In 1955, when many generals took the initiative to give up their titles, such as General Xu Liqing, it became a beautiful talk, and some generals suspected that the rank was low, in fact, compared with these awarded generals, this general was the real grievance, he was originally awarded the rank of lieutenant general, but it was suddenly canceled.
This general's name is Zhou Wenlong, and he is not very famous among the generals of our army, mainly because he has been engaged in logistical work for a long time and has made outstanding achievements in the rear in obscurity, compared with those generals who charge forward and command thousands of troops and horses, he is too difficult to be remembered.
Zhou Wenlong joined the Revolution very early, he joined the Red Army in July 1930, he first served in the Red Third Army as the secretary of the 4th Division headquarters of the 8th Army, then as the secretary of the General Headquarters, and before the Long March he served as a staff officer of the 5th Division of the Red Third Army.
Zhou Wenlong served as the director of the management of the Red 13th Army on the Long March Road, which was already quite high, and during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression he also served as the director of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University School Affairs Department, and in 1940, he was transferred to the deputy director of the Supply Department of the Forward Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
This position is much higher than that of the regimental commander of the Eighth Route Army, and we all know that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Eighth Route Army lacked weapons, grain, and other materials, and Zhou Wenlong's responsibility was to be responsible for solving the material problems for the Eighth Route Army.
In May 1948, he was appointed director of the Supply Department of the Logistics Department of the North China Military Region, and the logistics of the entire military region were under his control, and in July 1949, Zhou Wenlong also served as the chief of staff of the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army in his original post.
After the founding of New China, according to Zhou Wenlong's rank, he was rated as a lieutenant general, and after reporting it, he was approved for review, but on the eve of the award of the title, a major change occurred, when the state decided to divide the Ministry of Fuel Industry into three and establish three industrial ministries of coal, petroleum and electric power.
Due to the lack of competent leadership talents, Zhou Wenlong, who had rich logistical experience, was recommended to be the vice minister of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, so Zhou Wenlong left the army, and according to the organizational regulations at that time, the generals who had left the army system were no longer involved in the evaluation and awarding of military ranks.
For this reason, General Lai Chuanzhu, deputy director of the General Cadre Department, found Zhou Wenlong and told him that he had been assessed as a lieutenant general, but because he had left the army system, he could not be awarded a title, so Zhou Wenlong missed the big award, and he was not awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Later in the field of petroleum industry, Zhou Wenlong made outstanding contributions, he participated in and led the Daqing Oilfield Engineering Conference, made great contributions to the petroleum industry of New China, in July 1988, he was awarded the First Class Red Star Meritorious Service Medal, and died of illness on December 8, 2003 at the age of 94.