At the end of 1953, the Central Military Commission held a 55-day meeting of high-ranking cadres. The most important purpose of this meeting is to determine the general policy and general tasks for the development of our army. =
In his report to Chairman Mao, Peng Dehuai raised a very crucial question: "Rank is mainly to determine the status and authority of each soldier in the ranks, so that he can perform his duties and powers in accordance with the provisions of the duties and regulations; at the same time, it is also an honor given by the state to military personnel to encourage their work and self-motivation in the army." ”
Two years later, our army decided to adopt the world-wide military rank system. Therefore, the first award of titles after the founding of New China was carried out in this year.
At that time, only 55 people were able to obtain the rank of general. All these people were people who had made outstanding achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. They are not just shedding blood for the country, their contributions are unimaginable to ordinary people. It can be said that without any of them, the direction of the situation on the battlefield at that time could have undergone tremendous changes. Therefore, these people can be awarded the rank of general, to receive such a great honor, they deserve it.
But one of them, Ulanf, did not join the Red Army at the beginning of the communist party, nor did he later join the Eighth Route Army, which was reorganized from the Red Army, but he was also awarded the rank of general. Why?
The influence of Marxism on Ulanf
Ulanf was born on December 23, 1906, to a Mongolian family in the village of MoteQibu in Inner Mongolia.
On May 4, 1919, a patriotic movement against the government of the time, mainly composed of young students, demonstrations, petitions, strikes, and violence, was vigorously carried out in Beijing. Not long after, the broad masses of the people and business people from all walks of life also joined in.
It was a patriotic movement of the Chinese people at that time who were thoroughly opposed to imperialism and feudalism. This movement represented the beginning of New Democracy in China and officially brought the Chinese proletariat onto the political stage. It has also played an extraordinary role in the establishment and development of the Communist Party of China in the future.
Of course, the protagonist of our story, Ulan Fu, is no exception. Although he was thirteen years old at the time, although he did not quite understand what "Mr. De" and "Mr. Sai" were, he saw many older brothers and sisters cheering for it, and he could not help but feel some curiosity in his heart.
Four years later, after graduating from the Sui Tumut Higher Primary School, the seventeen-year-old Ulanf was admitted to the Mongolian-Tibetan school in Beijing with honors. Because he had always been interested in Marx, Ulanf, who was studying at the new school, soon joined the Marxist research group. At the end of the year, he joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League.
Ulan fu did not expect that this action of his would affect his life later.
At that time, some Mongols were very hostile to the Han People, and they told their children: "The Han People are our enemies, because they have taken away all the land that originally belonged to us!" "And asked them not to associate with the Han people, otherwise they would definitely suffer losses."
For these admonitions, Ulan Fu always felt that something was not quite right. Because he was not bullied in school, on the contrary, those Han students were friendly to him.
In school life, they also gave Ulanf a lot of help. In the study of the Marxist research group, Ulanf is also trying to answer this question. But even though he had read a lot of books, he still couldn't find a satisfactory answer.
Until that day, Li Dazhao and Deng Zhongxia came to the school. They came to the Marxist research group many times to discuss the issue of national liberation with young students such as Ulanf.
As a pioneer of Marxist theory, Li Dazhao naturally has his own unique views on Marxism. In his discussions with Ulanf, he did not blindly explain to them some of the theories of Marxism or his own views. He was more trying to guide the Ulanfs in one direction, to cultivate their own connection with Marx.
It was also at this time that Ulan fu finally realized that the Han chinese were not enemies of the Mongols at all. They share a common enemy, imperialism and warlords. In 1925, Ulanf officially joined the Communist Party of China and was sent to Sun Yat-sen University in the Soviet Union for further study.
He has been working hard for the liberation of Mongolia
After completing his studies in the Soviet Union, Ulanf resolutely returned to his homeland to continue his revolutionary cause. He knew in his heart that the Mongolian people at this time still had a high prejudice against the Han people. They still have a long way to go to completely liberate the Mongol people.
Because there were not many Communist Party members of ethnic minorities at that time, Ulanfu became an important cadre in Inner Mongolia and continued to work hard for the liberation of Inner Mongolia.
At that time, the biggest difficulty they faced was the prince of Inner Mongolia, the King of De. He took charge of the banner administration of Inner Mongolia in 1919. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, not only did he not have the consciousness he should have as a Chinese to defend his family and defend the country, but he was thinking about how to make the land in his hands completely and completely become his own.
Later, with the help of the Japanese, king De, in cooperation with the Japanese invading army, established the puppet regime of the Mongolian United Autonomous Government, in which he held important positions. Seeing that the German king and the Japanese were wearing a pair of pants, and there was no chance of salvation, Ulan Fu immediately decided to discuss the specific matters of the uprising with the people.
In 1936, Ulan Fu took the lead in launching the famous "Lark Temple Riot", leading more than a thousand people and horses of the security team of the Mongolian Political Council of the Lark Temple to announce that they had broken away from the Mongolian Political Council led by the German King, and turned around and joined the anti-Japanese army.
The impact of this successful uprising was so great that it gave the other Mongol people on the steppe a hope of resistance. And let this hope take root and sprout in their hearts. Later, when Ulanf secretly organized underground armed forces in Mongolia, these once affected Mongolian people expressed their willingness to join.
In 1945, Ulan fu led the working group back to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He exposed and resolved the conspiracy to split the country by establishing a Provisional Government of Mongolia, and finally the Autonomous Government of Inner Mongolia was successfully abolished.
After that, he stayed in Inner Mongolia for a period of time, actively propagating the Communist Party's policy of ethnic autonomy to the Mongolian people. Tell them that the state attaches great importance to them, and the policies they give are also very intimate.
Become a founding father
Although Ulanf did not have any outstanding performance in the campaign, he made an indelible contribution to the liberation of the Mongols. Our PLA fighters fought to be able to liberate all parts of China. Whether or not there has been a battle, as long as the city is finally liberated, it is the best outcome.
Therefore, Ulanf was fully qualified to be awarded the rank of general. Not only that, but at a time when New China was in ruins and was about to develop, Ulan Fu had become the vice premier of our country. He was extremely concerned about the construction of various industries in our country, and even personally observed it below for a long time.
brief summary:
In fact, Ulanf's name rarely appears in our field of vision. He is hardly mentioned in the textbooks we used to have in school. Even the liberation of Mongolia refers to the phrase "the liberation of Mongolia in a few years."
It can be said that Ulanf has always been silently working for the revolutionary cause and for China's development. For this selfless dedication of his, we must not only remember him in our hearts, but also show him in our actions and work for a better tomorrow.