Among the 177 founding lieutenant generals in our country, there was a very senior, he had participated in the Nanchang Uprising, the Guangzhou Uprising, from the Ye Ting Independent Regiment, but in 1955, he did not participate in the awarding of titles, because he made serious mistakes, and later, after Marshal Luo Ronghuan, who was in charge of the appraisal, severely criticized him, he still advocated granting him the rank of lieutenant general, so he was re-awarded in 1956.
He was Nie Heting.
Nie Heting, a native of Fuyang, Anhui Province, was born in 1905, at the age of 7, he studied in a private school, and later had to drop out of school to go home to farm due to family poverty, 2 years later, with the support of his family, he went to primary school again, and at the age of 16, he was admitted to the Physical Education Department of Anqing Wanjiang Normal College.
It was also in Anqing that he came into contact with advanced revolutionary ideas, and in this year, in order to expand military expenditure, Anhui Fengyang Taxation Supervisor Ni Daoxiu and others forced the provincial council to cut the education funds that had already been decided to increase, and the provincial council was forced by their forces to prepare to cut education funds.
The "bloody case" caused by this incident shocked the whole country, and under the condemnation of national public opinion, the Anhui provincial authorities had to increase the annual education funding from 920,000 yuan to 1.5 million yuan, but despite this, the culprit, Ni Daoxiu, and others were not punished in any way.
From this incident, Nie Heting learned a truth, if you want to save the country, reading is not enough.
In 1926, Nie Heting joined the National Revolutionary Army, served as a soldier in the Ye Ting Independent Regiment, after several battles, Nie Heting was promoted to platoon leader because of his bravery in battle, at the end of the same year, he joined the Communist Party of China, after the defeat of the Great Revolution, Nie Heting followed Ye Ting's troops and participated in the Nanchang Uprising, and at the end of December, he once again participated in the Guangzhou Uprising led by Ye Ting.
The Nanchang Uprising, the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and the Guangzhou Uprising were the three most important uprisings of our army, and Nie Heting was able to participate in two of them, so it can be said that his seniority in our army is very old.
After the Guangzhou Uprising, Nie Heting withdrew to work in Hailufeng, and soon after, he returned to his hometown according to the orders of the party organization to rebuild the organization destroyed by the enemy, and in 1930, Nie Heting came to Jiangxi to look for the Red Fourth Army.
Chairman Mao was very happy to learn that a military cadre who had participated in the Nanchang uprising had come, and immediately received him; half a year later, Nie Heting was promoted to deputy regimental commander of the Red Army, and after the first anti-encirclement and suppression battle, Nie Heting was promoted to regimental commander, and after that, he participated in all the anti-encirclement and suppression battles in the Central Soviet Region.
During the period of the agrarian revolution, Nie Heting successively served as the chief of the operations section of the Headquarters of the Red 1St Army, the chief of staff of the 1st Division of the Red 1st Army, and other positions, in October 1934, due to the defeat of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression battle, the Central Red Army was forced to march, the Red First Army was appointed as the advance unit of the Central Red Army, and the Red First Division became the advance unit of the Red First Army.
After the Zunyi meeting, Nie Heting returned to the Red First Army and continued to serve as the chief of the operations section.
After the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, Nie Heting was appointed chief of the first section of the Red Army Headquarters, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Nie Heting was appointed head of the General Staff Department of the Central Military Commission.
After the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and the guerrillas in the southern provinces were reorganized into the New Fourth Army, and Ye Ting, who lived in seclusion in Hong Kong, became the first commander of the New Fourth Army.
Nie Heting was very happy to learn that Ye Ting wanted to go to the New Fourth Army himself, and Chairman Mao agreed; at the same time, Chairman Mao stressed that he wanted him to go to his place before he left Yan'an, and Nie Heting, fearing that Chairman Mao would speak out, played a "little clever" and did not quit, and this time he did not quit, which also had a great impact on his life, and later he said: "At that time, I really wanted to go to the New Fourth Army, and I was afraid that Chairman Mao would change his mind and would not let him go to the New Fourth Army, so I did not let him go to the New Fourth Army, so I ..."
Later, Nie Heting tried to explain this matter to Chairman Mao many times, but he did not get any chance, which became a regret in his life.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Nie Heting successively served as the chief of the cadet corps of the "Anti-Japanese Military and Political Cadres Training Class" of the 4th Detachment of the New Fourth Army, the deputy commander of the 4th Military Subdistrict of the Jizhong Military Region, and the chief of staff of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the central authorities decided to "develop to the north and defend to the south," and immediately dispatched a large number of cadres, military and political personnel to the northeast, of which Nie Heting was among them.
After that, he successively served as the commander of the Liaoji Military Region, the commander of the Northern Liaoning Military Region, and the deputy chief of staff of Siye.
During the Battle of Shenyang, before the Kuomintang Provisional Fifty-third Division was launched by our army, it had proposed to Nie Heting to revolt, but Nie Heting did not ask his superiors and directly agreed, which made Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan a little angry, Lin Biao believed that our army's soldiers were approaching the city, and the provisional Fifty-third Division saw that the situation was not right and revolted, and they should be regarded as surrender, not an uprising.
After the Liaoshen Campaign, Siye waved his division south, and as The deputy chief of staff of Siye, Nie Heting participated in the command of the Battle of Yi (Chang) Sha (City), the Battle of Xianggan, the Battle of Hengbao, and the Battle of Guangdong.
After the founding of New China, Nie Heting was appointed deputy commander of the armored corps, and he put all his energy on the development and construction of the armored troops.
Originally, Nie Heting complained, at that time to give him a lieutenant general, he felt low, so he went to the old leader Luo Ronghuan, said that he should at least be a general, as we all know, at that time, in addition to military merit, there were many reasons, Nie Heting's consciousness, let Luo Ronghuan very angry, Luo Ronghuan severely criticized him,
In the "Biography of Luo Ronghuan", there is such a passage: There is an old cadre who participated in the "Nanchang Uprising" and held important posts, but he repeatedly misbehaved in handling the issue of personal life, and after entering the city, he made the mistake of disobeying the organization's distribution. Luo Ronghuan once personally talked to him, criticized his serious mistakes, and solemnly warned him that if he did not change, he would be severely punished. However, when evaluating his rank, Luo Ronghuan comprehensively analyzed the merits of this cadre and still advocated granting him the rank of lieutenant general. ”
Therefore, when he was awarded the title in 1955, although Nie Heting did not participate, in 1956, the Central Military Commission re-awarded him as a lieutenant general, after which Nie Heting successively served as deputy commander of the engineering corps, and died of illness in 1971 at the age of 66.