Foreword: On October 1, 1949, New China was founded. It stands to reason that as soon as New China was founded, it should be awarded to the generals who had made great achievements in battle. However, we all know that the first time the Republic was awarded a title was in 1955, six years after the founding of New China. The reason was that the sudden outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea delayed the award. On September 27, 1955, Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai, Beijing held a very solemn ceremony for awarding the ranks and medals of marshals, and awarded 10 marshals. It stands to reason that as the head of the ten marshals, Zhu De should have been awarded Marshal Command No. 001, but he did not. The Marshal Command No. 001 was awarded to He Long, who is ranked fifth among the top ten marshals. What is going on? ?
He Long's two kitchen knives make a revolution
Hunan is a treasure land where many important leaders of our party and army were born. He Long is also a Hunanese who was born in in Hunan in 1896 Plant . He Long’s family is not good. After only a few years of reading books, he dropped out of school. In order to make a living, he followed the caravan to sell food and salt at a young age. During this period, he learned a good skill.
The 1911 Revolution broke out in 1911. In 1914, the 18-year-old He Long joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party led by Sun Yat-sen. Yuan Shikai usurped the fruits of the revolution and tried to restore. There was an upsurge in the country to discuss Yuan, and He Long also participated in this upsurge.
Yuan Shikai's restoration
The story of He Long's "two kitchen knives making a revolution" is talked about by people. In 1916, He Long, holding two kitchen knives in hand, led more than 20 people to break through the tax card of the Bamaoxi Salt Bureau, and won 13 Mauser guns, thus pulling up a revolutionary team composed of farmers and starting their own The brilliant revolutionary road.
He Long’s starting point is very high,Before the Nanchang Uprising, he was the commander of the army
. The revolutionary team led by He Long made great contributions in the war of defending Yuan and defending the country. Later, he led the team to participate in the Northern Expedition and served as the Ninth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Commander of the First Division, Commander of the 20th Army.
Even though he was in a high position, He Long was fascinated by the Communist Party and expressed his desire to join the Communist Party of China many times. However, due to the regulations of the Party at that time, it was not possible to recruit senior officers of the National Revolutionary Army into the Party, so He Long failed As he wished, even so, He Long still did not give up and wanted to join our party.
After the April 12 coup broke out in 1927, Chiang Kai-shek turned his gun to kill a large number of our party members, KMT-CPC cooperation broke down, and He Long was not afraid at all. He secretly rescued our party members.
in the middle is He Long
He Long is the highest starting point among the ten marshals. At that time, He Long was already in a high position. Chiang Kai-shek Xu took him to a high position with a lot of money to win him, but he did not do anything to our party’s He Long. Moved, he doesn’t want high-ranking officials or riches and riches. He only wants to join the Communist Party in pursuit of the truth. He only wants to follow the Communist Party to save the country and the people. He has a firm ideal and belief for the country and the people. He needs to know what happened at that time. He is not yet a communist, what He Long did is really admirable!
Faced with the brutal killing of the Kuomintang, our party decided to launch the Nanchang Uprising. The commander-in-chief of the Nanchang Uprising was He Long. When Zhou Enlai told He Long to be the commander-in-chief of the uprising, He Long excitedly said: "I will do what the party wants me to do!"
He Long stills
On August 1, 1927, the Nanchang Uprising fired the first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang. This uprising has a pivotal position in the history of our party, and He Long has made great contributions. There were more than 20,000 people on our side during this uprising,Among them, the 20th army of commander He Long occupied half of the troops, while Cai Tingkai, Zhou Shidi and Ye Ting each had a division.
Nanchang Uprising
Hundreds of He family died for the revolution
Soon after the Nanchang Uprising, Zhou Yiqun and Tan Pingshan became one of his wishes. The glorious Communist Party member, Zhou Enlai personally presided over his party admission ceremony.
Zhou Yiqun
Chairman Mao once said that revolution is never a treat for dinner. Revolution is a bloodshed and sacrifice. He Long was in a high position before participating in the Nanchang Uprising. He can enjoy a very good life, but he does not. For the revolution, the He family shed blood and sacrifices. From the Northern Expedition to the victory of the whole country, hundreds of people from the same clan of He family died for the country, plus clan members. There are as many as thousands of people. Under the leadership of He Long, they devoted themselves to the revolution without hesitation. He Long's father, sister, younger brother, and younger sister were all killed by the reactionaries. Before his death, the younger sister shouted: "My elder brother will avenge me!" Moving!
He Long brothers and sisters
He Long was absent from Liberation War was still awarded the rank of marshal
After the Nanchang Uprising, He Long and others regrouped in adversity and regrouped the group in adversity. span13span is one of the three major revolutionary bases in the country, the western Hunan and Hubei revolutionary bases. During the Red Army period, even with the ups and downs, He Long still held a high position. He was the commander-in-chief of the Red Second Front Army , one of the three main forces of the Red Army. Chairman Mao appreciates He Long very much, and once praised him for his three major advantages. One is absolute loyalty to the party, the second is fighting the enemy to the end, and the third is close contact with the masses.
The left is He Long, the middle is Guan Xiangying, the right is Ren Bishi
In the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, He Long was the commander of the 120 division , one of the four main forces of our army. The Yanmen ambush and other beautiful battles, under the leadership of He Long, opened up the anti-Japanese base area in northwest Shanxi . However, in the 1939 qihui fight , the maddened Japanese used gas bombs, and He Long was injured by the gas bombs. This injury made He Long's body worse than before. He was later transferred back to Yan'an.
By the time of the War of Liberation, due to physical reasons, He Long did not participate in the front battlefield. Instead, he served as the head of the army's logistics supply in the rear, ensuring food and ammunition for the frontline soldiers.
Since 1952, He Long has been the director of the National Sports Commission . Although He Long did not participate in the frontal war of the Liberation War, because he was the commander-in-chief of the Nanchang Uprising and one of the three main forces of the Red Army, his personal and family's great contributions to the revolution are obvious to all. Therefore, he was awarded the marshal in 1955. Military rank, and was awarded the Marshal Command 001! In 1969, He Shuai passed away at the age of 73.
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