Zhang Yunyi, the leader of the founding generals, personally approved to enjoy the treatment of marshal. What is even more admirable is that even Chiang Kai-shek once saluted him. He is the founding general Zhang Yunyi, and his status is so high that people are amazed.
Zhang Yunyi's achievements were not achieved overnight, he was six years younger than Mr. Zhu, but he entered the lecture hall earlier and received military training systematically, and at this time, ** was only a recruit.
In 1909, Zhang Yunyi joined the China League and participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising and the Guangzhou New Army Uprising. After that, Zhang Yunyi became the commander of the 25th Division, and the deputy division commander was the famous Ye Ting.
In the Nanchang Uprising, Ye Ting was able to successfully take away the troops, and he couldn't do without the help of Zhang Yunyi and ***. At that time, Zhang Yunyi and *** dragged Zhang Fakui and gave Ye Ting time and opportunity to transfer the troops.
After the Nanchang Uprising, Zhang Yunyi went to Guangxi and participated in the Baise Uprising.
Although Zhang Yunyi is not well-known, his qualifications and status are quite prominent, and he can even be compared with ***. In the first civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Chiang Kai-shek feared him the most, because he was much higher than Chiang Kai-shek in terms of seniority.
When he met Zhang Yunyi, Chiang Kai-shek was just an ordinary sergeant officer, and he showed a respectful attitude towards Zhang Yunyi. In the Xinhai Revolution, Zhang Yunyi also made great achievements, and if Chiang Kai-shek really caught him, he must be sent away respectfully, there is no way.
Therefore, in the first civil war, the Gui lineage, the Cantonese lineage, and even Chiang Kai-shek's descendant troops formed a tacit agreement without words - to avoid Zhang Yunyi.
Zhang Yunyi played an important role in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and his outstanding talents were fully reflected in the Huaihai Campaign and the Battle of Crossing the River.
In addition to this, during the war years, Zhang Yunyi also founded a cigarette factory and produced the popular Pegasus brand cigarettes. Pegasus brand cigarettes are of excellent quality, close to the people, and are deeply loved by leaders at all levels and ordinary people, and are even exported to the nationalized areas and enemy-occupied areas, becoming a major problem for the Kuomintang.
In order to sell Pegasus brand cigarettes, the soldiers learned to make a gesture of "4" with their fingers, and the cigarette dealers understood it at a glance.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Yunyi, a meritorious hero of the Republic, personally led his troops to Guangxi to purge the counter-revolutionary armed forces and restore the local production order, and has always been committed to the cause of building New China.
However, due to the many illnesses caused by the war years, his physical condition gradually deteriorated, until in 1952, he had to resign from his post and take a back seat. Despite this, he was still highly regarded by the state, was awarded the rank of founding general, and was specially approved to enjoy the treatment of a marshal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the establishment of New China.
Zhang Yunyi's seniority in the army is extremely profound, and even Su Yu, Chen Geng and others have great respect for him, so although Su Yu ranks first in the order of generals, among the top ten generals of the founding of the country, the person with the highest status is Zhang Yunyi.