Since the armed seizure of power in the Nanchang Uprising in 1927, our party has finally been able to create New China after 28 years of unremitting efforts. During this period, millions of PLA soldiers who have been fighting on the front line all year round have made outstanding contributions. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, honors were awarded to these meritorious people, and the awarding of military ranks was put on the agenda. We all know by now that the republic had ten founding marshals and ten founding generals. However, before the final awarding of titles, the candidates for these marshals and generals were revised and changed many times. Taking generals as an example, on January 14 and 15, 1955, the Military Commission held a meeting to discuss the issue of setting military ranks. On January 16, Mr. Peng, Minister of National Defense, and the Minister of General Cadres submitted to the chairman the list of marshals, generals, and generals. 
In this pre-award list, there are two options for the selection of generals, one is 15 and the other is 22. Today, let's talk about this list of 15 candidates. Later, the 10 generals who were officially awarded the title were naturally in this list of 15 people, in addition, there were five people: Zhang Zongxun, Song Renqiang, Xiao Ke, and ** Zhou Chunquan. When the titles were officially conferred, these five people were all awarded the rank of generals, but being included in the list of generals for pre-awarding proves that their merits and resumes in the people's army are better than those of ordinary generals. Let's take a look at each of them. Zhang ZongxunZhang Zongxun, a native of Weinan, Shaanxi, joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League in 1924 and joined the party in 1926. He was a graduate of the fifth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and later participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising with ***, and participated in a series of struggles to open up the Jinggangshan base area and defend the ** Soviet area. Zhang Zongxun developed very well during the Red Army period, growing from a company commander all the way to the commander of the 12th Army of the Red Army and the president of the Red Army University. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Zongxun served as the brigade commander of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and was one of the only six brigade commanders of the Eighth Route Army at that time. 
During the War of Liberation, Zhang Zongxun successively served as the first deputy commander of the Northwest Field Army, the first deputy commander of the First Field Army and other senior leadership positions, was Mr. Peng's right-hand man in the northwest battlefield, and made great contributions to the liberation of the northwest. At the time of the May Five-Year Award, Zhang Zongxun was awarded the rank of general. Song Renqiang Song Renqiang, a native of Hunan, joined the Communist Youth League in 1926 and joined the Communist Party in 27. Like Zhang Zongxun, Song Renqiang also participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising with ***, and participated in a series of brutal struggles during the Jinggangshan period and the **Soviet period. After the Red Army's Long March reached northern Shaanxi, Song Renqiang was appointed commander of the Red 28th Army. Being able to become a military-level cadre during the Red Army period can imagine Song Renqiao's ability. During the Anti-Japanese War, Song Renqiang successively served as deputy director and director of the Political Department of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, commander and political commissar of the Southern Hebei Military Region, and commander of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. 
During the War of Liberation, Song Renqiang successively served as the political commissar of the 2nd Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region and the 3rd Deputy Political Commissar of the East China Field Army, and made his due contribution to our army's sweep away of the US-Chiang bandits on the East China battlefield. At the time of the May Five-Year Award, Song Renqiang was awarded the rank of general. Compared with Song Renqiang, Xiao Ke's military resume is a little more prominent. Long before the Long March, he was the commander of the Red Sixth Army, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Second Front Army, and even a member of the ** Revolutionary Military Committee. These qualifications, not to mention generals, marshals can touch them. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xiao Ke served as the deputy commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the other five main and deputy division commanders were all awarded the rank of marshal in the future. **Wang Huzi, a native of Liuyang, Hunan, and Song Renqiao are fellow villagers. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as the political commissar of the Red Sixth Army and was a partner with Xiao Ke. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the deputy brigade commander and brigade commander of the 120th Brigade of the 359th Division of the Eighth Route Army. Recently, Huawei put forward the spirit of Nanniwan, which is the Nanniwan Movement that led the soldiers of the 259th Brigade to become self-reliant during the Anti-Japanese War. During the War of Liberation, he successively served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Central Plains Military Region, the commander and political commissar of the 2nd Column of the Northwest Field Army, and the commander and political commissar of the 1st Corps of the First Field Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the secretary of the Xinjiang Branch and worked hard for the stable development of Xinjiang, which is still remembered. Five-five awards, ** was awarded to generals. 
Zhou Chunquan Zhou Chunquan, a native of Huanggang, Hubei, participated in the Jute Uprising in 1927, and has been working in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region and the Red Fourth Front Army. He served as the first deputy director of the Political Department of the Red Fourth Front Army and the secretary of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the deputy director of the General Political Department of the Red Army, the director of the Political Department of the Red Fourth Front Army, and a good hand in our party and government work. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhou Chunquan did not participate much in the specific work on the front line, but turned to the work of military academies and universities to train and deliver grassroots cadres for our party and army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Chunquan has been engaged in logistics work, and during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, he served as the political commissar of the logistics headquarters of the Volunteer Army, providing a strong guarantee for the activities of the volunteer soldiers in Korea. 
As mentioned earlier, in the list submitted by President Peng and Luo Shuai, there are two plans for generals, one is 15 people, and the other is 22 people. The list of 22 is an increase of 7 in addition to the 15 in the first option. In the next article, we will talk about the 7 founding generals who were included in the pre-award list of generals.