Rao Zijian once helped him redress the injustice of the "three antis", and his military rank was affected when he was awarded
In 1952, China launched the "Three Antis" campaign, which aimed at corruption, waste, and bureaucracy. This campaign is like a tiger hunting operation, and has achieved remarkable results, the most striking of which is the investigation and punishment of **Shan, Zhang Zishan and other major **elements, demonstrating China's determination to have zero tolerance for corruption.
In the course of the anti-tiger operation, excesses have occurred in some places, which have led to false accusations and injuries to innocent people. One of the victims was Zhang Zhendong, the former commander of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region, who was framed by his own secretary.
Zhang Zhendong was one of the founding major generals, and he had rich revolutionary experience, having served as squad leader, company commander, and battalion commander during the establishment of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Base Area. After the transfer of the main forces of the Red Fourth Front Army, he stayed in the base area to continue fighting, serving as the deputy regiment commander and deputy division commander of the Red 25th Army.
In the Red 25th Army at that time, Han Xianchu, Liu Zhen, Chen Xianrui and others were all lower than him.
In 1934, he joined the revolution and followed the main force of the Red 25th Army into northern Shaanxi, participated in many battles, and served as the commander of the supplementary division. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was selected and transferred to the first detachment of the New Fourth Army as the deputy chief of staff of the regiment, fighting side by side with Mr. Chen.
Later, under the command of Su Yu, he served as the chief of staff of the brigade, the chief of staff of the 1st Division, and the commander of the Soviet-Chinese Military Region, and performed well. During the Liberation War, under the leadership of Tao Yong, he served as the commander of the 4th Column, and later transferred to the local military region as the commander of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region.
In 1955, he was awarded the Order of Eighty-One of the First Degree, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the First Degree, the Order of Liberation of the First Degree, and should have been awarded the rank of Lieutenant General in accordance with his qualifications and position.
However, due to the influence of the "Three Antis" movement in 1952, he was falsely accused by his secretary of retaliation, became the target of the tiger fight, was confined and removed from his post. The whole people of the military region were indignant and talked about what happened to the commander.
Rao Zijian was appointed commander, and he decided to find out about the situation of the fighters of the troops below. After Zhang Zhendong was confined, he did not have a clear position, but only worked at home, which made him deeply dissatisfied.
He believes that there should be a clear statement on the political future of any comrade, and it should not be shelved without explanation. So, he convened a party committee to let people investigate and study the truth of this matter.
In the end, I learned that the secretary's "revelation" was a fictitious thing, and it was not a big tiger. Therefore, he hopes to rearrange Zhang Zhendong's work. Zhang Zhendong was deeply grateful for Rao Zijian's help, and said excitedly: "You are selfless, selfless and fearless!."”
In 1954, Zhang Zhendong's position was reassigned and he was transferred to the second deputy commander of the Anhui Provincial Military Region. Although this position is still at the rank of deputy soldier, it still has to do with whether he has been completely rehabilitated.
In addition, in the 1952 army rating, he was rated with the rank of deputy military. Therefore, at the time of the conferment of the title in 1955, his situation may have been affected.
The evaluation of military merit not only takes into account merit, rank, and seniority, but also takes into account comprehensive factors such as morality. In fact, there were many other generals who had similar encounters with him, such as Li Zhongquan.
He served as a regiment commander during the Agrarian Revolution, director of the Political Department of the Military Region during the Anti-Japanese War, and a military political commissar during the War of Liberation. In the 1952 Three-Anti Movement, he was given the rank of deputy army because of his involvement, but was eventually awarded the rank of major general.
In 1981, Zhang Zhendong was truly rehabilitated in the Three Anti-Anti Movement, and he remembered Rao Zijian's help for more than 30 years, until his death in 1984, and thanked Rao Zijian for helping him solve this unjust case.