In September 1955, our army carried out the first all-army award, for this title, many people were flattered, Presiding over the appraisal work Luo Ronghuan returned home and said to his wife: "I cannot accept the rank of marshal to give me." ”
Subsequently, he wrote to Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee: "I have participated in the revolution for a relatively short time, and my contribution to the revolution is very small... I implore you not to give me the rank of field marshal.... ”
The same was true of Ye Jianying and Xu Guangda, both of whom thought that they had been given a high rank, so they requested a demotion, but neither of them was granted.
Some people think that their ranks are high, and some people think that their ranks are low, Wang Bicheng is one of the more open-ended, Wang Bicheng is a tough general in Sanye, one of the three fierce generals under Su Yu, the highest position in the Red Army was deputy division commander, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as a brigade commander, the commander of the first column of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Military Region, during the Liberation War, Wang Bicheng successively served as division commander, commander of the Huaye Column, deputy commander of the Sanye 7th Corps, and other positions.
When he was awarded the rank in 1955, his name was placed in the list of lieutenant generals who were scheduled to be awarded, and for the rank of lieutenant general, Wang Bicheng felt that it was low, so he went to his old leader, that is, the protagonist of this article, Tan Zhenlin.
Tan Zhenlin is known as "Tan Cannon" in our army, he also believes that Wang Bicheng's rank is low, so he reacted to his superiors, and then was criticized, you know, this year's title is not only based on military merit, but also on the mountain head and other aspects, so in general, the award of Wang Bicheng's rank of lieutenant general actually meets the standards.
Who is Tan Zhenlin? He has a high status and old qualifications in our army.
In 1902, Tan Zhenlin was born in Chengguan Town, Youxian County, Hunan Province, at the age of 24, he joined the Communist Party of China, during the Great Revolution, Tan Zhenlin served as the captain of the picket team of workers in Youxian County, the propaganda officer of the County Federation of Trade Unions, etc. After the "Ma-Ri Incident" in 1927, Tan Zhenlin was wanted by the reactionary government, for which he lost contact with the party organization, and eventually he returned to Youxian County to carry out underground activities.
In 1927, Chairman Mao led the Autumn Harvest Uprising to capture the county seat of Chaling, and then formed the Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Government, and in the county government at that time, Tan Zhenlin was elected as the chairman, and thus he also created a record in the history of our party, becoming the first person in charge of the county-level political power.
During the period of the agrarian revolution, Tan Zhenlin successively served as a member of the Standing Committee and deputy secretary of the Cpc Xianggan-Gansu Border Special Committee, the political commissar of the Second Column of the Red Fourth Army, the political commissar of the Red Twelfth Army, and the commander of the Fujian Military Region. ”
In 1934, during the Long March of the Central Red Army, Tan Zhenlin did not participate in the Long March, he and Zhang Dingcheng commanded guerrilla warfare in Fujian and other places for three years, after the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance in 1937, the two parties of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party carried out the second cooperation, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, in early 1938, the southern guerrilla unit led by our party was reorganized into the New Fourth Army, and Tan Zhenlin served as the deputy commander of the second detachment of the New Fourth Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Tan Zhenlin led the anti-Japanese resistance in southern Anhui, he was also one of the pioneers of the anti-Japanese base area in Jiangnan, Tan Zhenlin also had a title of "Boss Tan".
It was 1940, when the Southeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the New Fourth Army Sent a telegram to the Jiangsu Provincial CPC Committee: "Now in order to strengthen the work on the East Road, Comrade Tan Zhenlin has been transferred to organize a military and political meeting to unify the command of the party and army.
Tan Zhenlin then took a few people, dressed in shirts, trousers, wearing a black top hat, and looking like a big boss, when they arrived at the station, some people shouted: "A boss sent by the superiors", Tan Zhenlin's title of "Tan Boss" was called open, and later Chairman Mao learned of this matter, and also jokingly called him "Boss Tan", after the Anhui Incident in 1941, the Central Committee reorganized the New Fourth Army, Chen Yi served as the acting commander, and Tan Zhenlin was appointed as the commander of the Sixth Division.
After 1945, Tan Zhenlin successively served as deputy secretary of the Central China Sub-Bureau, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Central China Military Region, and he was elected as a member of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
During the Liberation War, Tan Zhenlin successively served as the first deputy political commissar of the Central China Field Army, he participated in the command of the Seven Battles and Seven Victories of the Central Soviet Union, and on the eve of the Battle of Huaihai in 1948, Su Yu, Chen Yi, Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, and Tan Zhenlin formed the General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign.
After the battle of Huaihai, Tan Zhenlin commanded the Seventh and Ninth Corps of Sanye to participate in the Battle of Crossing the River; subsequently, the troops were stationed in Chiang Kai-shek's hometown of Zhejiang, and before entering Zhejiang, Tan Zhenlin ordered: All houses, mountains, forests, graves, and historical sites in Xikou should be effectively protected and must not be destroyed, and violators should be dealt with strictly.
As a result, Chiang Kai-shek's ancestral hall in Xikou, Lu Tomb and other places are unscathed, and now, Xikou has become a major tourist attraction in Zhejiang, after the liberation of Zhejiang, Tan Zhenlin successively served as secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, chairman of the Provincial People's Government and other positions, and became a leader in Zhejiang.
In 1954, Tan Zhenlin was transferred to the Central Committee as deputy secretary-general of the Central Committee and director of the Second Office of the Secretariat, and in 1956, he was elected as a member of the Eighth Central Committee.
In 1959, four years after Tan Zhenlin issued a voice for his old ministry, he was elected vice premier of the State Council and became a vice-minister.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tan Zhenlin was in a high position, but never used power for personal gain, in 1961, people from his hometown came to visit Tan Zhenlin, before leaving, the guest said: "We have nothing good to give to the chief, just brought a barrel of oil, a bag of rice, this is a little heart of the people in our old district." ”
Tan Zhenlin asked after listening, "You bought this out of your pocket?" ”
The guest quickly explained: "The vice premier will not refuse a little heart of our people in the old district, right?" Please respect our habits. ”
Tan Zhenlin was not happy: "Comrade, it is not that I criticize you, it is not right for you to say that "this is a little heart of the people in the old area", it should be "the blood and sweat of the people in the old area", taking public things, of course, you are not heartbroken, I asked you who paid for the pocket, none of you replied, this is the "indignation of the country".
Later, Tan Zhenlin, under the mediation of others, paid for these things himself and bought them.
1982 is Tan Zhenlin's 80th birthday, when his brother came to Beijing to visit, he found that Tan Zhenlin's side did not have children to serve, he said that he would send his granddaughter who had just graduated from high school to Beijing to serve him, Tan Zhenlin happily agreed, the next day, Tan Zhenlin found his brother again and said: "Seventh brother, yesterday's idea I still can't see, even if I want people to serve, it should be arranged by the organization, should not arrange their relatives, others are not clear, I also think that we want our granddaughter to transfer to the city hukou through this channel. ”
A year later, Tan Zhenlin died in Beijing at the age of 81.