In 1955, when the title was awarded, a total of 10 people in our army were awarded the rank of major general, the youngest of whom was Xu Guangda, who was 47 years old at the time, and the oldest one was Zhang Yunyi, who was 63 years old this year.
Among these ten generals, these two are also the most special, they do not enjoy the treatment of a general, Xu Guangda believes that his seniority is light, so the request for demotion is not successful, but the treatment is demoted to a lower level, enjoying the treatment of a general, and Zhang Yunyi is because his seniority is too old, so he enjoys the treatment of a marshal.
How old is Zhang Yunyi's qualifications? He was a veteran member of the League, participated in the Guangzhou New Army Uprising, the Huanghuagang Uprising, and the Xinhai Revolution, and was a powerful general under Sun Yat-sen.
Zhang Yunyi was born in 1892 in Wenchang, Guangdong (now part of Hainan), he was one year older than Chairman Mao, when he was a teenager, Zhang Yunyi attended private school, primary school, and later when he was studying in the Guangzhou Army Primary School, he came into contact with revolutionary ideas, and in 1909, he joined the League.
In 1911, the revolutionary Huang Xing led the Huanghuagang Uprising, when Zhang Yunyi was a member of the uprising team, the rebel army after a night of fighting, finally because of the outnumbered crowd forced to retreat, Zhang Yunyi and several other comrades hid in a private house, the next day, he disguised himself and went out to buy vegetables to inquire about the situation, when he returned, the Qing army had already arrested the comrades in the residence, Zhang Yunyi escaped a disaster, and later he humorously said: "If I don't go out to buy vegetables at that time, I will be the "Seventy-three Martyrs of Huanghuagang". ”
Later, Zhang Yunyi defected to the Guangdong Army, served as a battalion commander, brigade commander and other positions, in 1925, Zhang Yunyi joined the Communist Party of China, in 1927, when the Wuhan National Government established the Second Front Army Guard Regiment, with zhang Yunyi's full support, Lu Deming was elected as the regimental commander, later, Lu Deming led the guard regiment to participate in the Autumn Harvest Uprising led by Chairman Mao, and served as the commander-in-chief of the uprising, but unfortunately died after the uprising.
After the defeat of the Great Revolution, Zhang Yunyi participated in the Nanchang Uprising, and later went to Shanghai, in 1929, Zhang Yunyi came to Guangxi to do military work in the Gui Army, he was appointed deputy chief of the Guangxi Officers' Teaching Corps and captain of the 4th Garrison Brigade, during which Zhang Yunyi successfully transformed these two teams into the people's team.
In December, he and Deng Xiaoping led the Baise Uprising, and the troops were reorganized into the Red Seventh Army, with him serving as its commander.
In 1931, the troops went to the Soviet zone to meet the division of the Central Red Army, after which Zhang Yunyi successively served as deputy chief of staff of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and deputy chief of staff of the Red Army Headquarters.
In 1937, the Party Central Committee sent Zhang Yunyi to Guangxi, Hong Kong and other places to do united front work, Chairman Mao said: "There are not many people in the Communist Party who can speak to the Kuomintang generals, and Zhang Yunyi is one of them. The reason is also very simple, because Zhang Yunyi's seniority in the Kuomintang is also very old.
In 1938, the southern guerrilla unit of our army was reorganized into the New Fourth Army, considering that the commander of the New Fourth Army must be a suitable candidate acceptable to both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the selection of the commander of the army has been pending, and finally, Zhang Yunyi went to Hong Kong to find Ye Ting and asked him to be the commander.
Ye Ting gladly agreed that after the establishment of the New Fourth Army, Zhang Yunyi was appointed chief of staff and commander of the third detachment, and after the Anhui Incident, Zhang Yunyi was promoted to deputy commander and commander of the Second Division.
Later, someone commented: "The period when Zhang Yunyi presided over the work of the New Fourth Army was the period when the New Fourth Army developed the fastest and the party Central Committee decided best. ”
During the Liberation War, Zhang Yunyi successively served as the first deputy commander of the Shandong Military Region, the deputy commander of the East China Military Region, and the secretary of the Cpc's East China Rear Work Committee. ”
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Yunyi successively served as the second secretary of the South China Branch, the secretary of the Cpc Guangxi Provincial Committee, the commander of the Guangxi Military Region, and other positions, becoming the number one in Guangxi, and after 1952, due to his frailty and illness, he resigned from all his posts and recovered from his illness with peace of mind.
In 1955, Zhang Yunyi was awarded the rank of grand general, but he enjoyed the treatment of a marshal.
Zhang Yunyi is very legendary in the history of our army, and his emotional life is also very happy.
In 1914, after graduating from the Guangdong Army Accelerated School, Zhang Yunyi, 22, was sent by the Southern Branch of the Kuomintang to secretly engage in revolutionary activities in the warlord Long Jiguangbu, who ruled Hainan Island, as a company commander.
Soon, he got married, his wife Wang Shi is a kind and virtuous fellow countryman, after marriage, Zhang Yunyi was busy with the revolution, and Wang Shi was annoyed, she gave birth to a daughter, but did not give birth to a son for several years, the women of the old society are very sensitive to the "no incense" theory, Wang Clan thinks that she failed to give birth to a son to the Zhang family, it is too filial piety, so she decided to take it upon herself to marry another room for her husband.
One day in 1923, Wang took her daughter to meet a small fellow villager named Han Bi in the barbershop, and learned from the conversation that Han Bi was also a Hainanese, who had a hard life since childhood, her parents died early, she worked as a child laborer, and later learned haircuts because she was not used to factory life.
Wang Shi had a choice in her heart, she met with Han Bi many times after that, "the hometown saw the fellow countryman, two tears flowed", the two soon became acquainted, one day, Wang Shi suddenly said to Han Bi, wanted her to be the wife of her husband Zhang Yunyi.
Han Bi was very shocked in his heart, and did not reply immediately, Han Bi also learned about Zhang Yunyi's situation from Wang's mouth, she had been wandering outside for many years, how could she not want to have a home? A few days later, Wang came back, and Han Bi agreed.
The Wang clan organized the wedding, and on the day of the marriage, the Wang clan did not hold a banquet, nor did they make a statement, and after choosing a good day, they let their daughter hold the big rooster and Han Bi to worship the heavens and the earth.
Zhang Yunyi did not know about this, until he returned home later, saw a young woman, busy asking Wang what the situation was, after Wang finished speaking, Zhang Yunyi was very angry: "You are really confused, tomorrow morning, you send her home, I don't recognize this family affair!" ”
Wang Clan cried, Zhang Yunyi's heart softened, he said: "Of course, I also want to have a son, but it is not bad to have a daughter, besides, I blame you for giving birth to a daughter?" I am a soldier, I can die at any time, she is young, if I die in battle, it will drag people down for a lifetime. ”
When Han Bi heard this in the back room, he felt that Zhang Yunyi was more affectionate and righteous, and later after Wang Shi's persuasion, Zhang Yunyi finally acquiesced to this fact.
During the Great Revolution, Zhang Yunyi secretly did underground work, Wang and Han Bi in order not to cause him trouble, in Guangzhou to make a living in the barber industry, during the War of Resistance, Wang was unfortunately killed by the Bomb of the Japanese Army, Zhang Yunyi was deeply sad after learning about it.
Later, Zhang Yunyi took Han Bi to his side, the two of them were in love, in 1953, Han Bi suffered from schizophrenia, Zhang Yunyi learned about it, did not choose to abandon, but chose to accompany.
Perhaps it was the power of love, two years later, Han Bi's illness was cured, and the two walked hand in hand for a lifetime.
In 1974, Zhang Yunyi was hospitalized in the 301 Hospital due to illness, Deng Xiaoping came to see him after resuming work, he clasped Zhang Yunyi's hand and said: "We are old comrades-in-arms, we have known each other for 45 years", at that time, Zhang Yunyi had no way to speak, he bowed his head.
On November 19, Zhang Yunyi died of illness at the age of 82.
Ten years later, Han Bi also completed his life at the age of 80.