introduction?
After the founding of New China, the work of evaluating military titles is still very difficult, and many aspects need to be considered. The chairman of this task was entrusted to the General Cadre Management Department headed by Luo Ronghuan, and he was put in charge of presiding over the evaluation of military ranks below the rank of general and major general and above.
The 1955 military rank evaluation, about the selection of admiral to major general, most of them still have no objections, the whole is still very fair, all aspects are taken into account. However, some generals felt that their ranks were too low, and there were also people who "made trouble" for military ranks, such as Wang Jinshan, Zhong Wei and others, who more or less felt that their ranks were too low and had dissatisfaction.
It is worth mentioning that there is a person, he is the head of the corps of Shino, according to his seniority and the relevant provisions of the title, the appointment of the general should have been a nail in the coffin, but because one thing was not done well, in 1955, he was only awarded the rank of lieutenant general, which is a pity. This person is the famous general Mo Wenhua of the Four Wilds, because his rank is too low, or some resentment, at work, the documents that need Mo Wenhua's signature will be written "Lieutenant General Mo Wenhua" to express his dissatisfaction in this way.
Mo Wenhua's information is indeed very deep, as early as the Red Army period, he participated in the Baise Uprising and served as the director of the Political Department of the Red Army University. In the Liberation War and the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mo Wenhua was a member of the Four Wilds, and once served as the political commissar of the 14th and 13th Corps, which belonged to the corps-level cadres. It is worth mentioning that there are very few people who serve as political commissars in the two corps, and Mo Wenhua is a special one.
According to some cases of conferring titles, most of the cadres at the corps level are awarded generals, and very few may be lower. Liu Yalou was the commander of the Fourteenth Corps, Mo Wenhua was the political commissar, and the two were at the same level. Why was Liu Yalou a general and Mo Wenhua could only be a lieutenant general when he was conferred the title in 1955? The main reason may be related to a military operation to suppress bandits after the founding of the country.
The work of suppressing bandits has not been done well????
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were particularly many bandits in Guangxi, and it was difficult for local governments to eliminate them for a time. The main reason why there were so many bandits was that before the liberation of Guangxi, Bai Chongxi's Gui soldiers were afraid of the People's Liberation Army and went to the mountains to become bandits. Bai Chongxi fled to Taiwan on a warship, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of troops and leaving them to fend for themselves.
Taking advantage of the chaotic situation in Guangxi, the remnants of the Kuomintang fabricated the false news that "Chiang Kai-shek will soon counterattack the mainland." They joined forces with the remnants of the Kuomintang to create chaos in Guangxi, which seriously affected the safety of the lives and property of the local people.
The main force in this trip to Guangxi to suppress bandits was Siye, and Mo Wenhua served as the first deputy political commissar of the bandit suppression unit and was one of the main responsible persons of this unit. In the process of suppressing bandits, Mo Wenhua was too lenient with the local bandits because he was from Guangxi, so that the work of suppressing bandits was not very smooth.
As a native of Guangxi, Mo Wenhua knew the disposition of guangxi people, and the main reason why they chose to go to the mountains to become bandits was that they did not know the current situation and were seduced by the Kuomintang authorities. In the course of commanding and suppressing the bandits, Mo Wenhua paid attention to policies, educated the captured bandits and put them back, and the bandits who were released went home and became bandits.
In order to completely eliminate this band of bandits and devote more resources to the Korean battlefield, the chairman decided to increase the number of troops and let the rebel general Chen Mingren lead the troops to suppress the bandits. After Chen Mingren arrived in Guangxi, he adopted many tough measures, and after only half a month, he basically eliminated the bandit forces in Guangxi.
Chen Mingren
Compared with the outstanding performance of other siye generals such as Hong Xuezhi, Han Xianchu, Deng Hua, and others on the Korean battlefield, Mo Wenhua was ineffective in suppressing bandits in Guangxi, not only could not hang on to his own face, but also The chief of Siye, Lin Zong, also felt that he had lost face and took the initiative to apologize to the chairman.
The work of suppressing bandits was finally successfully concluded, and his battle achievements Mo Wenhua naturally failed to take his turn, and General Chen Mingren made a big splash and was praised by the chairman. Siye has always fought bravely, and this time the bandit suppression operation failed, and in the end, it was up to Chen Mingren, an uprising general, to lead the troops to suppress the bandits, and as a superior leader, he would definitely feel that Mo Wenhua and others were ineffective in handling things, and their impression of them was greatly reduced.
Perhaps because of this, Mo Wenhua had a certain influence when awarding the title, and could have been awarded the title of general, considering the ineffective work of suppressing bandits, this possibility is higher. Seeing this, some people will ask, Mo Wenhua is only a first deputy political commissar, not the most important military commander (Li Tianyou is a military chief), how can he bear the main responsibility.
Zhang Yunyi
In fact, the main person in charge of the work of suppressing bandits is Zhang Yunyi, whose seniority is very high in the party, and he was also awarded the rank of general in 1955. If zhang Yunyi was only reluctant to make a decision to demote Zhang Yunyi to a lower rank because of the inability to suppress bandits, it was really impossible to say, and in the end Zhang Yunyi only made a review, and Mo Wenhua was more unfortunate, the review was also done, and the military rank was also demoted. Li Tianyou was also severely criticized by his superiors, but his rank was general.
epilogue?
Of course, Mo Wenhua's appointment of lieutenant general because of his inability to suppress bandits is only a highly recognized speculation, and we do not know what the real situation is, according to what criteria he is evaluated for the rank of lieutenant general. From the perspective of Hong Xuezhi, Liu Yalou, Huang Yongsheng and other generals, Mo Wenhua was equivalent to their positions, and his seniority was not bad, and his appointment as lieutenant general was indeed a little low.
Although Mo Wenhua was once dissatisfied with being only a lieutenant general, he had a good mentality and was good at venting, and many things would not be held in his heart. In his later years, Mo Wenhua liked to write books, write, and write a lot of memoirs, which can really be described as "the old Ji Futuo, determined to be in a thousand miles". In May 2000, Mo Wenhua died of illness in Beijing at the age of 90, which is considered to be a high life expectancy.