At the end of the 60s of the last century, for some reasons, some comrades in the party proposed to change the Army Day to the time of the Autumn Harvest Uprising - September 9. However, ** did not agree with this view, and he firmly believed: "The Nanchang Uprising preceded the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and Army Day should be set on August 1." ”
In the heart of ***, the status and value of the Nanchang Uprising are extremely important. When he was awarded the title in 1955, he had already taken the Nanchang uprising into account.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, army building was regarded as a crucial task. In order to establish the regularization and modernization of the army, the rank system of the PLA was proposed.
As a country that maintained friendly relations with the Soviet Union at the time, China borrowed from the Soviet Union's system of awarding titles in World War II. At the beginning of 1955, the President instructed *** and *** to discuss the specific scheme and list of titles.
In the process, an important question was put before them: who will be awarded the rank number "001"? After in-depth consideration, they found that this honor should belong to the *** chairman and ** commander-in-chief.
After consulting the opinions of other comrades of the ** Military Commission, the two preliminarily decided to set the rank number of *** as "001", and this proposal was strongly supported by the other leaders of **.
Since the Zunyi Conference, he led the party and the Red Army through hardships and won the victory of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. ** is the greatest contributor to the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it is well deserved to award him the rank of generalissimo, after all, when the title was conferred in the Soviet Union, Stalin also received the rank of generalissimo.
Therefore, when drawing up the list, ** and *** put the name of *** in the first place and numbered 001, ** with the number 002, ** and Commander-in-Chief Zhu with the numbers 003 and 004 respectively, and the other PLA generals were in the back row in turn.
After the draft list was confirmed, ** and *** submitted the draft to *** but it did not pass smoothly, and the first person to oppose it was ***
**With a draft list of awards, I found *** in the hope that he would accept the rank of generalissimo with the number "001". The advice of the comrades in the party was expressed to ***, and at the same time Stalin in the USSR was mentioned as an example of the rank of generalissimo.
But *** indifferently said that he did not intend to accept this award and asked *** to cross his name off the list. Despite his attempts to convince the Chairman in a pleading tone, *** stood by his decision and shook his head slightly.
** Smiled slightly, and said in a firm voice: "Not everything has to be emulated from the Soviet Union, the establishment of military ranks is an internal matter of our country, and we need to consider it according to our own situation." ”
Despite the persuasion of ***, *** still insisted on his own point of view, **helpless, he had to hand over the negative list to *** In order to make *** accept the rank of generalissimo, ** decided to raise this issue at the party committee meeting, because the comrades in the party will express their support, so *** can no longer refuse.
In order to be sure, the matter was raised first at the group meeting, and as a result, everyone was unanimous in their support for the proposal to award the rank of generalissimo.
At this time, ** was already fully sure, and he instructed the relevant departments to make dresses for the generals according to the list submitted by ***, including the generalissimo dress of ***.
Soon after, a brand new military uniform was placed on ***'s desk. When the military uniform was found, he immediately sent someone to invite the leaders. ** Quite angrily said: "I told you a long time ago, I will not be this marshal!" ”
Everyone still wants to persuade, but they say that they are already leaders and can no longer occupy the position of marshal, which is not good for doing mass work. Under the resolute resignation of ***, everyone could only compromise, and then crossed out the name ...... on the listSince *** is not a marshal, then, who should the rank of marshal with the number 001 be awarded?
It is difficult to decide, and I can only ask for help again***For this reason, ** and a number of **leaders came to ***'s office, looked at everyone's embarrassed expressions, and **smiled and took out the list of titles they had formulated.
When everyone took the list, they found that No. 003 was missing, and the number of the marshal was backwards from 004. As one of the founders of the early Red Army, Mr. Zhu ranked first among the top ten marshals, and was naturally Marshal No. 004.
Everyone was puzzled by this, and immediately asked, "What about No. 001?" Who is the Generalissimo? * explained with a smile: "The generalissimo candidate has been decided, it is our boss He!" ”
* Feeling a little embarrassed, he got up and replied, "Chairman, don't make fun of me." * walked to the side of ** and said unhurriedly: "I have already decided, Mr. He is Marshal No. 001!" ”
Under the questioning of everyone, ** explained that Mr. He fired the first shot of the Nanchang Uprising and was a pioneer in armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries.
The Nanchang Uprising was earlier than the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and its historical significance is far-reaching. **Although he has not joined the Communist Party, he has expressed his willingness to cooperate with the Communist Party. **After the explanation, everyone suddenly became enlightened, but ** still resolutely refused, believing that Commander-in-Chief Zhu should be given the rank of generalissimo and the 001 number.
** said meaningfully: "* and Commander-in-Chief Zhu are both marshals, both." "In the end, ** became Marshal of the Republic No. 001 under the instructions of ***, and many years later, this order is still kept in **'s home.