When the title was conferred in 1955, the criteria for awarding marshals was "senior generals who created and led the people's armed forces or led campaign corps to fight and made outstanding meritorious contributions." Therefore, the ten marshals are all the founders and leaders of our army and have contributed to the creation of our army.
So, what were these ten marshals doing before they created our army? Who has the highest status?
Let's start with **.
* Graduated from the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall, served in the Yunnan New Army after graduation, and also participated in the ** war with Cai Yi, serving as the brigade commander of the Yunnan Army, the commander of the military police of the Yunnan Army, and the police chief of Yunnan Province.
However, **'s ambition was not here, so he resolutely abandoned these glory and wealth, went to Europe, and joined the Communist Party under Zhou's introduction.
After returning to China, ** served as the party representative of the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the head of the Officer Education Corps of the 3rd Army, and the deputy commander of the 9th Army after the Nanchang Uprising.
Therefore, the positions of ** are mainly the commander of the military police of the Yunnan Army, the party representative of the 20th Army, and the deputy commander of the 9th Army, and his status is still very high.
Let's talk about ***
**Graduated from the Hunan Army Lecture Hall, and after graduation, he rose all the way to the regiment commander in the Hunan Army.
However, the ambition of ** is not here, in July 1928, the Pingjiang Uprising was launched, the formation of the 5th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, he served as the commander, and later led the troops to Jinggangshan to join the Red Army of Zhu Mao.
Therefore, the highest position before joining our army was regiment commander, which was a bit lower than Mr. Zhu.
As for Lin, his qualifications are even lower, after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, he participated in the Northern Expedition and served as a trainee platoon commander of the Ye Ting Independent Regiment of the 4th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
Later, when he came to the Nanchang Uprising, Lin was promoted to company commander, and until the Jinggangshan Division, he was a company commander, and his status was not very high.
The fourth *** graduated from the Chongqing General School, and rose all the way to the chief of staff of the 5th Brigade of the 9th Division and the head of the guard regiment of the Sichuan Supervision Administration in the Sichuan Army.
In April 1927, he was appointed commander of the 15th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which was also the first commander of a Communist Party member in the National Revolutionary Army.
At the time of the Nanchang Uprising, ** served as the chief of staff of the Staff Committee of the Former Enemy Committee and belonged to the core leadership of the rebel army.
The fifth**, who did not go to a military school, started with two kitchen knives, established an army, participated in the ** War and the Northern Expedition, and by June 1927, he had been promoted to the commander of the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
During the Nanchang Uprising, Mr. He served as the acting commander-in-chief of the rebel army and the commander of the 20th Army, with a very high status.
The sixth **, did not go to military school, and did not participate in the army in the early days, once determined to save the country with culture, but the butcher's knife of the reactionaries made him change his mind and began to put pen to paper, after the failure of the Nanchang Uprising, he caught up with the rebel troops, and was appointed as the political instructor of the 11th Regiment of the 25th Division of the 73rd Army.
Therefore, the qualifications before joining our army were not high, and it was not until later that he followed Mr. Zhu to Jinggangshan and ushered in the glory of his military career.
The seventh *** is even more qualified, he was born in a scholarly family, so he received a good education since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was admitted to the private Qingdao University and Wuchang Sun Yat-sen University, and he was a very rare college student among the founding generals.
However, the turbulent revolutionary situation made *** begin to realize that culture alone is far from enough, and only by organizing his own armed forces can he contend with the reactionaries, so he threw his pen into Rong and participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising.
At the time of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, **'s position was the party representative of the special service company of the guard regiment of the general headquarters of the 2nd Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and later after the reorganization of Sanwan, he became the party representative of the special service company of the 1st regiment of the 1st division of the 1st army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, which was the same status as Lin.
The eighth *** graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, this experience is still very prominent, and after graduation, he was retained as a platoon commander.
However, **'s later resume was not very prominent, he served as an instructor, staff officer, and regimental deputy, and before the Nanchang Uprising, he was working as a staff officer in Zhang Fakui's headquarters, because of his identity as a Communist Party member, he was sent out of the country by Zhang Fakui, and later participated in the Guangzhou Uprising.
The early experience of the ninth *** is a bit similar to **, they are all keen on cultural salvation and industrial salvation, and they have also gone to France to work-study, but **Later, he studied military affairs in the Soviet Union, which made him start to become a revolutionary.
After returning to China, ** was appointed as the secretary and political instructor of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, and during the Nanchang Uprising, ** served as the party representative of the 11th Army, and led the 11th Army to launch the uprising together with the army commander Ye Ting.
The tenth *** graduated from the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall like Mr. Zhu, and later followed Sun Yat-sen to participate in the revolution, serving as the commander of the Marine Corps and the chief of staff of the 2nd Division of the Guangdong Army.
** He also participated in the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, served as the deputy director of the professorial department, and served as the commander of the new 2nd Division of the National Revolutionary Army and the chief of staff of the 4th Army in the Northern Expedition.
In 1927, ** did not participate in the Nanchang Uprising, but participated in the Guangzhou Uprising, and served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the rebel army, assisting Ye Ting in leading the Guangzhou Uprising.
This is the situation of the top ten marshals before the creation of our army, the highest status is that *** has served as a military commander, in addition, ** has also served as a representative of the military party, which is equivalent to a later political commissar, and further down, it is *** who has served as a division commander and chief of staff of the army.
Counting further down, it is *** who has been the head of the regiment, and **, who has also served as a political instructor of the regiment, and *** who has been a deputy of the regiment.
At the end of the list are the two partners of the later Siye: Lin He***, one is the company commander, the other is the party representative, and they are still company-level cadres.