This marshal has always maintained a humble and low-key nature. Although he has made great achievements, he never takes credit for himself, treats others gently and is friendly to his neighbors. When he was awarded the title in 1955, he was included in the list of marshals, but he took the initiative to give up the title and proposed to be demoted. After hearing the news, Chairman Mao issued a special instruction, not allowing him to refuse, he was Marshal Luo Ronghuan.
Lao is always from Hunan. He is naturally studious, and has excellent grades in elementary and middle school, and can be called a god of learning. In 1926 and 1927, he studied at Qingdao University and Wuchang Sun Yat-sen University , which is now a famous university in Wuhan University. During this period, he joined the Communist Youth League. Soon after, he joined the National Revolutionary Army and followed his troops to fight against the forces of the Beiyang Fengtian faction. In 1927, he rushed to Hunan and together with Chairman Mao, he initiated and led the mighty autumn harvest uprising , and was then incorporated into Red Army , and served as corporate and battalion political cadres.
When President Luo first met Chairman Mao, he was impressed by his far-sighted thoughts and unique personal courage. In the next few decades, no matter what happens, he has unswervingly supported Chairman Mao. Once, when the Red 4 Army held a working meeting, someone proposed to carry out the so-called "internal democratization" and hoped that the people's armed forces would abandon discipline and leadership, fight for themselves and wait for opportunities.
Chairman Mao believes that this move is extreme democratization and extremely wrong, which will lead to the army being dissipated and divided, and thus lose its combat effectiveness. Chairman Mao felt that the people's armed forces should be unifiedly commanded by the Party, and should take Marxism-Leninism as the guiding ideology and fight against the enemy unswervingly. Luo Ronghuan naturally supported Chairman Mao and helped the Chairman establish the great idea of the Party commanding guns, ensuring the correct and stable development of the people's armed forces.
In 1934, the Party Central Committee prepared to build the Red 8th Legion with some old Red Army as the backbone and newly recruited soldiers and the incorporated Kuomintang troops as the main body. During the process of moving to , Gannan , the soldiers were exhausted due to the days of fighting, and developed some resentment. They deliberately stopped and fell asleep on the side of the road. Seeing this, some political cadres brutally adopted corporal punishment to curb this phenomenon. Luo Ronghuan immediately stopped it.
He pointed out that political work is not about reasoning or painting big pie, but requires cadres to set an example and teach and spread virtue. There are indeed difficulties, we must objectively recognize it and lead the soldiers to overcome it. At any time, party members should serve as pioneers and models, endure hardships first and enjoy themselves later, and use friendship and sincerity to impress the soldiers. Only in this way can they unite everyone and improve the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the troops. After the guidance of President Luo, the political cadres slowly changed their working methods and quickly achieved results. They established a deep class friendship with the soldiers, making the entire Red 8th Legion look brand new.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Mr. Luo led the team with Mr. Lin in the 115 Division. In 1939, he moved to Shandong and joined forces with General Chen Guang to command many medium-sized battles. While attacking the Japanese and puppet troops, he expanded the scope of the base area and mobilized the people of the entire land of Qilu to fight against Japan. During the War of Liberation, he became the political commissar of Higashino. After the founding of the People's Liberation Army, he became the director of the General Affairs Department of the People's Liberation Army.
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1955, the Central Military Commission planned to award the rank of Marshal Luo. Mr. Luo felt that his contribution was far less than that of Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng, and he should not enjoy this honor, so he took the initiative to resign. It is true that he did not have many military achievements, but his achievements in the field of political work are unparalleled. The reason why the people's armed forces are developing better and better is inseparable from his guidance and construction. Therefore, Chairman Mao issued a special instruction: He is not allowed to be "moderate", and the marshal cannot be without him, and he is required to unconditionally accept the arrangements of Military Commission . Only then did President Luo be "forced" to become the marshal.
The reason why the people's armed forces are invincible and invincible is largely because of the unremitting efforts of political and working cadres. They fully mobilize the subjective initiative of the soldiers and make the troops form an indestructible whole, and their discipline and combat effectiveness are greatly improved.It can be seen from this that Luo Shuai, who has always been in a political work position, has irreplaceable contributions to the revolution. It is precisely because of him that our army can win battles one after another, defeat all hostile forces, and establish a new China. Therefore, President Luo’s title of marshal is well deserved!
