In 1983, the Chinese Armed Police Force was formally established, formerly known as the Chinese People's Public Security ** Column. Despite the word "police" in their names, armed police fighters are completely different from police officers in that they are both active-duty soldiers and are subject to militarized management. Today, the figure we are going to introduce is also from the Armed Police Force, he is General He Yi, born in a revolutionary family, and his father is also a major general. So, what is the story of General He Yi? What kind of man was his father?
General He Yi was born in 1929 in Zichang, Shaanxi, and due to his special family background, he witnessed the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in his childhood. In 1937, when the Anti-Japanese War began, He Yi was only eight years old, and he entered Luyi Primary School in Yanchang County to receive education. In those days of artillery fire, education was a luxury, so He Yi studied hard and witnessed the surrender of the Japanese invaders after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. In 1945, after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, He Yi, who was only 16 years old, joined the army.
In order to train him, the organization successively sent him to Zhangjiakou Jinchaji Industrial School and Harbin Institute of Technology for further study. Subsequently, he was sent to study at the Moscow Power Institute in the Soviet Union to study advanced science and technology to support the construction of New China. In 1954, when He Yi returned to China after graduation, it coincided with a delegation of electric power to inspect hydropower construction in the Soviet Union, which was related to his major, so He Yi joined the delegation and followed them to visit the hydropower construction in the Soviet Union. After returning to China, He Yi joined the Beijing Exploration and Design Institute of the State Administration of Water and Power as an engineer.
In the field of hydropower construction, he participated in the site selection of Liujiaxia Hydropower Station and created the large concrete pouring method, which not only effectively avoided concrete cracking, but also saved materials and manpower, and made outstanding contributions to China's hydropower construction. In 1974, He Yi joined the army again, joined the mechanical engineering unit, participated in the construction of the project to lead Luan into the Tang Dynasty, and served as the deputy commander-in-chief. Subsequently, he joined the hydropower unit and participated in the construction of the Wujiangdu Hydropower Station and the Panjiakou Hydropower Station, and continued to contribute to China's hydropower construction.
In 1985, with the merger of the hydropower force into the armed police force, He Yi also transferred to the armed police force, and successively served as the director of the hydropower command of the armed police. Four years later, in 1989, He Yi was promoted to major general of the armed police at the age of 60. Soon after retiring from the army, he settled in Beijing, where he lived until his death in 2004 at the age of 75. Interestingly, He Yi was born into a revolutionary family, and his father, He Jinnian, was an outstanding general of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi. He Jinnian was born in 1910, and after joining the Red Army, he successively served as the deputy captain of the cavalry brigade of the third detachment of the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrillas.
Subsequently, he joined the Red XXVII Army and became the regimental commander of the unit. He Jinnian also participated in the Battle of Zhiluo Town and other battles, consolidated and developed the base area in northern Shaanxi, and became one of the heroes of the development and growth of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, He Jinnian served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Northeast Military Region, and after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he participated in the organization of the logistics support work to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and made outstanding contributions to the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. At that time, the commander of the Northeast Military Region was Gao Gang, and He Jinnian also became Gao Gang's right-hand man.
However, Gao Gang's wrongdoing also implicated He Jinnian. In the stage of evaluating military ranks before the award of the title in 1955, He Jinnian was only assessed to the rank of colonel, and it was not until someone reported to his superiors that his military rank was changed to major general and became the founding major general.