Xiao Ke, as the first among the founding generals, but after the founding of New China, the position arrangement was not prominent, and even some marginalized, why is this? Among the 57 founding generals, Xiao Ke's seniority is higher than that of many generals, which makes him particularly special.
During the Red Army, Xiao Ke served as the commander of the Red Sixth Army, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Second Front Army, and the deputy commander of the 120th Division during the Anti-Japanese War. However, despite holding an important position in the Eighth Route Army, he was not even selected as a general when he was awarded the title in 1955.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although he successively served as Minister of Military Training, Vice Minister of National Defense, Deputy Director of the Department of Training Directorate, and Minister of Minister, these positions were somewhat lowly for him, especially considering his high seniority during the revolutionary years.
There are several reasons why Xiao Ke's development was hindered and even marginalized after the founding of New China. First of all, although Xiao Ke's qualifications are very high, his gold content is insufficient, and he is much lower than the other five main leaders of the Eighth Route Army.
The reason for this is that the Red Sixth Army was established relatively late, its combat effectiveness was relatively weak, and the strength of the Red Second Front Army was also the least outstanding. As a result, Xiao Ke's position was not matched by his high qualifications, and this situation continued until the Eighth Route Army.
The 120th Division led by Xiao Ke was not as strong as the 115th and 129th Divisions, and had a lower status in the Red Sixth Army, so it was not as respected as other division commanders in the Eighth Route Army.
Secondly, during the War of Liberation, Xiao Ke had a poor record and failed to meet the expectations of ***, so he was demoted to use. He was transferred to the Jin-Cha-Ji Second Field Army, but his performance was not good, and he was subsequently demoted to vice president of the North China Military and Political University.
In 1952, his highest military rank was also set at the rank of regular corps, and it was not until 1955 that he was awarded the rank of general, which is realistic.
In addition, Xiao Ke had stood on the wrong side many times during the revolutionary war years, especially when the Red Second Front Army and the Red Fourth Front Army were in division, he was influenced by Zhang Guotao, which greatly reduced his impression of being a leader.
He withdrew his troops alone in the battle and did not inform Mr. He's Red Second Legion, which caused the Red Second Army to suffer heavy losses, which made Mr. He very annoyed. To sum up, Xiao Ke's talent does have a lack of talent.
Xiao Ke was not lacking in outstanding talent, he served as the commander of the Eighth Route Army's Jirecha Advance Army, a very important duty that required the development of base areas, and it was also the first time he commanded an army in an official capacity.
The 8,000-strong troops he led were all regular troops, well-equipped, and equipped with combat talents like Deng Hua and Song Shilun, and the scale of the team was luxurious at that time.
This shows that he has great expectations for him, and if he can make good use of this opportunity to successfully complete the tasks of expanding the territory, establishing base areas, and expanding the size of the army, he will certainly become one of the ten marshals in 1955.
However, he failed to seize the opportunity, and under his leadership, the troops failed to develop, but instead frequently made low-level mistakes and manslaughtered generals, resulting in the departure of many generals, and finally caused the troops to suffer huge losses and failed to complete the task of opening up new base areas.
On the contrary, they were defeated and lost territory. As a result, this well-equipped and luxurious unit had to be forced to withdraw. After that, Xiao Ke served as the deputy of *** and became the deputy commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, assisting in the consolidation and development of the anti-Japanese base area.
In November 1945, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was divided into the First and Second Field Armies, and Xiao Ke served as the commander of the Second Field Army and ** as the political commissar. However, during the War of Liberation, the 2nd Field Army performed much worse than other fraternal units.
As the war of liberation deepened, Xiao Ke's military rank gradually decreased. In addition, his stubborn character is also known. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiao Ke and Marshal *** were responsible for military teaching and training, and the relationship between the two was relatively harmonious.
However, in the anti-dogmatism movement of 1958, Shaw became a key target of criticism. Despite Marshal ***'s attempts to quell the incident through self-criticism, Shaw held his sights.
His persistence led to more intense criticism and harsher treatment, and he was eventually dismissed from his post as director of the training department and transferred to the post of deputy director of the agriculture and reclamation department.
Shaw then entered a nearly two-decade period of retirement, which had an almost devastating effect on his military and political career. Although his qualifications far surpassed those of others, after the founding of New China, he did not get the development and higher positions he deserved.
However, despite this, Shaw kept a good frame of mind until his death at the age of 102, and these seemed to have become less important.
In general, despite his seniority, Xiao Ke's military command skills were relatively weak, and he did not achieve the same impressive military exploits as other good generals.
During his military career, he was on the wrong side several times, which made it difficult for him to be awarded the rank of marshal. However, he once said: "For the sake of New China, so many soldiers sacrificed, I should have died on the battlefield a long time ago."
As for the rank, it doesn't matter if it's evaluated or not, and it doesn't matter what it is. Epilogue.