After reading this, Wang Laoyao was slightly startled, and then asked his battalion commander: "Batalion Commander, what does it mean to accept the title?"

At this time, the youngest Wang didn't dare to connect the two things of being a retired battalion commander and being awarded the title of general. He thought he had read it wrong and was about to read it again.

"Accept the title. As a retired disabled veteran who has made outstanding contributions, accept the title of founding of the People's Republic of China... Go, I go, I want to accept the title of Chairman for the entire Third Regiment and Second Battalion."

In Wang Laoyao's trance, the disabled old officer burst out with extraordinary momentum, stood up, looked to the north, and said word by word: "Old comrades, you can die with peace of mind, you can die with peace of mind...

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Henan, Suiping.

Forty-seven-year-old Lin Dayue was going out on his tricycle, limping to collect rags.

This middle-aged man who lives in the old city often hangs out in the streets and alleys of Suiping, shouting and collecting scraps, and occasionally selling some sesame candy.

People who don't know him will think that this middle-aged man with a severely disabled right foot is a poor man living in Dongguan. People who know him know that this man was once a senior military officer in the Communist Party of China, and he was quite popular in his hometown.

Famous.

In 1932, after the September 17th Incident broke out, the Sino-Japanese War was in full swing. The 47th Independent Brigade led by Lin Dayue joined the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield as a second-class army in Henan Province. As a cannon fodder unit, Lin Dayue's unit was captured by the Japanese generals.

Assigned to the front line, facing the attack of an entire Japanese regiment, the Class B cannon fodder brigade was unable to stop it. The Japanese troops repeatedly rushed into position.

As the brigade commander, Lin Dayue personally wielded a machete. With a little bit of the Henan man's martial arts skills, he fought back the enemies who rushed to the position more than ten times. He was stabbed with two holes in his chest and his intestines.

It was precisely because of his leadership that the dissatisfied Independent 47th Brigade, although only less than 300 people could stand up in the end excluding the dead and wounded, they won valuable points for attacking Cai Tingguang's supplementary defense position.

time.

Such a tragic battle should have made Lin Dayue a fighting hero, but it happened that Lin Dayue was knocked unconscious by a small-caliber grenade. When he woke up, the Kuomintang was already at sunset.

Before he fell into coma, he was still the commander of the Communist Brigade and fought bloody battles on the battlefield. When he woke up, the Kuomintang was about to surrender. Lin Dayue, who narrowly escaped death, faced the investigation of the People's Army and the thousands of brothers who died.

His mood was extremely complicated, and he chose to avoid it. He was determined not to be assigned to work in the local police station. Instead, he returned home with a disabled body, taking care of his seriously ill mother, while collecting junk and selling it for money. And the "government"

The disability allowance given to ** soldiers was donated by him to Suiping Primary School and used for his mother's medical treatment.

Maybe other Japanese generals were once very rich, but Lin Dayue was just the opposite. In order to pay the soldiers enough and let them go north, he sold all the valuable things in his home before the march, and then he had enough.

Departure fee. Otherwise, how could this B-level independent brigade get to the front line? At that time, the Kuomintang didn't even pay a penny, but urged the B-level troops to leave every day.

"This is Comrade Lin Dayue."

Lin Dayue raised his head and saw the old woman from the street committee walking over with a man wearing a People's Army uniform, pointing at him and talking.

"Comrade Lin Dayue, this is a comrade from the Armed Forces Department of Suiping County."

The soldier saluted Lin Dayue with a solemn military salute. Lin Dayue wanted to return the salute, but unconsciously raised his hands to his chest. Then he remembered that the military salute of the old army was different from the salute of raising hands and eyebrows of the People's Army.

"Um."

Lin Dayue nodded silently. Regarding the new "government", although he knew it was good and saw its goodness, he was still habitually silent. Just because he had too many things in his heart.

He knew that the new "government" also provided post-war compensation for the disabled and dead officers and soldiers of the military system, but the society's recognition of these revolutionary troops was far from satisfactory. This was why he was unwilling to rely on thousands of people at that time.

Instead of enjoying the post-war resettlement, Brother No. went home and stayed quietly, giving those brothers some wine, wax, money and paper during the holidays. I hope that one day, the people will also sacrifice silently for these and die quietly on the battlefield.

A little attention and a little memory for the ** officers and men above.

"Comrade Lin Dayue..."

As the soldier from the Armed Forces narrated, Lin Dayue, a middle-aged man, couldn't help but burst into tears and murmured to himself: "Brothers numbering more than 3,000, I don't want to rely on your sacrifice to enjoy the new life."

The government's post-war treatment, but today, I have to go, I want to clear your name, I want to receive the title for you. You are also heroes of the Anti-Japanese War..."

The same situation also happened to some officers in the former Northeast Army system.

Department of Defense, Officers' Exercise Room

The sound of balls being played was heard in Table Tennis Room No. 3, where two young and strong officers in their 30s were playing ball.

"I said, Lao Chen, why haven't your skills improved, haha."

Tao Qian made a beautiful backspin shot, and the table tennis ball immediately flew to the corner of the opponent's table and then flew out.

"My Commander Tao Da, when I was in the militia, I couldn't beat you. In table tennis, I'm afraid I won't be able to beat you in this life."

Chen Jun grabbed the towel next to him and wiped his sweat, then bent down to pick up the table tennis ball. The two of them had just attended the Ministry of National Defense meeting in the morning and had another meeting in the afternoon. They went to the Ministry of National Defense cafeteria for some official meals.

Come to the exercise room.

Chen Jun and Tao Qian can be considered old comrades-in-arms. They have worked together since the founding of the People's Liberation Army. Although their status in the army is not as good as that of Wu Tiejun, they are definitely veterans of the People's Army.

Under the strong influence and majesty of Zhang Shusheng, the People's Army has always pursued goodwill internally and acted like a wolf externally. Not to mention individualism in the army, even if the conflicts are too big, they will be punished. Therefore,

The relationship between the generals of the People's Army is good. After all, in this era, we are all true comrades. Under the absolute orders of superiors, the middle and senior generals do not have much disputes over their interests. Instead, they can work together to contribute to the rejuvenation and strength of New China.

effort.

"This military expansion is a big move. In the past few meetings, more and more things have been revealed, at least a million-dollar military expansion. It's really exciting. Old Chen, you are the chairman of the committee.

Close disciple, tell me, do you have any inside information?" Tao Qian dunked a ball with his backhand and asked when Chen Jun went to pick it up.

"I don't know. I haven't seen the Chairman for a while. We can just listen to these military and national events. Anyway, whether it's military expansion or the awarding of titles, you and I don't have to look forward too much, and we don't have to be too pessimistic." Chen

Jun rubbed the ball, and the ping-pong ball whirled around Tao Qian and went out, causing Tao Qian to suffer a loss.

"It's not necessary to worry. After all, the expansion of the army and the conferring of titles on the founding of the country are major events. At our level, we still need to pay more attention to it." Tao Qian said the truth. As one of the wise generals of the People's Army, he is not as good as Chen Jun.

As sharp and brave as he is, but more stable.

In fact, what Tao Qian is really concerned about is this major personnel change in the entire army. As the most direct general of the People's Army, he is very concerned about this matter. The success or failure of army expansion and the success or failure of conferring titles will affect the development of the People's Army in the next few years.

Combat effectiveness. At this important moment, there are not many generals in the army who are expected to participate in the award ceremony, but there are not many who really don't take him seriously.

"Although our Baath Party does not advocate absolute worship, it has to be said that the Chairman is indeed very wise in many things. He has the final say on this military expansion and the awarding of titles, so there should be no problems." Chen Jun nodded.

, also believes that the linkage of two major events in the military is very important.

"It's really exciting." Tao Qian lost a goal in a loss of concentration, but he had uncontrollable expectations for the title. After all, those who were awarded the title during the founding of the People's Republic of China were the heroes of the previous dynasties and generations. Compared with the previous Southwest

A military position is much more significant.

This is definitely a matter of honoring the ancestors.

On February 1, 1934, the founding ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the People of China.

Chairman of the Supreme Power Commission of the People's Democratic Republic, head of state of China, Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army Zhang Shusheng, the only newly promoted national vice-president, Prime Minister Sun Changqing of the Government Affairs Council, Deputy Prime Minister Wei Sancai of the Government Affairs Council, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army Zhang Xueliang, Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army

Chief of Staff Jiang Baili, Minister of Defense Cai E and other military and political dignitaries attended the founding ceremony.

269 ​​mid-level and senior generals from the People's Army and 35 retired special service officers and special meritorious soldiers gathered together to participate in this grand People's Army founding ceremony.

Zhang Shusheng attaches great importance to this founding of the People's Republic of China award.

After the nation is liberated and a new political power is established, those followers must be awarded merit-based awards. Although most of these people participated and fought for the great goal of liberation and rejuvenation of China, they also need awards.

In the original history, Zhang Shusheng once heard that among the 1,038 heroes of the Republic who were awarded the rank of general in the 55-year conferment ceremony, many of them even made comedies of humility. This shows that the revolutionaries of this era

, indeed has a fine style of hard work, simplicity, dedication and compromise.

Through feedback from the intelligence system, he also found that this trend also exists in the People's Army. The vast majority of people do not value the award of titles. It is good to have them, and they can feel at ease without them. What they value more is generals and all the activities that will be carried out immediately after the awards.

Army expansion. Whether they can command more troops and better kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds on future battlefields is what they value most. After all, compared with a military commander, a platoon leader has the ability to scold Fang Qiu and destroy the enemy with a wave of his hand in the future.

are completely different.

Regarding the list of 269 active generals, Zhang Shusheng was also the last to check it. He thought about it for more than a week before finalizing it. He even used a dream machine to analyze and refer to the merits and demerits of these people through data. In the end,

The list was finalized. Originally, in history, the PLA’s final list of more than three million people

In the end, 1,038 officers were awarded the rank of general, but now, New China only has 1.2 million regular troops. Counting the former Northeastern Army generals and Japanese generals, there are not many who meet the standards for the award. Including Zhang Zizhong, Wang Zheng, Zhuge Sheng

, although Tiesangan and others could not come in person, representatives from their close relatives attended.

Moreover, there is also a bit of Zhang Shusheng's selfishness here. World War II is about to break out in a few years. If the scale of the award is expanded this time, then the People's Army will be embarrassed that it will be difficult to award meritorious services. Moreover, if a certain rank corresponds to too many ranks

The role that military ranks should play will be lost. With a huge military base, the overabundance of generals will have negative effects. This is also the biggest reason why the military rank system was abolished in 1965.

Therefore, the control over the awarding of ranks not only reflects the value of the ranks of the People's Army, but also leaves room for others to improve.

The standard for conferring titles is based on the rank of colonel or major general awarded by the chief division-level military and political officer. In this way, after the People's Army expands to 2.1 million people, taking the army as an example, one-third of the army division commanders and political commissars or staff officers

Major general was awarded the title of major general

Military ranks, while the rest can only be awarded to senior colonel or even colonel. Division level, corps level, group army level, military agencies directly under the central government and other chief officers together are also a very huge number, 269 generals, which is not too tight.

Not too much.

A total of 269 active generals and 15 honorary generals will be awarded this time, of which 4 honorary generals are from the former Southwest Army system, 5 honorary generals are from the *** system, and the remaining 6 are all from the former Northeast Army system. Qingyi『

The disabled and sick retired officers and soldiers in the war have all made significant contributions. They may not be known to people, or they may be misunderstood, but they have indeed shed blood and sacrificed for the War of Resistance.

Zhang Shusheng personally ordered the establishment of honorary generals in addition to active generals, and this will be passed down as a consistent system.

The highest title awarded to the entire People's Army is Generalissimo, and there will always be only one Zhang Shusheng.

Those below the Grand Marshal will retain the rank of Marshal for future wars, but this conferment will not generate any quotas. Below the Grand Marshal, there will be the rank of General. Similarly, this conferment will not generate any quotas.

In the People's Army's founding ceremony, the highest actual military rank conferred, except for Zhang Shusheng, was general. Considering the size of the People's Army in the upcoming World War II, the highest general rank this time was Level 2.

There are a total of five levels of admiral, leaving absolutely ample room for future titles.

The awarding ceremony was very grand. Chief of General Staff Jiang Baili and Minister of Defense Cai E gave brief speeches on behalf of the two major departments of the military respectively. Immediately afterwards, the Vice President of the Republic and Prime Minister of the Government Affairs Council Sun Changqing also gave a brief speech.
To be continued...