It is rumored that during the Anti-Japanese War, there was a brigade commander of the Eighth Route Army wearing the general's school uniform of the Kuomintang Army, pedaling leather boots, and came to the station of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China with vigor and vigor to report to the chief.
The major general and brigade commander handed over the business card, and the words "Major General and Brigade Commander" written on the business card were particularly dazzling.
The report of the major general and the brigade commander also made the ** chief not very satisfied, so the conversation ended hastily, and when he left, the ** chief unceremoniously reprimanded: "What major general sesame sauce!" ”
* The chief's fire is not aimed at the "military rank" itself, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army to enter the ** sequence, wear ** clothes, wear ** ranks, all this is for the purpose of joint resistance against Japan.
Ye Ting holds the rank of Lieutenant General.
In fact, when Beiyang ** and the first KMT-CCP cooperation, several senior generals of our party were awarded military ranks, of course, the awarding party was Beiyang** or the Kuomintang**.
For example, during the Beiyang ** period, Mr. Zhu was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General of the Fifth Medal, the Order of the Third Class Wenhu, and the rank of Lieutenant General of the Army.
The so-called "lieutenant general plus general rank" is actually a kind of title system, which can be understood in this way, that is, the person who has been awarded the title has met the conditions for promotion to general, but the number of places is limited, and he cannot be promoted to general for the time being, so he has to be wronged in the position of lieutenant general first, and then formally promoted to general after there is a vacancy in the general.
There is also a strange provision in this system, although it is still a "brigadier general", it is allowed to wear the rank of general, and you can also enjoy the treatment of a general.
At that time, our party did not have its own armed forces, but there were already more than 20 members of the Kuomintang army who served in the Kuomintang army and were awarded the rank of major general or above.
** Rank of Lieutenant General.
The senior generals of our party in the Kuomintang army are basically political cadres. For example, Liu Bojian and others, their positions have reached the military level and have been awarded the rank of lieutenant general, but their positions in the Kuomintang army are either party representatives or directors of the political department.
The highest military ranks are Mr. Zhu, ** and **, and their military ranks are all "brigadier generals".
Mr. Zhu was the party representative of the 20th Army of the Kuomintang at that time, not the military commander, and he was the commander of the new 15th Army of the Kuomintang at that time, and the commander of the 20th Army of the Kuomintang.
Ye Ting was the commander of the 24th Division of the 11th Army of the Kuomintang and the deputy commander of the 11th Army, with the rank of lieutenant general; **At that time, he was the commander of the new 2nd Division of the 4th Army of the Kuomintang and the chief of staff of the 4th Army, his military rank was lieutenant general, and Xiao Jinguang was the party representative of the 6th Division of the 2nd Army of the Kuomintang, with the rank of major general.
Stills from the TV series "General Su Yu".
Regime comes out of the barrel of a gun! "After the Nanchang Uprising and the Autumn Harvest Uprising, our party had its own army, and at this time, these generals gave up the military rank and Houlu granted by the Kuomintang, and resolutely threw themselves into the red camp.
After the Nanchang Uprising, our army never implemented the rank system until the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
Chiang Kai-shek set many restrictions on the establishment of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, but he was "generous" in the issue of conferring military ranks, and many generals in the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were awarded the rank of general.
Taking the Eighth Route Army as an example, the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army are established at the division level, so the rank of division-level cadres of the Eighth Route Army is lieutenant general, brigade-level cadres are major generals, and the rank of officers above the regimental level and below the brigade level is colonel.
Stills from the TV series "General Su Yu".
The officers and men of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Route Army did not take these military ranks as a matter of course with the Kuomintang, but on the contrary they were generally resistant, and they fought for 10 years as "white dogs," and the commanders formed a deep blood feud with the Kuomintang reactionaries.
In addition, the reason why the Red Army has cohesion and combat effectiveness, and that officers and men are equal and share weal and woe has always been the "magic weapon" of the Red Army.
Fortunately, our army has always attached importance to the political and ideological work of officers and men, and there are a large number of outstanding political work cadres, so these problems were quickly resolved.
In this award, Mr. Zhu was awarded the rank of general, and his position was the deputy commander of the 2nd Theater of the National Revolutionary Army and the commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army.
Awarded the rank of lieutenant general were Peng, Ye, Lin, He, Liu, Xiao Ke and other six senior officers of the Eighth Route Army, among them, Peng Lao was always the deputy commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army, and the rest were the chief and deputy commanders of the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army.
Stills from the TV series "General Su Yu".
In addition, 13 senior generals of the Eighth Route Army were awarded the rank of major general, and their positions were deputy division commander, brigade commander, deputy brigade commander and chief of staff.
They are Xu Haidong, Huang Kecheng, Zhou Shidi, Zhang Zongxun, Chen Bojun, Ni Zhiliang, Wang Hongkun, Chen Geng, Chen Zaidao and Li Kenong.
In the New Fourth Army, army commander Ye Ting and deputy army commander Xiang Ying were awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and chief of staff Zhang Yunyi was awarded the rank of major general.
The above two awards have the same background, that is, the Chinese nation is facing a major crisis, so this award can be said to be a product of the cooperation between the KMT and the CCP.
As soon as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ended, six comrades, including Peng Zhen, Ye Jizhuang, Wu Xiuquan, Duan Zijun, and Mo Chunhe, were sent to Shenyang to coordinate the actions of the Soviet army and our side.
Because the Soviet Army has military ranks, in order to show reciprocity and respect, our party also awarded these six comrades military ranks: Peng Zhen and Ye Jizhuang as lieutenant generals, Wu Xiuquan as major generals, and Duan Zijun and Mo Chunhe as colonels.
Founding General of the Republic.
During the military mediation, in order to facilitate communication, the chief representative of the CPC delegation and the chief of staff of the Military Coordination Department were awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and 10 people including Li Kenong were awarded the rank of major general.
However, it didn't take long for Lao Chiang to tear up the "Armistice Agreement" and the "CPPCC Resolution", and the civil war resumed, Marshall announced that the mediation had failed, and the military trio was disbanded, and the ranks of our personnel were naturally abolished.
On September 27, 1955, this is an extraordinary day that will forever be recorded in the annals of history, on this day, more than 1,000 meritorious generals of the People's Liberation Army won the highest honor of soldiers.
This is the first large-scale official award ceremony held by our army, which gave birth to 10 founding marshals of the Republic, 10 generals, 55 generals, 175 lieutenant generals, and 802 major generals.
Founding general of the republic.
The military rank system is an important symbol of the regularization of the army. Therefore, it can be said that the 1955 award was the starting point for the regularization of our people's army, and the People's Liberation Army set out from here and began to embark on a new "Long March" road!