In 1955, his name was listed on the list of "generals to be honored", but the official announcement was made, but for special reasons, his name was scratched out;
Three years later, the PLA specifically for him to make up for the ceremony of the award of the rank of the only case of such a special case in that year, the whole army is the only one;
In general, there are more than 1000 founding generals in **** and the country, there is a very special situation.
Usually, a person can only leave (retire) once in his life, but he did it twice because of special circumstances, the first time for retirement and the second time for retirement.
He was awarded the rank of Founding Lieutenant General of the **** and the State in 1958, however, he took up the position that is usually only possible for a general to take up, which is a special case;
Throughout the period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, people didn't see him, and such a situation is rare in the founding generals, which is very special;
The last special is that: most of the founding generals have made great achievements in the war period. The last special is: most of the founding generals in the war period has made great achievements, but he has never formally led a soldier.
In his early years, he had commanded the only battle of his life, but it was a "duck on the shelf", and the result ended in failure.
However, he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General by **** and the State.
This "six special" general called He Cheng, he once served as the People's Liberation Army Vice Minister of General Logistics and Minister of Health, Vice Minister of Health of the Central People's Government, President of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Vice Minister of the General Logistics Department.
Why was General He Cheng awarded the rank of Lieutenant General?
The reason is actually very simple, the Chinese revolution to win, need to secure the country and the world of "civil servants and military generals", but also need to be strong logistical support.
The army's medical support is one of the key points of the logistical work.
General He Cheng has been a doctor all his life, and is one of the founders of the People's Army as well as the health of the new China.
Born in Shehong County, Sichuan Province, in 1901, He Cheng's father wanted him to pursue a career, but He Cheng enrolled in a medical university in Beijing.
In Beijing, He Cheng met Chen Yi, a Sichuan hometown boy, and thus embarked on a revolutionary course.
In 1925, He Cheng became a member of the Chinese **** Party and went to the Northern Expeditionary Army under the arrangement of the Party organization and became a trainee doctor in the Northern Expeditionary Army.
After the counter-revolutionary coup d'état of April 12th, He Cheng joined the Fourth Army Medical Department of the National Revolutionary Army.
During the Guangzhou Uprising, He Cheng led a group of 10 doctors to the front line of the uprising, giving the uprising the greatest support.
After the failure of the uprising, He Cheng moved to Shanghai, and under the arrangement of the Central Special Branch, he opened a hospital completely controlled by the Party.
The hospital was forced to close down soon after because of a traitor's tip-off, and He Cheng went to the Central Soviet Union under the arrangement of the organization.
In 1931, He Cheng was appointed Chief of the General Medical Department.
In the Soviet Union, He Cheng was engaged in medical work as usual, and he set up the first complete medical system of our army according to the local conditions.
He Cheng is an excellent surgeon, scalpel is his weapon, he used his skills to save the lives of countless Red Army officers and soldiers, but never touched a gun.
However, an occasional opportunity, He Cheng was "forced" to command a battle.
Put down the scalpel, and the enemy face to face with the sword, this is the only time in his life.
But that experience left him in pain for many years.
At that time, the main force of the Red Army secretly gathered to Xingguo, and a leader of the Central Bureau of the Central Committee of the Central **** Soviet Union found He Cheng.
He ordered He Cheng to command the guard regiment to attack Lai Village.
He Cheng explained pragmatically, "I only know how to use a scalpel, and I can't do such a thing as fighting a war!"
The leader could not help but say: "This is the organization's decision, carry out the order."
He Cheng had to go to the front to command the battle.
As the saying goes, the line is like a mountain, the result of the battle can be imagined.
He Cheng begrudgingly exercise the right to command, although the best efforts, still not able to hit the village of Lai, and finally had to take the troops withdrew from the battle.
After the war, the leader ordered He Cheng to do a "deep review".
He Cheng was in tears and in agony.
The good thing is that the central leadership, not only exempted He Cheng's "review", but also seriously criticized the leadership.
The central leadership said: "He Cheng will be injected, where know how to fight? You let a person with a scalpel to command the war, this is not nonsense? The responsibility for defeating the war is not his, but yours!"
This was the first and last battle that He Cheng commanded in his life, and since then, He Cheng has never directly participated in a battle.
He put all his energy into the medical cause of the Red Army.
With the support of the central leadership, He Cheng hosted the opening of the "School of Military Medicine", organized the "Field Ambulance Training Course", personally prepared the teaching materials and demonstrated the teaching.
Under the efforts of He Cheng, the Red Army has a large number of troops with a certain medical technology, "military doctors".
Soon after, He Cheng became the political commissar of the General Hospital of the Red Army, and after the Red Army set up the Ministry of Health, He Cheng became the first minister and political commissar, and also served as director of the Provisional Central Government Health Administration.
As Chiang Kai-shek's encirclement of the Soviet Union continued to increase, the Red Army became increasingly short of medical supplies.
He Cheng also single-handedly founded the medical and sanitary materials factory, with the most rudimentary equipment, produced a large number of medical cotton, bandages, alcohol and general surgical instruments.
He also combined valuable and scarce Western medicine with Chinese medicine, and creatively practiced the "combination of Chinese and Western medicine" treatment method, which saved the lives of many soldiers.
In 1934, He Cheng participated in the Long March with his troops.
At that time, the Ministry of Health of the Red Army was subordinate to the "Central Column", code-named "Ruijin", and it was customary to call He Cheng "Commander Ruijin".
The higher-ups gave "Commander Ruijin" He Cheng a pistol, and He Cheng often carries this pistol with him.
However, until the Red Army's Long March to Shaanbei, He Cheng did not use the gun once.
In 1937, the organization sent He Cheng secretly to Moscow, the Soviet Union, to study medical technology, and returned to China in 1945, so he was absent from the "eight-year war of resistance".
During the Liberation War, He Cheng served as Deputy Minister of Logistics of the Northeast Democratic Allied Army and the Northeast Military Region, and Minister of Health, and Minister of Health of the Northeast People's Government.
After the founding of New China, He Cheng was appointed Minister of Health of the Central Military Commission, and Vice Minister and Party Secretary of the Ministry of Health of the Central People's Government.
General He Cheng has been engaged in medical care, he has the "intellectuals love to be serious" qualities, he also has a clear "bookish".
He spoke straight to the point, never hide their views, known as the "old man".
Because of this character trait, He Cheng was misunderstood many times after the founding of the country.
In 1955, when he was awarded the title, he was temporarily not awarded the title because he was under investigation.
However, He Cheng eventually stood the test, and in 1958, the Central Military Commission gave him the rank of lieutenant general.
In that "unprecedented" campaign, He Cheng suffered injustice, in 1963, He Cheng for retirement.
A few years later, after the comeback of General He Cheng was appointed as the first vice minister of the PLA General Logistics Department.
In April 1985, at the age of 84, General He Cheng went through retirement procedures for the second time.
On November 8, 1992, General He Cheng died in Beijing at the age of 91 due to illness.