Chapter 181 7. The commander in the eyes of the guards

Yang Jingyu's life was a life of fighting for the liberation of the Chinese nation, especially after he arrived in the Northeast, he made outstanding contributions to the development of the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Movement in the Northeast and to the growth of the First Army and the First Route Army of the Anti-Union Alliance. For the anti-Japanese heroes of the Chinese nation. The "Three Provinces Joint Crusade" launched by the Japanese army in the autumn of 1939 quickly put the 1st Army of the Anti-Japanese Army led by Yang Jingyu into a predicament of running out of ammunition and food.In the predicament, Yang Jingyu's great personality has been vividly expressed.

Wang Weisheng (Yang Jingyu's guard at the time, who served as the deputy manager of the Harbin Timber Company after liberation) recalled: "Yang Jingyu led the Anti-Union fighters to contain 10,000 to 20,000 Japanese troops in the river area. At that time, enemy planes rubbed against the treetops every day for reconnaissance and bombing, and spread leaflets to lure them to surrender. They fought against the enemy almost every day. At that time, the life of the Anti-Union was extremely difficult. I went to Comrade Xu Zhe (who was the chief of the military medical department of the 1st Route Army Headquarters at the time, and later became a general of the Korean People’s Army) to suggest that, with so many enemies and such tight encirclement and suppression, should he be the captain of the guerrilla army (Yang once served as the captain of the guerrilla army, (That’s what the comrades called him at the time) selected more than 20 comrades to leave here temporarily and hide. After Xu Zhe forwarded my words to Commander Yang, Commander Yang finally asked Commander Yang to criticize me. Commander Yang said: "Call I leave here, this is shaken; can I walk here at this time? To leave here is to flee. We will fight together.'”

Huang Shengfa (Yang Jingyu's guard, who served as the deputy director of the Second Light Bureau of Jilin Province after liberation) recalled: "General Yang Jingyu has never been special in his life. He lived a poor life just like the soldiers. At that time, because the enemy was following closely and the blockade was strict, Comrade Yang Jingyu often marched and fought hungry. There was no food to eat, and he Like soldiers, they eat bark and grass roots. One day, Comrade Yang Jingyu said to several soldiers around him: "Today we will improve our lives. You go and lead some horses. Be careful, there are branded letters on the buttocks of the horses. This is The enemy's horses must never lead the common people's horses. The soldiers took a few horses with letters that night, killed and ate the horse meat. Because of eating horse meat for a long time, many soldiers had diarrhea, and Comrade Yang Jingyu also had a high fever Comrade Gong, the elder of affairs, cleaned the bag, baked two small cakes, and asked me to send them. Comrade Yang Jingyu asked: "Where did this come from?" I saw that I couldn't hide it, so I told the truth. Yang Jingyu Ask again: Do all the soldiers have them? I said: "There are only a few noodles left, take care of your body." Comrade Yang Jingyu pondered for a moment, and said earnestly: "Comrade, in difficult times, the most important thing is to Thinking of everyone, take good care of comrades, they marched and fought, bleeding and wounded, it was too hard. I can’t eat the same food as them.’ After finishing speaking, let me give the cakes to the wounded, wounded, look at me, let me see You, no one would eat it. In the end, Comrade Yang Jingyu cut the cake into strips with a knife, put it in a pot and boiled it, so that all comrades could eat some."