He JinnianThe title of colonel was awarded, ** questioned.
In 1955, the title was conferred for the first time after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the soldiers who participated were all revolutionary soldiers who had experienced the test of long-term war. The evaluation criteria are strict and the evaluation is relatively fair, but due to the large scale, there are still some deviations.
After the list of awards was announced, people discovered a strange phenomenon: He Jinnian, the commander of the Red 27th Army, was rated as a colonel, while Wang Ping, the political commissar, was rated as a general. This is obviously unreasonable, everyone feels unhappy for He Jinnian, and **and** are also dissatisfied with this.
So, the three marshals went to the chairman together to report the situation. The chairman looked at the list of awards and agreed: "Low, low, He Jinnian I know that he should be a major general at the bottom." ”
After listening to the chairman's words, He Jinnian's military rank was changed from colonel to major general. Despite this, He Jinnian's hard work on the road of revolution still deserves our respect.
He Jinnian, born in Zichang County, Shaanxi Province in 1910, joined the revolution in 1928 and became a loyal Communist Party member. Subsequently, following the guidance of the party organization, he infiltrated the Kuomintang warlord forces in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places, worked closely with the underground party, and waited for the opportunity to instigate an uprising of enemy soldiers.
With his wisdom and eloquence, his revolutionary ideological propaganda was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and successfully attracted a group of aspiring young people to join the revolutionary ranks.
In 1933, He Jinnian was appointed as the captain of the Infantry Brigade of the Northwest Anti-Japanese National Salvation Volunteer Army. In one battle, he was unfortunately surrounded by Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang troops, and despite the fact that the enemy was outnumbered and the situation was severe, He Jinnian still led his troops to break through, but due to the disparity in strength, he ultimately failed to succeed and was unfortunately captured.
In order to force He Jinnian and others to break away from the Communist Party, the enemy dragged him and several captured soldiers into the streets during the day and tortured them harshly at night. However, He Jinnian and others showed a firm revolutionary will, did not give in, and left the enemy with nothing to do.
After being temporarily imprisoned in a small dark room, He Jinnian and his team continued to deal with the enemy, looking for an opportunity to escape.
In a clever operation, they succeeded in killing the guards while the enemy was negligent in napping, and finally escaped from the dark cave. In 1934, He Jinnian was appointed chief of staff of the General Headquarters of the Northern Shaanxi Guerrillas and commander of the 1st Regiment of the 84th Division of the 27th Army of the Red Army in Northern Shaanxi.
Among them, the battle against the Li family collapsed the village was particularly fierce.
In June 1935, Liu Zhidan commanded He Jinnian to lead his troops to attack the Li family collapse village in Ansai County. The stockade is built on top of a hill and is surrounded by steep cliffs, making it extremely difficult to climb.
The village is stationed in the village with well-known local landlords, bullies, reactionary *** and militia defenders. These militia groups were no different from bandits, who often went out of the village to oppress the people, loot property, and hunt down and kill Communists.
The existence of this stockade has seriously hindered the connection between the northern Shaanxi Soviet region and the Shaanxi-Gansu border Soviet region, posed a great threat to the surrounding masses, and even aroused their extreme disgust.
Therefore, Liu Zhidan made up his mind to destroy it. Before attacking the village, He Jinnian and Liu Zhidan joined forces to carefully observe the village with binoculars, conducted in-depth research on the terrain, and formulated an operational combat plan.
He Jinnian selected more than 30 capable soldiers to form a "death squad", and he personally led the daredevils to climb the mountain from the cracks in the stone cliff, intending to be the first to attack the village.
Then, they will try to open the only entrance to the stockade and welcome the main force led by Liu Zhidan to enter.
Liu Zhidan commanded the soldiers to feint and attack, creating a situation of attacking the village from the front, and sounding the horn of attack. The deafening shouts of killing and the sound of gunfire echoed through the valley, leaving the enemy in the stockade at a loss and began to shoot fiercely in the direction of the Red Army's attack outside the village.
At this time, He Jinnian found that the enemy's attention was completely focused on Liu Zhidan, he seized this opportunity and led the death squad to quietly approach the stone cliff, and found a stone crevice formed by the flood for many years, about ten meters high, and both sides were covered with grass and trees.
After a short observation, He Jinnian guided the team members to climb the cliff. Soon, more than 30 members of the "death squad" managed to reach the top. After climbing the cliff, you only need to walk less than 50 meters to come across a steep hill with the high wall of the stockade.
He Jinnian carefully hid in the dark, and waited until night fell, when he sneaked under the high wall of the village and began to guide the daredevils to build a human ladder and climb into the village. However, during the climb, they were spotted by the enemy defenders, and a fierce battle broke out.
Under the heavy fire of the enemy, He Jinnian and his daredevils showed fearless courage and firm determination. They countered the enemy's strafing with submachine guns and threw grenades into the stockade one by one, successfully suppressing the enemy's fire.
In a short interval, they quickly jumped onto the wall and rushed towards the gate of the village. Eventually, the gates of the village were opened, and the main force rushed in, rescuing Anzhai County and establishing a solid foundation for the Northwest Revolutionary Base Area.
He Jinnian's heroic performance and the heroic deeds of the daredevils will always be remembered in my heart.
After the merger and reorganization of the troops, He Jinnian was promoted to the commander of the 81st Division. In 1936, he led the 81st Division to start the Eastern Crusade, and in the battle of Guanwangmiao, he successfully covered the main force of the Red Army to cross the Yellow River smoothly.
**After hearing about He Jinnian's heroic deeds in Yan'an, he personally met and highly praised him, and then appointed him as the commander of the 27th Army.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, He Jinnian went to the northeast region in accordance with the instructions of *** and served as the commander of the Hejiang Military Region, responsible for maintaining the security of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border region. Bandits in the northeast were quite active before the liberation, especially in the three provinces of Hejiang, Songjiang and Songhuajiang (commonly known as the "Sanjiang region"), and the local people suffered greatly.
In Hejiang, Xie Wendong, Li Huatang, Zhang Yuxin, and Sun Rongjiu are four powerful bandits, known as the "Four Flagpoles". These four bandits have been infiltrated by puppet Manchurian officials, gendarmes, puppet soldiers, and spies, and have closely colluded with the Kuomintang.
He Jinnian shouldered a heavy responsibility and carried out a heroic and tenacious struggle to eradicate this evil force and protect the peace of the local people.
He Jinnian took office as a new officer, and at a rally in Jiamusi to celebrate the first anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the criminal was being tried publicly. Suddenly, a number of bandits burst out of the shadows and openly opened fire on the rostrum.
He Jinnian's guards were seriously injured and died in order to protect him. All of a sudden, the venue was chaotic, and many people were trampled to death, trampled on and injured, or shot to death by bandits.
It didn't take long for this gang of bandits to carry out a frenzied ransack of the two county seats, and also took the county magistrates and many staff members of the two counties to the suburbs and brutally killed them.
In order to establish a solid base in the northeast, ** instructed He Jinnian to eliminate the four bandits that were raging as soon as possible. He Jinnian mobilized cavalry regiments and infantry regiments, and personally led the troops to suppress the bandits.
During a chase against bandits, he rode in hot pursuit, and finally went deep into the mountains. After several days of unremitting efforts, he managed to catch up with the bandits and finally eliminate them.
However, in order to hunt down these bandits, He Jinnian exhausted two horses. However, his efforts paid off, and he finally succeeded in exterminating the bandits, capturing and executing alive the evil and cunning bandit leader.
With the complete eradication of the "four flagpoles", the remnants of the bandits in the northeast region were also frightened and fled, and they never appeared again. However, He Jinnian's merits were not duly recognized, and as a result, the three marshals were dissatisfied with this.
After the situation in the northeast stabilized, He Jinnian led his subordinates to participate in major battles such as Siping, Liaoshen, and Pingjin. In 1949, he was appointed commander of the 48th Army and deputy commander of the 15th Corps of the Fourth Field Army, and went to Jiangxi to serve as important positions in the Jiangxi Military Region and the Jiangxi Southwest Military Region.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he participated in and organized the rear support work to resist US aggression and aid Korea. In 1955, China planned to hold a large-scale investiture ceremony to commend revolutionary heroes who had made outstanding contributions to the founding of the People's Republic of China, which was the first major award of titles since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The revolutionary soldiers who were awarded military ranks in Huairentang were all heroes who fought in the south and the north and paid the price of their lives for the victory of the Chinese revolution. It is not easy to assess their ranks, and the number of places in each rank is strictly controlled, and the rank evaluation team led by ** has gone through many difficulties to finally determine the list of awards.
However, He Jinnian, who was rated as a "colonel" in the list, aroused doubts from the founding heroes.
Everyone can't believe that He Jinnian, who has great military achievements and a high position, has not been promoted to general, which is incomprehensible. **and**After seeing the list, they also felt that the rank given to He Jinnian was too low, so they looked for *** together in the hope of raising the rank for He Jinnian.
**After understanding the situation, he also thought that the military rank for He Jinnian was too low, and after his personal inquiry, He Jinnian's military rank was finally adjusted from "colonel" to "major general".
Although He Jinnian may not have received the highest military rank in terms of military exploits, he never cared about it. He has always believed that as long as he is loyal to the party and the country, it is the greatest honor.
He devoted all his energies to the study of military science and technology and made tremendous contributions to military modernization. General He Jinnian died of illness on May 11, 2003, at the age of 93.
Although his life is over, his spirit and dedication will always be remembered in people's hearts.
General He Jinnian devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Chinese revolution and socialist construction, fearless of hardships and hardships, and bravely marched forward for the victory of the revolution, with outstanding meritorious deeds. However, he was never arrogant, and in the face of the low evaluation of his military rank, even if others couldn't stand it, he still maintained an indifferent mentality and did not chase fame and fortune.
This spirit of his is worth learning from all of us.