What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
When the title was conferred in 1955, a total of 57 founding generals in our country were awarded the rank of general. These 57 founding generals were all pillars of the Liberation War and were all capable generals under the command of the commanders of various field armies. It can be said that they were all founding fathers who made great contributions to the victory of the War of Liberation. However, among these 57 founding generals, there was a general who was promoted out of the ordinary, and he was General Han Xianchu.
When the rank was awarded in 1955, the four generals in charge of evaluating the ranks were Luo Ronghuan, Xu Liqing, Song Renqian, and Lai Chuanzhu of the General Cadre Management Department. The founding heroes are evaluated for their ranks, and then the list of ranks is evaluated and handed over to the chairman and his old man for final determination, if there is no doubt. When it is possible to confer titles, they will be awarded according to the standards of these four generals. However, when the chairman of the old man saw that there was no Han Xianchu's name in the list of generals, he asked, What rank did this comrade Han Bold have rated? Luo Shuai replied; Comrade Han Xianchu, we have made him a lieutenant general. Grandpa Mao was stunned for a moment and said; Han Yougong, Zhongjin Shang. Then, when the chairman said "Han Yougong", he meant that during the Liberation War, General Han Xianchu made meritorious contributions to the revolutionary war.
Han Xianchu
Friends who may know well know that General Han Xianchu was a fierce general who grew up on the battlefield, and during the period of land reform, he was taught by General Xu Haidong, and later entered the Red Army University. Therefore, in the northeast battlefield during the Liberation War, he became a whirlwind general.
In the process of liberating the three northeastern provinces and fighting against the Nationalist army, Han Xianchu's third column was an ace force, which rarely lost battles, and could be said to be victorious in battles. Whether it was the capture of Jinzhou, the Battle of Western Liaoning, or the liberation of Shenyang. The third column led by Han Xianchu was definitely the main force. Like a whirlwind, he swept through the camp of the Nationalist army on the northeast battlefield. Even, Du Yuming, Wei Lihuang, chen Cheng, Han Xianchu all gave a high evaluation, saying that his third column was the most difficult to deal with, you don't know when he will appear, the commander is indeed a tiger general. Being able to get the evaluation of the enemy general is the real evaluation.
After the liberation of the northeast, Han Xianchu's third column was reorganized into the 40th Army, and he served as the first commander of the army. Soon after, he led his army out of the customs to participate in the Pingjin Campaign, not only these, but then led his troops to the south, chased and annihilated the Bai Chongxi clique, and pursued it all the way to the southernmost part of the motherland, annihilating countless enemies and making countless meritorious contributions. However, some of the Nationalist troops fled to Hainan Island, and the next problem to be faced was how to liberate Hainan Island and complete the reunification of the motherland.
At that time, the Fourth Field Army decided to give the task of liberating Hainan Island to the 40th Army, the 43rd Army. The battle of crossing the sea is no better than land, first of all, we must have the means to cross the sea, and at the same time, we must be familiar with naval warfare, and we must not get seasick, otherwise, we will fall down before we start fighting. And the soldiers of the 40th Army, including Han Xianchu himself, had never seen the sea, let alone fought. However, these problems did not overwhelm a generation of famous players Han Xianchu? The method he took was smuggling, because there was still a Qiongya column on Hainan Island to do the internal response. Therefore, smuggling was taken first, and when the time was ripe, it would attack Hainan Island.
In this way, at 19:30 on April 16, 1950, a generation of famous generals Han Xianchu put his personal life and death and military honor in addition to the degree, and without the cooperation of the navy and air force, he took great risks to personally lead all the officers and men of the 40 army to cross the sea to participate in the battle and attack Hainan Island. At that time, many soldiers were reluctant to participate in this battle, including officers. I don't want to lose my life here in the moment of near victory. It was still Han Xianchu who was not afraid of life and death, and only wanted to complete the reunification of the motherland and liberate Hainan Island, so he personally went into battle.
You know, as a commander, he could command in the rear, but he didn't. Therefore, Hainan Island was able to liberate Han Xianchu. Therefore, all this, the chairman's old man is in the eyes. Therefore, when the title was awarded in 1955, the chairman said that Han Yougong was promoted to the middle. In this way, a generation of famous generals Han Xianchu was promoted to the founding general.