As we all know, the reason why New China was able to be established on a ruin is inseparable from the dedication and sacrifice of many soldiers and soldiers. Therefore, as soon as New China stabilized, the state considered awarding and commending a large number of generals who had made great contributions during the war. Therefore, the award of the title of the whole army in 1955 has become a very important event in the history of our affairs, but there were many nominees at that time, and the various factors that need to be considered are also very complicated, so it is inevitable that there will be a certain deviation in the ranks of some generals.
When the first draft of the generals' draft of the military rank was released, the proposed rank of one of the generals attracted the attention of many senior generals, and this general was He Jinnian, who had served as a commander in the Red Army in northern Shaanxi. At that time, the military rank proposed to be assessed by He Jinnian in the first draft was colonel, and the political commissar, chief of staff and other comrades who had partnered with him before were at least the rank of lieutenant general. So what is the reason why He Jinnian's military rank is set so low?It turned out that for a period of time after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were still unascertained places about He Jinnian and the Gaogang incident, so the Military Commission could only confer on him the rank of colonel.
You must know that Mr. Zhu, Mr. He and Mr. Peng are notoriously upright, and when they saw the military rank that He Jinnian was going to confer, they couldn't sit still, so they found *** together and unanimously asked for He Jinnian to be rehabilitated. He Jinnian is one of the founders of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, so he still knows him very well, and as early as the Anti-Japanese War, he personally presented the inscription to He Jinnian. So when *** saw the list of proposed titles, after thinking about it for a long time, he also felt that He Jinnian's military rank was indeed a little low, at least he had to be a major general. Therefore, at the 1955 all-army award ceremony, He Jinnian's final military rank was Major General, so what kind of brilliant life did this major general who was appointed by *** have?
He Jinnian was born in an ordinary peasant family in Shaanxi, and officially joined the army and joined the party at the age of 18. Later, in 1933, He Jinnian served as the captain of the Northwest Anti-Japanese National Salvation Volunteer Army.
However, even if He Jinnian was in prison, he never gave up propagating revolutionary ideas. In the end, the enemy not only failed to obtain any useful information from He Jinnian's mouth, but allowed He Jinnian to successfully escape with several comrades of our party, and returned to the team to continue the struggle against the enemy. In 1936, he led the Red Army to successfully rendezvous with the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, because he had long heard of He Jinnian's heroic deeds, so he personally named He Jinnian as the commander of the Red 27th Army.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, He Jinnian did not stay idle because of this, but was sent to the northeast to suppress bandits. You must know that the Northeast region has high mountains and dense forests all year round, so bandits are very good to hide in these places, and from time to time they go down the mountains to harm the common people and make the local people miserable. Although the main force had been annihilated at that time, these ubiquitous bandits were still rampant. Especially at a public rally, the bandits even blatantly shot at He Jinnian on the rostrum, but fortunately, the guards sacrificed their lives to block a shot for He Jinnian. But after this incident, He Jinnian vowed to completely annihilate the local bandits, and finally He Jinnian lived up to expectations and completed the task of suppressing the bandits.
During the special period, He Jinnian, like many revolutionary comrades, suffered unfair treatment, but no matter what kind of difficulties he faced, He Jinnian never bowed to difficulties and always maintained an optimistic and open-minded spirit. Finally, in 1972, He Jinnian was able to return to work and continue to serve as the deputy commander of the armored forces of our army. At the same time, he also took the initiative to join in the work of putting things in order, restoring the reputation of many wronged comrades, but General He Jinnian never cared about personal gains and losses. In his later years, He Jinnian paid more attention to his own artistic accomplishment, even though he was over 70 years old, he still bravely picked up a brush to learn Xi painting, and successfully published a picture album. It is worth mentioning that the bamboo painted by He Jinnian was praised as "General Bamboo" by later generations, symbolizing He Jinnian's indomitable life.