The military rank system was born to encourage and reward those who have made important contributions to the country, and to affirm and recognize their merits in battle. Chinese the first ceremony of the People's Liberation Army was in 1955, and 10 generals were awarded the rank of marshal, 10 were awarded the rank of general, 55 were awarded the rank of general, and 175 were awarded the rank of lieutenant general. In this awarding ceremony, the Central Military Commission originally asked Chen Qihan to fill in the rank himself, but he wrote lieutenant general, what was he finally awarded?
Outstanding achievements
Chen Qihan has witnessed the broken situation of mountains and rivers in China since he was a child, and is determined to free the people from the sea of suffering, and the heart of serving the country is burning in his heart. Later, Chen Qihan entered the Whampoa Military Academy and was constantly reused because of his excellent performance. However, the struggle within the Kuomintang made Chen Qihan a little disgusted, and by chance, he joined the Communist Party under the introduction of a friend. Since then, Chen Qihan has actively thrown himself into the revolution, led the red army fighters to participate in the task of anti-encirclement and suppression, and made many military achievements, which was deeply trusted by Chairman Mao.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chen Qihan participated in and commanded various battles of all sizes. During the defense of the Yellow River, in order to curb the Japanese invasion of the Yellow River, Chen Qihan actively formulated a defensive strategy and led the troops to repeatedly smash the enemy's plots with ingenious tactics.
During the Liberation War, Chen Qihan participated in the battle in the northeast and made outstanding contributions to the liberation cause of the whole country. In 1949, Chen Qihan personally led the troops to Jiangxi to eliminate many bandits entrenched in the local area, and after a protracted battle, finally cleaned up more than 50,000 bandits.
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After the founding of New China, social development has gradually begun to enter the right track, and those who have made outstanding contributions to the establishment of New China should be given honorary commendations, so the matter of awarding titles also needs to be carried out. After several layers of discussion by the national leadership, it was finally decided to hold a ceremony to award the title in 1955. Chen Qihan's meritorious service is naturally in the list of military ranks. In view of Chen Qihan's contribution from the red army period to the founding of New China, the idea of the Central Military Commission at that time was to let Chen Qihan fill in the rank himself.
Military rank is an affirmation of the merits of military personnel, but the Central Military Commission let Chen Qihan choose it himself, which shows that the state's trust in Chen Qihan is extremely strong. For Chen Qihan, he did not want himself to appear special among the soldiers, so he also resigned several times, but the Central Military Commission insisted on letting Chen Qihan decide on his own, and Chen Qihan filled in the lieutenant general when he saw that he could not shirk it. Chen Qihan has made so many contributions to the new China that many people think that he should be awarded the rank of general, but he believes that he has not done enough, so he is modest and indifferent to fame and fortune, and he only fills in the rank of lieutenant general.
However, at the 1955 award ceremony, the military rank conferred on Chen Qihan by the state was the rank of general, not the rank filled in by Chen Qihan himself. It can be seen that the state will not treat anyone with outstanding dedication to them. The merits established by Chen Qihan are enough to get corresponding treatment.