In 1955, six years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first award ceremony was officially held.
At the same time,The Order of August, the Order of Independence and Freedom, and the Order of LiberationThese three medals are also awarded together, representing revolutionaries who have made great contributions to the country at different times.
Feng Baiju justHe had these three revolutionary medals, which symbolized the highest honors, but did not receive any military rank at the award ceremony.
To this day, in Feng Baiju's past resume, the first title is still the former commander of the Qiongya Independent Second Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
In 1903, Feng Baiju was born in a small village in Yunlong Town, Qiongshan District, Haikou City, and his parents were ordinary farmers.
Although Feng Baiju was born poor, he was very smart when he was studying, and it was in school that Feng Baiju received more progressive ideas, and he had already joined the progressive club organized by the school when he was in elementary school.
At the age of 23, Feng Baiju officially joined the Communist Party of ChinaSince then, Feng Baiju has launched a battle of wits and courage with the enemy on Qiongya Mountain, and has dedicated all his efforts to the communist cause of Qiongya Mountain.
Feng Baiju often said something like this:"There are no mountains in the Qiongwen area, but there are revolutionary masses so that we can firmly take root. ”
It was precisely because of Feng Baiju that there was the spark of the later Qiongya revolutionary armed forces, so even the prime minister called him"A banner for the people of Qiongya! ”
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Qiongya Workers' and Peasants' Red Army led by Feng Baiju was reorganized into the 14th District Independent Team of the Guangdong Provincial People's Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Regiment, and he served as the captain.
Because of the experience of cultivating the team before this, after the team was reorganized, Feng Baiju made up his mind to cultivate the former Qiongya Red Army into a "sharp knife team" in our party's revolutionary armed forces.
To this end, Feng Baiju worked hard and exhausted, he not only personally gave political lessons to the soldiers, taught the best military thinking and the fine traditional style of the Red Army, but also carried out military tactical training with the soldiers at all times, in order to improve the combat capability of this team as much as possible.
At the same time, he also successively opened up Qiongwen, Meihe, Baisha and other anti-Japanese base areas, and thwarted the Japanese puppet army's many "sweeps" and encroachment.
In addition, at the end of the Liberation War, when the Kuomintang reactionaries attempted to retreat to Hainan and divide the island, the heroic People's Liberation Army launched a sea-crossing campaign in order to shatter the enemy's unrealistic illusions.
InBattle of the Sea CrossingAfter the war began, thanks to the very tacit cooperation between the Qiongya Column led by Feng Baiju and the People's Liberation Army, they finally succeeded in liberating Hainan, so it can be said that Feng Baiju played a very crucial role in the final victory of the battle of crossing the sea.
From the period of the Agrarian Revolution, to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and then to the War of Liberation, Feng Baiju made great contributions to the revolutionary cause of New China, and he fought bravely at many key nodes in the founding of New China.
Therefore, at the 1955 award ceremony, Feng Baiju was able to win the People's Republic of China's first-class eighty-one medal, the first-class independent freedom medal, and the first-class liberation medal, which is well-deserved.
So, since this is the case, many people may have such questions, why was Feng Baiju not awarded any military rank if he was so meritorious?
The reason is very simple: before the 1955 award ceremony, Feng Baiju had already transferred out of the army and assumed the post of vice governor of Guangdong Province, and also served as a member of the National Defense Commission.
According to the principle of awarding titles in 1955, all relevant generals who have left the army and transferred to the ** department will not participate in this award without special circumstances, so even if Feng Baiju has made outstanding achievements and even won three revolutionary medals, he still did not receive any military rank at the award ceremony that year.
For every soldier, the importance of military rank is self-evident, and I believe that Feng Baiju is no exception, however, compared to military rank, the three revolutionary medals he received can already prove to the world that he has made contributions to the country and the people.
Although Feng Baiju was not awarded any military rank at the first investiture ceremony in 1955, judging from the three revolutionary medals he received, we must also admit that he made great contributions to the country in different revolutionary periods.
So, what happened to Feng Baiju after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and how did he live?
In June of the same year, he served as secretary of the Hainan Island District Committee of the Communist Party of China, and then commander and political commissar of the Hainan Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
All this, it is not difficult to see how much the country trusted Feng Baiju's ability after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which was of course because of his contributions to the revolutionary struggle, and of course there was no lack of his own responsibility for his work.
Later, Feng Baiju and General *** went to Beijing to report on the work, and ** and *** also met with him, the tall Feng Baiju left a deep impression on *** and ***, and,During the conversation, Feng Baiju's spirit of single-mindedly serving the people also moved the leaders present.
And this meeting has also become one of the most impressive memories of Feng Baiju's life, and in many years later, he would often tell this matter to the people around him.
Two years later, the socialist transformation began to be piloted across the country, and at that time, Feng Baiju had been transferred to the vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, and the main work he was responsible for was to grasp the pilot work of "private industrial and commercial transformation".
As we all know, in the early stage of socialist transformation, all fields were faced with considerable difficulties, especially private industry and commerce, so whether it was facing the heavy responsibility entrusted by the party organization or the masses from the outside world, Feng Baiju assumed a lot of pressure.
However, even so, he never showed any hesitation; he went down to the front line of the external relatives, went deep into the internal affairs of the masses, fully understood the needs and voices of the masses, and internally organized experts in relevant fields, held regular symposiums, and strived to solve a series of problems that the masses were worried about in the process of transformation.
Thanks to his unremitting efforts, Guangdong Province has made remarkable progress in the "transformation of private industry and commerce," and the results of this work are among the best in the country.
In April 1963, Feng Baiju was transferred to the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and served as the vice governor of Zhejiang Province, mainly in charge of culture, education, health, science and technology, as well as family planning and schistosomiasis prevention and control.
During his tenure, he worked diligently and personally went to the front line to participate in the work, which was widely recognized by the local people.
Later, he was diagnosed with "prostate cancer" and was immediately admitted to the hospital**.
However, because of the severity of the condition, Feng Baiju's condition was not optimistic, and the daughter later couldn't help crying when she recalled her father's illness's father, who used to be more than 1.8 meters tall, was sick and his waist was bent and his back was rickety, just like two people he used to look like.
At the beginning of 1972, the premier who was far away in Beijing learned the news that Feng Baiju was seriously ill, and he issued instructions overnight to let the Zhejiang Provincial Revolutionary Committee send Feng Baiju to Beijing for treatment by special car.
After arriving in Beijing, under the care of ***, a series of experts gathered in one place to diagnose and treat Feng Baiju's condition, during the ** period, Feng Baiju endured unimaginable pain every day, but in front of his family, he always behaved like no one.
The youngest daughter said that her father was always smiling when they were there, and often humming a little tune from Joan opera, but she once secretly saw her father curled up in the corner of the hospital bed when he was in pain.
Despite the company and care of his family, Feng Baiju's body still decayed day after dayOn July 19, 1973, Feng Baiju died tragically in Beijing, and before his death, his only wish was to see his children far away from home again.
And *** heard about his request, personally called his agency and gave instructions for him to meet his relatives, and finally, at the last moment of his life, he died with a smile.
Feng Baiju's daughter Feng Er once said frankly that her father Feng Baiju was optimistic and open-minded before his death, he has always trusted the party and the country incomparably, and has always taught his children to study hard and work hard to serve the country.
Perhaps because he has dedicated most of his energy to the country and the people, Feng Baiju always feels a little guilty about his family.
Daughter Feng Erzeng later recalled in an interviewWhen my father was in charge of family planning and blood-sucking insect control, she often did not come home for several days, squinted in the office for a while when she was tired and sleepy, and then resumed work after waking up.
However, even so, in Feng Erzeng's heart, her father will always be her role model, whether it is in her own study or in the process of work, her father has taught her too many truths, and these principles have also benefited her for life.
In fact, in Feng Baiju's ups and downs in his life, he has encountered too many choices, but every time, he chooses to move forward bravely, even if he is at a low point, he will always be devoted to the country and the people, and in his body, there is the imprint of the times when New China finally achieved nirvana after hardships.
After Feng Baiju's death, his children followed their father's last wish and worked hard in their posts, and after their children were born, they also taught their children as their father taught them, and this inheritance will continue forever.
Whether it was a war year or a peaceful era, Feng Baiju hoped that when educating his children, he hoped that they could be strict with themselves, and even when he was in a high position, his children did not enjoy any care at all.
Therefore, after Feng Baiju's death, his family was grateful but still refused in the face of the organization's concern, because they all understood that this was what their father wanted them to do the most.
Feng Baiju's children later also worked hard and hard in their respective positions, and they rooted their father's teachings in their hearts, doing everything for the people and starting from the people.
Throughout Feng Baiju's life, this veteran comrade who has won three revolutionary medals, his life has been ups and downs, all for the people and the country, although he has gone through hardships in the second half of his life, he has finally been able to restore his reputation, and in his hometown, his deeds are still circulating among generations of young people.