Every soldier advocates honor, and military rank is the highest honor for a soldier, which is an affirmation and encouragement for a soldier. In the mainland, the most famous military award ceremony is the 1955 award, because it is a recognition of the founding heroes, this time the military ranks include the top ten marshals, ten generals, etc. Each of them made great contributions during the Agrarian Revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or the War of Liberation.
Although the soldiers advocate honor, they maintain a very humble attitude in the face of honor, and when the title was awarded in 1955, many things worthy of admiration also happened.
First of all, the chairman resolutely did not want to be the "generalissimo", and Su Yu, who also directly resigned from his rank of marshal. Xu Xiangqian, Luo Ronghuan, Xu Haidong, Tan Zheng, Xu Guangda, and all proposed to give up their military ranks, which is the demeanor of a general and the backbone of the nation.
In fact, there are still many people in the army who have made meritorious contributions, and they are all very low-key, but the motherland has not forgotten their exploits. In 1955, a warehouse manager in Shanxi was suddenly called to Beijing to confer the rank of founding major general, and this person was Su Lu, who lost an arm in the war.
Aspiring young people who have joined the revolution
When the title was conferred in 1955, a total of 798 people were awarded the rank of major general, and only one of them was a regimental cadre who was awarded the rank of major general, and that was Sulu.
At this time, Su Lu was the administrator of a warehouse in Shanxi, although his identity was special, but he was awarded the rank of major general, and the whole army was convinced. And Sulu has another name, the one-armed general.
In 1902, Su Lu was born into a peasant family in Liuyang, Hunan, and at that time, all peasant families seemed to be the same, living a precarious life, hoping that the country would settle down and live a prosperous life one day sooner.
The children of the poor are in charge of the family at an early age, and Sulu understands the hardships of life from an early age, helping his parents to work, and when he grows up, he makes a living, hoping to change the family's predicament.
But life was too difficult, and when Sulu could not see any hope for a future life, he came into contact with progressive revolutionary ideas, which ignited his fighting spirit for a future life.
In 1927, Sulu joined the Communist Party of China, and it was also in this year that he joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
After joining the army, Su Lu came into contact with more like-minded comrades-in-arms and received more baptism of new ideas, and he was determined to follow in the footsteps of the Communist Party of China and do something for the vast number of toiling people. Therefore, no matter how bad the environment was at that time and how severe the situation was, he never gave up his ideal of serving the country in the army.
Due to his early time in the army, Sulu's military career ran through the most difficult period of the mainland's history, from the agrarian revolution to the War of Resistance against Japan, and then to the War of Liberation, Sulu participated in countless battles large and small.
Because he was brave and good at fighting, and he was good at strategy when fighting, he gradually became a well-known person in the army, and gradually grew from an ordinary soldier to a general.
The famous one-armed general
Wars are always full of blood, bloodshed and sacrifice are common, and one of Sulu's arms was lost on the battlefield.
In January 1949, only a few months after the founding of New China, the famous Pingjin Campaign ended completely, in order to facilitate unified management, our army was reorganized, and Su Lu was appointed as the commander of the 184th Division of the 62nd Army of the 18th Corps because of his outstanding performance in the early stage.
In April of the same year, the troops led by Su Lu were ordered to participate in the war to liberate Taiyuan, and received the task of capturing a stronghold called the Red House.
The top priority was to capture the Red House without affecting the overall battle plan, so Sulu decided to personally lead the commandos to take the Red House in one fell swoop, and the enemy had already planted mines around the Red House, and Sulu and his comrades, who were unaware, strayed into the minefield. Unfortunately, a comrade-in-arms accidentally stepped on a chain of mines and died on the spot, and one of Sulu's arms was also injured.
Following the bloody road opened up by their comrades-in-arms with their lives, the follow-up army quickly followed, and took the Red House in one fell swoop, and Taiyuan was liberated the next day. Sulu was seriously injured on the battlefield and was not sent to the hospital for treatment in time, which caused his wounds to deteriorate, and he had to amputate his leg in order to save his life. When he couldn't bear the grief when he saw him lose an arm after the war, Sulu comforted him disapprovingly: It's nothing, one arm is still a revolution!
Minor injuries can't get out of the line of fire, serious injuries are recuperated and fight again, Sulu is such a person. During Sulu's recuperation, his unit had already gone to another battlefield, and after Sulu's injuries improved, he asked to go to the front again, but was persuaded by the government.
In October, the People's Republic of China was founded, and the mainland ended a large-scale nationwide struggle, and Su Lu was appointed commander of the Shanxi Changzhi Military Division. He is a very enterprising person, no matter what position he is in, he is dedicated and selfless work.
Righteous and awe-inspiring Chinese soldiers
Due to the incomplete recuperation after being wounded on the battlefield, coupled with the fatigue of work, Sulu's physical condition deteriorated. At the beginning of 1955, the organization talked to him and arranged for him to leave his post to recuperate. When Sulu heard this, he directly disagreed, he thought that although he had lost an arm and his body was not like before, he had not yet reached the point where he could not work, so he put forward a request to the organization, as long as he could work, he could do anything.
After careful consideration by the organization, Sulu was appointed as the head of the 495th warehouse of the Ministry of Ordnance, who was once a man of the hour on the battlefield, but now a small storekeeper, many people think that Sulu has suffered unfair treatment, but in fact, Sulu is very satisfied with this arrangement, because as he himself said: "No matter which position, which position, it is to serve the people." ”
Even if he is a warehouse administrator, Su Lu does not slack off at all, whenever it is windy and rainy, he will always carefully inspect the warehouse, he uses his actions to explain the love of doing a line, and when he was a warehouse manager, he never mentioned the military exploits of the year, so many people do not know his past.
It wasn't until 1955 that Su Lu suddenly received a phone call asking him to come to Beijing. After seeing Sulu, the prime minister held his hand tightly and said: "Comrade Sulu, you have made meritorious contributions to the people, and I thank you on behalf of the people." Sulu replied, still keeping a humble and low-key attitude, "I haven't done enough, the people have given me too much."
After being awarded the rank of major general, Su Lu was appointed deputy commander of the Shanxi Provincial Military Region, a position he held for another 21 years, and he dedicated his life to the motherland and the people.
There are too many soldiers like Su Lu who fought bloody battles on the battlefield for the motherland and the people, and when they wait until peacetime, they choose to change jobs or engage in more ordinary jobs. They hid their military exploits in the past, which was a sign of respect for those deceased comrades-in-arms, and a requirement for themselves, to serve the motherland regardless of their position, as long as they could contribute their own strength.
Brief summary:
Such heroes are the backbone of our nation, and they will not flinch even at the risk of their lives when the motherland and the people need it.
When they had made outstanding military achievements and could enjoy the life of peacetime, they silently withdrew from the center of the stage, choosing to be a screw and play a role wherever they were needed.
In 1955, a warehouse manager in Shanxi was suddenly called to Beijing to confer the rank of founding major general, this is Su Lu, who had killed countless enemies on the battlefield, he lost an arm in the war, and his physical disability did not affect his continued work for the people, and it did not affect his great image in history and the hearts of the people.