Sorry!In 1955, the general had been promoted to major general, but at the time of the award, he had died of illness the previous month
In 1955, Xiao Ke had been promoted to major general, but a month before he was about to accept the rank of general, he unfortunately died of illness and failed to become one of the founding generals of the People's Republic of China.
In the process of awarding the rank of general at that time, Xiao Ke was originally a highly favored candidate. He represented the Red Second Front Army, the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and the North China Strategic Zone. He was not crossed out of the list of fifteen candidates for the Great General that was initially identified.
So why did it change in the end?The reasons are varied, but it is undeniable that veteran generals in various regions have a certain influence on the evaluation of the ranks of subordinate officers.
The final result was that the Red Second Front Army was awarded the rank of general by Xu Guangda, while the North China Strategic Region was awarded by the *** representative. As for Xiao Ke, he eventually received the rank of general.
At the mention of this, many people deplored General Shaw's regret. In reality, however, he was not the only one who left regrets in the 1955 awarding of titles. Here's an equally regrettable example of the tragic death of a general who had been rated as a major general a month before he was to be conferred the title.
The general's name was Zhu Zaoguan, a native of the Miao ethnic group, who was born in 1903 in Tuojiang Town, Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Province, which is now a famous scenic spot.
As early as the age of 15, he participated in the National Defense and ** Movement, and went to Guangzhou to follow Mr. Sun Yat-sen. In 1922, he went to the Hunan Army Lecture Hall to learn Xi and became close friends with Huang Gongluo. At the time of the Northern Expedition, he had already served as the commander of the 3rd Independent Division and the chief of staff of the division.
In 1927, with Chiang Kai-shek's rebellion against the revolution, he quit the Kuomintang and obtained free status, but still maintained contact with ***. Until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, ** invited him to deal with the national disaster together, and this event completely changed the trajectory of his life.
He arrived in Yan'an and took over the post of senior staff officer of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and military instructor at the Headquarters Military Cadre School. In 1938, he joined the Chinese Communist Party and held a long position at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
In 1944, he played an assisting role in the southern expedition of **, serving as the chief of staff of the southbound detachment and other positions. In 1946, he was transferred back to Yan'an and was appointed chief of staff of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningjin-Sui Joint Defense Military Region and deputy chief of staff of the Northwest Military Region. In January 1950, he was appointed deputy director of the General Office of the People's Revolutionary Military Committee, that is, deputy director of the General Office of the Military Commission. In 1954, with the creation of the Ministry of Defense, he was appointed Deputy Director of the General Office of the Ministry of Defense in November.
At that time, the General Office of the Central Military Commission and the General Office of the Ministry of National Defense were extremely important institutions, and General Zhu Zaoguan was undoubtedly highly regarded and held an important position. The importance of this position is even greater than that of some major generals who hold the post of army commander, and even some lieutenant generals cannot be compared.
In the 1952 army ranking, he was rated as a military rank, and although some thought he should be awarded the rank of lieutenant general, he was only awarded the rank of major general because his superior, Director Xiao Xiangrong, was rated as a deputy corps. Moreover, the number of places with the rank of lieutenant general is limited, and General Zhu Zaoguan also lacks experience in the Red Army, so in the end he can only be listed as a major general among 801 people.
However, regrettably, on August 20, 1955, General Zhu Zaoguan had a heart attack, and although rescue was carried out, he finally died at the age of 54.
We also learned that the 1955 ceremony was set for September 27, and General Zhu Zaoguan was only about a month away from this moment.
On 16 September 1955, the 18th meeting was convened to re-examine the 801 nominations submitted by the Ministry of Defence.
After deliberation, it was finally decided that the nomination of three major generals was reduced. Among them, one was promoted to lieutenant general, that is, Wu Xianen, director of the logistics department of the Beijing Military Region;The other was transferred to the local government, namely Li Keru, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Naval AviationThe most regrettable thing is that there is also Zhu Zaoguan, deputy director of the General Office of the Central Military Commission and deputy director of the General Office of the Ministry of National Defense, who died suddenly on the occasion of conferring the title of general. The final list of major general nominees was reduced to 798.
Yongxuan deeply regretted that General Zhu Zaoguan had already passed the review and was only one month away from being awarded the title and becoming a glorious founding general. Unfortunately, the sudden death of illness is regrettable, otherwise the Republic would have added an outstanding founding general.
In addition, in the process of awarding the title of general in 1955, there were those who were rated as the rank but could not be awarded due to illness, but General Zhu Zaoguan was the only one, which is really regrettable and regrettable!