Do you know when the first military rank was awarded in New China? Of course, it was 1955. During this military award, a large number of people who made outstanding contributions to modern wars awarded the title; in addition, the second military award was on September 14, 1988. So everyone knows that in these two awards, a founding general was awarded the title of General, which is why we have the reputation of being the only "six-star general" in our army. Who is he?
is actually the famous founding general Hong Xuezhi. Regarding General Hong Xuezhi and founding marshal Peng Dehuai once commented on him like this: "Hong big man, I think you are still a good person!"
1913 General Hong Xuezhi was born in a very poor peasant family in Huanghu Village, Shuanghe Town, Jinzhai County, Anhui Province. Because his family was poor, he began to be an apprentice after Hong Xuezhi graduated from elementary school. Those days undoubtedly made Hong Xuezhi taste the bitterness and sorrow of the world.
Working hard at the bottom of society, you will meet many people who have the same experience as you. They are facing social injustice all the time and witnessing the tragic scene of cannibalism in the old society. For this reason, Hong Xuezhi has really experienced a lot of despair, which has successfully provided the premise for him to join the Communist Party of China in the future.
1928 Hong Xuezhi joined the China Underground Peasant Armed Organization. It was at this time that Hong Xuezhi's revolutionary career officially began. We joined the Communist Party in May of the following year, and soon we were incorporated into the Red Army.
, and Hong Xuezhi also performed very well in the Agrarian Revolutionary War. He served as the squad leader and platoon leader of the Red First Army, deputy company commander, company commander, political instructor, etc., and participated in the first, second, third and fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle .
In addition, Red Fourth Front Army Western Expedition, Hong Xuezhi also participated, and performed very well in battles such as Xinji, Manchuan Pass, Wangqu, and Ziwu Town.
Hong Xuezhi's wife is Zhang Wen, and her husband Hong Xuezhi met in Long March . The two should belong to the type of love at first sight. In addition, they also experienced various separations of life and death. In this way, the two finally chose to get together.
1955's military rank, Hong Xuezhi was successfully awarded the title of founding general, and his military rank was revoked. However, in the second military rank in 1988, General Hong Xuezhi was awarded the title of general again, which is why he was hailed as the "Six-Star General", and it is also the only one.
And Hong Xuezhi has a lot of children, with a total of three sons and 5 daughters, which is undoubtedly very enviable. Moreover, these 8 children do very well in today's society. Several of them have inherited the legacy of their father Hong Xuezhi and held important positions in the army.
The eldest son Hong Hu was once the governor of Jilin Province. He graduated from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Beijing Institute of Technology with a university degree;
The second son Hong Bao is a major general of the People's Liberation Army of China and has served as deputy director of the Equipment Department of the Beijing Military Region. Tianjin Guard District Deputy Commander and other positions;
Third son Hong Xiaoshi has served as the president of the Hong family and has made great contributions to the Hong family;
The eldest daughter Hong Xinghua was once the director of the 402 Hospital, and the other daughters are all very outstanding and are top talents in various industries.
1 can only be said that the descendants of General Hong Xuezhi are indeed very powerful, and they are worthy of being descendants of the founding general!