introduction:
In the 1950s, the domestic development situation was basically stable, and all walks of life were on the right track. The state also honored those soldiers who had been born and died on the battlefield, and carried out the first ceremony of conferring titles. According to normal thinking, all military commanders who have made meritorious contributions in the war should be awarded the rank of general, but what is surprising is that there is a special military commander who has only been awarded the rank of colonel, and he is Yin Xianbing.
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During the revolution, Yin Xianbing was the first commander of the 16th Army, not only participated in many anti-encirclement and suppression wars, but also participated in the anti-"three-way" and "six-way" sieges, and later participated in the Long March with the Red Army, making countless military achievements. However, such a distinguished military commander could not be awarded the rank of general, what happened behind this?
In 1915, Yin Xianbing was born into an ordinary rural family in Hanchuan, Hubei Province, to a poor family. Influenced by the local revolutionary atmosphere, he had a warm yearning for revolution at a very young age. At the age of fifteen, Yin Xianbing finally got his wish and successfully became a member of the Red Fourth Front.
When he first joined the army, Yin Xianbing was just a very ordinary small soldier, and slowly by his own efforts, he was promoted to platoon leader and company commander step by step, and his personal ability was also improved to a certain extent. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Yin Xianbing's military ability was fully exerted, and he was eventually appointed deputy commander of the guerrilla group in northwest Hebei.
Although Yin Xianbing's education level is not high, he is not a reckless man, and he also pays attention to planning in the process of combat. During the battle against the Japanese army, Yin Xianbing received orders from his superiors to lead the team to crush the Japanese sweeping activities in north China.
At that time, the Japanese puppet army was wantonly plundering the people's grain in north China, in order to solve this problem, Yin Xianbing did not rush to launch an attack, but with the approval of his superiors, formulated a complete set of combat plans, using bait to attract, so that the Japanese puppet army into the trap.
After everything was ready, Yin Xianbing ordered the troops to fight. However, to his surprise, the combat ability of these Japanese puppet armies was surprisingly strong, and there were more than 100 capable Japanese veterans in the team, most of whom had rich combat experience.
Yin Xianbing's heart was very clear that if these Japanese troops were allowed to get out of the battlefield alive, they would definitely bring great trouble to our army in the future. Therefore, he must think of a comprehensive battle plan to annihilate these Japanese and Japanese puppet armies in one fell swoop, so as to avoid future troubles.
Of course, it was not an easy task to annihilate them, after all, the Japanese army was not defenseless, after seeing Yin Xianbing's troops launch a fierce attack, they immediately chose to retreat and quickly withdrew to the Xiangu Temple, trying to wait for the rescue of the large troops.
After learning that the Japanese army retreated to the Xiangu Temple, Yin Xianbing still did not give up, he once again organized a meeting to discuss the specific battle plan, after a rigorous discussion, they finally decided to use the "fire attack" method to force the Japanese army to withdraw from the Xiangu Temple.
Facts have proved that Yin Xianbing is very far-sighted, and after the implementation of the fire attack plan, all the Japanese troops were annihilated, and our army won the final victory in this battle. After this battle achievement, Yin Xianbing was fully recognized by his superiors, and later when the Liberation War broke out, he was once again entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and finally achieved the position of commander of the Sixteenth Army.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yin Xianbing did not stop his footsteps, still working hard for the national defense and army cause of the motherland, and was organized and transferred to the Guizhou Military Region as a deputy commander. Later, when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, Yin Xianbing once again went to the battlefield and contributed important forces to the victory of the war.
Seeing this, everyone may have questions: Since such a military commander with great military merit should be awarded the rank of general, why did he finally get the rank of colonel?
The problem is not in Yin Xianbing's military ability, but in his personal life style, because of the corruption and degeneration of life, Yin Xianbing has repeatedly criticized the punishment of the Central Military Commission, but no matter how he is punished, he still does not repent. Because of this, when he was first awarded the rank, he only got a colonel rank!
Later, in order to make Yin Xianbing realize his mistake, the relevant central departments also issued a special document on the punishment of Yin Xianbing, and decided to expel him from the party. This time, he finally realized his ignorance and was determined to change his own faults.
After changing his corrupt style of life, Yin Xianbing's career also got better and better, and he was later officially appointed as the deputy director of the academic affairs department of the PLA Government College. For many years thereafter, he continued to work diligently and persevered in his job until his death.
epilogue:
Looking back on Yin Xianbing's life, although he has lost himself and has had a low, fortunately, he can stop the horse from the cliff and find the direction of life in time