For 1955, many people talked about the big title, for the founding generals that were envious, if they were their own compatriots, it was even more spitting, feeling particularly proud.
For military ranks, many founding heroes took the initiative to resign, of course, everything is not absolutely fair, of course, there are high and low, but today's protagonists are given a heinously low.
He and Peng Xuefeng were good friends, and his brother was a general in the Nationalist Army, and he led eight regiments of more than 10,000 people to join the Eighth Route Army, becoming the brigade commander of the 129th Division, and later the commander of the military sub-district. Just such a general, but only conferred the title of colonel, the original subordinate Wang Jinshan became a lieutenant general, the other subordinates do not say lieutenant general, at least also a major general, he is Zhang Weihan.
Zhang Weihan was born in 1906 in Nanyansi Village, Guantao County, Handan City, Hebei Province, to a poor family, until his second brother Zhang Weixi became rich in the Northwest Army. Zhang Weixi was Feng Yuxiang's thirteenth Taibao and an officer to the rank of general of the Nationalist Army, who was unfortunately poisoned by the Japanese army in 1944.
In 1915, the 9-year-old Zhang Weihan came to Beiping and entered the 16th Mixed Brigade Officers' School run by Feng Yuxiang, where he met Peng Xuefeng and became a close friend, peng Xuefeng, the nephew of Peng Yuting, an officer of Feng Yuxiang's department.
In 1926, Han Fuyu openly defected to Chiang Kai-shek, the academy was full of white terror, they were in danger of being arrested at any time, so they fled to the countryside to hide, until 1929, when the wind faded, Zhang Weihan was admitted to the Department of Political Science of the University of Northern Civilians together with Peng Xuefeng, Zhao Zizhong and others.
Zhang Weihan now has a wealthy family, but he is still hard and simple, and under the influence of the ideas of Peng Xuefeng, Zhao Yiping, Zhao Zizhong and other Communist Party members, he took the initiative to accept the revolutionary theory and set his heart on revolution.
After graduating from school, his brother introduced him to many positions, but in the end he resigned because of his sickness and resentment of the mediocre and corrupt style in the government department, and finally Zhang Weixi introduced him to Fan Zhuxian, the inspector of the Sixth Special Region of Shandong Province and the commander of the security.
Fan Zhuxian and the Zhang brothers are from the same village, so they are very welcome to his arrival and entrust him with heavy responsibilities.
In April 1937, Zhang Weihan went to Beijing at the invitation of Peng Xuefeng, and through the introduction of Peng Xuefeng and Zhao Yiping, Zhang Weihan joined the Communist Party of China.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in full swing, Fan Zhuxian sent a telegram to the whole country that "split the eyes of the north and never cross south," formed an anti-Japanese contingent, and formed 35 detachments, known as the "100,000 Iron Army," of which the tenth detachment, with Zhang Weihan concurrently serving as the commander.
In November 1938, Liaocheng fell, the national hero Fan Zhuxian was martyred, and his detachment became the object of contention of all parties.
Zhang Weihan successfully pulled more than 10,000 people from 8 regiments, and Lu Zhonglin, chairman of the Hebei Provincial Government of the Nationalist Government at that time, intended to win Zhang Weihan over, and personally sent someone to send a letter of appointment for the commander of the major general's division, but he was not moved, and led his troops to join the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and became the commander of the New Eighth Brigade, at that time the political commissar was Xiao Yongzhi, the deputy brigade commander was Wang Jinshan, the director of the political department was Wang Youping, and the chief of staff was Gao Houliang.
As we all know, Wang Jinshan later became a founding lieutenant general; Xiao Yongzhi died heroically in the war years; Wang Youping did not have a title after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but he was appointed to the rank of vice minister of foreign affairs; Gao Houliang was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and later became the political commissar of the Air Force.
With Zhang Weihan's qualifications and contributions, what title should be awarded?
In 1942, the New Eighth Brigade was merged with the Third Sub-district of Southern Hebei, with Zhang Weihan as the commander of the sub-district, Kong Qingde as the deputy commander, and Wang Youping as the deputy political commissar.
In October 1943, Zhang Weihan arrived in Yan'an from the Third Sub-district of Ji'nan and passed the examination to enter the 16 detachments of the Second Department of the Central Party School.
After that, Zhang Weihan was like being hidden in the snow, until March 1947, he was appointed as the commander of the Ninth Division of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region, and he was never promoted, and there was no battle to fight, until 1949, Zhang Weihan was only the commander of the Handan Military Sub-district, and some of his comrades-in-arms at the same time became the commander of the column, and some even became the commander of the corps.
In 1952, Zhang Weihan, who came from a landlord's family, became the so-called "big tiger" of Neiding, and was imprisoned for more than a year before being released; in order to maintain the face of the organization, he had to weave three false three questions on the conclusion of the examination, and decided to expel him from the party.
Zhang Weihan was of course not convinced, and devoted his life to the country, but in the end he ushered in a stain, and the North China Military Region believed that the conclusion of the hebei military region's examination of him was not true, and did not agree to expel him from the party, but did not overturn the case for him. After Zhang Weihan arrived in Beijing, Xu Liqing, deputy director of the Cadre Department, told him: "The case is definitely a wrong case, but it will be corrected immediately. ”
In order to continue to contribute to the country, Zhang Weihan went to Guangzhou without complaint as the vice president of the military sports school.
In 1955, Zhang Weihan was awarded only the rank of colonel. After that, Zhang Weihan's health deteriorated, and he left his post in July 1963 to recuperate.
During the Cultural Revolution, Zhang Weihan suffered again and suffered inhuman torture.
In 1979, Lying on a hospital bed, Zhang Weihan still never forgot the unjust case of that year, and many old comrades-in-arms felt very surprised, and Gao Houliang, who was then the political commissar of the Air Force, immediately reported it to the police and completely rehabilitated Zhang Weihan's historical unjust case.
Zhang Weihan, who learned of the unjust case and rehabilitation, had a relaxed face and died of illness not long after, and on October 27 of the same year, a memorial service was held for him, and Wang Renzhong, Song Renqiang, Zhang Zhen, Wang Xinting, Li Jukui, Gao Houliang, Xu Shenji and other hundred generals came to attend.