Reading guide:In 1955, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) implemented the military rank system for the first time, and a total of 55 people were awarded the rank of general, which was the highest rank of general except for the 10 generalissimos and 10 generals. Among the 55 founding generals, there is one person with the most special qualifications, not only did he not participate in the Red Army, nor did he participate in the Eighth Route Army, but he was elected as the founding general at the award ceremony, he is the *** general.
In 1906, ** was born in a peasant family in Tumut Banner, Inner Mongolia, his grandfather was the local Mongolian "Ten Patriarchs", this official position came from the period of Genghis Khan, and was a minor official under the thousand-household system, almost equivalent to the chief of the Han region.
When he was a child, a watered plot of land in his family was privately sold by the government to a large landowner, and his grandfather was unwilling and went to theory. As a result, a fight broke out between the two sides, and due to being outnumbered, my grandfather was beaten and wounded, and the land was eventually occupied by the landlord. Since then, in order to make future generations no longer oppressed, my grandfather saved money and insisted on studying, hoping that one day, he would be able to get ahead.
In 1920, with the support of his grandfather, ** went to Guisui (now Hohhot) to study, and entered Tumut Higher Primary School. In order to change his fate, he studied very hard in school, and after graduating from primary school, he was successfully admitted to the Mongolian and Tibetan School in Beiping. After coming to Beiping, he came into contact with revolutionary ideas and often went outside the school to participate in the revolution, which laid a solid foundation for embarking on the revolutionary road in the future.
At the Mongolian-Tibetan School, he also met a person who influenced his life, Mr. Li Dazhao, an early leader of the Communist Party. After coming into contact with the ideas of the Communist Party, ** was greatly inspired, and he firmly established the idea of joining the Communist Party and leading the poor to become the masters of their own affairs.
In 1925, when he was less than 20 years old, he joined the Communist Party, and was favored by Mr. Li Dazhao and was sent to the Soviet Union for further study.
After returning from the Soviet Union, according to the arrangement of the party organization, ** returned to his hometown of Inner Mongolia and secretly carried out revolutionary activities. Inform the Mongolian ethnic group to propagate the ideas of the Communist Party, organize peasant movements, and resist the oppression and exploitation of the reactionary regime.
In 1931, after the 918 Incident, the Japanese army occupied the Northeast, and in order to successfully occupy Inner Mongolia, they began to win over the Mongolian nobles in an attempt to support them to establish a puppet regime. Under the coercion and temptation of Japan, the Mongolian prince and the head of the Gol League, King De, defected to the Japanese and attempted to ** the Mongolian region. In order to maintain the unity of the country, ** regardless of the danger, he personally went to lobby King De, hoping to persuade him to fight against Japan together, but was ruthlessly refused.
Since lobbying is not possible, the only way to do this is to launch an armed insurrection and break with King De, and only in this way can the unity of Mongolia be maintained. In February 1936, ** and others secretly launched a riot in Bailing Temple, led more than 1,000 members of King De's security team to announce their separation from King De, and reorganized it into the Mengqi Security Corps, electrified the whole country, and joined the ranks of resistance against Japan.
The Bailingmiao Rebellion is of great significance in China's modern history, it is not only the first shot of the Mongolian armed forces to resist Japan, but also an effective blow to the puppet regime headed by King De, and avoids the Mongolian **. After the Bailing Temple riot, it shook Mongolia and was regarded as a hero by the Mongols.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, under the arrangement of the party organization, ** came to Yan'an and met the chairman. The chairman had long heard about the revolutionary achievements in Inner Mongolia, so he praised him a lot. The chairman said that Mongolia has been a part of China since ancient times, and the Bailingmiao riot led by you not only safeguarded the unity of Mongolia, but also effectively dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese invaders.
Later, under the arrangement of the chairman, the Mongolian Flag Security Corps was reorganized into the new Third Division, although the establishment was not in the Eighth Route Army, but the new Third Division under the leadership of ***, strictly abide by the rules and regulations of the Eighth Route Army, and was affectionately called "the Eighth Route Army without military uniforms" by the Mongolian people. ”
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the ** force of the German king was crushed, but another ** force began to stir in the right banner of Sunit, and they set up the so-called "temporary**" in an attempt to engage in self-government. **After learning about it, he immediately sent *** back to Inner Mongolia to preside over the work. In 1947, with the efforts of *** and others, Inner Mongolia convened a people's congress and announced the establishment of Inner Mongolia autonomy**, and *** was unanimously elected as the chairman. In 1948, he was elected commander and political commissar of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and later became the vice premier and vice president of the state.
Throughout his life, he has been fighting for the liberation of Inner Mongolia and the reunification of the country. After the liberation of Inner Mongolia, he became a hero in the hearts of the Mongolian people, and many people called him "the Great Khan of the Mongols". After the establishment of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, it organized the Inner Mongolia People's Liberation Army to counter the attacks of the reactionaries on the one hand, and also sent troops to support the liberation war of the whole country on many occasions.
It was for his outstanding contribution to the maintenance of national and national unity that in 1955, he was elected to the rank of general who had not participated in the Red Army and the Eighth Route Army.