The cruelty of war is that it always comes at the cost of sacrifice, it breaks families and displaces people, but unfortunately, China has been at war for a long time in modern times. During this long and brutal war years, China faced an extremely difficult situation, with external enemies and internal strife, and was on the verge of despair several times.
In these dark years, we have too many touching deeds, and we know too many battlefield heroes. However, in fact, the number of people who participated in the revolution is difficult to count, and the number of martyrs who died does not seem to be fully recorded, and only a few can be praised by us.
People from different backgrounds, different regions, and different ages have come forward because of the same goal, from the beginning of the May Fourth Movement, the Northern Expedition to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, how many people have followed one another, how many people's lives have been frozen forever, and how many blood has flowed.
Although the country is broken by mountains and rivers, can mountains and rivers still be the original mountains and rivers? It is this group of heroic and fearless heroes who sacrificed their lives and forgot their deaths to exchange a complete country for us and find familiar mountains and rivers for us. However, just like every movie has a protagonist and supporting role, not all people will be found to shine, not all people will be noticed, and not all people will be successful. History doesn't remember everyone, but there are always people who don't.
In the 1955 ceremony, seven meritorious fathers were awarded the rank of marshal, along with 10 generals, 55 generals, 185 lieutenant generals, and 798 major generals. Most of these are familiar to us, ** This is undoubtedly the founding merit of the people who have been awarded, and they can be described as great achievements and good qualifications.
Each has a different experience. But as I said earlier, not all of them can shine, and there are always some who are unknown. "Don't judge heroes by success or failure", although whether or not to award titles is not a criterion for measuring success or failure, nor is it a yardstick for "discussing" heroes.
However, as a soldier who has accepted the baptism of war and grew up in the war, he has gone through the rain of bullets and bullets and finally been able to stand on the podium of the award, which not only represents honor and glory, but also a kind of affirmation and praise. It can be said that there is not a single serviceman who does not aspire to have a "military merit medal". However, since it is a reward, there must be its evaluation criteria, and if someone is selected, there will always be someone who is not selected.
The Red Army has always been the main force of our country's war team, and many members of the early Red Army team were ordinary people, who chose to join the Red Army for various reasons, and have been fighting with the Red Army in the north and south. It was such an ordinary group of people who became the earliest new force and founder of our revolution.
There are more than 3,000 veteran Red Army veterans, who have experienced several baptisms of artillery fire against encirclement and suppression, and they have climbed snow-capped mountains, crossed grasslands, and endured hunger during the long and difficult journey of 25,000 miles. They participated in the agrarian revolution, fought on the battlefield of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, or they charged forward in the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, fearless of life and death.
This is a group of the most loyal supporters of the Red Army, this is a group of ordinary and great people, maybe they have no vigorous contributions, no shocking feats, no stories to sing and cry about, maybe they have always been the most ordinary soldiers. But, who can say that they are ordinary? Who can deny their efforts?
Maybe some of them withdrew from the battlefield because they were wounded, maybe some of them were unable to hold important positions because of their low level of education, but who can not be moved by their silent efforts? Who can not admire their perseverance?
Although they also made great contributions to the establishment of New China, and although they also fought the battlefield, they could not even be rated as school officers because the conditions were not up to standard. Such an outcome, although it is not unfair, is always regrettable.
Fortunately, in the face of such a special situation, the party did not forget their contributions, and the leaders attached great importance to it and immediately studied and made the evaluation principle that "the old Red Army is not a colonel". Such a special provision represents the gratitude of the party and the people to this group of veterans, and is also the greatest respect and affirmation for these veteran Red Army soldiers who fought bloody battles, selflessly dedicated themselves to the country and the party, and devoted most of their lives.