1936, when the Red Army fought the warlord Wang Jialie in Guizhou, Yu was 22 years old and was already a political commissar of the 18th Red Army Corps. Wang Jialie blocked the Red Army with solid turrets and pomegranate artillery camps. At that time, if the troops wanted to advance, they had to destroy the enemy. In the evening, Yu and Cheng Jun, the head of the team, sneaked near the watchtower. A gunshot threw the enemy into a mess. The enemy was defeated before the attack. After all, this is an army of Wang Jialie, and there are more warlord soldiers waiting outside.
Cheng Jun and He Long discussed that they could ambush troops near the watchtower again, and once someone came to support them, they would be regarded as a whole. Needless to say, Wang Jialie's troops rushed to help when they heard the news, only to see the warlord soldiers give the order and start to retreat. Where will Cheng Canjun let them go easily? He has ambushed them on his way back. He launched a fierce attack on the enemy. While playing hard, the opposite machine gunner noticed Cheng Jun, and turning the machine gun at him was a burst of shooting.
I saw it in my eyes and was anxious in my heart. I couldn't care so much and dragged it down. Unfortunately, Yu was shot in the arm by a machine gun. Although the injury was not serious at that time, there were basically no professional doctors under wartime conditions. After simply treating the wound, Yu went into battle again. Soon, the wound on Yu's arm was particularly infected. In order to protect himself, he had to give up an arm, which became a story of a one-armed general.
I can not only fight, but also be a good hand in political work. The famous complaint investigation campaign was first initiated by. During the period of 1947, the Northwest Field Army suffered two defeats in succession. Yu realized that the reason was soldiers, and then he realized that it was time for ideological and political education. Through the visit to the army, it is found that the Kuomintang army accounts for a relatively large proportion of all the troops, even accounting for about 70%. As we all know, most soldiers of the Kuomintang troops make a living from this. After being captured, the soldiers fought with the Red Army on the principle of doing nothing.
But the Red Army troops are not warlords and Kuomintang troops, and most of the Red Army soldiers have lofty revolutionary ideals. Soldiers don't even have faith I want to back down when I encounter difficulties. When they saw the enemy, they wanted to take a back road. It is absolutely impossible to win the battle. Seeing this situation, Yu held a complaint meeting in the 358 brigade under his jurisdiction to open the hearts of the soldiers and let them establish lofty revolutionary ideals. In wartime, few soldiers had happy families, but after three complaints and inspections, everyone expressed their worries and gnashed their teeth at the imperialist aggressors, and their combat effectiveness would naturally be significantly improved. Peng knew about it and told it afterwards. I didn't expect Mao Zedong to be very interested in this, and to carry out extensive complaint investigation activities in the whole army.
After the founding of New China, in order to resume economic construction as soon as possible, all walks of life in the country are developing rapidly. If we want to develop, we need energy. At that time, China mainly relied on imported oil, but the use of foreign exchange was limited. Only when China starts to produce oil and is self-sufficient can we fundamentally lift the energy crisis. At that time, the leaders in charge of petroleum did not complete the tasks and objectives in the "First Five-Year Plan", even less than half of the prescribed objectives. Mao Zedong attaches great importance to oil exploitation and voted to establish the Ministry of Petroleum Industry at the First National People's Congress. However, the later oil production still can't meet the domestic demand.
Substitution, a wave of his hand, recommended by Peng, Yu, then political commissar of the General Logistics Department of the China People's Liberation Army, was sent to the Ministry of Petroleum Industry as a minister. I don't know much about industry, but he knows that only soldiers who are full of energy can do a good job. Under Yu's organization, the oil conference was successfully launched. "When oil workers roar, the earth will shake three times." 1958, Shengli Oilfield, Daqing Oilfield, Zhongyuan Oilfield and many other oilfields have reversed the situation of oil import in one fell swoop.
More than 20 years later, Yu was appointed as the director of the General Political Department of China People's Liberation Army. I'm glad to be back in the army again. He carried out military and political work in the new period, and helped Deng Xiaoping complete the army reorganization and reform. He once commented that he can lead troops and settle accounts, saying that he is both civil and military.