After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it means that the external troubles have been completely resolved, and then the ranks of the Communist Party will naturally develop in a regular direction, and the military structure will also be gradually standardized. In particular, after the signing of the Double Tenth Agreement, the Communist Party decided to regulate the army according to the regular system of school captains, which also produced many military ranks at this time, although they were temporary titles, but they also attracted a lot of attention at that time. It was also after this incident that the Communist Party realized the necessity of establishing a military rank system, and soon after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Peng proposed that if the army wants to go international, it is indispensable to develop towards modernization and regularization.
Therefore, Mr. Peng proposed the idea of establishing a military rank system to **, and after a detailed study by the General Political Department, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Soviet advisers, a title system belonging to China was formulated. In order to ensure that the award system is rigorous enough, the Military Commission only held a meeting for 55 days, and the matter was strictly conducted, and finally after the 6th meeting of the Standing Committee of the First National People's Congress, the regulations on the service of officers were officially adopted, and the military ranks were divided into six classes and 19 grades, which means that the middle rank system should be formalized because of this. Although the military rank system has been perfected, there is a greater workload on the specific candidates for the award, and each military rank corresponds to the supreme honor, and the slightest improper handling will cause controversy. To this end, a special military rank implementation committee was established, led by Huang Kecheng and others, to carry out research on the review of military ranks, so as to ensure that every general who accepts the rank is well deserved. Regardless of rank, they must be treated with the same rigorous attitude, and the final list must be examined by the General Cadre Department and the General Political Department to avoid any mistakes.
From the process of this item, it can be seen how much attention is attached to this award, and among all the military ranks, the most interesting are the marshal and general ranks, and they are also the most difficult selection tasks to complete. Because the electors of these two military ranks are all generals who have made countless military exploits during the war years, and at the same time, their qualifications and positions must also be taken into account, so the Central Military Commission has an extremely headache for the selection list of these two military ranks, and it took a long time before finally determining the list of the top ten marshals. But those who know something about the list of marshals will know that there were not only ten people in the original list of ten marshals, but thirteen marshals and one generalissimo. The so-called generalissimo is to accept the title by ***, and *** and *** on this matter** The Military Commission held a meeting to discuss, and obtained the unanimous consent of everyone, and it is not surprising that all members agreed, after all, *** did make the greatest contribution on the revolutionary road. But after learning about this, *** immediately repeatedly emphasized that it was not appropriate to be the generalissimo.
At that time, *** had already served in **, ** personally found Deng Gong and asked him if he still wanted to evaluate the military needle, ** said that he had no longer led troops, and what kind of marshal was evaluated. **After learning about this, he also said that he did not want to participate in the selection of the marshal rank, and then *** personally found *** and also said that he was no longer working in the army, so he should not participate in the selection of military ranks. In this way, the three marshals and one generalissimo all proposed not to participate in the awarding of titles, and ** also agreed, and even asked about the generals who had also served in the local area in the follow-up meeting.
For example, *** and *** and others, whether they still want to accept the award, ** and others immediately said that they would not participate in the award, after all the generals expressed their positions, ** ordered, all comrades who went to the local work to participate in the selection of military ranks. In this way, the list of thirteen marshals eventually produced only ten marshals, and it can be seen from this incident how noble and upright these generals were, dedicated to contributing to the revolution, and never caring about personal gains and losses.