As the saying goes: a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier.
The moment a warrior becomes a general is definitely a "highlight moment" of life and deserves to be cherished forever in memory.
In the 1950s, the people of Chinese experienced the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and finally used millet plus rifles to build a new China that was in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt.
In 1955, in order to recognize and commemorate those who had made outstanding contributions to the founding of new China, the government held the largest conferment ceremony to date, with a total of 10 people awarded the rank of marshal and 1048 soldiers awarded the rank of general.
In the sky of new China, the stars will twinkle. However, what is less known is that when the title was awarded in 1955, there was a person responsible for reading out the list of the ten marshals, but he did not have any rank, he was Peng Zhen.
Peng Zhenqiren
Peng Zhen was born in 1902 in Quwo County, Shanxi Province.
In 1923, at the age of 21, Peng Zhen was inspired by communism and joined the revolutionary ranks and began the path of a staunch communist.
In the 1955 ceremony of conferring titles in New China, Peng Zhen was ordered to read out the list of awards, but he did not have any military ranks himself, which is not difficult to understand, because since he joined the revolution, Peng Zhen has been engaged in party affairs and government affairs, not direct military command.
However, this did not prevent Peng Zhen from becoming a staunch communist and playing a huge role in the struggle for the independence of the Chinese nation.
In 1929, Peng Zhen was only 27 years old and had only been an honorable party member for 6 years.
At that time, due to the bloody suppression of the Kuomintang reactionaries, many of the activities engaged in by our Party were secretive and dangerous. In that year, some revolutionary comrades could not resist the pressure to defect to the revolution, causing great losses to the work of the Communist Party in Tianjin at that time, and many Communist Comrades were arrested and imprisoned, including Peng Zhen, who was then the secretary of the Tianjin Work Conference of the Communist Party of China.
The situation is urgent, and the life of the party's cause hangs in the balance. In order to preserve his strength as much as possible, Peng Zhen decided to stand up and take responsibility for protecting the other arrested comrades. You must know that revolution is not a family affair, it is really bloody and sacrificial. It can be seen that Peng Zhen's decision at that time embodied the spirit of revolutionary fearlessness.
Later, with the efforts of many parties, more than 10 comrades were acquitted, and Peng Zhen, who bore the "crime," suffered inhuman torture and blows, and suffered abuse and severe beatings.
As long as there is a breath of air, we will never abandon the revolutionary ideal of communism. Under the support of such firm convictions, Peng Zhen not only survived the cruel torture of the enemy, but also established a communist secret organization in prison, that is, the CCP branch of the Third Prison, to organize the comrades in the prison to continue fighting.
It was precisely with this incomparably firm revolutionary conviction that Peng Zhen played a huge role in the party's struggle and became the leader of the party.
The Grand Marshal of the Republic was conferred the title
In times of war, a great man famously asserted that power came out of the barrel of a gun, and it turned out to be true.
Whether it is the Japanese aggressors, the Kuomintang reactionaries, or the wolves of American ambitions, we must make good use of the guns in our hands in order to truly defend the Chinese nation.
However, along the way in the revolutionary struggle, our party has not gone particularly easy, it can be said that it is a life of nine deaths, and it is hard to use millet plus rifles to win the independence and liberation of the Chinese nation. In the war, many soldiers have performed outstandingly, become senior generals in our army, made outstanding contributions to the victory of the war, and even paid their lives.
Thus, in 1955, the Central Military Commission held a grand conferment of the title of General of the Republic in Beijing.
Ten people, including Zhu Laozong and Commander Peng, were awarded the rank of marshal of the People's Republic of China, and Su Yu, Tan Zheng, Xiao Jinguang, and ten others were awarded the rank of grand general of the People's Republic of China.
At the awarding ceremony, it was Peng Zhen who read the list, at that time, there were two old leaders recuperating in Qingdao due to physical reasons, ye Shuai was in Dalian, so he was absent from the ceremony, and later Peng Zhen specially went to Qingdao personally to complete the award ceremony.
There is no doubt that the awarding of military ranks is not "on seniority", let alone "on merit and merit", but the supreme honor of soldiers. However, at that time, many senior leaders of the party and the state resolutely did not accept military ranks, which reflected the mentality of the old revolutionaries who were humble and stubborn, which was a good story.
Beginning in 1955 and in the following ten years, the mainland awarded a total of 1614 military ranks above the rank of general, and these military commanders with outstanding military achievements made great contributions to the founding of New China and the development of military strength, and also achieved the supreme glory of being soldiers.
Write the glory of blood and fire
The new China's military rank awarding base is the "Regulations on the Service of Officers of the Chinese people's liberation army" promulgated in 1955, which is also the birth of the rank system of the Chinese people's liberation army.
In the feudal era, the military system was judged by the origin of the mendi, which also fully reflected the feudal nature of the army in the old days, but the founding of new China made China look new, and the new military rank award standard completely abandoned the difference between birth and the door, and the ability and combat merit as the standard were a major progress in China's military history.
Although the ranks awarded are clearly distinguished, high and low, the glory of military ranks as military honors is the same, they are all sparkling, and they all write the glory of military blood and fire. Whether it is to become a marshal or a general, it is the lifelong dream of an excellent soldier, and it is also a recognition of outstanding merit.
I still remember the white-haired veteran at the military parade who trembled and raised his right hand to salute the people, just like he had just joined the army many years ago; I remember the iron oath of those veterans who did not fade, if there is a war, they will be recalled; I remember the old soldier whose eyes are no longer visible, and he dreams of touching the advanced tanks of the PLA.
We will find that the ultimate pursuit of Chinese soldiers is not the rank of general, nor is it famous in history, but guotai and min'an, peace and eternal survival, China's children can grow up safely, and China's future is getting better and better.
brief summary
At the republic's conferment ceremony in 1955, Peng Zhen read out one glorious name after another, but he did not have any military rank, which reflected the noble sentiments of the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries.
At the same time, as latecomers, we must also clearly understand in our hearts that the success of the revolution cannot be separated from the soldiers' fighting on the battlefield and sacrificing their lives to death, and it is also inseparable from the efforts of the Communists on other fronts, especially in the period of revolutionary war.
Like those veterans, the Chinese Communists were indifferent to fame and fortune, had hills in their hearts, guided practice with firm communist convictions, and also devoted their life's energy to the victory of the Chinese revolution.