After the founding of New China, in order to commend the generals who made great contributions to the victory of the Chinese revolution, a conferment conference was held in China in 1955. At that time, the evaluation of titles depended on seniority and battle achievements, of course, many people's military ranks were downgraded, and many generals were wronged. However, there are exceptions in everything, and one person has been elected as political commissar, but for various reasons, he has been awarded the rank of general.
This general was Yan Hongyan
Yan Hongyan was born in 1909 in Anding (present-day Zichang County), Shaanxi Province, and Yan Hongyan was forced to drop out of school after six months of private school because of his poor family, and then went to work in a factory. Until 1920, he went out to earn a living alone and worked as a short-term worker in the northern Shaanxi region. At the age of 15, he held the idea of "eating food as a soldier" and signed up for the army.
In the army, Yan Hongyan met a person who would change a lot in his future, of course, this is a later story. Li Xiangjiu, who was Yan Hongyan's company commander, had another layer of identity, that is, an underground party member of our party. Under the guidance of Li Xiangjiu, the commander of the Ninth Company stationed in Anding County, Yan Hongyan's thinking was sublimated. He not only joined the party, but also participated in the famous Qingjian Uprising.
On October 12, 1926, Li Xiangjiu and Xie Zichang launched the Qingjian Uprising, and Yan Hongyan also participated in the uprising. This was the most historic uprising of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, officially opening the prelude to the armed struggle in the northwest. From then on, he officially embarked on the revolutionary road, and Yan Hongyan began to organize guerrilla groups in northern Shaanxi. When the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrilla group of the Peasant Red Army was established, Xie Zichang was appointed as the commander-in-chief, Liu Zhidan as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Yan Hongyan as the leader of the first detachment.
During the Liberation War, Yan Hongyan was the deputy commander of the Third Column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army, and participated in many battles such as Handan, Dingtao, Northern Henan Counteroffensive, and Lunan. After the Battle of the Crossing River began, he led his army south, and the army pointed directly to the southwest, and after the liberation of Sichuan, he stayed behind as the deputy secretary of the Eastern Sichuan District Committee, responsible for the local recovery and development work. Especially when Liu Deng's army had just entered dabie Mountain, the soldiers had no food or clothing. It was Yan Hongyan who persuaded the merchants and capitalists to borrow grain and cloth for the soldiers, so that Liu Deng's army successfully survived this difficulty. By 1955 he was elected vice governor of Sichuan Province.
So, is Yan Hongyan qualified to be a general?
When the Red Army in northern Shaanxi was reorganized into the 30th Army, Yan Hongyan served as a military commander, and he was one of the main founders of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, with a high status. When he was awarded the rank in 1955, according to the historical qualifications of other generals, Yan Hongyan was completely qualified. In addition, there were few founders of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi who were alive or in the army. Moreover, during Yan Hongyan's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in the Red Army, he and He were both military commanders. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, both of them served as theater commanders. During the Liberation War, Yan Hongyan was the deputy commander of Nino's column, only one level lower than Bihe.
In the history of our Party, Yan Hongyan has always been a bright and upright image, and in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Yan Hongyan participated in many important battles and made many outstanding contributions. Years of revolutionary war. Not afraid of sacrifice, the spirit of sincere unity. Regarding the great cause of the revolution above all else, Yan Hongyan is truly worthy of the name and is fully qualified to be awarded the rank of general.