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In 1955, the whole army was awarded, but the number of the order of the top ten marshal Mr. Zhu was 004, and the number 001 was given to whom.
On September 27, 1955, according to the decision of the ** Military Commission, our army will fully implement the military rank system.
** solemnly signed his name on the military order for the rank, but what made the world strange later was that ** was the first of the ten marshals, and his military order for the title was numbered 004.
Why is Mr. Zhu's military order number not 001 but 004, and if 001 is someone else, who will it be?
In 1927, a gunshot rang out in Nanchang announced the formal establishment of our party's people's armed forces.
In the impression of many people, our army only began to have military ranks in 1955, but in fact, in the history of our army, there have been several short-lived, small-scale awards.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party achieved the second cooperation, and the two armies joined hands to resist the enemy on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, and the Eighth Route Army also issued a training order in May 1939, announcing the implementation of the military rank system for the whole army.
In this award, the commander of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Eighth Route Army, Xiao Ke, deputy division commander, and Ye Ting, commander of the New Fourth Army, were all awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
However, the scope of the award was very small, only the generals in the Kuomintang-controlled areas received the military rank assessment, and with Chiang Kai-shek's cut off the salary and supply of the Eighth Route Army, our army decided to proceed from reality and suspended the award in April 1942.
In 1945, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was coming to an end, the Soviet Union sent troops to the northeast, and the Soviet army implemented the rank system.
This time, in the name of the chairman of the Communist Party of China's Military Commission, letters of appointment were issued to Peng Zhen, Wu Xiuquan and other comrades, and they were awarded different ranks.
However, this time, the awarding of titles, which was only a temporary system on a small scale to accompany the actions of the Soviet army, was not fully implemented.
In January 1946, under the mediation of the United States, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party reached an armistice agreement.
Immediately afterwards, according to the preliminary military reform plan of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the New Fourth Army also issued a specific plan for the evaluation of military ranks, such as army commanders and political commissars can be awarded the rank of general, and the deputy rank of these two can be awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
In the same year, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party set up a military adjustment office to be responsible for the reorganization of the armed forces; in order to cooperate with the work of the military adjustment office, our army once again temporarily conferred military titles, and many generals, including Xu Guangda and Wei Guoqing, were awarded military ranks.
But as the Kuomintang tore its skin and launched a full-scale civil war, the military rank granted this time was automatically canceled.
For example, in the Huaihai Campaign, some commanders at the same level led their troops to fight in concert, and it was difficult to determine the command order when the higher authorities did not clearly define who was responsible for commanding.
Another example is that on the Korean battlefield, our army and the Korean People's Army fought in coordination, but the Korean People's Army had military ranks, while the volunteers did not, which caused some misunderstandings in the actual command.
Even the commander of the Volunteer Army*** mentioned this in a letter to Beijing: "The stipulation of the rank of post has become necessary in the current battle".
In the subsequent negotiations and contests with the US military, the US representatives often used their military ranks to suppress others, which made my volunteers suffer a lot of dumb losses.
All kinds of indications show that in order to build a regular and scientific army, it is imperative to implement the military rank system.
Therefore, since 1950, the Military Commission has instructed relevant units to consider the evaluation and awarding of military ranks in our army.
After repeated deliberation and revision, in February 1955, China decided to adopt the world's common military rank system, and placed 6 ranks and 19 grades, including generalissimo and marshal.
In the preliminary list drawn up by our army, the list of candidates for the three grades of generalissimo, marshal, and general is the most eye-catching, and it has also aroused extensive and heated discussions within our party and our army.
And at the 1955 award ceremony, ** handed over the letters of appointment signed by himself to the marshals, and what is strange is that ** the commander-in-chief is the head of the ten marshals, but his number is 004.
And who is the person who can get the honor of 001 appointment certificate? In addition, what other interesting facts are there during the rank evaluation?
In 1955, Mr. Zhu was the head of the top ten marshals, but his appointment number was 004,001.
After a long period of repeated deliberation and review, the list of founding generals in 1955 was finally determined.
This was the first large-scale conferment of titles after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and to a certain extent, it was a general assessment of the war years, and its historical significance is self-evident.
So, what are the interesting things in the evaluation of military ranks, and to whom was the No. 001 military order issued?
As we mentioned earlier, in 1955, our army set up a total of 6 ranks and 19 ranks, the highest of which is the rank of generalissimo.
However, from the birth of the rank of Generalissimo, he has never really been awarded to anyone.
In January 1955, the working group for the evaluation of military ranks of the ** Military Commission held a meeting to discuss the candidates for the award, and the meeting formed a report and unanimously decided to award the rank of generalissimo.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he saw this report, he immediately waved his hand to refuse: "I don't deserve to be that generalissimo."
In the later Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the matter of awarding the title of *** was mentioned again. Democrats have said that he is the main founder and core leader of the people's army, has commanded many major battles, and led the people's army to the final victory of the revolution, and should be awarded the rank of generalissimo.
The deputies also proposed that three first-class medals should be awarded in recognition of the immortal meritorious service made during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the War of Liberation.
Not only that, but the delegates also believed that a resolution must be formed. Seeing this situation, ***, who knew that *** was unwilling to accept the military rank, had to make a proposal, and everyone went together to persuade *** to accept the military rank.
Soon after, at the Politburo meeting, revolutionaries of the older generation persuaded them to accept the rank of generalissimo.
But *** has other plans, he said that if he wears a generalissimo uniform to the masses, there will be a lot of inconvenience.
Under his leadership, ** and other comrades have expressed their positions, saying that they will withdraw from the selection of those who have been evaluated by military ranks.
In addition to these revolutionaries who have retired from leading positions in the army, many generals of our army have displayed their noble sentiments in the evaluation of military ranks.
**At that time, he presided over the evaluation of the military rank of the whole army, and served as the core leader of the four fields during the Liberation War, and made great achievements.
It stands to reason that there is no doubt about evaluating a marshal, but he resolutely refused, saying that his military merits were dispensable and not suitable for evaluating the rank of marshal.
And ***, who is working in the field, also wrote a letter to **, expressing his sincere request:Do not confer on me the rank of marshal, I will be placed in the position of general at most, this is the assessment of history
After learning that he had been awarded the rank of general, Comrade Xu Guangda directly locked himself up at home and wrote a report to **, in which he made a detailed comparison between himself and other comrades, saying that he was at most a general and did not accept the evaluation of a general.
However, their immortal exploits in the revolutionary career will only shine brighter and brighter in the light of their modesty, and no matter how humble they may be, history will eventually bestow them the honor they deserve.
On September 27, 1955, which is a day of great historical significance in the history of our army, according to the decision of the ** Military Commission, the award ceremony of marshals and generals will be held in Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai.
At 14:30 in the afternoon, in the majestic military music, the general award ceremony officially began, the secretary general read out the military order aloud, and the solemn general order was handed over to Su Yu, Huang Kecheng, Tan Zheng, Xiao Jinguang and others standing in front of the rostrum.
At 17 o'clock in the afternoon, the marshal award ceremony was officially carried out, and he strode into Huairen Hall, shook hands with **, and others one by one, and handed over the marshal military order signed by himself to them, officially appointing the first batch of marshals in New China.
On this day, the skies of the Republic are star-studded, and the newly appointed generals will continue to escort the giant ship.
Later, it was discovered that ** ranked first among the top ten marshals and was the father of the Red Army, and he had been serving as the core leadership of the Red Army since Jinggangshan, and no one could match his prestige or status.
It stands to reason that the number of the letter of appointment of the commander-in-chief should be 001, but the result is the opposite of what people suspected, the number of the letter of appointment of ** is not 001, but 004.
So, to whom was the certificate of appointment issued with the rank number 001?
When the title was conferred in 1955, the rank order number of ** was 004, and to whom was the military order number 001 awarded?
On September 27, 1955, Zhongnanhai Huairentang gathered stars and heroes, and solemnly handed over the marshal appointment letter signed by himself to ** and others.
* The Commander-in-Chief is at the top of the Ten Marshals, and his rank warrant number is 004, which was originally to be awarded to *** and *** respectively, but both of them refused to accept the ranks, and these two numbers are vacant.
Many people speculate that the 001 military order was issued to *** himself, but in fact, although he refused to give himself a military rank, the number 001 was not vacant because of this, but was awarded to others.
This person who received the military order number 001 is the ** marshal.
However, only a few people knew about this incident at the time, and there was no official publicity from the government, resulting in the number 001 military order almost becoming a historical mystery.
Until 2015, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the staff went to the homes of revolutionary martyrs to collect propaganda materials, and when they came to the ** home, they found that the number 001 military order framed on the wall was hung on the wall.
After the identification of relevant personnel, this is indeed the No. 001 military rank order issued by *** himself, and the reason why No. 001 will belong to ** is because he led his troops to fire the first shot of the Nanchang Uprising.
Let's turn back the pointer of history to July 1927, when the first in the Northern Expedition was victorious, and his prestige was shocked, and he was promoted to the commander of the 20th Army, which was a hot figure in the military circles at that time.
But what no one knows is that although he was in the Kuomintang army at that time, he was a staunch communist, and although he had not yet joined the Communist Party of China, he was very close to the CCP.
Chiang Kai-shek, who has a heavy army in his hand and is close to our party, is very jealous, and in order to win over him, the old Chiang Kai-shek presented a very valuable gift list: 5 million oceans, the commander of the Wuhan garrison and a Hanyang arsenal.
Although the first two gifts are **Houlu, their significance is far less than the third gift, mastering the Hanyang Arsenal, ** can make their own guns and cannons, recruit their own troops, can be described as a sharp Shang Fang sword.
But even with such a heavy gift, ** is still unmoved, he has an extremely firm belief and ideal in his heart: to fight the world for the poor and seek happiness.
At the beginning of July 1927, **came to visit**, and talked with him about the future of the Chinese revolution, and also talked about the future of the two men, in the conversation, ** expressed firm support for the Communist Party, and will fight with Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei to the end.
With the guarantee, the CCP immediately decided to take the 20th Army, Ye Ting's 11th Army, 24th Division, and the 3rd Officer Training Corps assembled in Jiujiang and Nanchang as the main force of the uprising, preparing to launch the Nanchang Uprising.
On July 17, ** convened a meeting of officers from the 20th barracks and above, and announced that Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-shek had joined forces to launch a counter-revolutionary coup d'état, and that they would "rather kill by mistake than let go" to progressives.
After that, ** asked the officers in a loud voice: "We have been working for more than ten years of revolution, do we still want revolution now?" ”
Due to the large number of Communist Party members in the 20th Army, after a long period of ideological work, the army has long been a real revolutionary contingent, and the officers immediately responded loudly: Do revolution, do revolution! ”。
Three days later, ** led his troops to Nanchang, during which many Kuomintang military and political figures came to the door, hoping to change their minds and follow Wang Jingwei, but they were all rejected sternly.
On July 26, the rebel army was assembled in Nanchang, and **on behalf of the CCP** Former Enemy Committee appointed ** as the commander-in-chief of the uprising, and the headquarters was set up in the military headquarters of the 20th Army, and it was decided to launch the Nanchang Uprising at 4 o'clock in the morning on August 1.
However, in the middle of the night on July 31, when ** was nervously arranging the task of the uprising offensive, a sudden news came that a battalion commander in the uprising army had defected, and it was very likely that the deployment of the uprising would be revealed.
In the future, to prevent extraneous branches, after reporting to ***, ** immediately decided that the uprising would be launched two hours earlier.
At 2 o'clock in the morning of August 1, the city of Nanchang suddenly burst into gunfire, and the Nanchang Uprising, which shocked China and the rest of the world, broke out.
After four hours of fierce fighting, the rebel troops eliminated more than 3,000 enemies in Nanchang City, captured more than 5,000 guns of various types, and won the victory in the first stage of the Nanchang Uprising.
The people's army started from here, embarked on a long journey, and finally won the victory of the revolution, and later, in recognition of the first shot fired, the military order No. 001 was also awarded to **.
Salute to the revolutionary forefathers!