In 1955, our military general was awarded the rank of general, and only 55 people were able to obtain the rank of general (and 2 others were later supplemented). Most of those who were rated as founding generals were either at the level of the main corps or cadres at the level of deputy corps, which can be said to be the supreme glory, and most of them held important positions in the army during the war years and made outstanding military achievements. However, in 55 years, there was a general who had neither joined the Red Army nor served as the Eighth Route, so why did he get the rank of general?
This special admiral was Ulanf. To say that General Ulanf is special means that he alone can stand up to thousands of troops and horses. The Prime Minister praised him even more, commenting that Ulan Fu "single-handedly destroyed a pseudo-republic". It would not be too much to say that it would be a major priority to play a key role in resolving the issue of national and territorial sovereignty. In fact, Ulan Fu was not only a founding general, but later became a vice president, and he was also the first founding general to become a vice president.
Born in Inner Mongolia in 1906, Ulanf's family was not wealthy when he was a teenager, and Ulanf's father hoped that he would study more so that he could change his living conditions. Therefore, Ulanf came into contact with many progressive ideas, especially communist theory, in the process of study, which deeply touched him. After continuous learning and progress, at the age of 19, Ulan fu successfully joined the party and began to participate in the student movement. Due to the positive performance of the activities, Ulanf was considered to have a future for cultivation by the organization, and in 1925 he was sent to the Soviet Union to study, and after 4 years he returned to China to lead the communist movement activities in Inner Mongolia.
Because Inner Mongolia is located on the northern border, the National Government has limited control over it, and the local nobles, under the influence of the Japanese army, want to organize a puppet regime like puppet Manchukuo, which is a great harm to China's unity and sovereignty, and the Japanese army can attack China's hinterland from the north. Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Ulanf, under the guidance of the central authorities, waged a struggle against the "Mongolian independence" forces for more than ten years. In 1936, the Bailing Temple Uprising organized by Ulan Fu led more than 800 people of the autonomous region's security brigade to break away from the reactionary Inner Mongolian Prince Gongde Wang, which struck a blow at the aggressive expansion momentum of the Japanese army.
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance the following year, Ulan Fu expanded the Mixed Brigade of the Inner Mongolian Armed Forces, went to the Suiyuan Front to fight, and received supplies from the Eighth Route Army, and its strength was enhanced. Soon Ulanf's ranks were again expanded to a new 3rd Division of more than 3,000 people, and Ulanf, like the regular army of the Eighth Route Army, implemented political work management in the ranks (most of the officers and men of the department were Mongolian), which was of extraordinary significance in the minority resistance team.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the separatist forces in Inner Mongolia set up a so-called government in an attempt to become independent, and after careful consideration, Ulan fu did not bring a single soldier or pawn, and went to the meeting with a single knife to successfully lobby, disintegrating this "provisional government", showing extremely strong personal ability and revolutionary fearlessness. During the Liberation War, Ulan fu personally went to Inner Mongolia to preside over the work, commanded the troops to annihilate the reactionary separatist forces, pacified the whole of Inner Mongolia, laid a solid rear foundation for the liberation battlefield in the north, and sent troops to support the famous Liaoshen and Pingjin wars.
Although he did not command a large army of more than 100,000 people to fight like some typical founding generals, Ulanf made outstanding achievements in the unification and territorial integrity of the motherland, and was awarded the rank of general in 1955 without any objection. Ulan Fu successively served as vice premier of the State Council, vice chairman of the National People's Congress, vice chairman of the Republic, and other important posts, and made great contributions to the construction of new China. In 1988, Ulanf died of illness.
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