As we all know, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was three divisions: the 115th Division, the 120th Division, and the 129th Division.
Many people may ask: The main forces of the Eighth Route Army are gone, who will defend Yan'an?
Yan'an is the first location, the core of the whole party, the core of the whole army, the status and role of self-evident, therefore, there must be a strong army to protect and ensure that there are no security problems.
This unit is the left-behind corps of the Eighth Route Army, with a total of more than 9,000 people, and the commander of the corps is Xiao Jinguang.
Later, the left-behind corps of the Eighth Route Army was subordinated to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningjin-Sui Joint Defense Army, and unified command of the troops in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, and the northwest of ShanxiJust look at its cadre configuration.
The commander of this joint defense force is the famous Mr. He, and the deputy commander is also the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army*** In addition, Xiao Jinguang, the former commander of the left-behind corps, is also the deputy commander. The two marshals and one general are definitely not inferior to the three main forces of the Eighth Route Army.
This is just a military cadre, the political commissar of the joint defense army is Mr. He's old partner Guan Xiangying, as early as the Red Second Front Army period, he was the political commissar of the front army, and Mr. He is a pair of classic partners comparable to "Zhu Mao", "Lin Luo" and "Liu Deng".
However, because Guan Xiangying was in poor health and recuperated for a long time, he was the political commissar of the joint defense army of Gao Gang**. Gao Gang's ability is not under Guan Xiangying, he is one of the important founders of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and after the founding of New China, he also became one of the six vice chairmen, and his status is very high.
In addition, the deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Joint Defense Force is Tan Zheng, and the deputy directors of the Political Department are Fu Zhong and Gan Siqi, one general and two generals, and the allocation is also quite high.
The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningjin-Sui Joint Defense Army has developed very rapidly, reaching the establishment of 6 brigades, you must know that when the Eighth Route Army was first established, it was only 6 brigades.
Moreover, the commanders of these 6 brigades were also well-known generals, and most of them later became founding generals.
One of the most famous brigades, is the 359 brigade of **, this unit is famous all over the world for the reclamation of Nanniwan, in fact, it is also brave and invincible in the war, when the title was awarded in 1955, ** was awarded the rank of general, and later served as vice chairman and vice premier, and the status of the founding general is very high.
Secondly, teaching the 1st Brigade and Teaching the 2nd Brigade is also very strong, the commander of the 1st Brigade is Yang Dezhi, who later became the founding general and served as the chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, and the commander of the 2nd Brigade is Huang Yongsheng, who is also the founding general and also served as the chief of the General Staff.
Moreover, the political commissar of the 2nd Brigade was Deng Hua, who was also the founding general and served as the commander of the Chinese Volunteers and deputy chief of the General Staff.
The original 385 Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army was also assigned to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningjin-Sui Joint Defense Army, and the brigade commander at that time was Wang Weizhou, who was later promoted to deputy commander of the joint defense army and deputy commander of the Northwest Military Region.
The commander of the 1st Garrison Brigade is called Gao Jinchun, an important figure in the Red Army of Northern Shaanxi, who fought in Shandong in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and was Xu Shiyou's right-hand man.
The commander of the 3rd Garrison Brigade is He Jinnian, who is also one of the founders of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region and the deputy commander of the armored corps.
The commander of the new 4th Brigade is Zhang Xianyue, who was originally a cadre general of the Red Fourth Front Army, served as the political commissar of the 6th Army of the First Field Army, was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955, and served as the deputy director of the General Logistics Department.
Just look at these cadre configurations, the strength of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningjin-Sui Joint Defense Army is very strong, including two marshals, two generals, six generals, and many lieutenant generals and major generals