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In 1955, the Central Military Commission granted a general a special power: that is, he could fill in the rank he wanted. This power was a great honor at that time, and the person who obtained this power was named Chen Qihan.
What is surprising is that Chen Qihan, who won this honor, only wrote the rank of lieutenant general on this form.
So, what exactly was the military rank that Chen Qihan later obtained, and what exactly did he have a magnificent and legendary life?
Chairman Mao made an exception and granted Chen Qihan the rank of general
In September 1955, the Republic was about to be conferred the title for the first time in history, which was a great honor for every soldier who had experienced a hundred battles. Chairman Mao, who was the chairman of the Military Commission, and Zhou Enlai, who was the premier of the State Council at the time, personally presided over the award.
During the awarding of the title, Chairman Mao decided to give Chen Qihan a special right, that is, to approve Chen Qihan to report his military rank. So, what rank did Chen Qihan report to himself?
What is surprising is that when Chen Qihan reported his military rank, he only filled in the rank of lieutenant general. When Chairman Mao saw it, he said with great emotion: "I didn't expect that in our army, in addition to Su Yu, there are such humble people!"
The story of Su Yu's two commanders and his resignation as marshals is well-known in the army. In 1955, in the first national award, Su Yu, who could have obtained the rank of marshal, took the initiative to give up the qualification to select the rank of marshal, which moved Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai, and finally Su Yu was awarded the rank of the first general of the founding of the country, and later "General Su Yuzhen" became a beautiful conversation in the People's Liberation Army.
Chen Qihan could have filled in the military rank he wanted to obtain, but he only wrote the rank of lieutenant general, which in Chairman Mao's eyes also had the humility of General Su Yu.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Chen Qihan, who had made great achievements during the revolutionary war, did not lie on his laurels, but shouldered the arduous task of suppressing bandits in Jiangxi.
Although the Kuomintang reactionaries headed by Chiang Kai-shek had already retreated to Chinese mainland in 1949, before Chiang Kai-shek retreated, he still left behind many enemy elements and remnants of defeated troops on the mainland, especially many bandits who gathered in the mountains and forests, and under Chiang Kai-shek's bribe, they wantonly attacked the PLA garrisons and brutally killed innocent civilians, which became a major scourge threatening the long-term peace and stability of the Republic at that time.
Chen Qihan, who received the task of suppressing bandits, on the one hand, used the heavy firepower that the bandit armed forces lacked to carry out targeted strikes on the bandits' dens;
On the other hand, they united with the local masses of the people, called on the masses to go up to the mountains to arrest the bandits, adopted a strict household registration system, and conducted house-to-house investigations of the Tibetan bandits' villages.
After purging the bandits in Jiangxi, Chen Qihan was given another difficult task, that is, to set up a military tribunal belonging to the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Soon after the founding of New China, the Republic of China was engaged in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea and defend the country, and the top priority facing the Chinese People's Liberation Army at this time was to immediately establish a modern military management system, and the establishment of military tribunals was an indispensable part of it.
Because Chen Qihan enlisted in the army and joined the revolution during the revolution, he has always been known for his serious army rectification, so Chairman Mao asked Chen Qihan to serve as a military tribunal of the People's Liberation Army from 1952.
During his tenure of office, Chen Qihan promoted the military modernization of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) by means of strict army reorganization, and contributed his own modest contribution to the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Therefore, looking at the various achievements that Chen Qihan still made after the founding of New China, Chairman Mao couldn't help but sigh: "Chen Qihan is still too humble, if he is not given a higher military rank, he may be satisfied in any way!"
So, after Chen Qihan reported the military rank he wanted to obtain to the Military Commission, Chairman Mao made an exception and awarded Chen Qihan the rank of general.
Declined Chiang Kai-shek's invitation and resolutely joined the Communist Party
The reason why Chairman Mao decided to confer the rank of founding general on Chen Qihan was not only because Chen Qihan made his own contribution to the modernization of the People's Liberation Army after the founding of New China, but also because of Chen Qihan's rich revolutionary experience, Chairman Mao once affectionately called Chen Qihan "a banner of the peasant movement in southern Jiangnan". So, what kind of magnificent life does Chen Qihan have?
Chen Qihan was born in 1897 in a poor peasant family in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province.
Although the family is poor, Chen Qihan's parents attach great importance to Chen Qihan's education, and Chen Qihan has not lived up to the high expectations placed on him by his parents. In 1913, Chen Qihan was admitted to the No. 4 Middle School in Jiangxi Province with excellent results.
However, just when everyone thought that Chen Qihan would go down the road of studying hard, Chen Qihan chose a path of penmanship.
In 1915, Chen Qihan witnessed the assassination of Song Jiaoren by Yuan Shikai, who had stolen the fruits of the Xinhai Revolution. In 1916, Chen Qihan, who was progressive in his thinking, was angrily admitted to the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall and joined the revolutionary team of the patriotic general Cai Yi to oppose Yuan Shikai's perverse behavior.
Unfortunately, although the Protectorate Movement forced Yuan Shikai to abandon the plot to restore the imperial system, Duan Qirui, Cao Kun and others who succeeded Yuan Shikai still carried out the reactionary rule of the Beiyang warlords, and the republican system painstakingly established by Sun Yat-sen had long existed in name only.
In order to realize his revolutionary ambitions, Chen Qihan chose to join Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary team. In 1924, Chen Qihan, who came to Guangzhou, joined Sun Yat-sen's Guangzhou Guard Army, and played a major role in suppressing the rebellion of the Guangzhou merchants.
Chen Qihan's series of revolutionary resumes made him a veteran figure in the Kuomintang and was deeply respected by Sun Yat-sen. In 1925, when the Whampoa Military Academy was held, Chen Qihan joined this famous Chinese military school as soon as possible and became the company commander and political captain of the student team in the military academy. In the battle to quell the rebellion of Liu Zhenhuan and Yang Ximin, Chen Qihan once again made great contributions and became a prominent figure with the highest prestige in the Whampoa Military Academy.
However, during the period of the revolution, Chen Qihan was also deeply aware of the shortcomings of the Kuomintang army. During Sun Yat-sen's lifetime, the Kuomintang was divided into the left wing of the Kuomintang headed by Liao Zhongkai and the right wing headed by Hu Hanmin.
This made Chen Qihan feel deeply worried about the prospects of the Chinese revolution, but he could not find the prospects of the Chinese revolution for a while, so he felt depressed for a while.
Fortunately, during a teaching period, Chen Qihan became acquainted with Chen Geng, the revolutionary leader of our party. Under Chen Geng's introduction, Chen Qihan was fortunate to get to know the Communist Party of China, and the various measures taken by the Communist Party of China to improve the lives of peasants and launch the peasant movement made Chen Qihan see the hope of the future of the Chinese revolution from the Communist Party of China.
Under the guidance of Chen Geng, Chen Qihan secretly joined the Communist Party of China, and under the dispatch of the party organization, Chen Qihan was transferred to Xingguo County, opened a training class for the peasant movement, and cooperated with Zhu De to create the Third Army Officer Education Corps of the National Revolutionary Army, becoming Zhu De's right-hand man.
When the national revolutionary movement was in full swing, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Ching-wei successively launched the "April 12" and "July 15" counter-revolutionary coups, wantonly arresting and massacring Communist Party members.
In the face of the unprecedented white terror, many party members who were not firm in their beliefs turned their backs on the revolution, but at an unprecedented moment of crisis, Chen Qihan gave up the olive branch thrown by the Kuomintang to the director of Chiang Kai-shek's office, and resolutely chose to stand on the side of our party's revolutionary leadership.
In 1928, Chen Qihan led the workers' and peasants' soldiers to launch the Xingguo Rebellion, and led his troops to climb Jinggang Mountain, which later became the living force of the Red Fourth Army. When Chairman Mao learned the news that Chen Qihan led the workers' and peasants' armed forces to Jinggang Mountain, he was overjoyed and praised Chen Qihan as "a banner of the peasant movement in southern Jiangnan."
He threw himself into the revolutionary movement and repeatedly built miraculous achievements
Chen Qihan once followed Sun Yat-sen and devoted himself to the revolutionary cause, and had a rich revolutionary resume in the Kuomintang. However, when Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei launched the "April 12" and "July 15" counterrevolutionary coups, Chen Qihan joined the revolutionary ranks of our party without hesitation. So, what kind of contribution did Chen Qihan make to the revolutionary cause of the republic?
After leading the workers' and peasants' armed forces to climb Jinggang Mountain, Chen Qihan participated in five anti-encirclement and suppression battles of the Red Army, in which Chen Qihan took the lead and repeatedly repelled the attacks of the Kuomintang.
With the arrival of Bogu and Wang Ming in the revolutionary base area of the Central Soviet Region in the 30s of the 20th century and the removal of Chairman Mao's military command, Chen Qihan adhered to the truth and supported Chairman Mao's military ideological line from beginning to end, which made Chen Qihan a thorn in Wang Ming's side for a time.
Wang Ming, who could not find a reason to remove Chen Qihan, did not hesitate to fabricate false evidence to falsely accuse Chen Qihan of corruption and bribery, and finally Chen Qihan was dismissed from his post for a time. It was not until after the Zunyi Conference that Chen Qihan regained the reuse of the Party Central Committee, and Chen Qihan's quality and spirit of pursuing truth were also very appreciated by Chairman Mao.
In 1937, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Qihan served as the commander of the Suide Garrison District, mainly responsible for the defense of the Yellow River. Although Chen Qihan was not active in the front line of the battle during this period, he smashed the Japanese army's conspiracy to attack northern Shaanxi with his extraordinary courage and courage.
In 1946, during the full-scale outbreak of the Liberation War, Chen Qihan served as the deputy commander of the Jireliao Military Region, leading the People's Liberation Army to participate in the defense of Gubeikou and block the offensive of the Kuomintang army against Guannai.
After the outbreak of the Liaoshen Campaign in 1948, Chen Qihan organized local troops to effectively block the Kuomintang troops rushing to Jinzhou, and finally promoted the complete victory of the Liaoshen Campaign.
Throughout Chen Qihan's life, he is humble and peaceful, for the general's great achievements, for the benefit of the people, Chairman Mao awarded him the honor of the military rank of founding general, which is well deserved!