History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
Looking back at history, china's wars in the last century were continuous, and the people did not have a good life. For the sake of the happy life of the people of the motherland, those revolutionary soldiers finally ushered in the founding of New China in 1949 after years of bloody fighting. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in recognition of the outstanding contributions of the generals to the war, a ceremony was held for them in 1955.
At the ceremony of conferring titles, there was such a general, who did not join the Red Army or the Eighth Route Army, but was awarded the rank of general when he conferred the title. Who is he?
This man is Ulanf. Born in 1906 in Tumut, Inner Mongolia, Ulan fu came from a poor family. As the saying goes, "the children of the poor are in charge of the family", when Ulanf went to school, in addition to completing his own school, he would also help his parents to work, and when he was a child, Ulanf was particularly sensible.
At the age of 17, Ulan Fu was admitted to the Peking Mongolian-Tibetan School with excellent results and joined the youth league. At the Mongolian-Tibetan school, Ulanf met the person who influenced him throughout his life, Mr. Li Dazhao, the leader of the early Communist Party. Under his influence, Ulanf came into contact with the advanced ideas of the Communist Party. In 1925, Ulanf joined the Communist Party of China and went to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, Soviet Union.
In 1929, Ulanf returned to China after completing his studies, and under the arrangement of his superiors, Ulanf secretly carried out revolutionary activities in his hometown. In 1931, after the fall of the northeast, the Japanese army took advantage of the situation to co-opt the Mongol nobles in an attempt to divide them internally. In order to maintain the unity of the country, Ulan Fu personally lobbied the leader of the Gol League, Dewang, regardless of personal danger, hoping that he could resist the Japanese together, but was refused.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, in order to develop the Mongolian anti-Japanese armed forces, Ulan fu formed the Mongolian Flag Security Corps and led the troops to block the Japanese army in the Heihe area. In 1938, the Mongolian Flag Corps was reorganized into the Mongolian Flag Independent Brigade, which was later reorganized into the newly organized Third Division of the National Revolutionary Army, and Ulanf served as the acting director of the Political Department, and carried out the anti-Japanese struggle on the Ordos Plateau for a long time.
In 1941, at the request of his superiors, Ulan fu was transferred to Yan'an to work as the chief of education of Yan'an Nationalities College, cultivating talents for the national unity and resistance war. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Ulanfu served as the chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Movement Federation and other important positions, mainly devoted himself to the work of the Inner Mongolia National Autonomy Movement. In 1948, Ulan fu also participated in the Liaoshen and Pingjin battles.
In 1950, shortly after the founding of New China and the country's economy was in a period of recovery, Ulan fu decided to open the Inner Mongolia Administrative Cadre School to improve the knowledge level of workers and peasant cadres of all ethnic groups in Mongolia and Han, and to make great contributions to the country's economic construction and cultural construction.
At the 1955 ceremony, Ulanf was awarded the rank of founding general. Although he did not join the Red Army or the People's Liberation Army, his contribution to the liberation of the motherland and the continuous maintenance of the reunification of the motherland was enormous. In 1957, under the direct leadership of Ulanfu, Inner Mongolia University successfully opened its doors after intensive preparations, which was also the first comprehensive university in Inner Mongolia. In 1988, General Ulanf died of illness in Beijing at the age of 82.
Throughout his life, Ulanf struggled for the liberation of Inner Mongolia and the reunification of the country. After the liberation of Inner Mongolia, Ulanfu became a hero in the hearts of the Mongolian people, calling him the "Great Khan of the Mongols".