On October 19, 1949, the Central Military Commission issued an appointment to the whole army: Comrade *** will serve as the chief of the General Staff, and ** will serve as the deputy chief of the General Staff.
As one of the parties, *** was still recuperating in Qingdao at this time, and felt that his physical condition was embarrassing, so he immediately called after receiving the appointment and asked for his resignation as the chief minister.
However, the superiors quickly called back with a clear attitude:Recuperate with peace of mindThe appointment remains unchanged
After the news spread, it caused a lot of discussion, and people were curious: How could ***, who had served as deputy commander of the North China Military Region, surpass the commander of the North China Military Region to become the first commander-in-chief of New China, and Nie Shuai became a deputy commander?
There are even rumors that Nie Shuai "fell out of favor", so even if he was in poor health and could not take office, the headquarters still insisted that Xu Shuai be the chief officer, and did not agree to let Nie Shuai take this important position.
Is that really the case?
As the founding father of the country, Nie Shuai has deep qualifications, high status, and great meritorious service, how can he be said to have "fallen out of favor"?
It all started with a battle.
From July to September 1946, our army fought a siege battle with Chiang's army in North China, which was later known as the "Battle of Datong Jining". Compared with some famous battles during the Liberation War, this battle did not spread much, and many people had never heard of it, but this battle had a great impact on our army.
The reason is also simple, in this battle, our army lost, and it affected the morale of the troops of the North China Military Region, and our army also fell in Zhangjiakou, an important border center in North China. After the war, Fu Zuoyi even openly said: "Defeating the 100,000 people is the victory of the people's will!."Fu Zuoyi actually claimed to be the "will of the people," which was unacceptable to our army, and our army was filled with righteous indignation.
If the battle fails, we must sum up the lessons and naturally take responsibility. The commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was open-minded and took the initiative to review the whole army.
There are losses and gains in the war, and it is not surprising that a battle is lost, such as the **, who was still the commander of the Shandong Field Army at the time, suffered defeat in the Battle of Sixian. When reviewing with the superiors afterwards, the headquarters also called to appease (note: the Battle of Sixian broke out in August 1946, which coincided with the Battle of Jining, so it was compared).
But for the review of ***, the reaction of the headquarters does not seem to be the same as for **. On September 25, the chairman sent a telegram to ***, in which the chairman said: "I, Chen Geng's column, have annihilated all the first divisions of Hu Zongnan's ......Chen Geng's column had only 3 brigades, and after annihilating one brigade of the Hu army in July, he returned to the division this time to annihilate the main force of the Hu army. It can be seen from this that as long as the command is flexible and courageous, the enemy's attack can be broken. The implication of the chairman's words is to ask *** to learn Chen Geng's command methods.
At that time, Chen Geng's position was the commander of the fourth column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and he was the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.
So, what exactly happened in the Battle of Jining?
In the Battle of Jining, the opponent our army faced was Fu Zuoyi. At that time, the strength of our army in North China was not strong, so the chairman had many concerns about Fu Zuoyi's department, and sent telegrams to *** many times, asking him not to attack Datong, so as not to "alarm Fu Zuoyi".
However, after several considerations, he still insisted on attacking Datong. ** believes that Datong is Yan Xishan's sphere of influence, and Fu Zuoyi is essentially a warlord who has no concept of the overall situation, and will never work because of a Datong.
However, the development of things was far from what *** envisioned, Fu Zuoyi decisively sent troops after learning that our army was attacking Datong!
Fu Zuoyi sent troops, disrupting some of our army's positions, but it did not affect the overall situation.
Nie Shuai also realized this, so after receiving the news that Fu Zuoyi's army had left the city, he immediately convened a meeting to discuss how to meet the enemy.
Everyone believes that Fu Zuoyi sent troops and had three routes of march:First, occupy Zhuozi Mountain to form a deterrent;Second, through Liangcheng, the soldiers refer to Datong;Third, attack Jining and get involved in Zhangjiakou。In the opinion of ***, the second scenario is the most likely, so he mobilized the main force near Liangcheng overnight to prevent Fu Zuoyi's attack.
However, Fu Zuoyi did not plan to rescue Datong at all, but to "encircle Wei and save Zhao". He sent two troops to feint on Zhuozi Mountain and Liangcheng, and the elite all marched towards Jining.
In the early morning of September 8, Jiang's troops came to the city of Jining, and after learning the news, they immediately dispatched the main force to help. However, in the end, due to the fatigue and lack of preparation of the soldiers, the army was defeated and broken. On September 15, ** ordered to withdraw from Zhangjiakou, and almost all the large cities of our army in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region fell.
The defeat in the Battle of Jining made the situation of our army in North China very dangerous, and it was not until the spring of 1947, when ** sat in North China, that the situation improved.
About the outside worldBiographySay ***Fall out of favoronly to let *** pick up the leak" and become the firstTotalIs it true?
In order to figure out this problem, we must first clarify the relationship between Xu Nie and the two positions.
After the establishment of the North China Military Region, he served as the commander of the military region and the deputy commander. On the surface, the position is one level lower, but the relationship between the two of them is not strictly superior-subordinate.
At that time, the headquarters of the North China Military Region was stationed in northern Hebei, and the first was located in southern Hebei for a long time, and was responsible for the overall construction of the military region, and the main responsibility of the military region was to lead the troops to deter the enemy army in Shanxi and wait for an opportunity to attack Yan Xishan. During the period of the Red Army, it was the seniority and rank of the commander-in-chief of the front army, but there was no "deficit" with Nie Shuai's job rank
Therefore, it is debatable to say that "the deputy commander *** crossed the main post *** to become the first commander-in-chief".
So, why did the chairman choose *** to be the first president?
**As a recognized military genius of our army, he has always been as famous as Peng, Liu, Lin, and Su, and is known as the "Five Tiger Generals". Having such a general as the commander-in-chief not only convince the whole army, but also give full play to the role of the post of "commander-in-chief." Although he was unable to take up his post for a long time due to physical problems, the organization still insisted on letting him be named, which shows the affirmation and trust in his military command ability.
And Nie Shuai presided over the work as a deputy before he arrived, worked hard, worked hard, made outstanding contributions, and showed a noble character. His outstanding leadership and command skills have long been proven by history.