At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, several of the top ten generals had prominent statuses, Xiao Jinguang served as the commander of the navy, Xu Guangda served as the commander of the armored forces, and served as the minister of public security.
In May 1959, Huang Kecheng made a report at the plenary meeting of the National Defense Committee
Su Yu and Chen Geng, the first generals of the founding of the People's Republic of China, both entered the General Staff, and Su Yu served as the chief of the General Staff in 1954.
Among the top ten generals, Huang Kecheng's fame is not very big, far inferior to Su Yu, Xu Haidong, Chen Geng, and even inferior to Xiao Jinguang, ** But Huang Kecheng ranked third among the top ten generals and squeezed into the top three, before Chen Geng.
Why is Huang Kecheng's general ranking so high?This has a lot to do with Huang Kecheng's status at that time. The title was awarded in 1955, and Huang Kecheng's status was quite high in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Huang Kecheng was the general of the Fourth Field Army, and the Fourth Field Army entered the customs and liberated Tianjin, and Huang Kecheng served as the first secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee. The Siye Army marched into the central and southern regions, liberated Hunan, and personally ordered Huang Kecheng to go south and made him the first secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee.
In 1952, after presiding over the daily work of the Military Commission, Huang Kecheng also soon entered Beijing to take up his post, he was the deputy chief of the general staff, and the director of the general logistics. At that time, Su Yu was also the deputy chief of the general staff, and his ranking was still ahead of Huang Kecheng. But *** attaches more importance to Huang Kecheng.
First, Huang Kecheng's work ability is relatively strong, and his business quality is excellent. Second, Huang Kecheng is an old subordinate of the Red Third Army, and he has followed the revolution very early, and they have a tacit understanding with each other.
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**When he went out to inspect or rested due to illness, Huang Kecheng often replaced him in presiding over the daily work of the Military Commission. Huang Kecheng is actually equivalent to the secretary or deputy of ***. The author flipped through the "Annals of Huang Kecheng" and found an important historical material:
On November 27, 1953, a meeting of the military system was prepared, and the agenda of the meeting and the list of the presidium of the meeting were handed over to *** and several vice chairmen of the Military Commission. The Bureau consists of nine members in total.
They are **, Huang Kecheng and *** are very modest to put their names at the end, in fact, he should be second only to Mr. Zhu.
Among the 9 people, 8 are future marshals, and only Huang Kecheng is a future general, and his revolutionary qualifications cannot be compared with the other 8. However, Huang Kecheng is tied with 8 marshals, and his status is higher than all other generals, including the first general Su Yu.
In 1954, Su Yu served as the chief of the General Staff, and Huang Kecheng was the first deputy chief of the General Staff, ranking ahead of Chen Geng. It stands to reason that Huang Kecheng is Su Yu's deputy, and his status is lower than Su Yu, but in fact, Huang Kecheng still beats Su Yu. Why?
Because in 1954, when Su Yu was appointed chief of the General Staff, Huang Kecheng was appointed secretary general of the Military Commission. One is the Chief of the General Staff, the other is the Secretary General of the Military Commission, who has a higher status?I'm afraid it's still Huang Kecheng.
The secretary general of the Central Military Commission assists the chairman and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission in handling the daily work of the Central Military Commission. For example, on the afternoon of October 29, 1953, ** convened a meeting of the Military Commission, and he said: I want to take a break, and Comrade Huang Kecheng is responsible for handling the daily work of the Military Commission.
Huang Kecheng became the first general to preside over the daily work of the Military Commission, and Su Yu had never had such power. Huang Kecheng's status is, of course, above Su Yu. At a regular meeting of the Military Commission in 1956, Huang Kecheng said:
The central problem is to establish the work of the General Staff Headquarters, and the General Staff has two problems during the inspection, one is that the responsibilities are not clear, and the other is that the General Staff Staff does not dare to work boldly and responsibly. The combination of the two is the comprehensive reason.
Obviously, Huang Kecheng stood on the high plane of the Central Military Commission and put forward his views on the work of the General Staff Headquarters led by Su Yu. After the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission in 1958, Su Yu left his job, and it was Huang Kecheng who succeeded him as chief of the General Staff.
Reference book: "Annals of Huang Kecheng").