During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, what were the military ranks of the commanders, political commissars, and corps commanders of these army-level and corps-level combat units in our army at the 1955 award ceremony?Let's listen to the author one by one.
First, a large part of these early senior commanders of our army were killed. In the Red First Army, Wang Liang, who served as the commander of the Red Fourth Army, Huang Gongluo, the commander of the Red Third Army, Hu Shaohai, the commander of the Red 21st Army, Li Mingrui, the commander of the Red Seventh Army, Zhu Yunqing, the chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Xun Huaizhou, the commander of the Red Seventh Army, and Ji Zhentong, the commander of the Red Fifth Army, were all cadres at or above the military level who died in the early days. Ji Zhentong is a cadre at the level of three corps commanders who died in the Red Army, and he has the qualifications of a general or even a marshal, which is really a pity. In the Red Second Front Army, Duan Dechang, commander of the Red Sixth Army, Zhou Yiqun, political commissar, and Wan Tao, political commissar of the Red Third Army, were all generals at or above the army level. In the Red Fourth Front Army, Pan Ruzhong and Wu Guanghao, leaders of the Jute Uprising, Kuang Jixun and Xu Jishen, commanders of the Red Fourth Army, Zeng Zhongsheng, political commissar, and Wang Pingzhang, political commissar of the Red 25th Army, were all outstanding military commanders, and their sacrifices were immeasurable losses for the Red Fourth Front Army.
After the Red Fourth Front Army left the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region, Xu Haidong and Wu Huan first served as army commanders and political commissars in the remaining reorganized Red 25th Army, and later sent Cheng Zihua to the Red 25th Army organizationally, Xu Haidong was reappointed as deputy army commander, and Cheng Zihua served as army commander. During the Long March of the Red 25th Army, political commissar Wu Huanxian died heroically, and Xu Haidong and Cheng Zihua were also wounded. When the Red 25th Army arrived at the base area in northern Shaanxi and formed the Red 15th Army, Xu Haidong became the commander of the army, Liu Zhidan served as the deputy commander, and Cheng Zihua was reappointed as the political commissar. Liu Zhidan, deputy commander of the Red 15th Army, later died heroically in the Red Army's Eastern Crusade, and was the highest-ranking general of the Northwest Red Army to die during the Agrarian Revolutionary War. Second, many cadres at and above the military level during the Red Army period no longer held military posts by the time of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, so they did not participate in the awarding of titles. These include Wang Weizhou, who was the commander of the Red 33rd Army, Deng Political Commissar, who served as the former secretary of the Red Seventh Army, Ren Shi, who served as the political commissar of the Red Second Army, and Teng Daiyuan, who served as the political commissar of the Red Third Army. These cadres all had very high qualifications during the Red Army period, and if they attended the ceremony of conferring titles, the number of marshals and generals in the people's army would have greatly increased.
Third, most of the Red Army generals at or above the rank of general were awarded the rank of general or above. For example, Mr. Zhu, who was the commander of the Red Fourth Army and the commander of the Red First Army, ranked first among the top ten marshals when he was awarded the title in May 55, Xu Shuai, who was the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, was awarded the rank of marshal when he was awarded the title in May 55, and Nie Shuai, who was the political commissar of the Red First Army and was awarded the rank of marshal when he was awarded the title in May 55. **Served as the political commissar of the Red Fourth Army, and was awarded the rank of general when the title was awarded in May 5, Wang Shusheng, who was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, and was awarded the rank of general when the title was awarded in May 5. Among the generals, Xu Shiyou was the commander of the Red Fourth Army, Wang Jian'an was the political commissar of the Red Fourth Army, Song Renqiang was the political commissar of the Red 28th Army, and so on. Among the lieutenant generals, there were relatively few cadres at or above the army level during the Red Army period, and the representative figures included Zhan Caifang, Cheng Shicai and others. During the War of Liberation, their highest positions were all at the military level, and it was reasonable for military-level cadres to be awarded the rank of lieutenant general, so although their seniority during the Red Army period was very high, they could only be awarded the rank of lieutenant general when they were awarded the title in May 5. Zhan Caifang and Cheng Shicai were only awarded the rank of lieutenant general, which is indeed a little lower than their positions during the Red Army, but there is a general who also served as a military commander during the Red Army period, but he was only awarded the rank of major general when he was awarded, which can be said to be lower than Zhan Caifang and Cheng Shicai and others, who is he?
He is He Jinnian, who was the commander of the Red 27th Army. He Jinnian was not only a military-level cadre during the Red Army, but also a very high rank during the Liberation War, he once served as the column commander of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, and also served as the deputy commander of the corps of Siye. But for various reasons, He Jinnian was only awarded the rank of major general in the end, which is really low. However, He Jinnian's younger brother He Jixiang was also awarded the rank of major general, and the two brothers both became founding generals, which also made a good story. To sum up, most of the generals at or above the military level during the Red Army period were awarded the rank of general or above, a few were awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and in rare cases, they were awarded the rank of major general.