introduction
At the 1955 ceremony, countless soldiers who served the national service received the honor they deserved. Before this award ceremony, the evaluation of the ranks of each meritorious officer is naturally the top priority, and it is necessary to take into account all aspects of the factor, such as the position is a very important influencing factor. Anyone who was able to hold the position of commander during the Liberation War basically received the rank of lieutenant general, and at the very least, he could get the seat of major general. However, there are always exceptions to everything, in the original Nine Commanders of Erye, eight were awarded the title of Lieutenant General, and only one was only a colonel, and this commander was Yin Xianbing.
Considering the crucial importance of this award ceremony and the large number of participants, the central authorities attach great importance to it, and neither the ranking of seniority nor the simple discussion of merit and reward can convince the public, so the central authorities have decided to conduct a comprehensive evaluation from five aspects: post, quality, ability, seniority, and military merit. Among the several military commanders of Erye, as a fierce general who was not inferior to Wang Jinshan, Yin Xianbing was definitely the top few generals in Erye, so what was wrong with him and finally won the colonel?
Yin Xianbing, who has made great achievements in battle
First of all, in terms of office, Yin Xianbing was the commander of the 16th Army of the Fifth Corps of the Second Field Army during the Liberation War, and after the founding of New China, he served as the deputy commander of the Guizhou Military Region. At that time, his 16th Army, as the only composite corps of the People's Liberation Army, was equipped with a large number of sophisticated weapons, including a large number of heavy artillery and tanks, which was the most modern unit of our army, which can be described as an ace unit, which was enough to fight with the elite of the US army on the battlefield.
And Yin Xianbing was able to serve as the commander of the 16th Army, which shows his position in the army. At the same time, in terms of ability, Commander Yin Xianbing is definitely not weaker than others. In 1940, Yin Xianbing, who was still the head of the Special Task Force regiment at the Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, was transferred to the post of deputy commander of the Jixi Guerrilla Corps, and soon after he took office, he raided the Japanese non-commissioned officer training team on the Heishui River and won a big victory. In this battle, he showed a keen sense of combat smell and excellent command ability, won the favor of the central authorities, was transferred back to Yan'an, and successively received systematic military education at the Military and Political Academy and the Military Academy.
After returning to the front line from Yan'an, Yin Xianbing has been fighting in the front line, and in the southern conquest and northern war, he has gradually reached the position of commander by relying on countless meritorious achievements, and has become one of the famous commanders of our army. In addition, Marshal Liu Bocheng has always been very optimistic about him, and has repeatedly mentioned teaching his tactical ability. Yin Xianbing was also deeply influenced by Marshal Liu Bocheng, and in the subsequent battles, he repeatedly integrated Liu Shuai's points into actual battles, and made full use of strategy to command a classic battle. “
If the battle drags on, the enemy will be picked up by reinforcements
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With fighting spirit, there are tactics
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These two sentences came from Yin Xianbing's mouth, which shows his excellent military quality and command ability. In terms of seniority, Yin Xianbing is also an old revolutionary, he was born in 1915, joined the Red Army at the age of 15, and also joined the Communist Youth League, has experienced several anti-encirclement and suppression, walked the Long March, and with his own ability, he became the chief of staff of the regiment at a young age. However, after arriving in Yan'an, Yin Xianbing defended the headquarters for a long time, and his reputation was not obvious, until the Battle of Heishui River, and later participated in the anti-"Nine Road Siege" and the Hundred Regiments War.
In 1942, Yin Xianbing was transferred to the commander of the Huxi Military Subdistrict and presided over the anti-Japanese guerrilla work in huxi. During the Liberation War, Yin Xianbing was the brigade commander of the second brigade of the first column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region, and his combat footprints spread all over Henan and Shandong, and then he crossed the Yellow River with Marshal Liu Bocheng's Zhongye army and advanced thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains. After coming out of Dabie Mountain, Nakano was reorganized into Erye, and Yin Xianbing became the commander of the 16th Army under Erye and participated in the Battle of Huaihai, the Battle of Crossing the River, and the Southwest Campaign. After the founding of New China, he also went to Korea to fight the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
It can be said that Commander Yin Xianbing has experienced various wars of all sizes from the Red Army to the People's Liberation Army, and is definitely an old qualification in our army. Not to mention in terms of military merit, Yin Xianbing is definitely a general who can fight and is good at fighting, and his military quality is not bad. At the same time, he had been fighting on the front line for many years, and naturally had a lot of military achievements, and in the Liberation War alone, the total number of enemy fighters commanded by Yin Xianbing exceeded 200,000. Later, on the Korean battlefield, his 16th Army was responsible for the defense of the first line of the western coast, directing the troops to launch a fierce attack on the thirty-eighth regiment of the newly transferred U.S. Second Infantry Division.
In a short period of time, he was able to defeat the US troops and capture the US positions, and later the US troops counterattacked many times, but he was beaten to the ground. During the subsequent Sino-US negotiations, Yin Xianbing was stationed on the 38th Line, ready to shell the U.S. army. In terms of service, military merit, seniority, and ability, Yin Xianbing can undoubtedly get the rank of lieutenant general. In fact, in the original plan, Yin Xianbing was indeed on the list of lieutenant generals, but in the end, he lost his position with the general, what was the reason?
The reason for the loss of the general's position
The reason for this is still due to the problem of quality, which is precisely a problem of personal private life. In his private life, Yin Xianbing's style has not been very good, especially on the Korean battlefield, and he has caused human life, so that the whole army has heard about his scandal. Under these circumstances, the Central Committee was naturally very angry and repeatedly reported criticism. Because these events had too much influence in the military at that time, Yin Xianbing was also affected at the 55-year award ceremony, and was demoted two levels in a row, and finally only received the rank of colonel.
And in 1956, he was again attacked for his private life and expelled from the party. Yin Xianbing has also always felt ashamed of this matter, and the military uniform of the colonel issued when he was awarded the title was locked in the cabinet by him, and he never wore this military uniform unless he was forced to do so in informal occasions. However, the scandal of that year had a great impact on his career, and since then he has gradually moved away from the central government, never held an important position, and was basically responsible for some idle work, and has been idle for nearly thirty years before it has turned around.
epilogue
In 1983, Yin Xianbing was appointed deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region. This should have been a happy thing, but soon two bad news came, Yin Xianbing's old leader Yang Yong and his friend Xu Liqing died suddenly on the same day. Yin Libing was originally a man of temperament, and he heard the news of two old comrades-in-arms in a row, he was grief-stricken, and his mood was stirred up by a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and he also passed away. However, regardless of merit or failure, Commander Yin Xianbing is a revolutionary veteran who has made contributions to the country, and the founding of New China has his share of credit, and as posterity, we should not forget the blood and sweat he shed.