Introduction to the founding fathers: In September 1925, Nie Rongzhen returned to China to participate in the Great Revolution and served as secretary and political instructor of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy. He began his military career. He participated in the Northern Expedition and led the Nanchang Uprising and the Guangzhou Uprising. He was a member of the People's Army One of the founders. Participated in commanding the fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign and the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign in the Central Soviet Area, participated in the Long March of Two Thousand Miles, established the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei model anti-Japanese base area, commanded the North China Liberation War, and was busy at the General Staff Headquarters... He made unremitting contributions to the independence and liberation of the Chinese nation, the development and growth of the People's Army, and the regularization and modernization of military construction. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of Marshal of the People's Republic of China.