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In 1955, the National Defense Building held a ceremony to award titles. This ceremony is actually a reward for meritorious deeds, and the people who were awarded the founding generals were all corps generals who had paid a lot for the founding of New China.
They were all rare generals during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression or the War of Liberation, and each of them had led a popular uprising or commanded the troops to carry out major battles. These people all have indelible contributions to national reunification and the construction of a new China.
This ceremony is the largest award ceremony in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and there are more than a thousand generals who have been awarded military ranks this time, and they have all made indelible contributions to the country.
Of the more than a thousand generals, two were "specially cared for" by the chairman. The chairman promoted the ranks of these two men to a higher rank, and these two men were General Han Xianchu and Lieutenant General Pi Dingjun.
In 1952, when the whole army was evaluated for rank, Han Xianchu was at the rank of deputy corps and Pi Dingjun was at the rank of regular army, so in 1955, when the state drew up the list of awards, it initially positioned Pi Dingjun as a major general, and later changed to a lieutenant general, and Han Xianchu was rated in the ranks of lieutenant generals, but was later changed to a general.
The main reason why General Pi Dingjun was able to break from major general to lieutenant general was that when the Liberation War first broke out, he led the First Brigade of the Central Plains to break through the enemy's encirclement at a very small cost.
Until many years later, the chairman would still evaluate Pi Dingjun: "Your soldiers are the most ferocious in battle, and when you break through the Central Plains, one of your brigades is completely used as an army."
This is the reason why General Pi Dingjun went from major general to lieutenant general, so how could Han Xianchu get the attention of the chairman and be promoted to general? This is reminiscent of the battle fought by Han Xianchu in 1950.
By the end of 1949, the Chinese mainland had been basically completely liberated, and the Kuomintang reactionary organizations could only be forced to withdraw to Hainan, Taiwan and other cities on Yandao.
Since the liberation forces at that time did not have a navy, the experience of cross-sea operations was almost zero. After comprehensive discussions by the Party organization, the Party Central Committee decided to take the lead in attacking Hainan Island, which is relatively close to the mainland, and to accumulate experience for the subsequent liberation of other islands.
This battle can also be said to be a battle that inspires the morale of the army, so it must be won 100% of the time. Therefore, when selecting generals, they deliberated everything, and in the end this burden fell on the shoulders of Han Xianchu, deputy commander of the Twelfth Army, as a senior general of the People's Liberation Army, Han Xianchu can be said to be an old revolutionary.
Since Han Xianchu joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1927, Han Xianchu went all the way from company commander to battalion commander, when Han Xianchu was famous among the Red Army for his mighty fighting.
As long as Han Xianchu received tasks such as leading the troops to charge into the battlefield, annihilate the enemy army, and seize the fortress, he could complete it brilliantly every time and make many achievements.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Han Xianchu went from deputy regimental commander to deputy brigade commander and brigade commander step by step, and finally served as the commander of the Third Military Subdistrict of the Jiluyu Military Region in 1940. He has become a military general who can stand alone in the troops of our army.
After Japan's unconditional surrender, the War of Liberation broke out, and Han Xianchube was sent to the northeast to take over the third column of the Fourth Field Army and serve as the commander-in-chief of the third column of the four fields.
Because Han Xianchu fought bravely and strategically, his whereabouts were erratic, and he often came and went without a trace, Han Xianchu was called "whirlwind commander" by the enemies in the northeast region at that time.
Therefore, after careful consideration by the leadership of the Party Central Committee, the troops led by Han Xianchu were finally ordered to serve as the vanguard troops for the liberation of Hainan Island.
One of the most important reasons is that Han Xianchu dared to charge forward in battle, never to be defeated by difficulties, and can be said to be the best combat general to organize a landing when liberating Hainan Island.
In March 1950, after several months of preparation, the officers of the Fortieth Army eventually became a "temporary" naval unit.
Under the leadership of Han Xianchu, the soldiers of the Fortieth Army began the landing operation on Hainan Island. Faced with the enemy's total blockade of land, sea and air, Han Xianchu immediately came up with a strategy to deal with it.
The vanguard of our army quickly broke through the defensive front established by the enemy, successfully opened the first position on Hainan Island on the beach of Hainan Island, and made sufficient preparations for the subsequent landing of large troops.
In this way, the Forty Corps, which subsequently landed on Hainan Island, greatly reduced the casualties of our army because of its forward position, and thus quickly received a large number of troops of our army to land on Hainan Island.
Subsequently, overcoming the water and soil problems, climate problems and other factors, the soldiers of our army finally liberated Hainan Island in an all-round way after more than fifty days of arduous struggle.
epilogue:
In the face of the territorial integrity of the motherland, all people have the right to safeguard the territorial unity of the motherland. Because the land under our feet now is accumulated by countless people with their lives, their great deeds cannot be questioned by anyone, nothing can erase their glory, and no one can erase their contribution to the country.