Li Yunlong

Li Yunlong

Li Yunlong (1919-1965), born in Changting, Fujian Province, was a famous general of the Communist Party of China. He joined the party in 1936 after following the third Red Army in the long march in 1933.

During the Anti Japanese War, the 2nd Battalion of 686 regiment, 343 brigade, 115 division under Lin Biao's command was shot and wounded in the Pingxingguan campaign. During the war of liberation, Li Yunlong served as director of the political department and deputy political commissar of the 100th division. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the army was reorganized into the third division of Shanghai Urban anti-aircraft artillery. In January 1951, the unit was reorganized into the 63rd artillery division. In March, it took part in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, during which several enemy planes were shot down.

In 1965, Li Yunlong died of illness and was buried in Nanjing Yuhuatai Gongde garden.

Life of the characters

The Red Army period

Li Yunlong was born in Changting County, Longyan City, Fujian Province in 1919. He is a Hakka and his ancestors have always attached great importance to culture. The Li family, who came from a small handicraft industry, sent Li Yunlong to a private school despite poor economic conditions.

Changting is Fujian's frontier year, and Li Yunlong has the idea of joining the Red Army. In February 1933, 14-year-old Li Yunlong had no time to say goodbye to his family and left with the third Red Army. It has been more than 20 years.

In the third Red Army, Li Yunlong once served as a trumpeter. Later, because he went to a private school and wrote well, his superior arranged for him to become a propagandist. In the early winter of 1934, the Red Army transferred its strategy and left the Central Soviet area. Li Yunlong also followed the third Red Army to the north.

During the Long March, Li Yunlong was most impressed by the Xiangjiang campaign. The Xiangjiang campaign took place from November 27 to December 1, 1934. The central red army fought hard for five days and nights to cross the Xiangjiang River between Quanzhou and Xing'an in Guangxi, breaking through the fourth blockade line of the Kuomintang army and smashing Chiang Kai Shek's attempt to encircle and annihilate the Central Red Army to the east of the Xiangjiang River. However, the Central Red Army also paid a very heavy price for this. The number of officers and soldiers and the personnel of the central government organs dropped sharply from more than 80000 at the beginning of the long march to more than 30000.

Li Jimin, the eldest son, remembers that his father had talked to him about the Xiangjiang campaign before he died. "Speaking of those comrades in arms who died and the Xiangjiang River red with blood, I will never forget his solemn and solemn expression."

During the Long March, Li Yunlong followed the third Red Army Corps in many important battles such as Zunyi battle, Tucheng battle and Huili battle. In addition to the fierce battles and battles, Li Yunlong always had to be prepared to fight against the disease during the long march. After the troops entered Sichuan, due to the bad conditions and acclimatization, Li Yunlong's whole body festered and almost lost his ability to move. However, Li Yunlong has been supported by his tenacious perseverance.

At the end of August 1935, the army entered the grassland with dangerous environment. In the history of the third legion, the scene of marching on the grassland is recorded as follows: "there are no birds in the sky, no animals on the ground, and there are clumps of weeds, mud pools, and pieces of black sewage with putrid smell everywhere. Sometimes the sun is hot and the heat wave is strong; sometimes the fog is thick and the sky is dark; sometimes the wind is strong and the rain is heavy; sometimes the snow is flying and the hail is falling. It is under such bad geographical and meteorological conditions that the officers and men of the Red Army march hard on the grassland. If you step into the mire carelessly, it will be very difficult to pull out your feet. Some of the officers and soldiers are even engulfed in the mire and give their precious lives. "

Yang Yong, then political commissar of the 10th regiment, ordered Li Yunlong to pull his horse's tail forward step by step, and finally moved out of the grassland.

In October 1935, the long march of the first front army of the Red Army ended smoothly, and the third Red Army regiment, where Li Yunlong worked, was incorporated into the fourth division of the first army of the first front army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army, fighting for the realization of new tasks.

At that time, although Li Yunlong was only 16 years old, war and suffering had made him an excellent soldier. The hardships and hardships on the way to the Long March also turned into the revolutionary optimism of "thousands of rivers and mountains are just idle". In 1936, the second year after arriving in Northern Shaanxi, Li Yunlong joined the Communist Party of China.

the period of the war of Resistance Against Japan

On August 25, 1937, according to the order of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, the first corps, the 15th corps and the 74th division of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army formed the 115th division. Li Yunlong became a member of the 115th division. On August 30, 1937, he crossed the Yellow River eastward from Zhichuan Town, Hancheng County, Shaanxi Province, and entered the Anti Japanese front line of Shanxi Province.

At that time, after occupying Datong, the Japanese invaders along pingsui road westward divided their forces to attack Yanmen pass and Pingxing pass in an attempt to invade Taiyuan. In order to cooperate with the friendly forces and block the Japanese offensive, the 115th division, under the command of division commander Lin Biao and deputy division commander Nie Rongzhen, was ordered to arrive at Pingxingguan and gather for standby.

From zero o'clock on September 25, 1937, the soldiers braved the strong wind and rainstorm, waded in the torrential torrents, and arrived at the designated area before dawn. They arranged the main force of the whole division on the southern edge of the 10 mile long highway from Pingxingguan to Donghe town. 686 regiment of 343 brigade is located near baiyatai. 685 regiment is on the left and 687 regiment is on the right. At the bottom of the pocket is the independent 8th brigade of the 33rd army. 344 brigade and 687 regiment of 115 division break the enemy's retreat and help the enemy. 688 regiment is the reserve. This arrangement makes the enemy attacking Pingxingguan completely in the encirclement and ambush.

At about 5:30 a.m. on the 25th, the enemy's first car entered the ambush circle. Nie Rongzhen issued an order: calm down and do not open fire without orders. After more than 1000 people from the 21st brigade of the banyuan division and more than 300 cars and carts entered the ambush circle, Zeng Xiansheng, commander of the 5th company of a certain regiment of the 115th division, led the whole company to rush to kill the enemy first and destroyed the last car of the enemy with a grenade. The enemy fought desperately for the commanding point on both sides of the road, the master temple. The fierce fighting lasted until the day of the 27th, when the 21st brigade of the Panyuan division was annihilated.

In the battle of Pingxingguan, Li Yunlong took part in the battle with the 2nd Battalion of 686 regiment of 343 brigade of 115 division. Unfortunately, he was shot in the chest in the fierce battle. After the battle, people sent Li Yunlong to the rear for medical treatment. Due to the limited medical conditions, the doctor in order to prevent wound infection, will gauze into his chest disinfection, so repeatedly, until the wound finally healed.

Resist US aggression and aid Korea

During the war of liberation, Li Yunlong served as director of the political department and deputy political commissar of the 100th division. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, in June 1950, the division headquarters of the 100th division and the anti-aircraft gun command post of Songhu garrison command were merged and reorganized into the 3rd Division of Shanghai Urban anti-aircraft gun. In January 1951, the 63rd artillery division was established on the basis of the third division and its subordinate units and the 12th East China antiaircraft artillery regiment.

In March 1951, the 63rd division received an urgent order to enter the DPRK. Li Yunlong led the soldiers of the 63rd division to leave the bustling Shanghai and head all the way north. After arriving in the DPRK, they took up the task of defending the yongrou airport. On the night of April 7, as soon as the troops entered the position, they shot down an American B-26 bomber. The success of the first battle greatly boosted the morale of the whole division. On 8 April, the 63rd division shot down five more enemy planes and injured two.

Since then, in order to protect transportation, the higher authorities ordered the 63rd division of antiaircraft artillery to be transferred to Zhongping and geyan for air defense. Here, the 63rd Division has also accomplished the task excellently.

In March 1952, the 63rd division turned to the "east line" and fought again against the enemy's "air strangulation", shooting down 13 enemy planes and injuring 95. On April 24, 1952, Li Yunlong cooperated with the 20th corps to participate in the "summer campaign" and shot down six enemy artillery correction planes. The 63rd division fought harder and stronger in the battle, and achieved a brilliant record of shooting down 233 enemy planes.

Memories of relatives

Recalling his father, Li Jimin, the eldest son, lamented that the time spent together with his father was too short. "In my childhood, my father had no time to take care of his family. When I was a teenager, I went out to study, and I got together with him more

Li Jimin's memory of his father was fixed in 1965. That year, his father was 46 and Li Jimin was 20.

Now it's 48 years since his father died, but Li Jimin feels comforted that his father's image has never been blurred. "I remember clearly what he said, the way he walked and the way he smiles."

In his spare time, Li Jimin collected bits and pieces of information about his father. He collected them and pieced them together. Unexpectedly, there were more than 100000 words. Every time he read these words, Li Jimin seemed to see his father, the weak Fujian boy, who joined the Red Army with revolutionary ideals. From then on, he went straight forward and never looked back. After a lifetime of dying, he finally looked forward to the victory of the revolution. He wrote to his hometown thousands of miles away to ask for news from his relatives. The old mother learned that her son was still alive, so she didn't care to write a letter, so she traveled all the way to get together. When we met, thousands of words turned into silence and tears

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