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Chairman Mao was still surprised by this: "What happened? Are the three people coming together?"

The reason why the three marshals came together was about the first rank award of our People's Army. In fact, they were all about the military rank of one person.

Marshal Peng Dehuai was unable to decide this person, while Marshal He Long and Marshal Zhu De expressed some incomparableness.

The three of them felt it was difficult to decide on this matter, so they came to ask Chairman Mao and asked Chairman Mao to make a decision.

saw that it was about the decision of this person's military rank, and the list was only planned as a colonel. Chairman Mao was surprised and said bluntly:

's military rank is indeed low, and he must be a major general at the lowest level. Who exactly is

? Several important leaders collectively discussed the size of the military rank, and finally Chairman Mao promoted him from colonel to major general?

But the commander was only a major general

After the founding of New China, everything is in trouble.

In order to facilitate the command and management of the troops, and to improve the sense of honor and national responsibility of soldiers, the international common requirements are linked;

also mobilizes the enthusiasm and combativeness of the army, especially under the requirements of the situation after the victory of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the country officially started the military rank award in 1955. The award of the military rank of

is an extremely tedious task.

Even Chairman Mao sighed that it is a big deal to award military ranks, but it is also a difficult thing to do.

First of all, the finalization of the military rank system. After comparing the military ranks of the Soviet Union and the North Korean ranks at that time, my country finally passed relevant regulations on military ranks and officer management at the First National People's Congress Standing Committee.

my country's military rank system is a 6th-level 19th-level military rank system, among which the generals are divided into major, upper, secondary, and major generals. The setting and specific implementation of the military rank system of

is the most cumbersome and complex process in the entire military rank affairs.

In order to better implement this highly policy-oriented matter, the state has specially established a "Military Rank Review Research Group" to conduct a steady and cautious assessment of individual military rank work.

After a series of reviews and evaluations, Peng Dehuai, who is in charge of the list of military ranks, received the list of generals formulated by the team. As he browsed, his brows couldn't help but frown. On the list of

, one of the people had a wrong military rank, and then the three marshals went to Chairman Mao to decide.

and this person is He Jinnian .

For the revolutionary cause, the society in 1910 was still born in Hejiawan Village, Yujiawan Town, Anding County, Shaanxi Province (now Chang ). He Jinnian was the same as an ordinary farmer's child at the beginning.

However, he lost his father at the age of 9, and the five children in the family can only be raised by his mother alone.

After his elder sister got married and his elder brother and second brother went abroad to work to earn family income, he was sent to school by his mother as his mother's hope.

He Jinnian, who was fortunate to go to school, lived up to his mother's hopes. After finishing elementary and junior high school in the village and county, he successfully got admitted to the Fourth Normal School of Suide in 1927.

He Jinnian not only learned knowledge, but also had a profound impact on his behavior. So he joined the Communist Party in 1928.

At the same time, a revolutionary profoundly influenced He Jinnian's revolutionary path.

In He Jinnian's hometown, there was a righteous messenger called "Xie Qingtian" by the local people - Xie Zichang .

He took the initiative to undertake the revolutionary work in various places around him at that time and did things for the people to calm their worries.

930, the organization led by Xie Zichang met the conditions for an armed uprising, and the underground organizations prepared all personnel for this. He Jinnian, who had already accepted revolutionary ideas and had joined the Communist Party of China, actively signed up.

935, Xie Zichang, who was then the commander-in-chief of the guerrillas of the Northern Shaanxi Red Army, died of injury, and the guerrillas were taken over by Liu Zhidan.

At this time, He Jinnian had become the leader of Hongyituan .

Although the Red One Gang was established late, it was brave in combat and made many military achievements. Liu Zhidan praised it and said bluntly that it was "a young hero in the Red One Gang."

In June 1935, He Jinnian participated in a battle that he would never forget for his life, namely the battle of Li Jiadai.

In the revolutionary battle of our army, we not only had to face attacks from the Kuomintang army, but also had an important part, which was the gentry and landlord groups in various rural areas.

The landlords' delegate located in Lijiata, Ansai County, is the last armed landlords and gentry entrenched in a local village.

They have been hindering the revolutionary battle of the Northwest Army, so the front-line command decided to take decisive action.

Li's status is very important. It is a fortress between Shaanxi and Gansu border and Shaanxi northern Soviet Area. At this time, it was occupied by more than 2,000 people including landlords, gentry and their families.

relies on the cliffs on the east and west sides, and only artificial trenches were left on the North Road for people to walk around. However, at that time, it had been artificially cut off by the landlord regiment. The entire terrain was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it was extremely difficult to attack.

He Jinnian led a team to break through from the north in the early morning of the 17th, but due to the steep terrain, the attack was frustrated.

From the 17th to the 21st, the Red Army and the militia attacked each other. The Red Army tried every means to find a breakthrough, but none of them worked.

Finally, at noon on the 21st, under Liu Zhidan's route planning, He Jinnian and 37 commandos took the hidden stone peaks more than 70 meters high in the southern area as the breakthrough point, climbed the rock cliff and took the risk, and rushed to the Li family to risk.

While climbing the stone peak to assault, He Jinnian suffered from the attack of stones from the militia and guns. The continuous stones above his head almost couldn't stand it, and he was bleeding in an instant.

However, He Jinnian endured the severe pain, gritted his teeth and persevered, forcibly breaking through the attack of the landlord democratic regiment and attacked the inside of the enemy. Although all the assault squads were injured, all the members chose not to retreat, fight bravely, and even fight hand-to-hand with the militia.

Under the cover of the firepower support of the rear army, the Red Army finally won the battle.

The Lijiacai battle achieved important combat results. It not only destroyed the landlords and gentry militias and confiscated more than 200 guns;

also allowed the northern Shaanxi and the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Soviet Area to be connected, and Ansai County was liberated, which also demonstrated the revolutionary spirit of the Red Army's army's fear of sacrifice and fighting tenaciously.

In addition, He Jinnian performed outstandingly in the anti-encirclement and suppression battle against the Kuomintang army. After the successful convergence of

Red 15 Legion and Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment , in order to effectively consolidate the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet Area, our army attacked the Kuomintang army's third "encirclement and suppression" and He Jinnian also made military achievements.

Both military achievements and qualifications

He Jinnian was brave and resourceful in the revolutionary cause, and was strict in the army and strong in nature. He was one of the founders of the Northern Shaanxi Red Army .

From the anti-encirclement and suppression war in the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet Area, the national war in which our country fought against Japanese aggression, the liberation war to overthrow the Kuomintang, and then to the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.

He Jinnian played an important role in battles of all sizes, and these battles also impressed He Jinnian.

During the Liberation War, He Jinnian first served as the commander of the Cavalry Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance in 1947.

In 1948, further improved Northeast Field Army , established the 5th Column, 11th Column, and 12th Columns. He Jinnian served as the commander of the 11th Column. After fifty days of training, the first battle was to attack Longhua.

's battle in Longhua was not only the first battle of the 11th Column, but also the place where Dong Cunrui, a famous combat hero in our country, sacrificed himself to blow up the bunker and sacrificed his heroic death.

The peak of Longhua Mountain is winding like a dragon's body, and the people call Longhua Mountain City outside the Great Wall Longtou Mountain.

After being chased by the column, the enemy fled to Longhua Middle School in northwest Longhua.

Relying on the environment of Longhua Middle School, the enemy built a lot of open and secret bunkers in the school, especially the dry bridge in the northeast corner, which is actually a secret bunker. The

column wanted to rush over, but they were beaten back, so they could only hope to explode it.

Time passed by minute by minute, but the blasting operation that the warrior went to perform several times was not successful.

At this critical moment, Dong Cunrui, who was the squad leader of squad 6 at the time, rushed up, raised the explosive pack with his hand, opened the fuse, and used his body as a tool to detonate explosive .

Dong Cunrui used his life to open a window of victory for our army.

After our army ended this battle, He Jinnian set the tone for such heroic behavior:

"Dong Cunrui sacrificed himself to blow up the bunker, a hero!"

Northeast bandit suppression hero

In addition to the victory of many battles, when people mention He Jinnian, they will also think of his bandit suppression results.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the organization appreciated He Jinnian's special contributions in the Yellow River area in northern Shaanxi and transferred him to the Northeast to serve as the commander of the Hejiang Military Region.

He Jinnian, who was in the Northeast, heard the first thing he heard was the bandits who seriously threatened our army's security.

Our military personnel who came to serve earlier than He Jinnian were very worried about the threat of bandits in the Hejiang area. They were their own faction and often harass local residents with weapons, and even attacked local troops.

, especially the bandit group composed of the "Four Flagstones" led by Xie Wendong , Zhang Yuxin, Sun Rongjiu and Li Huatang, has been particularly bad.

not only killed the people around He Jinnian and the Communist Party members, but also carried out large-scale killing, looting and robbery in the two counties of Luobei and Yilan to demonstrate to He Jinnian.

He Jinnian, who was angry about the bandits' bad behavior, deeply realized that the bandits must be wiped out! After making up his mind, He Jinnian asked the 359th Brigade to dispatch troops and then formed the "Hejiang Bandit Suppression General Command". He Jinnian was the commander-in-chief. At this time, he had made up his mind to successfully suppress the bandits!

The four bandits at that time did not take He Jinnian's command center seriously, their organization had been entrenched in the local area for many years. Before

, some people were confident that they could successfully destroy bandits, but they still ended in failure.

But what they did not expect was that He Jinnian had led and organized a bandit suppression operation as early as the War of Resistance Against Japan. For the bandits in Hejiang District, he had already decided on a "squad encirclement and suppression" plan.

first divided into 6 parts according to the frequency of local bandits, and stationed troops in each part, strictly guarding them; after the net was spread, He Jinnian led a team to the local bandits' high incidence area. Whenever he saw the bandits commit evil, he chased them and fought them hard until they were annihilated.

never seen such a formation and determination, the bandits panicked. They had heavy troops in front of them, and the teams chased and fought behind them. Under the pulling, some bandits were unable to bear the worries and had to choose to surrender.

Our army took advantage of the victory and pursued the enemy without slacking off at all, and adopted stricter arrangements, and finally captured all the four major bandits alive in one fell swoop.

At this point, the "bandit suppression" operation in Hejiang District, Northeast China achieved the final victory.

The days when the people were oppressed by bandits finally ended, and they all came to express their gratitude to He Jinnian.

Under the polishing of practice, He Jinnian had sufficient experience in suppressing bandits, and later he went to Jiangxi to carry out bandit suppression operations.

The local bandits panicked when they heard He Jinnian's name and could only wait helplessly for the end of being suppressed and surrendered.

Revolutionary heroes do not forget their original intentions

Looking back on He Jinnian's revolutionary career, He Jinnian was seen on both the front and rear of our army's combat, and he made great achievements for our country's revolutionary cause.

So when Chairman Mao saw that He Jinnian's military rank was only the colonel, he was surprised, and finally decided to award him the rank of major general himself.

In the He family, there are actually two major generals.

He Jinnian's younger brother, He Jixiang, was born in 1915. Under the influence of his brother He Jinnian's revolutionary revolution, he also accepted revolutionary ideas, joined the Communist Party of China, and became a glorious soldier.

and later won many military achievements. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of major general.

A pair of brothers are founding generals, which is unique in our country.

He Jixiang Firm faith, brave and tenacious, gradually grew from a rural child to an important military instructor of our army, becoming a general and fighting for the rest of his life.

. He Jinnian, who made great revolutionary contributions, influenced his younger brother He Jixiang's revolutionary thoughts, and his training for He Jixiang was also both caring and strict.

Both brothers fought bloody battles for the revolutionary cause, were tempered in the war, and grew into outstanding generals of our army.

He Jinnian's life contributed all his life to the revolution.

In his later years, the state had actually arranged the treatment of him according to the standards of the general.

Faced with such extraordinary treatment, He Jinnian continued to maintain his original aspiration, adhered to the qualities that he should not be for fame and fortune as a revolutionary, and paid tribute to the old revolutionary heroes!