Awarded in 1955, two important factors that determine Lin Biao’s rank among Marshals

As the founding fathers of the People's Republic of China, the ten marshals of the People's Republic of China have always been the focus of hot discussions, and the ranking order of their marshals is even more talked about.

Speaking of Marshal Lin Biao, because among the marshals, he is young and has less seniority, ranking third. Some people think that the ranking is high, and some people think that is just right .

In fact, he ranked third, after Zhu Peng and the two bosses. There is a sufficient basis. The Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission definitely have sufficient reasons to rank them in this way. Let’s analyze it below.

(1) In 1951, he was promoted to vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. As the military affairs department of the Communist Party of China, he commanded the armed forces of the whole country. If a soldier can be appointed as the vice chairman of the Military Commission, generally speaking, he has reached the The pinnacle of military career.

In 1951, Lin Biao was the first secretary of the Central South Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the commander of the Central South Military Region, with a high position. In November of the same year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China added him as the vice-chairman of the People's Revolutionary Military Committee of the Central People's Government. After Zhu De and Peng Dehuai, he was the first among the other eight marshals to become vice-chairmen of the Military Commission.

At this time, the other seven marshals were only members of the Military Commission. In 1951, Lin Biao had surpassed other marshals in military positions. This shows that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China attaches great importance to Lin Biao and recognizes Lin Biao's combat achievements.

(2) In April 1955, was a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

A member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee is one of the leaders of the party and the state. After the Gao Rao Incident, members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee were adjusted. In order to further improve the party's leadership and strengthen the party's leadership, in 1955, after research by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Lin Biao was replaced at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party in April. Elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

Following Zhu De and Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao became the third marshal to serve as a member of the Politburo.This also means that Lin Biao was already a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee when he was awarded the title five months later.

Of the other marshals, some were elected as members of the Politburo at the First Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Party in September 1956, and some were elected as members of the Central Committee at the Eighth National Congress.

The awarding of titles to the military is a major event of and . Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, after nearly 4 years of deliberation, discussion and repetition, the list of generals was finally released.

In particular, there are only 20 marshals and generals in , and the ranking is highly anticipated. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has fully prepared, considered and weighed with . The reason why Lin Biao can rank third among the marshals is that he was in the party in 1955. positions and military positions almost determine everything about . Of course, military exploits and consideration of mountain factors will also be included.