In 1952, the "three anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy" campaign was launched. In this campaign to fight tigers, the achievements are obvious, and the huge corrupt elements represented by Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan are investigated and punished.
However, in the fight against tigers, there were excessive situations in various localities to varying degrees, setting targets for fighting tigers, and framing situations, thus hurting some innocent people, and Zhang Zhendong, former commander of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region, was framed by his secretary.
Zhang Zhendong was an old qualified major general in the founding of the People's Republic of China, joined the Red Army in 1928, and served as a squad leader, company commander, and battalion commander when he founded the Eyu-Anhui base area. In 1932, the main force of the Red Fourth Front was transferred to the outer line, and he remained in the base area to continue the struggle, serving as deputy regimental commander and deputy division commander of the newly formed Red 25th Army.
Among the generals of the Red 25th Army, Han Xianchu, Liu Zhen, Chen Xianrui and others did not hold higher positions at that time than he did.
In 1934, he arrived in northern Shaanxi with the main force of the Red 25th Army, participated in a series of battles, and served as the commander of the supplementary division.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was transferred to the first detachment of the New Fourth Army as deputy chief of staff of the regiment, fought under the leadership of General Manager Chen, and later under the command of Su Yu, served as the chief of staff of the brigade, the chief of staff of the 1st Division, and the commander of the Soviet Central Military Region.
During the Liberation War, he served as a division commander in the 4th Column led by Tao Yong, and later transferred to the local military region as the commander of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region.
In 1955, when he was awarded the title, he was awarded the Order of August 1st Class, the Order of Independence and Freedom, First Class, and the Liberation Medal first class. According to his seniority and position, there is no problem in being awarded lieutenant general, why was it only awarded major general in the end?
This may be related to the "three antis" movement in 1952.
When in January 1952, after the Three Anti-Rebellion Movement was launched at the local level and with the troops, he was falsely accused by his secretary of revenge, became the target of tiger fighting, was confined, and was dismissed from his post. The military district was indignant and indignant about the commander's suffering, and there was a lot of discussion.
The superior sent Rao Zijian as the commander to learn some information from the soldiers of the troops below.
After Zhang Zhendong was locked up and put out, he did not have any position, just idle at home, and there was no clear statement. Rao Zijian believes that everything cannot be shelved in an unclear way, and this is irresponsible for a comrade's political future. To this end, he convened a party committee to let people investigate and study the authenticity of the matter.
In the end, I learned that the secretary's "exposé" was a fictitious thing, and it was not a big tiger. To that end, it was to be hoped that the organization would reassign the arrangements.
For Zhang Zhendong, Rao Zijian helped himself a lot, and excitedly said: Your grand duke is selfless, selfless and fearless!
In 1954, zhang Zhendong's work was redistributed by his superiors and he was transferred to the second deputy commander of the Anhui Provincial Military Region. This is a deputy military position, and it can be seen from the position that his problems have not been completely rehabilitated. And in 1952, when the army was rated, it was rated as a deputy military rank. In this way, when the title was awarded in 1955, it would be affected to some extent.
Military ratings and titles are awarded not only in terms of seniority, position, and record, but also in terms of character.
In fact, there are some generals who have the same "encounter" with him, like Li Zhongquan. During the agrarian revolution, he served as the regimental commander, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression he served as the director of the political department of the military region, and during the Liberation War as the military political commissar. In the 1952 Three Antis Movement, he was implicated, was given the rank of deputy army, and was finally awarded the major general.
In 1981, Zhang Zhendong's question in the Three Antis was truly rehabilitated, and Zhang Zhendong remembered Rao Zijian's help for more than thirty years, until 1984, before his death, he also thanked Rao Zijian for solving this unjust case for him.