One day in 1958, while ** was reviewing the documents, the secretary suddenly put a draft on the table about Li Jukui's post-military rank. It is worth mentioning that Tan Zheng was a subordinate of Li Jukui when he was in the Red Army, and he was already rated as a general at that time, but as his leader, Li Jukui has not been awarded a military rank. However, ** stipulated that there could only be ten generals and that in 1955 they were already full.
According to the regulations, he can only be awarded the rank of general. Comrade Li Jukui, ** has decided to confer you with a military rank, and I would like to hear your opinion. Li Jukui said: "Chairman!The military rank is low or high, you and the comrades of the Military Commission can adjudicate it!At the time of saying this, ** had already made a comment on the application: "Agreed!".So who is Li Jukui who can be so highly rated by ***?
What made him miss the 1955 award?Li Jukui was once known as the pioneer of the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the People's Liberation Army, a brave general, and a "general saint"!Back in October 1934, due to the defeat of the fourth and fifth anti-encirclement and suppression struggles, our army was forced to carry out a strategic shift, that is, the 25,000-mile Long March.
Although the Long March had already begun at that time, it was not easy to get rid of the pursuit of the Kuomintang. At the critical moment, our party finally chose Li Jukui as the "dart master" of the Long March, and he was responsible for our party to find opportunities to explore the way and open up a passage to the north. In May 1935, as the Red Army troops marched to the Dadu River area, the strongest fighters were inevitably despairing when they saw such a wide, rushing river appear in front of them.
Just when the vanguard soldiers of our army were panicking and everyone was in danger, Li Jukui's voice sounded: "Don't panic, we can get through." In 1955, the issue of our party's appraisal was in full swing, and this year the country was also worried about the oil issue. According to the rating standards of the Military Commission, it is already a sure thing that Li Jukui will win the title of general.
However, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the oil used in China was imported from abroad, and the cost of purchasing it was too high. Second, China's economic development will also be restricted by foreign countries. In this context, if China wants to be unrestricted, it can only develop its own country first, and for oil, it also exists on China's land, but the exploration technology is not in place.
In the face of difficulties, our country had to choose self-reliance, therefore. In July 1955, China established the Ministry of Petroleum Industry and appointed Li Jukui as the minister, which meant that he would bid farewell to his military career. In the evaluation of military ranks, the first condition is to serve in the army. Li Jukui is well aware of the importance of this, and he is quite worried in his heart, because he may miss the opportunity to be promoted.
After much deliberation, he finally chose to leave the army. When he was ready to go into the oil industry, he faced a huge challenge because he had never been involved in the field before.
However, in September 1956, at the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Li Jukui said in a speech: "The Karamay oil field in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers an area of 130 square kilometers, and its oil reserves are constantly expanding, with recoverable reserves exceeding 100 million tons. This achievement is of great significance to our country, and we no longer have to look at the faces of other countries, because we have our own oil.
Li Jukui did not hesitate to choose national interests over personal gains and losses. Although he did not care about being awarded a military rank, our party believed that a politician should always have a military rank. In February 1958, Li Jukui was transferred back to the General Logistics Department as the political commissar of the General Logistics Department and returned to work in the army.
In this case, the Military Commission was ready to re-assess his rank, and when the matter was reported, he agreed without hesitation, because Li Jukui fully deserved this honor.