A difficult long March
19 18, You Taizhong, from Guangshan, Henan. When he was young, because his family was poor and he had no money to study, sensible You Taizhong didn't expect much. On the contrary, he gave some food to wealthy families to reduce the burden of life at home.
Seeing that his peers who had waited enough entered the school, he could only suppress his envy. However, there is a meadow in front of the village private school. You Taizhong often goes there to herd cattle, sits on the back of the cattle, and listens to the sound of reading coming from the private school. He can recite Saint Amethyst slowly.
193 1 year, You Taizhong was only 13 years old when he joined the Red Army. He is not as tall as a gun. At the beginning of his enlistment, he worked as an orderly and trumpeter in the company. Over the past few years, You Taizhong, honed by the war, is not only tall and burly, with a big nose and wide ears, but also has accumulated a lot of combat experience. He was already the platoon leader of the Red Army during the Long March.
The Red Fourth Front Army crossed the grassland three times, and it was difficult to March. Half the soldiers in his platoon died on the way to the Long March, and once You Taizhong was so ill that he almost died on the grass.
At that time, several soldiers were carrying the seriously ill You Taizhong to the roadside. When Zhan, the political commissar of the Red 3 1 Army passing by, saw it, he asked why and said, "This big man must be a good machine gunner. Tie him a ponytail! " At that time, it was a privilege to drag a horse's tail. That's why Chen Taizhong dragged the ponytail out of the grass. If there were no political commissar Zhan, he might have died on the grass.
Grant the rank of major general
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, You Taizhong was appointed as the deputy brigade commander of 17 brigade in the sixth longitudinal zone of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and later promoted to 16 brigade commander. Participated in the Party, Pinghan, Lanfeng, Dingtao and other battles, 1947 followed the Liu Deng army into Dabie Mountain, and led his troops to participate in the battles of Xiangfan and Huaihai. At this point, You Taizhong is the 34th division commander of the Second Field Army.
You Taizhong has been an officer for half his life. He has suffered many battles, been wounded many times and passed by death several times. He, a red boy who didn't go to school, can stand out from the revolutionary army and become a senior general of commanders and fighters. There may be some luck, but it is still because of his extraordinary courage and unforgettable memory.
During the war years, You Taizhong never took notes every time he attended a military meeting, but he could accurately record what his superiors conveyed. Once he came back from a meeting, he gave a clear account of the time, route and place of departure and the time and place of arrival. Just after that, a written order from his superior came, and the regiment leader looked at the battle. They are all consistent, without any mistakes, and they all admire Mr. You's extraordinary mind.
After the founding of New China, You Taizhong, who returned from the Korean battlefield, was promoted to the rank of commander of the 27th Army and was awarded the rank of Major General on 1955.
General's in-laws
At the conferring ceremony of 1988, among the 17 generals awarded, there were two founding generals, You Taizhong and Li Desheng.
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, both of them took part in the Battle of Shangganling. After returning home, they went to the PLA Higher Military Academy for further study. After graduation, they were promoted to the rank of commander together. Both of them served as commanders of two major military regions, but relatively speaking, Li Desheng's achievements were higher. He served as the vice-chairman with the highest rank.
Similar experiences deepened their friendship, and later they became children's in-laws. General You Taizhong's daughter You Jing married General Li's eldest son Li Heping. Li Heping, who participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in his early years, was a professional soldier and contributed to the border security of the motherland.
General You Taizhong's son-in-law is the deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army, and his son's achievements are also very high. The second son, You Haitao, graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in his early years and served as the deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region and the Army. He is a lieutenant general.