He Bingyan and Liao Hansheng were the longest-time comrades-in-arms in the war years, and the two had the same position, but when they were awarded titles, they had different results.
When they started being partners dates back to 1934.
He Bingyan joined the Red Army in 1929 and followed Mr. He into a revolution; while Liao Hansheng had an unusual relationship with Mr. He, who had been a member of He Long's sister's guerrilla group until 1933, and only went to work as a guard at He Long's side in 1933.
At this time, He Bingyan was already the commander of the main regiment, but Liao Hansheng's position in the army was a jump promotion, and in 1934, he was promoted to the position of division political commissar, and the same level as He Bingyan, the two became partners.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when Yanmen Pass was fought, their superiors asked them to form a Heliao detachment to advance to the Yanmen Pass area, and the two became partners again.
Although they did not have a long time together during the Red Army period and the Eighth Route Army, they formed a deep friendship.
In 1947, the Northwest Field Army was formed, and they served as the commander and political commissar of the first column, and began to cooperate for more than two years.
Until 1949, when they led the First Army to liberate Qinghai, He Bingyan was transferred to work in the Great Southwest, and Liao Hansheng remained in the Great Northwest to work.
In 1952, when the army was rated, the situation of the two was different, Liao Hansheng, who was not deeply qualified in the army, was rated as a deputy corps rank, while He Bingyan, who had made great achievements in battle, was only a quasi-corps level.
If given the title according to this rank, He Bingyan will be a lieutenant general for a certain time, and Liao Hansheng may be a lieutenant general or a general.
However, when he was awarded the title in 1955, the low-ranking He Bingyan became a general, and Liao Hansheng was a lieutenant general, which made many people confused.
Liao Hansheng had a clear reply to this matter: He Bingyan had deeper seniority than himself, outstanding achievements, was a general who could fight, and was called a representative general of the Red Second Front, and was rated as a well-deserved general.
The Red Second Front was awarded generalships by Xiao Ke, Wang Zhen, Li Da, Peng Shaohui, Gan Siqi, and He Bingyan.
The Red Second Front was formed by the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army, and the Red Sixth Army was the advance regiment of the Central Red Army, which could truly represent the Red Second Front, and the representative of the Red Second Army was He Bingyan.
In the Red Second Army, no one in terms of seniority or battle merit was as good as He Bingyan, although his rank was not as high as Liao Hansheng and Cheng Jungao, and it was representative, and it was also appropriate to award the general.