Among the many outstanding founding generals of New China, there is such a founding major general who is both literate and martial, who was affectionately called "commander of the bandits" by the people during the War of Resistance, after retirement, he devoted himself to his hobbies, studied painting and achieved great achievements, and the bamboo he painted can be described as a wonderful portrait, vivid, so he is also called "painting bamboo general".
It is such a veteran general who is both literate and martial, both moral and artistic, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, was rated as a deputy corps rank, but in the early days of the award of the title in 1955, he was only rated as a colonel, you must know that when he was a military commander, the chief of staff who partnered with him was rated as a lieutenant general, and after the news of the appraisal came out, there were three marshals who were uneven for him, even Mao Zedong, who also thought it unreasonable, under his special attention, finally changed the rank of colonel to the rank of major general.
In the revolutionary ranks of the Red Army period, in fact, there were not many people who were really well educated, except for a few generals who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, almost most of them did not receive much education, but the protagonist He Jinnian to talk about today is completely different, he is a patriotic student who has received a good education since he was a child and has achieved very good results.
Born in 1910, He Jinnian has always received a good education since he was a child, and at the age of 17, he was admitted to Suide No. 4 Middle School for further study, that is, in this school, He Jinnian not only received a better education, but also actively participated in some patriotic movements, in which he was deeply inspired, and eventually joined the school's patriotic organization.
He Jinnian's performance in the patriotic organization of the school was quite outstanding, so after the outbreak of the Central Plains War in 1930, the revolutionary pioneers in northern Shaanxi wanted to take advantage of this warlord melee to develop the ranks of our party, and he intended to select a group of outstanding students from those colleges and universities in northern Shaanxi to enrich his revolutionary armed ranks.
At that time, only four people in Suide IV were selected, and He Jinnian was one of them, which was enough to see that He Jinnian's position in the school's patriotic organization at that time was already quite unusual. Since joining the revolutionary organization in northern Shaanxi, He Jinnian has been playing an important role in it, and after several years of training, he has not only witnessed the growth process of the Red Armed Forces, but also trained himself, prompting himself to transform from a student into an experienced military general.
During the Long March, after the Red 25th Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, it met with the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army and merged into the Red Fifteenth Army, which was composed of a total of 75, 78 and 81 divisions, and He Jinnian was the commander of the 81st Division at that time, at this time, it was only 5 years since He Jinnian officially joined the revolutionary armed forces in northern Shaanxi, and he had become a division commander, which showed that his ability was indeed not ordinary.
In 1936, the 81st Division began the Eastern Expedition, and before the Eastern Expedition, mao Zedong also met Mao Zedong in Yuanjiagou, Mao Zedong gave high praise to He Jinnian, and in the subsequent Eastern Expedition, the 81st Division created a miracle of 40 kilometers of Japanese marching in the Battle of Guanwangmiao, successfully covering the main force of the Red Army to cross the Yellow River in the west.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, He Jinnian was transferred to the Left Guard Corps to be responsible for the guard tasks of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region; after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, He Jinnian was transferred to the northeast to serve as the commander of the Sanjiang Army.
Since the fall of the northeast, it has been in a chaotic situation of rule, in addition to the barbaric rule of the Japanese army, there are still many remaining bandit problems in the northeast region, after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese ran away, but these bandits still exist, which has a great impact on the lives of local people, if they are not eradicated, people will not be able to live and work in peace and contentment.
After He Jinnian went to the northeast to serve as the commander of the Sanjiang Army, he began to solve the problem of bandits in the northeast region, and he dispatched troops and dispatched generals, and spent nearly half a year using the vigorous and vigorous means of "capturing thieves before capturing the king" to first eliminate the local "four major flagpoles" and then rationally dispose of some relatively small bandits.
These smaller bandits saw that the big leaders had been eliminated, and naturally they were still more worried, so many of them took the initiative to choose to surrender, and only a small number of them were still stubborn, but they were soon swept away by He Jinnian, and after He Jinnian succeeded in suppressing the bandits, the local people were finally able to calm down, and everyone affectionately called He Jinnian the "commander of the bandits.".
After the political situation of the Sanjiang Military Region stabilized, He Jinnian was transferred to the first commander of the Forty-eighth Army, and after the end of the three major battles, the whole army was reorganized, He Jinnian became the deputy commander of the Fifteenth Corps, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, He Jinnian was designated as a deputy corps-level cadre.
At the beginning of the award in 1955, He Jinnian was rated with the rank of colonel, and several of his partners when he was the commander of the Red 27 Army were far higher in rank than He Jinnian, such as the political commissar Wang Ping at the time, who was rated with the rank of general, li Zhimin, director of the political department, who was also ranked as a general, and even Li Shouxuan, chief of staff of the army, was also rated as a lieutenant general.
According to this situation and He Jinnian's comprehensive performance that year, he should at least be rated with the rank of lieutenant general, but the ending was unexpected, He Jinnian was only rated as a colonel at the beginning of the appraisal, why is this? It turned out that when the military rank was evaluated at that time, some intricate relationships between He Jinnian and Gao Gang at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China were taken into account, and he was reused by Gao Gang at the beginning, and now that something had happened to Gao Gang, He Jinnian would naturally be affected by some, so the rating was relatively low.
However, for He Jinnian's military rank, even if he did not speak up, there were many people who were uneven for him, such as He Long, Peng Dehuai and Zhu De, the three marshals, who were uneven for He Jinnian, and they directly reflected their opinions to Mao Zedong.
After Mao Zedong learned of this, he also felt that such an assessment was inappropriate, so later under Mao Zedong's special interrogation, He Jinnian's military rank was changed from the initial assessment of colonel to the later rank of major general, and in this way, He Jinnian became the founding major general and continued to burn himself in his post.
He Jinnian has been doing his job until the 1980s, before retiring from his post and beginning to learn to paint with Liu Boshu, originally He Jinnian had a rich cultural heritage and a high talent for painting, so after studying for a year, He Jinnian could start creating on his own.
Later, He Jinnian also made certain achievements in painting, his bamboo paintings are particularly exquisite, well received by people, in the 1990s, He Jinnian also held a bamboo painting exhibition in Hong Kong and Macao, known as the "Painting Bamboo General".
On May 11, 2003, He Jinnian died of illness in Beijing at the age of 93, and his legendary life left too many memorable things for posterity, whether it was his contribution to the revolution or his achievements in painting after retirement, it was enough to inspire future generations.
He Jinnian's life can be said to be legendary, a person can learn cultural knowledge at the same time, but also have a good military talent, it is not easy, but He Jinnian is still a veteran general with painting talent, no matter what he does, he must make some achievements, such a spiritual quality, worthy of our eternal learning!
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