Li Yannian

Li Yannian

Li Yannian, born in November 1928, male, Han nationality, from Changli, Hebei Province, is a member of the Communist Party of China. He joined the army in October 1945 and was formerly vice political commissar of 54251 army. He has participated in more than 20 major and minor battles, such as the war of liberation, the war to suppress bandits in Western Hunan, the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and border defense operations. He has won one special merit, and several third and minor merits.

Li Yannian has always maintained the revolutionary nature of a veteran hero, veteran party member and veteran soldier. He is not proud of his contributions and is strict with himself. After his retirement, he was rated as "advanced retired cadre" and "Excellent Communist Party member". On September 17, 2019, President Xi Jinping signed the presidential decree and awarded Li Yannian the "Medal of the Republic".

On September 25, 2019, he was selected into the list of "most beautiful fighters".

Character experience

Li Yannian, born in November 1928 in Changli, Hebei Province, was a former vice political commissar of 54251 army. In 1945, he participated in the revolution and took part in more than 20 major and minor battles, such as the war of liberation, the suppression of bandits in Western Hunan, the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and border defense operations. In the case of serious casualties, he commanded the troops to fight together and killed more than 600 enemy troops. His heroic deeds were collected by the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum.

Character honor

During the war years, he won special merit once, third class merit and minor merit several times. He was awarded the honorary title of "first class hero" by the headquarters of the volunteer army, and was awarded the second class Medal of freedom and independence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the third class national flag medal. after his retirement, he was successively rated as "advanced retired cadre", "Excellent Communist Party member" and "advanced individual in practicing the core values of contemporary revolutionary soldiers" by Guangxi military region. On August 27, 2019, as the proposed candidate of "Medal of the Republic", he entered the publicity period. In September 17th of 2019, President Xi Jinping signed the presidential decree and awarded Li Yannian the "Medal of the Republic". on September 25, 2019, he was selected into the personal list of "most beautiful fighters".

Characters and deeds

In October 1945, Li Yannian joined the army in the Northeast Jihei column. In December, he took part in the battle against the Kuomintang puppet security regiment in Yushu county. Although he took part in the battle for the first time, he was very brave. After the battle, he found that he was wounded and was once recorded as a minor merit by the company. In April 1946, Li Yannian's Jihei column took part in the battle of liberating Changchun. The battle was extremely fierce. Then he joined the summer battle in 1947 and the offensive battle in autumn and winter. Because of his outstanding performance in the battle, Li Yannian was sent to the 10th military team of northeast military and Political University to study for half a year during the rest period after the winter offensive. After the study, he was promoted to platoon leader in less than 2 months. After the Liaoshen campaign, Li Yannian was in charge of defending the only passageway from Shenyang to Jinzhou, the throat of Liaoxi corridor -- Heishan and Dahushan, blocking Liao Yaoxiang Corps. In the face of the enemy's main force, which is five times as large as mine, they held the position for three days, so that the enemy did not gain any advance, and they bought time for their friendly neighbors to encircle. The fourth field army gave a high evaluation of this blocking battle in the three-year Operational Summary of Northeast China. After the Liaoshen campaign, Li Yannian took part in the Pingjin campaign and the Yisha campaign in the following year. He won many awards for his meritorious service. In August 1950, Li Yannian was promoted to the post of company instructor during the period of suppressing bandits in Western Hunan, and led the company to eliminate more than 200 bandits at a small cost. after the beginning of the war, Li Yannian's troops were incorporated into the Chinese people's Volunteer Army to fight in the DPRK. On October 8, 1951, Li Yannian, the instructor of No.7 company, No.3 battalion, 418 regiment, 140th division of the 47th army of the volunteer army, was ordered to counterattack the lost 346 highland. Li Yannian led the company to attack from the left and took the lead in capturing a mountain. At dawn on the 9th, three battalions captured five mountain tops including the main peak of 346 highland, and seven battalions joined with three other companies. Li Yannian immediately organized his officers and men to prepare for the enemy's counter charge at any time. In the US counter offensive, in the face of repeated heavy attacks, long-range artillery fire and bombing support, the officers and men of the three battalions also suffered heavy casualties. By the afternoon of the 9th, after resisting the enemy's counter attack, the seventh company could only be organized into four classes, and the other three companies were even worse. So Li Yannian took the initiative to call a meeting of the cadres of the four companies to organize the troops, publicize the victory, mourn the martyrs, and lead them to take the oath of position. In the fierce battle, Li Yannian was good at doing a good job in the ideological work of the officers and soldiers. In view of the serious casualties of the troops, he reorganized the troops five times. In the case of the great sacrifice of the battalion and company cadres, he coordinated and organized four companies to fight. With his own model actions and strong slogans, he encouraged the troops to move forward bravely in the case of a smooth battle, and suppressed the troops in an emergency For the sake of security, the army has maintained high fighting enthusiasm. Under his command, the troops successively occupied enemy positions, fought and retreated from the enemy for several times, killing and injuring more than 600 US troops, making them unable to continue to advance. With their own sacrifice, they maintained the stability of the 47th army's front and laid the foundation for the counter offensive launched by our army. After the war, he was awarded the honorary title of "first-class hero" by the headquarters of the volunteer army. After returning home from the Korean battlefield, Li Yannian devoted 29 years to the army. In February 1979, a division of Guangxi military region was ordered to participate in border defense operations. As the deputy director of the Political Department of the division, he went deep into the front positions many times, actively did a good job in the ideological work of the army, stimulated the enthusiasm of the officers and men in fighting to protect their families and defend their country, won the third class merit twice, and made important contributions to the national defense security and stability of the motherland. after his retirement, he always maintained the revolutionary nature of an old hero and Party member, insisted on reading books, reading newspapers and listening to the radio, consciously studied the party's innovative theories, cared about current affairs and politics, resolutely supported and consciously implemented the party's line, principles and policies, and always maintained his firm political position and purity of ideology and morality. We actively give full play to our surplus energy and devote ourselves to the educational activities of caring for the growth of the next generation. We have donated all kinds of badges we have obtained to the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum, Dandong Memorial Hall for resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea and the Military History Museum of Guangxi Military Region. We often tell fighting stories and inherit fighting spirit for teenagers, actively publicize patriotism, and carry forward the fine revolutionary tradition among teenagers. In order to beautify and afforest the sanatorium, he also carefully selected his own bonsai and donated it to the sanatorium. His family is harmonious, his husband and wife are harmonious, and his family members are sick and in poor health. He buys vegetables and cooks every day. He is busy inside and outside, and has a good reputation among the comrades in the sanatorium.

Character evaluation

Li Yannian has always maintained the revolutionary nature of an old hero, a veteran party member and a veteran soldier. He is not proud of his contributions and is strict with himself. (China military online review) < / I >

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