangmahe Campaign, Panlong Campaign, Southwest Shandong Campaign, Dabie Mountain Campaign, Huaihai Campaign, Crossing the River Campaign, Southwest Campaign, etc. After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), Yan Hongyan served as deputy political commissar of the Southwest Military Region and commander and political commissar of the Kunming Military Region, making contributions to the revolutionization, modernization and regularization of the army. 1955 was awarded the rank of general.