retired from military leadership, Xiao Yongyin spent his later years writing memoirs and occasionally giving interviews to military reporters and writers.
Xiao Yongyin has mentioned it many times:
In my life, I have mainly followed two marshals and a general. Learn from Marshal Xu Xiangqian to fight bravely, and learn the tactics of war from Marshal Liu Bocheng. With General Xu Shiyou, he saved my life...
These three people, even Xiao Yongyin, did not forget before his death...
Xu Shiyou's life-saving grace.
Xiao Yongyin is from Huang'an, Hubei. At the age of 13, he joined the Red Fourth Front Army and was the commander of the 11th Division and 33rd Regiment. The head of the group is Zhang Jihou.
When the Red Fourth Army marched through Sichuan, it was besieged by Liu Xiang's heavy troops. Xiao Yongyin volunteered to fight and led two companies to attack the enemy with valiant force, causing the enemy to collapse.
During the battle, a bullet hit Xiao Yongyin's front and back chest, and the wound was simply bandaged.
The troops are to be transferred. According to the regulations of the troops, those who are seriously injured must stay. However, Zhang Jihou was really reluctant to let Xiao Yongyin stay.
Xu Shiyou, the commander of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army, saw this and said to Zhang Jihou:
Just carry it away if you can't bear it.
That's it, on the way of the Long March, Xiao Yongyin was carried away while he healed his wounds.
Crossing the grass, Xiao Yongyin served as a guard platoon leader in the 30th Army. The commander is Cheng Shicai, and the political commissar is Li Xiannian. After the
Shiwo meeting, Xiao Yongyin left Xu Xiangqian.
In November 1936, the Central Military Commission ordered Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao to lead more than 20,000 soldiers of the Red Fourth Front Army to cross the Yellow River to form the West Route Army. Based on Hexi, China, they opened up the channel from Xinjiang to the Soviet Union.
Because of being entrenched here, Ma Bufang's department blocked the West Route Army in the Hexi Corridor with an absolute advantage, and it was a dilemma.
In Shiwo, the West Route Army held the last meeting:
Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao returned to , northern Shaanxi reported to the central government, and others broke through.
While acting separately, Xu Xiangqian said to Li Xiannian: Give me your platoon leader.
That's it, Xiao Yongyin led a platoon of guards to escort Xu Xiangqian back to northern Shaanxi.
Later, Xu Xiangqian worried that there were too many people and big goals, and thought it would be better to go separately.
So, Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao walked together. Xiao Yongyin walked with the guard platoon and Chen Mingyi, the staff officer of the Fourth Red Army Headquarters.
Beginning in March 1937, they climbed the Qilian Mountains and crossed the Gobi Desert. After walking for more than 4 months and traveling more than 2,000 miles, they finally reached the Western Aid Headquarters.
Seeing Liu Bocheng, Xiao Yongyin has not yet taken out the letter that Xu Xiangqian wrote to the Party Central Committee, and tears kept flowing...
Follow Liu Bocheng to fight.
That's it, Xiao Yongyin started fighting with Liu Bocheng's Central Plains field army.
In the Hundred Regiments Battle, Xiao Yongyin, under the command of Liu Bocheng, successfully rescued Luo Ruiqing, director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, who was surrounded by the Japanese.
During the War of Liberation, among the Central Plains Field Army led by Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, the best at fighting tough battles was 6 verticals, and the commander was the madman Wang - Wang Jinshan.
And Xiao Yongyin is the youngest brigade commander of the 6 vertical 18 brigade.
Following Liu Bocheng to fight everywhere, Xiao Yongyin learned tactics and won many great victories.
is like North Henan campaign, Dingtao campaign, Xiangfan campaign, crossing the river ...
In 1970, Liu Bocheng lived in No. 5 Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, no other people, only Xiao Yongyin accompanied. It was not until the "September 13 Incident" that Liu Bocheng returned to Beijing.
And after Xu Shiyou was entangled by those "little ghosts" in 1967, it was You Taizhong who took him to Wuxi to protect him, and Xiao Yongyin to accompany him... A general for his kindness and help.
