What are the ranks of the commanders and fighters at all levels of the Eighth Route Army when they a

Mondo Military Updated on 2024-01-30

**, Yang Dezhi and others were also promoted to brigade commanders shortly after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, with the rapid development and growth of the people's army, various new brigades sprung up in the land of North China, and the brigade commanders have as many as dozens of people. There were many brigade commanders in the later period, and the regiment commander was not a senior commander, so the author will only introduce a few regiment commanders when the Eighth Route Army was first formed in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. The 115th Division has two brigades, each brigade has two regiments, plus independent regiments, a total of five regiments, the commanders of which are Yang Dezhi, Li Tianyou, Zhang Shaodong, Chen Jinxiu, and Yang Chengwu. Yang Dezhi, Li Tianyou, and Yang Chengwu were tiger generals with outstanding achievements during the Red Army, and they were even more outstanding during the Liberation War, and they were finally awarded the rank of general in 1955. It is a pity that Chen Jinxiu died in the battle of Wentang in 1938, and Zhang Shaodong, as Xu Haidong's trusted subordinate, betrayed the revolution in the future and became a shameful traitor, which is really despicable.

The four commanders of the 120th Division were Wang Shangrong, Song Shilun, Liu Zhuanlian, and Wen Niansheng. Among them, Song Shilun led the Huaye Ten Columns to play the ace army in the War of Liberation, achieved the position of commander of the corps, and was awarded the rank of general in 1955. Although Wang Shangrong and Liu Zhuanlian had very high qualifications in the early stage (division commander during the Red Army period and regiment commander in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War), their rank was not high during the Liberation War, and they only became deputy army commanders. Wen Niansheng's rank in the later period was higher, and he served as a column commander, army commander, and deputy commander of the corps during the Liberation War, but because his combat exploits were not particularly outstanding, he was only awarded the rank of lieutenant general in the end. In terms of Wen Niansheng's qualifications, the division commander during the Red Army, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and the deputy commander of the Corps during the Liberation War were awarded the rank of lieutenant general, which is indeed a low point. In addition to the four independent regiments of the 129th Division, a supplementary regiment was also established, and the commanders of the five regiments were Zhang Caiqian, Xu Shenji, Ye Chenghuan, and Han Dongshan. Among them, whether it was in the Red Army period, or the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, military merits were among the best, and in the later stage of the Liberation War, he became the commander of the Corps of Erye, and was finally awarded the rank of general, which is undisputed.

Zhang Caiqian and Xu Shenji were both division-level cadres during the Red Army, and they could be regarded as senior generals in the Red Army, and their performance during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was also very good, but their rank during the Liberation War was relatively low, and they were not promoted to the corps level, and in the end they were only awarded the rank of lieutenant general, which basically met the rank. Ye Chenghuan is a famous general of the 386 Brigade, and he is also the number one general under Chen Geng's account, but it is a pity that he died in the battle of Kagura Village, which is very regrettable, if he does not sacrifice, he should also be at the level of a general after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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