The chairman's instructions that the Red Army should not be awarded the rank of colonel
The general of a hundred battles died on the battlefield, and the ten years of strong men returned to their hometowns". This is the protracted war and the fierceness and tragedy of the battle, and the same is true in the process of establishing New China.
In order to build the Great Wall of Steel, countless revolutionary soldiers did not hesitate to throw their heads and shed their blood, one after another, and finally won the victory. For every soldier, honor is the driving force for them to move forward, their glory, and their persistence.
In February 1955, the military rank system was officially implemented. In September of that year, the generals in Huairentang gathered and shone brightly. In the founding of the People's Republic of China, more than 1,000 generals received military ranks, including marshals, generals, generals, etc.
They have made outstanding military exploits and made tremendous contributions to the establishment of New China and the stability of national defense. However, there were also some Red Army soldiers who had been working at the grassroots level since they joined the revolution, and they did not have outstanding military exploits or even a standard level of education.
Depending on the assessment requirements for an officer's rank, they may not be able to obtain a military rank. It's not fair, and it will also chill the hearts of these fighters. Faced with this situation, ** showed his wisdom and humanity, put forward the principle of "the Red Army is not a colonel, and the Eighth Road is not a general", ensuring that these fighters received the respect and recognition they deserved.
The Red Army is not a colonel, and the Eighth Route is not a general" - those veteran Red Army soldiers who participated in the revolution during the Red Army, their titles were unified into the rank of major. Similarly, those who joined the army during the period of the Eighth Route Army were not usually awarded the rank of major general if not for great merit.
This clear criterion allowed about 3,000 veterans of the Red Army who had been in the army since the beginning of the revolution to receive the rank of major. In 1927, after the breakdown of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, our party realized the importance of arming, and after the reorganization, it began to actively prepare for armed resistance against the Kuomintang.
On August 1 of the same year, the Nanchang Uprising broke out, marking the official establishment of our army. However, at that time, the revolutionary army was not called the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, but took the opportunity of the Guangzhou Uprising to gradually develop the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
After the Nanchang Uprising, armed uprisings were organized throughout the country, among which the Guangzhou Uprising broke out on December 11. During the uprising, the leading organs issued "Outside the Red Flag", proclaimed the organization of the "Workers' and Peasants' Red Army", and raised the banner of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army led by Ye Ting, Zhang Tailei and others succeeded in taking control of Guangzhou and establishing the Soviet Union after the pledge meeting. This great attempt caused a sensation throughout the country, and although the Canton uprising quickly failed, the reputation of the Red Army quickly spread.
It was for this reason that the name Red Army was then widely used. In Circular No. 51 at the end of May 1928, the name of the Red Army was officially established.
During the period of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the Red Army was the main armed force of our army, and they undertook the task of expansion and defense in various revolutionary base areas throughout the country. Relying on our party's purpose of truly serving the people, countless poor people actively joined the Red Army to protect their hard-won land.
Taking the Soviet zone as an example, in the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, the number of Red Army troops in the First Front Army had reached 11More than 20,000 people. However, the erroneous guidelines led to the fact that the Red Army suffered a heavy defeat in hard battles.
In order to preserve their strength, they were forced to make the decision of the Long March.
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In the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo base area in northern Shaanxi, our army continued to accumulate strength and successfully repelled the Kuomintang's "encirclement and suppression" several times. At the same time, the strength of our army is gradually recovering.
However, the situation is also changing across the country. With the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937, Japan's full-scale invasion of China and its call for the establishment of a united front to jointly resist foreign enemies became the main contradiction at that time.
After the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident, the united front was established. Although the Kuomintang did not provide logistical support for our army, the CCP still made huge concessions and accepted the reorganization and reorganization into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
Since then, the title of "Red Army" has been replaced by the "Eighth Route Army".
At the time of the establishment of the Red Army and the awarding of the title in 1955, after nearly thirty years of bloody and fire battles, countless Red Army soldiers fell on the battlefield, and at that time only more than 3,000 Red Army soldiers were still alive.
For the award, we need to consider them according to their current position, political quality, professional ability and service experience, and revolutionary contributions. The award was a systematic undertaking that involved millions of people, and we cannot disappoint them.
They may not meet the requirements in terms of position, culture, merit, etc., but for our army, they are like witnesses of living fossils, and for the people, they are the beginning of our party's people's army.
In the arduous period, they followed the eight disciplines formulated for them, worked well with the people, and truly sought happiness for the people. Therefore, **, after careful consideration, the decision of the Red Army not to be colonels was made.
Salute to the revolutionary martyrs!