When the New China was awarded the first rank, there were ten people who were awarded the rank of general, which many people know. However, this list was not confirmed from the beginning. There is a person who was once a candidate for general and has a deep qualification in the party. This person is Zhou Chunquan. He was finally awarded the rank of general. Why did he lose the election as a general?
Zhou Chunquan, a native of Hong'an County, Hubei Province, participated in the Huangma Uprising in his early twenties and participated in the revolution very early. During the Red Army period, Zhou Chunquan served as the director of the Security Bureau, the political commissar of the division, the political commissar of the army, and the deputy director of the political department of the Red Fourth Front Army in . In the 4th Front Army, Zhou Chunquan was the fourth person after Zhang Guotao, Chen Changhao and Xu Xiangqian.
Later, after the Red 1 and Red 4th Front Army Association, Zhou Chunquan was added to the 6th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Politburo member. During this period, only Mr. Zhu served as the member of the Politburo of the Ten Marshals. At the same time, Zhou Chunquan was appointed as the director of the General Political Department of the Red Army at . This position is similar to the level of the deputy commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Army. He has also become the core figure of the Red Army and has a deep enough qualification.
However, Zhou Chunquan and Zhang Guotao were too close. Many people know about Zhang Guotao's ending. Although Zhou Chunquan realized Zhang Guotao's mistakes and broke with him, he was still affected.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Zhou Chunquan first served as the president of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University branch, and later served as the deputy director of the Binhai Administrative Administration, and never went to the front line. During the War of Liberation, Zhou Chunquan was in charge of logistics work for a long time. In order to prepare logistics supplies for Liaoshen Battle , he was so busy that he didn't have time to undergo surgery, and he ended up blinding his right eye. Zhou Chunquan's contributions in these two periods were also great, which we cannot deny, but it lacked actual military achievements.
Zhou Chunquan's logistics work was indeed very good. During the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding North Korea, he went to North Korea to express condolences. He was immediately noticed by General Peng and stayed in North Korea to be responsible for logistics. At that time, the volunteer army was brave and brave on the front line, but a large number of materials could not be transported in time due to logistics problems.
At that time, Zhou Chunquan still had a job in China and said that he would return to China to hand over. General Peng immediately expressed that he wanted Zhou Chunquan to take office immediately. He went to Military Commission and said. Zhou Chunquan became the Minister of the Logistics Department of the Volunteer Army. Under the bombing of the US military, the supply line of the Volunteer Army has never been cut off, and Zhou Chunquan made great contributions to it.
1955, the title was awarded. At that time, there were 15 generals on the list, one of which was Zhou Chunquan. This shows that according to qualifications and contributions, Zhou Chunquan was awarded the qualifications of generals.
However, during the War of Resistance Against Japan and during the War of Liberation, Zhou Chun did not participate in the war directly, nor did he serve as the commander of the large corps. In 1952, his rank was designated as the deputy corps, and the number of people awarded ranks was finally reduced to 10, so he passed by the rank of general.
1985, Zhou Chunquan passed away. His family followed his will and scattered his ashes where he wanted.
Source: History Observation Hall
