On September 27, 1955, Zhongnanhai held a ceremony to confer the title of the top ten marshals of New China, and the father of the Red Army was successfully elected as the head of the top ten marshals because of his profound qualifications and outstanding military exploits, which was well deserved.
On the letter of appointment of the head of the ten marshals, the number of the military rank of the ** marshal is not 001, but 004. This can't help but make people wonder, except for the ** marshal, who else can get the noble rank number 001?
It was not until 2015 that the number of the 001 rank of the ** marshal was discovered by chance by an editor of a military magazine and made public. **Marshal is the commander-in-chief of the Nanchang Uprising, and his military rank should be after **, so why is his rank number 001?
* Why did the marshal keep this number hidden from the public? Behind all this, what kind of painstaking work is hidden? Let's explore the answers together.
Although the family background is ordinary, the ambition is extraordinary". * Born in 1886 in Sichuan to an ordinary tenant farming family, although his parents did not have a high level of education, they knew the importance of education and sent him to the school early.
* Diligent and studious, with excellent grades, from the countryside to other provinces, and then to the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall, the study experience of the special class has laid a solid foundation for him to devote himself to the revolutionary cause in the future.
After graduating from the special class, he gained practical experience in the left team of the Yunnan New Army with the help of the school's cultural education and a series of military training and social activities. In 1914, he had already risen to the rank of regimental commander and had accumulated extensive experience in guerrilla combat operations in the fight against bandits.
In the following year, ** participated in the Protectorate War against Yuan Shikai, and used flexible tactics to win more with less, and made great achievements. In 1920, he had become the brigade commander of the Yunnan Army, inspired by the October Revolution and China's May Fourth Movement, he discussed with his friends to study abroad and investigate a new way to save the country, but he did not make the trip after being saved by his colleagues.
In July 1922, ** resigned from the post of director of the Yunnan Police Department and went to Beijing alone to renegotiate with friends about going abroad. A month later, he arrived in Shanghai, met with Sun Yat-sen and Chen Duxiu, and asked Chen Duxiu to join the Communist Party of China.
However, his application was denied. He did not give up, he went to Europe to study and study, and met *** in Berlin, Germany, and under the recommendation of ***, ** successfully joined the Communist Party of China in November 1922.
For the next five years, he studied at the University of Göttingen in Germany, where he received an advanced Marxist education, and later went to the Soviet Union to study military affairs. * After returning to China, under the arrangement of the party, he participated in or planned several revolutions and armed uprisings, and showed outstanding military talents, including the Nanchang Uprising, which was of far-reaching significance to the Chinese Communist Party.
By 1927, five years after joining the Communist Party of China, he had become an experienced and ideologically advanced member of the Chinese Communist Party. And **, who is 10 years younger**, has just joined the Communist Party of China at this time, what has he experienced over the years?
In a farming family in Sangzhi County, Hunan, ** fell to the ground in 1896. Due to his poor family, he dropped out of school after only five years of private school. After dropping out of school, he and his friends worked together to make a living, taking on the task of transporting salt.
At that time, the Qing Dynasty was about to collapse, various forces were vying for power, and society was in chaos. ** With his witty mind, he defended himself in the turbulent times, but he witnessed all kinds of darkness in the troubled times during the transportation, and with the blood to save the country and the people, he decided to join the army.
At the age of 18, he joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party led by Sun Yat-sen, and participated in the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal armed struggle many times near his hometown, and made many outstanding achievements.
These achievements made him highly appreciated by the revolutionary party superiors.
*'s frankness caused him to be repeatedly framed by jealousy, and he was finally forced to leave his original army. However, his belief in saving the country and the people was not extinguished. Although he did not systematically study military knowledge, he made a revolution with two kitchen knives, snatched the first from the reactionaries, and successfully established a peasant revolutionary armed force.
This team seemed insignificant in the era of warlords, experienced ups and downs, but under the leadership of **, gradually grew. In 1918, he led the team to join the Xiangxi Army, and in 1924, he joined the Great Revolution and supported Sun Yat-sen's three major policies.
After the start of the Northern Expedition, he made many achievements, and by 1926, at the age of 30, he had become a famous general in the Northern Expeditionary Army.
In the following year, ** was promoted to commander of the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army for his outstanding military exploits. After years of combat experience, the first people who originally believed in the Three People's Principles gradually came into contact with and deeply understood communism, and finally firmly believed that communism was the truth.
The Nanchang Uprising fired the first shot of the Communist Party of China's independent war. During the first period of KMT-CCP cooperation, the Chinese Communist Party was weak and could only join hands with the KMT to fight the enemy.
However, with the continuous development and growth of the Communist Party, the Kuomintang felt threatened, and Chiang Wang successively launched a counter-revolutionary coup d'état and began a large-scale hunt for and ** Communist Party members, which made the revolutionary work fall into a low ebb.
However, his belief in communism did not waver, and he stood firmly on the side of the Communist Party and the workers' and peasants' class.
In the face of the butcher's knife wielded by the Kuomintang, the Communist Party of China deeply felt the urgency and importance of maintaining independent combat. Against this background, they carefully planned the Nanchang Uprising and fired the starting gun for the Chinese Communist Party's independent war.
The Nanchang Uprising has far-reaching historical significance, as the secretary and general of the overall situation, for the commander-in-chief, they need an experienced, capable and firm candidate.
At this point, **first comes to mind**. He had in-depth contacts with **, and although ** had not officially joined the Communist Party of China at that time, he had clearly expressed his determination to join the party.
Therefore, ** finally chose ** to be the commander-in-chief of the Nanchang uprising. On the way south, ** officially became a member of the Communist Party of China.
In 1928, ** and *** successfully joined forces in Jinggangshan, and with the establishment of base areas such as southern Jiangxi and western Fujian, the Zhu Mao army became famous in resisting the "encirclement and suppression" of the Kuomintang.
* Therefore was appointed commander-in-chief of the Red Army. Although he did not lead the revolution in Xiangxi at that time and established the revolutionary base in western Hunan, he was full of loyalty to the revolution and took a firm stand since joining the Communist Party in 1927, and was one of the founders of the People's Liberation Army.
On September 26, 1955, on the eve of the Founding Fathers' Investiture Ceremony, ** sat at his desk and wrote the numbers of the appointments of the ten marshals. The ten marshals were equal in rank, but each letter of appointment issued needed to have a number on it.
So the question is, who is the number of these ten marshals first and who comes later?
The Nanchang Uprising, the beginning of the armed struggle independently led by the Communist Party of China. In the Nanchang Uprising, Marshal **, with his outstanding talent and military exploits, played the role of "pioneer" and made great contributions to the victory of the rebel army.
* The marshal was appointed as commander-in-chief at a critical moment in the uprising, without whom the uprising would have been difficult to succeed. It was these two outstanding military leaders, with their courage and wisdom, who opened a new chapter in the history of our army.
Although the qualifications, talents and military exploits of ** have surpassed **, the special significance of the Nanchang Uprising made **Marshal obtain the 001 number, which is undoubtedly the highest affirmation of ** outstanding leadership ability.
In"April 12 counter-revolutionary coup d'état"The army commander clearly distinguished between right and wrong, saw clearly Chiang Kai-shek's anti-people nature, and resolutely joined our party, fully demonstrating his firm communist stance.
Since then, Comrade ** has been loyal to the party, has done his best for the party and the people, and has made outstanding achievements. Therefore, on the appointment letter of Comrade **, the number 001 was solemnly written.
**It was decided to award the 001 number to **Marshal, and **Marshal of the High Wind and Bright Festival did not compete for merit. Other comrades also agreed, including the marshal himself.
When he learned that he had been awarded the 001 number, the marshal looked surprised. He thought that the ** marshal should be 001, so he humbly gave in with him.
Eventually, under the graciousness of the Marshal, the Marshal No. 001 was accepted, and the Marshal was awarded the No. 004. Although his number is ranked before the marshal, the marshal has made it particularly important that in the future, he will still put the marshal before himself in public to show respect.
In fact, the ** marshal is the head of the marshal in everyone's mind. Therefore, when the number 004 of the ** marshal was announced, everyone was speculating: who would the number and 003 be?
Will it be *** Prime Minister and *** Vice President? It was also proposed that a separate generalissimo should be created above the ten marshals to be filled by ***.
** He was the founder of the Party and the army, leading the Chinese Revolution to victory and establishing New China. He was also an outstanding military strategist and strategist, both as a marshal with the number 001 and as a generalissimo.
However, out of deep consideration for himself and the country, he decided to "retire" from the army and take up the position of ***. He believes that this position has kept him busy enough not to compete for the already small number of marshals, let alone the title of generalissimo above the top ten marshals.
He didn't want to lift himself too high and get farther and farther away from the people. The Prime Minister and the Deputy Chairman also agreed with his decision, and they also withdrew from the selection of the top ten marshals on the grounds of "retirement".
We may be surprised that others give up their false titles, but we will not be surprised if it happens to the great leader, because *** never pursues false fame, always insists on being down-to-earth and doing everything well.
Compared with Chiang Kai-shek, this kind of bearing of ** is more precious. In 1935, Japan stepped up its invasion and occupation of China, and many incidents occurred in North China.
The man who called himself "China's leading special general" adhered to the erroneous idea that "if you fight abroad, you must first settle down at home"; he did not choose to resist Japan's aggression, but instead wanted to eliminate the Communist Party and the Red Army, completely ignoring the crisis of the country and the nation.
However, although he is in a high position, he can maintain an indifferent mentality, which is precisely because he has a broad vision and noble sentiments, in order to ensure the advanced nature of the ideology and the purity of the party, become a model for party members to admire, and lead the people to happiness.
After discovering the true belonging behind 001, the mutual humility between **and** has also become a well-known beautiful story. These pioneers did not compete for victory or defeat on the basis of merit, but gladly accepted the organization's arrangement, because for them, the peace of the country and the happiness of the people were their greatest achievements and highest honors.
Their heroic deeds and great spirit, whether they are numbered or not, regardless of the position of the number, have left an eternal mark in the hearts of the Chinese people. Their spirit has been passed down from generation to generation, shaping the great soul of the Chinese nation and inspiring generations of Chinese to straighten their backs and move forward bravely for China's rise.