The relationship between the East China Field Army and the East China Military Region has always been very controversial, and there is an argument that the two are at equal levels, but this is incorrect; in fact, the East China Military Region has jurisdiction over the East China Field Army. It was not until the establishment of the Third Field Army that the level of the Third Field Army and the East China Military Region was equal, and during the Huaye period, it was actually subordinate to the leadership of the East China Military Region. Therefore, several high-level leaders of the East China Military Region are actually equivalent to the leaders of Huaye, and they have the right to govern the entire Huaye army. The author has sorted out the resumes of the eight senior generals of the East China Military Region and Huaye, and let's take a look at what military ranks these eight fathers were when they were awarded the titles in the fifth and fifth years.
Mr. Chen, commander of the East China Military Region and commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, once served as an instructor at the Wuhan branch of the Huangpu Military Academy. During the revolutionary years, Mr. Chen served as the military commander of the guerrillas in the eight southern provinces, the commander of the first detachment of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the New Fourth Army, and the commander of Huaye, and was a revolutionary father with outstanding military achievements, and in 1955, Mr. Chen was awarded the rank of marshal. Secretary Rao, political commissar of the East China Military Region, when the incident occurred in southern Anhui, Secretary Rao faced the pursuit of the opposition, and successfully used gold bars to mobilize the first soldiers, and successfully got out. After Political Commissar Liu returned to Yan'an, Secretary Rao naturally became one of the helmsmen of the New Fourth Army. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army was abolished, the East China Military Region was established, and Secretary Rao was appointed as the political commissar of the East China Military Region, and was the supreme leader of the Huaye logistics front. Before the awarding of the title, Secretary Rao had already had an accident, so naturally he would not be awarded the military rank.
Deputy Commander and Second Deputy Political Commissar of the East China Field Army, Acting Commander Su Yu, a military god-level figure in the People's Army, in the early days of the Liberation War, he led the Central China Field Army to fight seven battles and seven victories in adversity, reversing the decline in one fell swoop, after the formation of Huaye, he became the actual commander of Huaye military, created a series of outstanding achievements, and made outstanding achievements, in 1955, Su Yu was awarded the rank of general, ranking first among the top ten generals of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Zhang Yunyi, deputy commander of the East China Military Region, was the deputy commander of the New Fourth Army during the Anti-Japanese War, after the cancellation of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, the East China Military Region was established, Zhang Yunyi naturally became the deputy commander of the East China Military Region, due to his age, Zhang Yunyi rarely served as a front-line commander in the Liberation War, but he was still awarded the rank of general by virtue of his great exploits during the Red Army period and the Anti-Japanese War.
Li Yu, deputy political commissar of the East China Military Region, worked hard and bloody in Shandong during the Anti-Japanese War, participated in the establishment of the Shandong base area, and sent a large number of military backbones to Dongye and Huaye, and made outstanding contributions to the establishment of the two major field armies. During the Liberation War, Li Yu served as the deputy political commissar of the East China Military Region, and was responsible for logistics work with Secretary Rao. The first deputy political commissar of the East China Field Army, an outstanding figure on the political and industrial front of our army, successively teamed up with Su Yu and Xu Shiyou during the War of Liberation, and led Huaye to achieve a series of brilliant victories. He has a straight temper, like a fire, jealous like hatred, is a revolutionary ancestor with a lot of personality, and is nicknamed "Boss Tan", when the title was awarded, ** was no longer in the military, so he failed to participate in the award.
Chen Shiyu, chief of staff of the East China Military Region and chief of staff of the East China Field Army, was born in the Autumn Harvest Uprising led by Commissar Mao, and started as a soldier and worked his way up to the chief of staff of the Huaye Army and the commander of the Corps of the People's Army. Chen Shiyu has abundant military experience, high attainments in military theory, and good achievements in military practice, and is a famous general with outstanding merits, and in 1955, Chen Shiyu was awarded the rank of general. Shu Tong, director of the Political Department of the East China Military Region, vigorously propagated revolutionary ideas as early as 1921 and was a revolutionary ancestor with deep qualifications. After Huaye was reorganized into the Third Field Army, Shu Tong served as director of the Political Department of the East China Military Region and director of the Political Department of the Third Field Army, and his position was very important. Because he has not held a military position for a long time, and he no longer holds a military position when he is awarded, Shu Tong did not participate in the Fifth Five-Year Award. Tang Liang, director of the Political Department of the East China Field Army, once fought independently with Chen Shiyu and the Chen Tang Corps led by Chen Shiyu in the War of Liberation, and achieved a series of good achievements. In 1955, Tang Liang was awarded the rank of general, which is well deserved.
To sum up, among the eight high-level generals of the East China Military Region and the East China Field Army, a total of one marshal Chen Laozong, two generals Su Yu and Zhang Yunyi, and two generals Chen Shiyu and Tang Liang have emerged. Secretary Rao and Li Yu did not attend the 1955 award ceremony.