During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Su Yu served as the commander of the New Fourth Army and the commander of the First Division, and fought such great victories as the Battle of Cheqiao and the Battle of Gaoyou. During the War of Liberation, Su Yu led the Central China Field Army to fight seven battles and seven victories in the Soviet-Chinese Campaign, led the East China Field Army to win major victories such as the Menglianggu Campaign, the Eastern Henan Campaign, and the Huaihai Campaign, and led the Sanye War against Huaihai, swept Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou, and uprooted the Chiang dynasty. Among the top ten generals, Su Yu's military exploits are unparalleled and he ranks first. Xu Haidong, who served as the deputy commander and commander of the Red 25th Army and the commander of the Red 15th Army during the Red Army, was a senior general during the Red Army. His military exploits are very prominent, he has experienced hundreds of battles in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region, won hundreds of battles, and led the Red 25th Army's Long March to be even more magnificent. At the end of the Long March, the strength of the Red 25th Army increased from 2,900 when it left the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region to more than 3,400 people, and it also created the Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Area. Xu Haidong suffered a serious head injury during the Long March, which affected his physical condition in the future, coupled with the defection of his subordinate Zhang Shaodong to the enemy, Xu Haidong was exhausted, and after stepping down as the commander of the 344th Brigade in 1938, he rarely commanded in the front-line posts. Even so, with the great exploits of the Red Army, Xu Haidong is still ranked second among the top ten generals, which is a matter of course. Even Chen Geng said: Being Xu Haidong's superior was the most glorious thing in my life. Huang Kecheng, who served as the political commissar of the 4th Division of the 3rd Red Army Corps and the 4th Division of the 1st Red Army Corps during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, was an outstanding political cadre. During the Anti-Japanese War, Huang Kecheng and Peng Xuefeng led their troops to the south and made outstanding contributions to the reconstruction and development of the New Fourth Army. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Huang Kecheng, as the commander of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, wrote a letter to the commander of the Northeast and put forward the strategic concept of entering and occupying the Northeast, and personally led the Third Division to the Northeast, laying a solid foundation for the victory of the Liberation War. 
At that time, the Northeast was the center of heavy industry in the country, and winning the Northeast meant that the powerful military production capacity was mastered, and the world could be determined in an instant. With these outstanding feats, as well as super high qualifications, there is no dispute about Huang Kecheng's rank of general. Chen Geng, there is no need to say much about this, his great military exploits can be on par with the marshals. Among the top ten generals, his military exploits are second only to General Su Yu. Whether it was leading cadres and regiments to serve as pioneers during the Red Army, or commanding the 386 Brigade to be invincible during the Anti-Japanese War, or leading the Taiyue Column during the War of Liberation, Chen Geng's performance was very outstanding. Tan Zheng, who participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising, was one of the founders of the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area, served as the director of the Military Political Department during the Red Army, the deputy director of the General Political Department during the Anti-Japanese War, and the director of the Political Department of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army during the Liberation War, and the director and deputy political commissar of the Political Department of the Siye Army. Xiao Jinguang, during the Northern Expedition War, was the division party representative of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the political commissar of the Red Fifth Army during the Red Army, the deputy commander of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army during the Liberation War, and the commander of the Four Field Corps. During the War of Liberation, he stuck to Linjiang, which can be said to have changed the general trend of the world. 
Zhang Yunyi, who participated in the old revolution of the Xinhai Revolution, led the Baise Uprising, served as the commander of the Red Seventh Army, and served as the deputy commander of Huaye during the Liberation War. ** A representative figure of our army's defense front, he has served as the political commissar of the Red Fourth Army, the director of the Political Department of the North China Military Region, and the political commissar of the 19th Corps in the revolutionary years. There is no dispute about the rank of general of the above eight founding fathers. Among the top ten generals, Wang Shusheng and Xu Guangda's levels are both at the level of the regular corps. According to the principle of conferring titles, the corresponding military rank at the corps level should be general. Among the cadres at the corps level assessed in 1952, except for Wang Shusheng, Xu Guangda, and Xu Liqing, the others were all generals. Xu Liqing was also a general, but he took the initiative to give up his military rank and applied for a demote to lieutenant general, reflecting the high style and bright festival. 
In terms of rank, Wang Shusheng and Xu Guangda's titles are on the high side.