When the titles were conferred in 1955, in addition to marshals, generals, admirals, lieutenant generals and major generals, many school officers and lieutenant officers were also awarded.
Among them, there is a person with a very special status in the list of awards from the university, that is, Marshal Peng Dehuai's brother-in-law, named Pu Tongxiu.
Pu Tongxiu was born in Jiading, Jiangsu Province (now part of Shanghai) in 1920. The Pu family is a well-known family in the local area. Not only does it have a big business, but it is also very progressive in thinking and keen on revolutionary causes, especially the famous "Three Pus". "Sisters": Pu Jiexiu, Pu Xixiu and Pu Anxiu all participated in the revolution and later achieved very dazzling achievements.
Pu Tongxiu is the youngest son of the Pu family. He has admired his three sisters since he was a child. Under the influence of his sisters, Pu Tongxiu also became interested in revolution, which laid the foundation for his future development path.
In 1937, when Pu Tongxiu was in school, the July 7th Incident suddenly broke out. The war soon spread to Shanghai, and the Battle of Songhu broke out. Pu Tongxiu, who had long had the ambition to serve the country, immediately stopped his studies. Dedicate yourself to the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War.
In 1939, Pu Tongxiu, like countless aspiring young people across the country, went to Yan'an, the holy land of revolution, and was arranged to study at the Anti-Japanese University, and joined the Communist Party of China the next year.
At that time, his sister Pu Anxiu had already married Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army. However, Pu Tongxiu was an aspiring young man and did not reveal his identity. He always regarded himself as an ordinary student and studied hard in school. , his grades were very good, so he stayed at the school to teach after graduation, serving as a political teacher, political culture chief teacher, etc.
However, Pu Tongxiu wanted to make contributions to the front line and asked the school leaders many times to fight. However, the leaders did not approve his request considering that he was a student and lacked combat experience.
It was not until 4 years later that Pu Tongxiu finally got his wish and went to the front line. He served as section chief of the Political Department of the Fourth Division of the Taiyue Military Region, director of the Political Department of the 30th Brigade of the 10th Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, and political commissar of the 126th Division of the 42nd Army. He became a subordinate of famous generals such as Chen Geng, Wang Xinting, Wang Hongkun, and Kong Qingde.
When he first arrived on the battlefield, Pu Tongxiu knew that he lacked experience on the battlefield, so he often asked his leaders and comrades for advice on where to go when it was dangerous and where the work was the most complicated. He volunteered, because the more dangerous and complex the place, the more capable he was. Exercise people.
In 1955, when our military conferred military titles, Pu Tongxiu was awarded the rank of colonel, and was awarded a third-level Independence Medal of Freedom and a second-level Liberation Medal.
However, Pu Tongxiu believed that he joined the revolution too late, his contribution to the revolution was too small, and he rated himself too high as a university, so he wrote to the leaders many times, requesting a demotion. However, after consideration, the superior leaders believed that his military rank was neither high nor low and met the ranking standards, so they did not agree.
Although Pu Tongxiu is Mr. Peng’s brother-in-law, he has never thought of taking advantage of this relationship. Firstly, because he is well aware of his brother-in-law’s temper, and secondly because he despises this kind of behavior and is determined to rely on his own abilities. Come and work hard.
However, Pu Tongxiu did not want to rely on Mr. Peng to take advantage of him, but he was later implicated because of Mr. Peng. The cause was the Lushan Conference. After Mr. Peng was criticized, Pu Tongxiu was also implicated and was dismissed from his position and transferred to August 1st. I became a deputy editor-in-chief of a magazine.
However, Pu Tongxiu firmly believed that he had made no mistakes, and had never said anything bad about his brother-in-law. He also accepted the unfair treatment he encountered calmly and did not fight or rob him.
In 1977, Pu Tongxiu was rehabilitated. However, he did not return to the army he was familiar with. Instead, he entered the education industry and served as deputy minister of education and president of People's Education Publishing House. Contribute to education.
On September 11, 2009, Mr. Pu Tongxiu died of illness at the age of 89.
(Reference materials: "The Complete Biography of Peng Dehuai", "Literature and History Expo", "Jiading Newspaper")
