The great award in 1955 is still talked about to this day, in addition to the generals who were successfully awarded, there are also martyrs who died before the award, and it is always the focus of heated discussions.
Zhu Rui once went to the Soviet Union to learn artillery technology, and he also made outstanding achievements during the war, but unfortunately, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Rui died on the battlefield.
What kind of merits does Zhu Rui have? If he had not died before the founding of the country, then what rank could he have been awarded in 1955?
In 1905, Zhu Rui was born in a scholarly family in Jiangsu, when the Zhu family was still a wealthy family and lived a wealthy life.
Although it was the end of the Qing Dynasty at this time, a family that had been inherited for a hundred years, under such circumstances, as long as there was someone in charge of the overall situation, would not easily decline.
Zhu Rui's life in his childhood was very happy, and the Zhu family at that time did not have too much social influence until Zhu Rui's father died suddenly and unexpectedly when he was 8 years old.
At this time, the Zhu family lost its backbone, and life was not as easy as before, and her mother thought that it would be good for Zhu Rui to grow up and be able to take the lead, but she didn't expect the Qing Dynasty to fall.
At this time, the society was really in chaos, and when Zhu Rui, who was only a teenager, was just able to take on family responsibilities, the Zhu family was ransacked by bandits.
Zhu Rui can only help his mother take care of the family while going to school, and the life of the brothers and sisters is very hard, but Zhu Rui never gives up easily.
Under such conditions, he was not only admitted to a middle school in Nanjing, where he was exposed to progressive ideas, but also was admitted to Guangzhou University with excellent results.
In Guangzhou, Zhu Rui joined the Communist Youth League, participated in a series of progressive movements, and after being sent to the Soviet Union, Zhu Rui also studied artillery-related majors.
Here, Zhu Rui became an honorable party member, and after returning to China, he served in the Yangtze River Bureau, and after following the Long March, Zhu Rui arrived in northern Shaanxi.
After the outbreak of the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhu Rui not only served as a civilian, but went into battle with the soldiers to kill the enemy, and really changed from a showman to a general.
When he was in Ruijin, Zhu Rui's unit had encountered resistance, and when the battle was anxious, it was Zhu Rui who rushed out with the death squad, not only winning the victory in one fell swoop, but also capturing more than 3,000 enemy soldiers.
Zhu Rui also became famous in World War I at this time, and in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhu Rui followed the army south with ***.
Because the equipment of the Eighth Route Army has improved a lot compared to before at this time, Zhu Rui plans for the future, and after receiving the support of the first, he will use his knowledge to train artillery.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhu Rui, ** and others went to the Northeast and took over a large number of equipment from the Japanese Kwantung Army.
The soldiers, who had always been tightly clothed and fed, were stunned by the scene in front of them, with food and all kinds of advanced equipment all over the mountains.
With the blessing of food and **, coupled with Zhu Rui's training, the Northeast Field Army not only formed an artillery unit, but also established a field army artillery school.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Rui had already continuously expanded the scale of the artillery unit of the Northeast Field Army and built it into China's first artillery unit.
At this time, the equipment of the artillery units of the Northeast Field Army was even better than that of many Kuomintang units, and these long guns and short artillery bombarded Shenyang, Jinzhou and many other large cities.
From this point of view, Zhu Rui is a very capable general, and during his work with ***, he created a lot of "myths", but it is worth mentioning that there have been irreconcilable contradictions between the two.
The cause of the incident was that in 1938, Yan'an decided to establish the Shandong Branch, and a year later, the Northern Bureau decided to establish the Shandong Military Commission**.
These two departments have their own functions, but in this way, Shandong has two parallel leading bodies, and has two top leaders, one of which is Zhu Rui.
In addition, there is also a Shandong column in Shandong, and Zhu Rui is the political commissar of the column, but after the 115th Division led by *** arrived in Shandong, it became two parallel military organizations.
This situation is more complicated, and Yan'an also felt that it was inappropriate, so it was decided to let *** and Zhu Rui unify the leadership, at this time Zhu Rui became the leader of the Shandong organization, and ** naturally became a subordinate.
However, in the telegram sent by Yan'an, there was a tone of discussion, and the instructions were not very clear, so Zhu Rui, the number one, actually had some problems that had not been solved.
Later, when Zhu Rui participated in the 115th Division cadre meeting, he also criticized the 115th Division and reported his opinions to Yan'an, and Yan'an immediately criticized the division leader, that is, ***
And *** called back to the headquarters, which roughly means that he is not qualified for his current position, and hopes to transfer himself or go directly to other places to study.
Although this matter was mediated by Yan'an, the specific problem was not solved, and later Zhu Rui was in charge of the party and government, and the military, and it was not clear who should be listened to if there was a contradiction.
During the sweep of the Japanese army, because of the failure to unify the command, the decisions of the two sides were different, so the 115th Division sometimes could not command the Shandong Column, and it also caused relatively heavy losses.
At this time, the Yan'an side finally knew that this contradiction could not continue to drag on, and that the Shandong base area must immediately decide on a candidate who can take unified command.
The final commander was ***, but the prestige of *** was not enough at that time, so the above transferred Zhu Rui to Yan'an to study, or let him participate in some important meetings, which can be regarded as gaining some buffer period for ***.
In fact, the contradiction between the two is not a personal grudge, let alone a lack of overall awareness, on the contrary, both of them are very people with a sense of the overall situation.
The main reason for the contradiction between them is the difference in starting point, and to put it bluntly, it is the contradiction between the theoretical school and the practical school.
Zhu Rui belonged to the Soviet Union, and such people were generally more educated, after all, they had studied abroad and had been exposed to the ideas of international communism.
They have a broad horizon and a high level of theoretical knowledge, but because of this, they are more likely to be dogmatic in their daily work.
What Zhu Rui lacks is grassroots experience, after all, after studying abroad, he directly became a commissioner and chief of staff and secretary general of the Military Commission of the Yangtze River Bureau.
And *** is a practical school, he participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising and went to Jinggangshan, he is educated, but more importantly, he has rich experience at the grassroots level, so he does things with ability and experience.
When these two kinds of cadres work together, conflicts and contradictions will inevitably occur, so there is no power struggle between them.
Zhu Rui's departure is not only because of the contradiction between him and ***, it is normal to have different opinions with colleagues at work, and he will not leave Shandong because of this incident.
Another important point is the sacrifice of Zhu Rui's family, Zhu Rui's wife and two children were also in Shandong at that time, but the first child died of a serious illness in the sweep of the Japanese army.
The day the second child was born, the Japanese army launched another sweep, this time, his wife Chen Ruoke and the newborn child were stabbed by the Japanese army, and their heads were cut off.
Not long after, Zhu Rui left Shandong for Yan'an, and then began to do his old job and began to form an artillery unit.
During the Liaoshen Campaign in 1948, the most critical part of the battle was the county seat of Yixian in the north of Jinzhou, which determined the success or failure of the entire battle.
This battle was led by Zhu Rui, and the participating troops were the artillery units of the Northeast Region formed by Zhu Rui himself.
However, in this battle, Zhu Rui was hit in the heart by ** fragments and unfortunately died, only one year before the founding of New China.
Zhu Rui has the qualifications, ability and military merits, if he had not sacrificed, with his contribution to the formation of the national artillery, many people think that he would definitely be able to be a general when he was awarded the title in 55 years, there is no problem.
When the title was awarded, there were only 10 generals, Zhu Rui did have qualifications, and even used to be the leader of the world, but when it came to the award, he might not be able to be promoted to general.
First of all, there is the issue of the number of generals, among the 10 generals, in addition to General Xu Haidong, the remaining Huaye one, one field, two fields, two fields and three of the four fields.
Among these 10 people, none of them are not as qualified as Zhu Rui, not to mention that there are already 3 in Siye, if there is another one, it is likely to attract criticism.
Even a few people who have not been rated as the top 10 generals are more qualified than Zhu Rui, so from the perspective of qualifications, it is unlikely that Zhu Rui can be rated as a general.
There is also the above-mentioned Shandong issue, at that time Zhu Rui also made some mistakes, which led to some critical situations in Shandong.
Looking at the position again, among the four major field armies of that year, Zhu Rui served in the four fields, and judging from the tenure of the special forces of other field armies and the military ranks awarded later, it is estimated that Zhu Rui can be awarded is a general.
Among the four major field armies, the first field does not have special forces, and the column of the second field is concurrently held by Li Da, and there are not many references, and the commander of the third field special column is only a major general, if the second field is not concurrently Li Da, it is very likely that he is also a major general.
If Zhu Rui hadn't sacrificed, even if he was the artillery commander of Siye, his military rank would not be ridiculously high, after all, the artillery commander of our army at that time was also a general.
From this point of view, if Zhu Rui had not died before the founding of the People's Republic of China and participated in the awarding of titles, although it is unlikely that he would be a general, there should be no problem in evaluating a general.
** Zhu Rui is also highly evaluated, and once called him "China's artillery marshal", it is his selfless dedication that has allowed the PLA to have a powerful artillery unit.
Throughout his life, no matter what rank he may have been awarded, his contribution to the cause of revolution and liberation cannot be overlooked.