Speaking of three famous generals, Tao Yong is definitely on the list.
After the counterattack against British ships in 1949, Tao Yong attracted Chairman Mao's attention. Even at that time, Chairman Mao judged that Tao Yong could be the commander of the navy.
Chairman Mao
So, on this day in 1950, Chairman Mao personally appointed Tao Yong, but was it for the naval commander?
Tao Yong refused Chairman Mao’s appointment request
One day in early April 1950, Chairman Mao was walking around the room, restless.
After thinking for a while, Chairman Mao decided to hold a meeting with the Central Military Commission to discuss. As for the content of the discussion, it was related to Tao Yong. After the meeting, Chairman Mao personally ordered Tao Yong to be appointed and put forward a requirement for appointment:
Let Tao Yong be appointed from the commander of the 23rd Army to the deputy commander of the 9th Corps.
This is a good thing. The appointment of a military commander as deputy commander of the Corps is not only a "promotion", but also a reflection of a soldier's ability to realize his self-worth. What
didn't expect was that such a good thing would be rejected by Tao Yong to !
Of course, it was not that Tao Yong looked down upon the position of deputy commander of the Corps, nor did he deliberately want to go against Chairman Mao, but Tao Yong was really unwilling to take up the post, and the reason was very simple:
He had a good relationship with the 23rd Army and was reluctant to leave.
Tao Yong
Indeed, as early as 1939, Tao Yong fought side by side with the 23rd Army. Of course, the 23rd Army was not the 23rd Army at that time, just the Jiangsu and Anhui detachments of the New Fourth Army. But it was such a small detachment, and under the leadership of Tao Yong, it fought many battles and won, and grew up as close as a family.
Therefore, Tao Yong said he was unwilling to take up the post of deputy commander of the 9th Corps. He also personally wrote to Chairman Mao and his superiors to request that he did not want to be the deputy commander of the corps. He only wanted to lead the 23rd Army to fight, liberate Taiwan in the future, and contribute to the reunification of the motherland.
Is this over?
Su Yu and Chen Yi came together to advise Tao Yong.
did not!
In October, Tao Yong came to the Mayor's Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government neatly dressed. It seemed that Tao Yong was called here by Chen Yi, and Chen Yi also waited for a long time and called Tao Yong in immediately.
As soon as he entered the door, Tao Yong discovered that Commander Su Yu was also there. It seemed that the two of them came to him again because of the deputy commander of the corps.
Chen Yi
Chen Yi cleared his throat and asked Tao Yong:
"Do you know why I am looking for you?"
Tao Yong smiled bitterly and reluctantly answered that it was the deputy commander of the Corps.
Chen Yi looked at Tao Yong's dissatisfied face and became a little serious. However, Chen Yi also understood Tao Yong, so he comforted Tao Yong and said: I asked you to go to the 9th Corps not to separate you and the 23rd Army, but to let you lead the troops to fight. Now the flames of the United States have burned to the Yalu River , and we need to put out this fire, so you, a tiger general, must go.
Seeing this, Su Yu also agreed, saying that Tao Yong fought bravely and resolutely, and it was necessary and inevitable to go to North Korea to fight, and it was also for the glory of the three fields and the glory of the Chinese people.
Suyu
That’s it!
Only then did Tao Yong understand the painstaking efforts of the leaders for him, so he immediately said on the spot that he would fight this battle well, live up to everyone's expectations and hopes, and come back with victory.
Chen Yi and Su Yu completely trusted him.
Zhu De gave Tao Yong a pair of telescopes
On October 30, Mr. Zhu came to Qufu to prepare a mobilization speech for the 9th Corps that was about to go to North Korea.
Mr. Zhu entered the venue, followed closely by Song Shilun, and Tao Yong immediately stepped forward and saluted Mr. Zhu.
Mr. Zhu was very happy when he saw it. Having such a spirit shows that Tao Yong is not afraid. With such a spirit, how arrogant can U.S. imperialism be?
Afterwards, Mr. Zhu began to give everyone a mobilization speech to enhance everyone's confidence in fighting. Moreover, with the two tiger generals Song Shilun and Tao Yong in the team, they will definitely bring out the glory of the 9th Corps.
After Zhu De
finished his speech, Mr. Zhu walked to Tao Yong's side, then took off his telescope and gave it to Tao Yong.
Mr. Zhu knew that Tao Yong did not like gold and silver and did not care about honors. He loved three things in his life:
First, good horses;
Second, good guns;
Third, good telescopes;
Therefore, Mr. Zhu decided to give his telescope to Tao Yong before Tao Yong went to war. Firstly, it was convenient for combat use, and secondly, it was a souvenir.
Tao Yong held the telescope and was very moved in his heart. He did not expect that Mr. Zhu would actually remember his little hobby, so Tao Yong was very excited and nervous, and was determined to fight this battle and repay Mr. Zhu's expectations and attention for him.
Tao Yong's tactics caused the US troops to flee.
In early November, Tao Yong led the 9th Corps to fight in North Korea.
As soon as he arrived in North Korea, Tao Yong immediately led his troops into the Battle of Changjin Lake in the second battle. At this time, the US military was very arrogant, because on the eastern front, the US military had entered the Xingxingli area in the Changjin Lake area, and the western front also had sufficient troops in an attempt to attack from a flank and achieve the purpose of occupying North Korea.
Tao Yong
The U.S. military was arrogant and felt that it was sure to win, so although it had an advantage in deployment, it had the disadvantage of being careless. Tao Yong and Song Shilun also decided to take advantage of the U.S. military's weakness of carelessness to counterattack on the Eastern Front. What
didn't expect was that a small accident happened at this time.
Originally Tao Yong was preparing to fight against the 1st Division of the US Army on the eastern front. Unexpectedly, the 7th US Division, which was far away in the direction of Huishan , actually came to the vicinity of the 1st Division overnight. It was indeed a bit difficult for the two divisions to get closer.
Tao Yong did not panic. He discussed with Song Shilun and then decided:
Divide the 1st Division and the 7th Division, and then attack the 7th Division first.
On November 27, Tao Yong ordered an attack on the 7th Division of the US Army. At this time, the US Army could not imagine that someone was ambushing him. His mind was full of thoughts about how to celebrate Christmas quickly, so he was caught off guard. The large army was quickly annihilated, and only two regiments managed to escape.
The US 7th Division was wiped out, and the 1st Division was also attacked. abandoned their baggage and fled quickly. Tao Yong ordered the pursuit of victory and personally led everyone to the front, which greatly inspired everyone's enthusiasm for fighting.
Tao Yong
Tao Yong fought beautifully in this small battle.
Tao Yong ordered everyone to wear cotton-padded clothes and pants inside out
Of course, after winning a small victory, it is not the time to be proud.
Although the US military suffered a small loss, it did have sophisticated weapons such as tanks and aircraft to open the way for combat. The 9th Corps led by Tao Yong, let alone driving tanks, some had never even seen a tank. Everyone didn't know how to deal with this big guy, so they couldn't get any favors every time they fought.
It is better to draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron than to stop it from boiling.
So, Tao Yong decided to use the combat method of destroying the road. He destroyed the road and the tank could not move. Isn't that equivalent to destroying the tank?
So, under Tao Yong's order, the Corps immediately destroyed the road, and as expected, the tank couldn't move at once, turning into a pile of scrap metal.
9 Corps started fighting from Changjin Lake, and then went all the way to the vicinity of the eastern coastal city. At this time, the US military here was preparing to evacuate, and Tao Yong immediately commanded the troops to attack, and also ordered the artillery to concentrate firepower to clear obstacles and attack the US military.
Tao Yong
Unexpectedly, the weather helped the US military at this time.
At this moment, it suddenly snowed heavily, and the surrounding area was covered with snow. He could see even a black spot very clearly, let alone Tao Yong who wanted to lead his troops to fight secretly. What to do with
? This is not a problem for Tao Yong at all.
Tao Yong immediately ordered that all soldiers in the unit wear their cotton-padded jackets and trousers inside out. The cotton inside was white , which the US military could not see clearly, so we were hidden in the heavy snow. Then Tao Yong led his troops to successfully confuse the enemy and launched several successful counterattacks.
Tao Yong came up with an excellent alarm method
It is not difficult to see that Tao Yong's ingenuity is really amazing.
On the Korean battlefield, there is another very troublesome thing, and that is the US military aircraft. In order to harass the volunteer army , the US military aircraft will come and bomb indiscriminately after a while, which will have a very big impact on the march of our army.
Tao Yong
How to solve it? Tao Yong's ingenuity came.
One afternoon, Tao Yong was driving in a jeep. When the car reached the foot of the mountain, Tao Yong suddenly discovered that 5 US military planes were bombing indiscriminately again. So Tao Yong immediately ordered the car to avoid being discovered by the enemy.
After a while, the US military plane finally flew away, but Tao Yong remained frozen in place and remained silent. The driver thought Tao Yong was injured and was so frightened that he immediately sent Tao Yong to the hospital.
Tao Yong smiled and said that he had thought of a way to harass U.S. military aircraft. When we were conducting anti-mopping operations in the northern Jiangsu base area, how did we predict and call the police in advance? Will we build message trees in sections soon? The same can be done in North Korea. Air defense sentries can be set up in sections on traffic arteries and then fire alarms. This way everyone can prepare to evade in advance and not be injured every time.
Soon, the 9th Corps took the lead in using this method and promoted it.
Tao Yong and his wife
A few days later, the entire volunteer army knew about this method. Sure enough, once used, it greatly improved the troops' ability to avoid harm. Even the Soviet military adviser could not help but admire:
"It was an invention to fire alarms on the Korean battlefield."
Tao Yong instructed everyone to build strong fortifications
In 1951, under the instructions of Chairman Mao, the Volunteer Army began to build fortifications on the east and west coasts to prepare for crushing enemy landings.
In order to dig tunnels and build strong fortifications, Tao Yong always did it himself. He often went to the front line to dig tunnels with everyone, or to inspect the tunnels. Anyway, he was never idle.
At that time, the enemy often sent agents to spy on our military situation, so soldiers sometimes disappeared and were assassinated. Faced with this situation, everyone advised Tao Yong not to station in the fortifications, otherwise something would be bad.
But Tao Yong was never afraid. He always inspected the tunnels personally and vowed to build strong and solid fortifications.
Everyone took a group photo
Once, Tao Yong came to the position to check the shelter of the tunnel. Then , Tao Yong took out a 1-meter-long branch and measured the covering soil. It was about 3 meters. As for the pillars and roof logs, Tao Yong roughly measured them. They were about 20 centimeters thick, and he was finally satisfied.
Afterwards, Tao Yong went to the traffic ditch to check. Then, Tao Yong ordered the battalion commander beside him to have a heavy machine gun placed here.
Battalion Commander Wang replied that the heavy machine guns were placed in the air defense positions.
Tao Yong then said that this place is too small and should be suitable for various weapons. It is not just suitable for cannons, but basically all kinds of weapons.
Afterwards, Tao Yong climbed into the traffic trench and explained to everyone, If the enemy is escaping in front, we can carry out fire blocking and killing in the traffic trench. But if the weapons cannot be released and the conditions for counterattack are not good, then won't the enemy escape in vain?
Everyone suddenly understood.
Song Shilun
At the end of 1951, Song Shilun returned to China, and Tao Yong took over as commander of the Corps, which shows Chairman Mao's trust and respect for Tao Yong.
Ye Fei lamented that Tao Yong was a well-deserved naval commander
In 1952, the overall situation of the Korean battlefield had been decided, and Tao Yong was ordered to return to China and was transferred to the East China Military Region as the naval commander.
In 1955, Tao Yong was awarded the rank of founding lieutenant general of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was also appointed as the first commander of the East China Sea Fleet.
Faced with this heavy burden, Tao Yong also felt that the pressure doubled, but more importantly, he was looking forward to and protecting the safety and development of Fujian's coastal areas.
Sure enough, the Kuomintang is restless.
Soon, a Kuomintang spy ship began to make small moves. The number of this spy ship in the Kuomintang naval spy organization was No. 63. No. 63 often relied on its familiarity with the terrain to rob and destroy residents in nearby waters everywhere, making the people miserable.
After Tao Yong learned about it, he decided to immediately send troops to Haitan Island where No. 63 was located to protect the safety of the local people. In addition, he also waited for No. 63 to appear again so that it could be wiped out.
Tao Yong's photo
On February 2, 1959, No. 63 appeared. First, it took a detour to the open sea, and then, while our army was not paying attention, it began to sabotage fishing boats that were fishing. After Tao Yong learned about it, he immediately ordered three gunboats to attack, cutting off his retreat first.
html No. 863 had never seen this scene before. Within a few minutes, Tao Yong was sent to the underwater world.
In addition to killing No. 63, Tao Yong’s contribution at sea, must also talk about the two "Yong" ships in 1965.
In 1965, our military radar operators keenly discovered that two Kuomintang warships with the "Yong" name appeared on the sea. In recent years, they have been destroying nearby fisheries, causing everyone to suffer.
Later, the radar hand reported to the leader, and Tao Yong quickly learned about it. Then Tao Yong decided not to attack them all, but to attack one of them first.
Tao Yong, Xiao Jinguang
Subsequently, under Tao Yong's order, the commanders drove the gunboat to the vicinity of one of the ships named "Yong". At the command, countless artillery shells flew out like fire dragons, instantly overwhelming the Kuomintang warships. Since they could not defeat them, they were ready to run away.
But, how could Tao Yong let him go so easily? They had already dispatched secret weapons and were waiting on the retreat. Sure enough, when the Kuomintang warship was about to run away, it was overtaken by the torpedo speedboat sent by Tao Yong, and was subdued in a matter of seconds.
It can be said that Who dared to attack easily when Tao Yong was there in those years?
Many years later, Tao Yong passed away, and Ye Fei also took over as Tao Yong's navy commander. After taking office, Ye Fei said to Tao Yong's son:
Ye Fei
"If your father is still alive, why do you want me to join the navy? He is a well-deserved navy commander."
It is clear that everyone recognizes and supports Tao Yong...
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