After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first conferring ceremony was held in 1955. A total of more than 1,000 military generals with outstanding military exploits were awarded the military rank of major general or above and became the founding generals of the Republic. Among them, there were 798 founding major generals. These founding generals were all brave generals and generals who made great achievements on the battlefield and made significant contributions to the Chinese revolution, national independence and freedom, and the liberation of the people across the country.
However, among the 798 founding major generals, there was one who was very special because he was once a groom in the army and was responsible for feeding the horses in the army. Although he was born as a groom, he was awarded the rank of founding major general and was the only founding major general who was specially approved by a great man to enjoy the administrative treatment of lieutenant general.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, his achievements were even greater. Not only did he serve as deputy commander of the military region, but he also served as secretary of the provincial party committee of two provinces. So who is he? What's so special about him? How can he stand out from many generals and win such an honor? He is General Lu Ruilin
Lu Ruilin, who was born in Linxia, Gansu in 1912. In his early years, Lu Ruilin served as a soldier under the northwest warlord Feng Yuxiang. Due to his poor family background, Lu Ruilin never went to school and had no skills, so he was assigned to be a groom in the Northwest Army.
In 1931, Feng Yuxiang was forced to resign after his defeat in the Central Plains warlord war. After the Ningdu Uprising, Lu Ruilin joined the Red Army with the uprising troops, and was recommended to join the Communist Party. After coming into contact with our party's advanced revolutionary and patriotic thoughts and concepts for the first time, Lu Ruilin was greatly moved in his heart, his thoughts gradually changed, and he strengthened his determination to follow the party.
Although the Ningdu Uprising was successful, some soldiers in the uprising army still retained stubborn conservative feudal ideas and were very unstable in their thinking. They did not want to be a Red Army, which made the reorganization and reorganization of the army extremely difficult.
Late one night, Lu Ruilin was feeding the horses when he suddenly heard the company commander and a few others hiding behind the stable, muttering and furtively discussing the mutiny. After hearing this, Lu Ruilin was shocked and his face turned pale. Big changes. It turns out that these people have been working together to kill the company's instructor and then take the team away. Lu Ruilin discovered that these people all had military positions. Once there was a change, the consequences would be disastrous.
Therefore, Lu Ruilin remained calm and did not alert the enemy. Instead, he quietly reported the situation to the organization. Finally, under the strict defense and joint protection of our party, he crushed this group of people in one fell swoop with lightning speed. The reactionary conspiracy of the stubborn army. Lu Ruilin was promoted to company instructor because of his meritorious service in reporting. From then on, he bid farewell to his career as a groom.
At a young age and in a high position, Lu Ruilin has no official airs at all, but actively gets along with all the soldiers in the company. Especially in the fourth and fifth anti-encirclement and suppression battles to defend the revolutionary Soviet area headquarters, Lu Ruilin led the troops to tactfully and bravely undertake the arduous task of coordinating the transfer of the main Red Army.
Lu Ruilin led his troops to fight in Ganzhou , Xinqiao, Xingguo and other places, and successfully completed the tasks of blocking the enemy assigned by his superiors several times, winning consecutive battles. Lu Ruilin's reputation is also growing. Not only has he received multiple military-wide commendations from his superiors, but he has also been featured in a large-scale report and publicity within the military region by the "Red Star" and has become a leader. A brave and capable commander. In 1935, Lu Ruilin had already taken the position of member of the Youth League branch.
Lu Ruilin also participated in the arduous 25,000-mile Long March with the Red Army. During the Long March, Lu Ruilin led his troops to participate in famous battles such as the Xiangjiang River, Wujiang , Chishui, Jinsha River , Dadu River , Luding Bridge , and climbed snow mountains three times, crossed grasslands four times, and experienced Hardships and hardships.Especially in the Loushanguan Blockade, Lu Ruilin was not afraid of life and death and took the lead. Although he suffered three gunshot wounds, he still led his troops to fight and successfully covered the northward retreat of the head of the headquarters agency. He made great military exploits and won the Received the general commendation from the leadership of the Military Commission .
During the Anti-Japanese War, Lu Ruilin served as the section chief of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and the division commander of the Taihang Army. He participated in the battles of Jiuguan, Shentouling, Anyang, and the Hundred Regiments War, and led the way. The troops galloped across the Loess Plateau, the Hebei Plain, and the Taihang Mountains. They cooperated with the armed forces behind enemy lines to conduct guerrilla operations, annihilating tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops, and made great achievements for national independence and freedom.
During the War of Liberation, Lu Ruilin served successively as the commander of the Taihang Military Region. He was ordered to lead his troops northward and merged into Boss Peng's Northwest Field Army to participate in the historical mission of understanding and enlarging the northwest. In every battle, Lu Ruilin was able to unexpectedly seize the enemy's weaknesses, carry out key strikes, and win many battles. In the battles Lu Ruilin participated in, he rarely lost, so Lu Ruilin also got a nickname in the army: "The Undefeated General".
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lu Ruilin served as the political commissar of the 62nd Army of the People's Liberation Army. He was ordered to advance into the southwest, participated in the task of suppressing bandits, and made great military exploits. He was selected to enter the People's Liberation Army Military Academy for further study. After graduating from the military academy, Lu Ruilin was appointed as the public security commander of the Southwest Military Region and deputy chief of staff of the military region. He is a true national meritorious official and national hero.
In fact, according to Lu Ruilin's revolutionary qualifications and military exploits, he was fully qualified to be awarded the rank of founding lieutenant general in 1955. But he was only awarded the rank of founding major general. However, Lu Ruilin was always open-minded, never forgot his original intention, and did not care about personal interests at all. No matter what military rank he was awarded, he readily accepted it.
However, Lu Ruilin later became very successful. He not only served as the deputy commander of the Kunming Military Region and the Guangzhou Military Region, but also served as the Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the Secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee. Lu Ruilin lived an upright and conscientious life. No matter what he did, he worked hard and never complained at all.
Lu Ruilin’s noble revolutionary sentiments of integrity and endurance have been recognized by senior leaders. Although the rank of major general cannot be changed, the great man still personally approved the treatment of lieutenant general Lu Ruilin, and he became the only founding major general of our army who enjoyed the treatment of lieutenant general.
In mid-July 1999, Major General Lu Ruilin, who served the country loyally and served the people wholeheartedly, unfortunately passed away due to illness in Guangzhou Hospital at the age of 88, thus completing his glorious life course. Lu Ruilin's life was a life of revolution, fighting, and dedication.
