The award of the title in 1955 has always been a hot topic in the field of modern and contemporary history, and countless revolutionary predecessors have finally waited for this glorious moment. At the zhongnanhai conferment ceremony, the fierce generals were like clouds and the Confucian generals were like rain, which could be described as bringing the stars together. At this awarding ceremony, Zhang Zongxun, as a qualified veteran and a general with high military achievements, was not rated as a general, which was also very surprising. Zhang Zongxun's qualifications and battle achievements were higher than those of Wang Shusheng, Luo Ruiqing and others, and he was xu Guangda's superior. Many people believe that his defeat at the Battle of Datong Jining in the Liberation War was the reason why he did not have a general. In particular, Chairman Mao once said that he did not become strong when he should have been strong, which made people doubt his military command ability. Is this true? Come and talk to Xiaobian!
Zhang Zongxun was born in the early 20th century to a peasant family in Weishui, Shaanxi Province, to a well-to-do family. As a result, he came into contact with many ideas that were out of reach of poor children, and with the influence of his uncle Zhang Haoru, he joined the Socialist Youth League very early. In 1925, he was successfully admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy and became a member of the Whampoa Phase II. After the "Zhongshan Ship Incident," the rupture between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has become a fact. Whampoa cadets could not have dual party membership, so he quit the Kuomintang. In September 1927, he participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising and became a company commander. After the reorganization of Sanwan, he became the deputy company commander of Mao's guard company, responsible for protecting Mao's safety.
Before the Jinggangshan Meeting, whether it was safety work or soldier training work, Mao was not dissatisfied with him with anything, and even often gave Zhang Zongxun a thumbs up. The news of Zhu De's presence at Jinggangshan was also reported to Mao after he discovered it. On the way to the Jinggangshan Huishi, Zhang Zongxun experienced several vicious battles In order to protect Mao's safety, he was injured in several hand-to-hand combats and many times. After the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the Red Army began the Long March. The commander of the Red 4th Division under Mr. Peng was unfortunately killed, and this unit still had a difficult task to do, and how could anyone who did not have the main task do it. After thinking about it, Old Peng finally remembered Zhang Zongxun, who had impressed him deeply in the Battle of Guangchang.
After consulting with Mao, he hurriedly transferred Zhang Zongxun to the Red 3 Corps and entrusted him with the task of breaking through the enemy's blockade line. With the cooperation of Huang Kecheng, the Red 4th Division quickly broke through the 3 lines of defense to open the way for the main force to retreat. In order to let the main force retreat quickly, he asked Miao to take the Red 4th Division to block the enemy at the Xiang River. At the Battle of Zunyi, Zhang Zongchang was hit by enemy machine guns and his life was in danger. Mr. Peng tried his best to defy the public opinion and used the urgent shortage of medicine on Zhang Zongxun, which laid a deep revolutionary friendship for the two. Because of this injury, he was placed in the central recuperation company. Most of the people in this cultivation company were important leaders after the founding of the People's Republic of China, such as Lin Boqu, Xu Teli, Deng Yingchao, and so on.
After the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Division, Zhang Zongxun became the director of the First Bureau of the Central Military Commission. This bureau has a number of units, such as the Operations Department, secretarial, guard, and line manager, which is the same as Chairman Jiang's bodyguard department. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, He Long's 358 Brigade lacked a military commander, and Chairman Mao thought about it and thought that Zhang Zongxun was very suitable, so he appointed him as the brigade commander. After a simple reorganization training, the 358th Brigade crossed the Yellow River to the front line. Under the command of Zhang Zongxun, the 358th Brigade won two ambush battles at Yanmen Pass. Subsequently, guerrilla warfare was waged in Lüliang, Wutaishan and other places. In 1938, he cooperated with the Jin Sui Army to defend Taiyuan, and then guerrilla warfare in seven counties such as Ningwu and Shenchi, annihilating hundreds of Captured Japanese materials by the Japanese Army. In 1939, Zhang Zongxun led the troops to fight in Jizhong and participated in the anti-sweeping campaign many times in the development base areas. In 1940, he returned to the northwestern region of Jin and participated in the summer anti-"sweep" and the Hundred Regiments War.
The War of Resistance Against Japan ended, and civil war broke out. Zhang Zongxun was again transferred to the front as deputy commander of the Jinsui Military Region, and he mobilized 50 regiments to attack Datong. After a month of bloody fighting, the Datong outer stronghold and Dongguan have been swept away from Datong. Jiang urgently dispatched Fu Zuoyi's troops to the rescue, and Fu Zuoyi was initially unwilling but unable to resist Jiang's promise of a large amount of territory. Fu Zuoyi held an emergency military conference to discuss tactics to encircle Wei and save Zhao. After the tactical arrangements were made, Fu Zuoyi took advantage of Zhang Zongxun's onslaught of Datong and sent troops to attack Zhuozi and Jining. A brigade that had to defend for 3 days was only 8 hours old when the defensive line was breached by Fu Zuoyi's troops. Zhang Zongxun was caught in a two-front battle, and he quickly dispatched 8 brigades to Jining to prepare to annihilate Dong Qiwu's more than 13,000 men. The fighters were fleeting, and although they began to crush Dong Qiwu's troops, the 8 brigades of the division veterans were tired and could no longer fight. Dong Qiwu seized the opportunity and regrouped his troops to attack Jining under the leadership of division commander Yang Weiyuan.
Jining was destroyed, Fu Zuoyi could go out of Shangyi in the east and Fengzhen in the southeast, directly threatening Zhangjiakou, and the danger of Datong had been solved. In November 1946, Zhang Zongxun was ordered to return to Yan'an to participate in the Yan'an Defense War. In the operation to liberate the Great Northwest, he assisted General Peng Lao in commanding the operation. He then launched the Spring Offensive, commanding the Battle of Fumei and the Battle of Lanzhou. Since he cooperated with him, Mr. Peng has never had a red face or scolded him, let alone anything else.
In fact, in 1955, Zhang Zongxun was rated as a major general, but he was not awarded a title, in addition to him, there were Li Xiannian, Tan Zhenlin, Deng Zihui, Zhang Aiping, Chen Shiyu and others. Chairman Mao also commented on Zhang Zongxun: "Your strength is to be steady and generous, and your deficiency is that you cannot get up when you should be strong; you should learn from Mr. Peng; you must persist in what you should insist on; and you must criticize what you should criticize." ”