On October 1, 1949, the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China was held, which was an extremely sacred moment. The ten marshals who have worked hard and made great achievements should witness this great moment the most. So, how many of the top ten marshals participated in the founding ceremony?
Unfortunately, not all of them participated. There were only six marshals who participated in the founding ceremony. This can be clearly seen in a photo. On the upper floor of Tiananmen Square, Mr. Zhu was speaking, and four future marshals stood beside him.
They are Mr. He, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi and Luo Ronghuan.
After participating in the founding ceremony, Mr. He was about to advance into the southwest, and was soon appointed commander of the Southwest Military Region. Chairman Mao asked him which troops to bring into Sichuan? Mr. He replied, the Eighteenth Corps. Chairman Mao praised Mr. He for his high demeanor and bright festival, and he has a sense of the overall situation.
After the founding ceremony, Liu Bocheng also quickly threw himself into the battle to liberate the southwest, and Chen Yi returned to Shanghai, he is the new mayor of Shanghai, and there is a lot of tricky work to do. Luo Ronghuan remained in Beijing and served as director of the General Political Department.
In addition to these five, there was also a marshal who also witnessed the founding ceremony, in fact, he should be the busiest marshal at that time, he was Nie Rongzhen. Nie Rongzhen has many part-time jobs, he is the mayor of Beijing, and served as the commander-in-chief of the military parade at the founding ceremony.
It was the first big military parade in New China, and there was no experience to learn from, so Nie Rongzhen was very busy thinking about it and dealing with possible risks. He also drove with Mr. Zhu to inspect the troops under review of the army, navy and air force.
After talking about these six marshals, there are still four heavyweight marshals, and it is a pity that they are all absent from the founding ceremony.
The first is Mr. Peng, the god of war-level marshal. Mr. Peng didn't like to be lively all his life, so he didn't participate in the founding ceremony? Definitely. Mr. Peng was the commander of the First Field Army at that time, and the Northwest Liberation War was progressing to a critical stage, and Xinjiang had not yet been liberated.
Mr. Peng, the commander, naturally has no way to leave the Great Northwest. He was also very busy, until the liberation of the whole northwest and the end of 1949, Mr. Peng had time to return to Beijing and report to Chairman Mao.
In 1954, Mr. Peng became the first Minister of National Defense. The absence of the first defense minister of the People's Republic of China from the founding ceremony is, of course, a big regret. This is not the most regrettable, because the second Minister of National Defense of New China was also absent from the founding ceremony.
He is Lin Biao. Why was Lin Biao, the god of war, absent from the founding ceremony? Is it because of poor health and need to recuperate? Definitely. At that time, Lin Biao didn't have time to recuperate, although his body did need to recuperate. The Siye army went south and fought against the Bai Chongxi group, and it was at a critical moment.
Hainan Island has not yet been liberated, and Lin Biao is in command, so it is naturally impossible to return to Beijing to participate in the founding ceremony. Peng Dehuai and Lin Biao are recognized by the world as the two gods of war, and they are the only two marshals who have commanded an army of more than one million, and they were both absent from the founding ceremony, which is really a pity.
The third Minister of Defense was also absent from the founding ceremony, and he was Ye Jianying. Ye Jianying was the first mayor of Beiping, and he didn't work long before he was sent to Guangdong by Chairman Mao. Guangdong is quite important, Ye Jianying is a native of Guangdong, Chairman Mao asked Ye Jianying to go south, responsible for the liberation of Guangdong, and became the first leader of Guangdong.
Ye Jianying served as Minister of National Defense after Lin Biao, and in his later years he was the vice chairman of the party and the vice chairman of the Military Commission, and the official reached the national level. Such a heavyweight was also absent from the founding ceremony. And that's not all, the fourth defense minister was also absent from the founding ceremony.
He is Xu Xiangqian. Xu Xiangqian served as Minister of Defense after Ye Jianying, and he was also the god of war and a genius who commanded a large corps of battles. The vicious battles fought by Xu Xiangqian and the Red Fourth Front Army are all classics among the classics.
In the later stage of the Liberation War, Xu Xiangqian insisted on commanding the battle despite his illness, and crippled Yan Xishan, and he himself was exhausted. In July 1949, Xu Xiangqian came to Qingdao and lived at No. 17 Shanhaiguan Road, where he recuperated for a long time.
Of the top ten marshals, only four have served as defense ministers, and it is a striking coincidence that all four of them were absent from the founding ceremony.