In Chairman Mao’s view, we must be serious and responsible in doing security work, carefully check, and do not open the back door at will. On September 9, 1927, Chairman Mao led the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the Hunan-Jiangxi border.

Photography of Yang Meisheng and Chairman Mao and others

Preface

In Chairman Mao’s view, you must be serious and responsible in the security work, carefully check, and you cannot open the back door at will. Only in this way can we do the tasks assigned to him by the Party well.

On September 9, 1927, Chairman Mao led the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the Hunan-Jiangxi border. After the uprising was setback, Chairman Mao immediately decided to concentrate his troops in Wenjia City. Subsequently, the Front Enemy Committee decided to hold a meeting in Wenjia City on the evening of September 19 to resolve the direction of the troops' march.

That night, Chairman Mao came to the Wenjia Market venue and was about to walk into the venue, but was stopped by a comrade. This comrade is called Yang Meisheng, who is responsible for the duty work of this meeting...

Chairman Mao: You are not wrong, we should thank you

The reason why Yang Meisheng stopped Chairman Mao was because he had never met Chairman Mao before. After asking about the situation, Yang Meisheng asked Chairman Mao to wait outside, walked in alone, and said to battalion commander Chen Hao : "There is a Mao surnamed at the door looking for you!"

Chairman Mao's old photo

After listening to Yang Meisheng's words, Chen Hao quickly walked out of the venue, pointed to Chairman Mao standing outside, and said to Yang Meisheng: "This is the Mao member sent by the central government."

After confirming Chairman Mao's identity, Yang Meisheng immediately saluted Chairman Mao and expressed his apology to Chairman Mao for his behavior. Waiting for Chairman Mao’s criticism of him.

What Yang Meisheng did not expect was that Chairman Mao not only did not criticize him, but instead praised Yang Meisheng, praised him for his seriousness and responsibility for his work, and said: "Comrade Yang Meisheng, you are not wrong, we should thank you!" After the meeting, Chairman Mao arranged Yang Meisheng to his side and served as his first guard. Later, under the protection of Yang Meisheng, Chairman Mao went to Jinggangshan and established Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base .

This year, Yangmei was 22 years old. In his later years, Yang Meisheng recalled: " Chairman Mao's praise for him affected his life. "

Yang Meisheng and Chairman Mao and others

1905 On January 13, 1905, Yang Meisheng was born in a small drug dealer family in Gantian Town, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province (now belonging to Zhuzhou City ). When he was young, with the support of his father, Yang Meisheng studied in a private school for two years.

Later, the family was really poor and there was no extra money to pay him tuition. Yang Meisheng had to drop out of school and go home to help his parents with some housework. Seeing that his son grew up day by day, it was not a solution to continue like this, he asked someone to find a job in the pharmacy and let him become a helper.

After working for a while, Yang Meisheng felt that it was really meaningless to put his whole life in a small medicine shop, so he thought about going outside to try it out.

In February 1927, Yang Meisheng came to Changsha alone, intending to find a job here and settle down first. However, at this time, under the rule of the Kuomintang reactionaries, imperialism monopolized the economy here, colluded with officials and businessmen, and they could not spit out bones. There were unemployed people everywhere. It can be said that it was a job, with hundreds of people queuing up.

Just like that, Yang Meisheng looked for a job every day, but there were no results every day. All the money I brought with me when I came was spent. Just when he was out of food and clothing, the Hunan Federation of Trade Unions and Trade Unions united all sectors of society to hold a 100,000 anti-British demonstration.

The vast parade infected the Yangmeisheng standing on the street, making him feel excited. Soon, Yang Meisheng also consciously joined the parade, holding his fists, shouting protest slogans, and walking through one street after another... After the march, the Hunan Provincial Federation of Trade Unions recommended Yang Meisheng to join the guard regiment of the Second Front Army of the Wuhan National Revolutionary Army to serve in the army, and gave him two silver dollars to travel expenses. Yang Meisheng was very happy about this and felt that he really lacked anything. It was nothing to go to Wuhan to see it.

So, Yang Meisheng, carrying the two silver dollars given to him by the Hunan Federation of Trade Unions, decided to go to Wuhan to try his luck.After arriving in Wuhan, Yang Meisheng found the guard regiment and found out that the leader of the regiment was Lu Deming, who was a Communist Party member, and this guard regiment was also a team under the control of the Communist Party.

Yang Meisheng and his comrades-in-arms

In the army,Yang Meisheng gradually felt that this unit was different from other troops, and was indescribable to be friendly, so he secretly glad that he found the right team.

When the troops arrived at Fengxin County , Lu Deming received news that the troops of the Nanchang Uprising had already gone south, and they could no longer catch up, so they changed their plans and came to Xiushui at the junction of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, and rested and stood for the time being.

In late August, the guard regiment and the workers and peasants armed forces in the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Border Region were reorganized into the 1st Division of the 1st Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army. Lu Deming was the commander-in-chief, and , Sadu was the division commander; Yang Meisheng served as a squad leader of the 1st Regiment.

On September 9, under the leadership of Chairman Mao, the Autumn Harvest Uprising broke out. On the 11th, the 1st regiment set out from Xiushui and Zhajin and advanced towards Changshou Street through Longmen.

When entering Jinping, the main force of the First Regiment was suddenly attacked by Qiu Guoxuan's regiment, the remnant of the Guizhou warlord Wang Tianpei, who was incorporated on the eve of the uprising. Subsequently, the 1st Regiment changed to Pingjiang and Liuyang , and prepared to move closer to the 3rd Regiment, which was commanded by Chairman Mao himself. Under Chairman Mao's command, the 3rd Regiment set out from the Tonggu, occupied Baisha, and then conquered Dongmen City.

On September 14, the 3rd Regiment was counterattacked by the Kuomintang army. After several hours of fierce fighting, Chairman Mao decided to lead the 3rd Regiment to Shangping.

The 2nd regiment, which started from Anyuan , also suffered setbacks when attacking Pingxiang . After occupying Liling , he was also attacked by the Kuomintang troops. Later, the 2nd Regiment occupied Liuyang County. In Liuyang, the 2nd Regiment was also raided by the Kuomintang army and suffered serious losses.

On September 17, in view of the actual situation of the individual delegations, Chairman Mao decided to order the delegations to concentrate in Wenjia City, southeast of Liuyang City, to hold a meeting to resolve the current dilemma.

Chairman Mao’s old photo

On September 19, all troops were ordered to come to Wenjia Market to gather one after another. On the same day, Chairman Mao decided to hold a meeting of the Front Committee in the evening to analyze the situation and discuss the troops' action policy. Before the meeting, Yang Meisheng was ordered to lead the entire class of soldiers to be responsible for the duty tasks of the meeting. It was this opportunity that allowed Yang Meisheng to be transferred to Chairman Mao and serve as Chairman Mao's first guard.

When Yang Meisheng reported to Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao happily held Yang Meisheng's hand and said, "Welcome! You are very principled and very good!"

On September 23, Lu Deming, the commander-in-chief of the uprising troops, unfortunately died in a fierce battle with the reactionary army in Luxi Town, Pingxiang, Jiangxi. After learning about Lu Deming's sacrifice, Yang Meisheng was very sad. He could not believe that the old team leader he respected would sacrifice such a good person.

Later, under the leadership of Chairman Mao, the troops participating in the Autumn Harvest Uprising were reorganized in the Sanwan area, reducing the 1st Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army into one regiment, with the number being the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the 1st Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.

Chairman Mao’s old photo

On October 27, Chairman Mao led his troops to Ciping, Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province, and launched the great struggle to create the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base.

On April 24, 1928, Zhu De led his troops to Jinggangshan to meet with the team led by Chairman Mao. After the meeting, the two troops were combined into the 4th Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, with Zhu De as the commander and Chairman Mao as the party representative. The original 1st Regiment was adapted into the 31st Regiment of the 4th Army, and Yang Meisheng was appointed as the squad leader of the 31st Regiment's guard squad.

8 In August, Yang Meisheng joined the Communist Party of China with the approval of the organization due to his outstanding performance.

Shortly after joining the party, Yang Meisheng caught up with the attack of a division of the Kuomintang army on the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base. Before the battle, Yang Meisheng was ordered to lead the guard squad to go to Huangyangjie with the 31st Regiment to repair the fortifications there and prepare to fight the attack of the Kuomintang army.

August 30, just as dawn, the Kuomintang army launched an attack in Huangyangjie. Under the order of the command of the 31st Regiment, Zhu Yunqing, the commander of the 31st Regiment, Yang Meisheng picked up the machine gun, stood up, fired fiercely at the enemy, and knocked down the enemy.

Yang Meisheng (third from the right in the back row) took a photo with Chairman Mao and others

In the battle,Yang Meisheng's right arm was hit by the enemy's bullet. In this case, Yang Meisheng endured the severe pain and shot at the enemy with his left hand. Finally, he fainted on the position due to excessive blood loss and was carried down by the soldiers.

1929, the troops suddenly encountered the Kuomintang army in Tingzhou . Chairman Mao, who had no time to transfer, was in a very dangerous situation. After learning that Chairman Mao was in danger, Yang Meisheng immediately brought a pistol squad, which attracted the enemy's attention and allowed Chairman Mao to move to a safe area. Not long after, Yang Meisheng was promoted to squadron leader for his merits.

In 1930, Yang Meisheng was appointed as the captain of the Red 12th Army's spy brigade and participated in the second battle to attack Changsha.

On December 30, Yang Meisheng, the commander of the 106th Regiment of the 36th Division of the Red 12th Army, was ordered to lead his troops to cooperate with the main force to fight, and with his brothers, wiped out two brigades of the Kuomintang army, achieving the first victory in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" of . During the battle, Yang Meisheng was injured in his left arm.

1931, Zhou Enlai came to work in the Central Soviet Area from Shanghai, and Yang Meisheng was ordered to go to the border of Fujian and Jiangxi to greet him. On the way, Yang Meisheng led a battalion of soldiers to encounter a security regiment of the Kuomintang army.

Zhou Enlai's old photo

In the battle, Yang Meisheng adopted the tactic of being mobile and flexible, and called on the east to attack the west, ordering two companies to lead the enemy away, and another regiment escorted Zhou Enlai to Changting safely. Zhou Enlai has always kept this battle in mind. Later, Zhou Enlai recalled:

"Yang Meisheng was very brain-oriented and good at fighting wars. When I passed the blockade line that time, he commanded the troops to attack the east and west to lead the enemy away, otherwise it would be very dangerous to cross the blockade line."

1932, the central government decided to establish the Hunan-Jiangxi Military Region, and Yang Meisheng was appointed as the political commissar of the 43rd Regiment of the Independent 9th Division of the Hunan-Jiangxi Military Region. Later, Yang Meisheng served as the commander of the 3rd Division of the Red 1st Legion.

1934, Central Red Army started Long March . At this time, Yang Meisheng unfortunately suffered from malaria and was very inconvenient to move. The organization decided to let him stay in the local area for rest. Later, at the insistence of Luo Binghui, the commander of the Red 9th Army, Yang Meisheng was carried onto a stretcher and participated in the Long March with the troops.

During the Long March, Yang Meisheng's health gradually improved. After recovering, at the suggestion of Chairman Mao, Yang Meisheng served as the battalion commander of the Military Commission’s Security Battalion, responsible for the defense tasks of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Revolutionary Military Commission.

March 0Mr. Old photo of Chairman Mao

In March 1935, the Military Commission Column was marching on the road near , Maotai Town, suddenly an air defense alarm came. Soon, just as the troops were just hiding in the jungle on the side of the road, three enemy planes flew into the sky, and the bombs dropped to kill several soldiers.

Yang Mei was angry but asked the head of the General Staff, hoping to lead people to shoot down or drive away the enemy's plane. After careful consideration, the palm of the Chinese food agreed to Yang Meisheng’s request. After obtaining the approval, Yang Meisheng took advantage of the smoke from the bombing of the enemy plane and quickly arrived at the machine gun company's position and ordered the soldiers to set up four machine guns and shoot at the enemy plane.

Under the shooting of the soldiers, one enemy plane was shot down and two other enemy planes fled, protecting the security of the Military Commission Column and was commended by the head of the Military Commission . After Maogong met with , the guard camp was adapted into the 7th Regiment of the Red 32nd Army, and Yang Meisheng was the regiment commander. During this period, Wang Tuo, director of the Propaganda Department of the Political Department of the 32nd Army, asked him: "If someone is anti-party, what is your attitude?" Yang Meisheng said firmly: "Whoever is anti-party, I will oppose whoever I am against!"

In February 1936, Yang Meisheng was transferred from the Red 32nd Army and served as the Chief of Staff of the Military Department of Sichuan and Kawakazu Province. During this period, Yang Meisheng was very happy to learn that Chairman Mao had arrived in northern Shaanxi with the Red 1 and Red 3 Corps.

Photography by Chairman Mao and Zhu De in Yan'an

1937, the full-scale war of resistance broke out, and Red Army was adapted into the Eighth Route Army.

After graduating from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, Yang Meisheng was sent by the Central Committee to the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. However, Yang Meisheng has not been able to take office due to physical reasons.Later, Yang Meisheng was appointed as the head of the security section of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and followed the Eighth Route Army Headquarters to the Anti-Japanese Front.

On the way, Yang Mei was sick and could not adapt to the frontline work, so she had to return to Yan'an. Not long after, under the care of Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee, Yang Meisheng was sent to the Soviet Union to treat his illness and participate in study.

When passing through Xinjiang, Yang Meisheng stayed in Xinjiang by Deng Fa, the head of the Eighth Route Army Office in Xinjiang. After his condition improved, Yang Meisheng served as a military instructor at Xinjiang University.

In May 1939, Yang Meisheng returned to Yan'an.

Not long after, Yang Meisheng applied to the organization, hoping to join the anti-Japanese frontline. After consideration in the organization, it was decided to appoint him as Chief of Staff of the Zhugou Left-behind Department of the New Fourth Army.

Yang Meisheng and his comrades-in-arms

In September, Yang Meisheng was appointed as the deputy chief of staff of the Jiangbei Command of the Central China of the New Fourth Army, assisting Xu Haidong, deputy commander-in-chief and commander of the Fourth Detachment.

In 1940, Yang Meisheng was appointed as the commander of the Jinpu Road East Joint Defense Command. During his tenure, the Japanese and puppet troops mobilized more than 10,000 people to carry out a large-scale "sweeping" in the eastern part of Jinpu Road, and Yang Meisheng led his troops to fight resolutely.

Once, when receiving information from a Japanese army and a regiment of puppet troops coming to "invade the suppression", Yang Meisheng decided to set up an ambush in Baisha Wangshan, the place where the Japanese and puppet troops must pass, and annihilate the enemy. After fierce battle, Yang Meisheng led his troops to kill and injured more than 50 Japanese and puppet troops, and led his troops to fight and retreat while numbing the enemy.

At night, while the Japanese and puppet troops were resting, Yang Meisheng said that under the cover of night, he quietly touched the enemy's village and suddenly launched an attack on the enemy, annihilated all the enemies in one fell swoop.

Under the leadership of Yang Meisheng, the anti-Japanese armed forces in Ludong area grew to more than 20,000, and made great contributions in the Huainan area's struggle to insist on the anti-"mopping up" and "cannibalization" campaign.

back row from left to left; Li Daigeng, Zhang Shucai, and Yang Meisheng; In front row in March 1943, Yang Meisheng was ordered to go to Yan'an to participate in the rectification movement. In July of the following year, under the organization's arrangement, Yang Meisheng entered the Central Party School and participated in the study.

In November 1945, Yang Meisheng was appointed as deputy commander of the Rehe Military Region of the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region and deputy commander of the Hebei-Shenzhen Column.

In the battle to seize Gubeikou, Yang Meisheng commanded his troops to station Gubeikou, and used favorable terrain to defeat the rampant attack of the four divisions of the Kuomintang army, breaking the fantasy of Chiang Kai-shek to seize Gubeikou before the armistice order came into effect, and ensuring the connection between the two major liberated areas of Northeast China.

In August 1946, Yang Meisheng was appointed as the acting commander of the Rehe Military Region. During his tenure, in accordance with the strategic policy of the Party Central Committee of engaging in the gains and losses of each city and one place, and to flexibly attack the enemy, Yang Meisheng commanded the troops to voluntarily abandon Chengde and launched guerrilla war with the Kuomintang army in Rehe , delaying the enemy's reinforcement plan to the northeast.

In July 1948, Yang Meisheng was appointed commander of the Northeast Hejiang Military Region. During this period, Yang Meisheng participated in the battle to siege Changchun.

11, Yang Meisheng was appointed as the deputy commander of the Ninth Column of the Northeast Field Army. Not long after, Yang Meisheng, together with column commander Zhan Caifang, political commissar Li Zhongquan, etc., led the troops into the pass and participated in the Pingjin Battle . After the liberation of Tianjin, the Ninth Column was renamed the 46th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and Yang Meisheng served as deputy commander.

Yangmeisheng: Mom, I am Xun Meizai

In September 1949, Yangmeisheng went to Yijiawan to inspect several logistics warehouses. While resting on the roadside, an old lady passed by.

A simple look made Yang Meisheng feel extremely familiar in his heart, so he told Li Zhongquan that he was going to see the old lady in front.

Yang Meisheng, Zhan Caifang, Li Zhongquan and Lin Biao and others were together

After a while,Yang Meisheng walked back and told Li Zhongquan that it was his mother. Since joining the army, I have been begging for food everywhere to make a living. The mother and son have not met each other for 22 years. The mother did not recognize him. She originally wanted to recognize him, but she was worried that her mother would not be able to stand such a big surprise.

Li Zhongquan knew Yang Meisheng’s thoughts, so he asked the guard and driver to take Yang Meisheng’s mother over. The guard and the driver drove a jeep and parked in front of Yang Meisheng's mother, and said to her, "Mother-in-law, your son asked us to pick you up. He is our deputy commander!"

After hearing the two of them, the mother couldn't believe it, so she said, "What's my son's name?" The guard said, "The chief is called Xunmei at home."

After hearing the guard's words, the mother nodded and sat on the ground. The guard quickly helped her into the car and took her to Yang Meisheng.

Yang Meisheng took a photo with He Long, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, Ye Jianying and other old coaches

After seeing her mother, Yang Meisheng helped her get out of the car and said with tears in her eyes: "Mom, I am Xun Meizai!" After that, Yang Meisheng grew up and knelt in front of her mother, tears flowing down.

11, Yang Meisheng also served as the commander of Hengyang Security.

In November 1950, Yang Meisheng was appointed as the commander of the 46th Army and continued to lead the bandit suppression work in the southern Hunan area, achieving victory, laying the foundation for the implementation of land reform in the southern Hunan area.

In February 1952, Yang Meisheng was appointed as the deputy commander of the Hunan Military Region; in September 1954, Yang Meisheng was promoted to the commander of the Hunan Military Region.

Yangmeisheng Lieutenant General

In September 1955, the People's Liberation Army implemented the military rank system, andYangmeisheng was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. In April 1961, he was appointed deputy commander of Guangzhou Military Region .

On January 9, 1978, Yang Meisheng died of illness at , Guangzhou Military Region General Hospital, at the age of 73.