September 27, 1955 is undoubtedly a day that will go down in history, those generals of the republic who fought for the people gathered in Zhongnanhai, waiting for the beginning of the award ceremony, which is the evaluation of their own merits by the party and the people, and the most important moment in the life of every general. In the afternoon, the rank of general was conferred, and then the title of marshal was conferred. 
This time, a total of 10 people with the rank of marshal and 1,042 with the rank of general (10 generals, 55 generals, 175 lieutenant generals, and 802 major generals) were awarded. Today, 65 years have passed since the largest investiture ceremony of the Republic, and most of them have passed away with the glory of their lives, and only four are still alive: Zou Yan, Li Guang, Yang Yongsong, and Zhan Danan. Major General Zou Yan, a native of Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province, joined the local secret peasant association at the age of 13 and also served as the leader of a subordinate children's regiment, specializing in propagating revolutionary ideas. However, the strength of the peasant organization alone had limitations, and it was difficult to make waves in the complicated situation, so Zou Yan chose the Red Army and the party. 
At that time, it was the time when the Kuomintang reactionaries were vigorously attacking the revolutionary base areas, and the ** Soviet area had experienced five "encirclement and suppression" operations, and Zou Yan also participated in five anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations, became the head of the communications squad of the General Political Department, and had many contacts with Mao, Zhou, Zhu and other leaders. During the Liberation War, Zou Yan served as the political commissar of the Eighth Independent Division, which was under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Field Army. On September 12, 1948, the Liaoshen Campaign began, and Zou Yan led the Independent Eighth Division to join it and do his best to liberate the Northeast. After that, he led his troops into the customs to participate in the Pingjin Campaign, and after the victory, he stayed in Beijing, and the independent eighth division was also rebuilt into a ** public security force, responsible for the garrison work in the Beijing area. 
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although there was no more major war, the enemy's infiltration into our country never stopped, and Zou Yan led the public security forces to be busy with "anti-special" work, and in 1952 alone, he captured more than 110 spies dispatched by the enemy's sea and air. Major General Li Guang Li Guang Li Guang was a native of Yilong County, Sichuan Province, as a member of the Red Army in 1935, he joined the Communist Party of China, and served as the platoon commander of the 1st Company of the 771st Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the 3rd Vertical and 30th Regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and the commander of the 20th Regiment. 
1946 should be fresh in his memory, when the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region launched an attack on Fu Zuoyi's department in the Jining area, but failed to achieve the expected goal, the 11th Regiment of the 40th Brigade of the 2nd Column led by Li Guang was unfamiliar with the local geographical environment, and the direction of the target was contrary, and ran hundreds of miles more unjustly, and the troops produced a certain amount of attrition. In the subsequent Battle of Baobei, the Le Quang Department suffered heavy losses, about 2,300 people before the war, and reduced to 500 after the war. Although there were many defeats in the early stage of the Liberation War, in the middle and late stages, Li Guang exerted his due military talents, and the Battle of Qingfengdian and Pingjin played a prestige, and the original haze was swept away, and he himself was promoted to the commander of the 198th Division of the 66th Army because of his duties. 
Major General Yang Yongsong, a native of Dapu County, Guangdong Province, was assigned to the 101st Regiment after joining the Red Army, mainly responsible for clerical work. 
In the subsequent War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Yang Yongsong also focused on political work, and successively served as the technical secretary of the Political Office of the 685th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, and the director of the Political Office of the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade. Major General Zhan Danan Zhan Danan was a native of Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, and he was mainly responsible for political work in the early stage of the agrarian revolution, such as the officer of the Political Department of the 716th Regiment of the 120th Division, the instructor of the 4th Independent Battalion, and so on. 
In 1941, Zhan Danan was appointed chief of the operations section of the Advance Army Command, which was his first direct contact with combat matters and the beginning of his position in the army. After that, Zhan Danan has been promoted from regiment commander to commander and became the commander of the 12th Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhan Danan followed the Volunteers into North Korea to fight, serving as the deputy commander of the 27th Army, and annihilated more than 3,000 people of the 31st Regiment of the 1st Marine Division of the enemy in the Battle of Xinxingli, and collected more than 300 tanks and armored vehicles, guns and ammunition.