Senior General Chen Geng was one of the outstanding military generals in the people's army who attracted much attention during the revolutionary war. He graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, stood out for his outstanding military talents, and was highly praised by the president, Chiang Kai-shek. However, Chen Geng did not think so, because he was deeply influenced by Marxism, actively participated in the revolution, and became a member of our party.
After stepping into the revolution, Chen Geng still maintained outstanding performance in the army, and as in the Whampoa Military Academy, he became the leader of the whole army. His achievements in the military field are second only to Peng Lin, Liu Xu Su and other five famous generals, so he is known as the sixth most famous general.
At the crucial moment of liberation, General Chen Geng first served as the commander of Chen Xie's corps, and then was appointed as the commander of the fourth column of the Central Plains Field Army, and then was ordered to participate in the Huaihai Campaign. When the whole army was reorganized, he served as the commander of the Fourth Corps. At this time, there were eight brave generals, under the leadership of General Chen Geng, who actively participated in the battle to liberate the whole country.
Therefore, these eight generals are also praised as the eight strong generals under General Chen Geng.
In addition to the post of commander of the Fourth Corps, Senior General Chen Geng was a military leader with both ability and political integrity, both civil and military, and concurrently served as the political commissar of the corps. At the same time, he had an outstanding deputy who served as the deputy commander of the Fourth Corps, and this famous general was General Guo Tianmin, who is said to be a descendant of the famous Tang Dynasty general Guo Ziyi.
may not be well-known to the public, but he also excelled in the military field, graduated from the sixth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and can be described as the younger brother of General Chen Geng. As early as in the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign in the Soviet area, Guo Tianmin showed outstanding military ability and was praised as a "strategic cavalry" by the Central Military Commission.
During General Guo Tianmin's military career, he not only served as a military commander in charge of his own affairs, but also engaged in overall planning work, and at the same time waged guerrilla warfare in the rear, actively opened up liberated areas, and accumulated rich experience in struggle. It is worth mentioning that while serving as the deputy commander of the Fourth Corps, he also served as the chief of staff of the corps, and became General Chen Geng's right-hand man.
General Zhou Xihan was General Chen Geng's most trusted general in the hostilities, serving as the commander of the 13th Army. As the main force of the Fourth Corps, this unit undertook most of the important combat missions, which General Chen Geng usually entrusted to Zhou Xihan. It is no exaggeration to say that Zhou Xihan can be regarded as the number one fierce general under General Chen Geng.
Li Chengfang was also an important member of Chen Geng's corps, and the 14th Army under his command was also one of the main forces of the corps. The 13th and 14th armies showed tenacity in the battle and could be called the two sharp swords of the Fourth Corps. Especially in the Great Pursuit of the South, these two armies swept the enemy with merciless force, which played a vital role in accelerating the liberation of South China.
On the battlefield of liberation, the 15th Army was commanded by General Qin Jiwei, which may not be as brilliant as the 13th Army and the 14th Army, but it emerged on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea after the founding of the People's Republic of China. With a tenacious will to fight, the unit successfully resisted the onslaught of the enemy, held on to Shangganling, and won a lofty military prestige for the country. Especially after the end of this battle, both the 15th Army and General Qin Jiwei attracted wide attention and became a top elite of our army.
Among the eight strong generals under General Chen Geng, General Qin Jiwei can be said to be the one with more significant development, who has been promoted twice and finally reached the high position of deputy national level.
Chen Kang, the deputy commander of the 13th Army, was also one of the eight strong generals under General Chen Geng. Although he was a deputy officer, he played a key role in the annihilation of the First Brigade in the world, the heavy damage to Li Tiejun's corps, the elimination of Huang Wei's corps, and the southward pursuit of annihilation. At the same time, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the 13th Army accumulated rich experience through participating in mountain operations, and had a close cooperative relationship with the second army commander, Chen Kang. Under his leadership, the 13th Army began to explore new routes and training methods for fighting in mountainous and jungle areas.
Zha Yusheng, commander of the 41st Division of the 14th Army, has rich experience in actual combat and is a fierce general who is good at charging at the front line, and it is said that the prototype of General Li Yunlong is him.
Xiang Shouzhi, commander of the 44th Division, and Cui Jiangong, commander of the 45th Division, were both from the 15th Army led by General Qin Jiwei. These two division commanders were fierce generals who charged into formation during the Liberation War, and they were also one of the main generals of the Fourth Corps. However, the pinnacle of their military careers came on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and both generals personally participated in and experienced the Battle of Shangganling.
As mentioned above, the 15th Army successfully withstood the enemy's heavy artillery fire in this battle and held Shangganling. Xiang Shouzhi and Cui Jiangong, who were fighting on the front line, played a decisive role in this battle.
On the whole, the eight outstanding generals under General Chen Geng are Guo Tianmin, Zhou Xihan, Li Chengfang, Chen Kang, Zha Yusheng, Qin Jiwei, Xiang Shouzhi, Cui Jiangong and so on. Turn the page in 2023