In the War of Liberation, most of our army in North China evolved from the Jin-Cha-Ji base area during the Anti-Japanese War, and it is said that the foundation is very good. However, compared with their brother units in other theaters, it seems that they did not let go of their hands and feet in the liberation process, and the battle did not go smoothly. Especially in the face of Fu Zuoyi's troops, they often suffered large losses and seemed to lack a way. For Fu Zuoyi, the opponent, the commander of North China was also very distressed for a while, and was criticized many times.
It is not that there are no famous commanders in our army in North China, and they are very good at military command, but most of the main forces are dispatched by ***. Xu Shuai's exploits in the War of Liberation focused on the formation and training of local armies, and gradually built the First Corps in North China, which was the main contributor to the liberation of Shanxi Province. But Xu Shuai's opponent back then was Yan Xishan, as well as his "Jin Army", and basically did not face Fu Zuoyi. In fact, Nie Shuai's ability is very comprehensive, but in terms of specific military command, there is still a little gap between the distance and the ***.
In the 1946 Battle of Datong Jining and the Battle of Zhangjiakou, our army originally had the advantage in overall strength, but the final results were very poor, and the number of troops was attrition and morale loss was serious, and even the capital of the base area was lost, Zhangjiakou. In the early days of the War of Liberation, this had an adverse impact on the confidence of the entire theater and even the PLA units throughout the country. ** Previously, he had taken the initiative to carry out layoffs in the Jin-Cha-Ji troops, and the determination and command process of several battles were also up for question, which aroused criticism from lower-level commanders. Among them, Yang Chengwu, Guo Tianmin, and Zheng Weishan have expressed their opinions on different occasions, which is very unexpected by Nie Shuai.
Yang Chengwu, an outstanding general from the Old Red First Army, and Nie Shuai's personal friendship can be described as "brotherhood", they used to get along day and night in the Red Army and formed a deep friendship. Yang Chengwu's opinion on Nie Shuai is mainly tactical, and the way of expression is relatively subtle. So even if there is a disagreement, Nie Shuai's trust and respect for Yang Chengwu have not changed, but he has just "tapped" on the side to let him "pay attention to the impact". Yang Chengwu no longer insisted on his own opinions, he continued to hold important positions in the army, and achieved good results in the War of Liberation, and became the commander of the 20th Corps in 1949.
In contrast, the relationship between Guo Tianmin and Nie Shuai is more distant. Although they had worked together in the Red First Army, they did not get along for a long time, and their friendship was average. Guo Tianmin's qualifications are almost the same as Nie Shuai's, which makes him maintain a certain degree of independence and self-esteem when talking to Nie Shuai. At the summary meeting after the partial defeat in 46 years, Guo Tianmin bluntly pointed out the shortcomings and did not save face for the chief. Nie Shuai believed that his public remarks had undermined the unity of the military region and would affect the next step of combat operations, so he temporarily removed Guo Tianmin from his post and eventually transferred him from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area. After all, Guo Tianmin had profound revolutionary qualifications, and although he had some regrets, he was soon rationally resettled in the "Liu Deng Army" and continued to display his military talents.
The relationship between Zheng Weishan and Nie Shuai is a little special. Because Zheng Weishan is a cadre of the old Fourth Front Army, he basically has little intersection with *** during the Red Army period. After the Anti-Japanese War was fully launched, although Zheng Weishan performed outstandingly, because of his qualifications and position, he could not be completely compared with the status of Yang Chengwu and Guo Tianmin, and Nie Shuai did not pay so much attention to him, and the relationship was "raw". The fierce general Zheng Weishan dared to speak, but he mainly put forward a different opinion in 1946 from the perspective of his sense of responsibility, and did not focus on replying, nor did he make special treatment of Zheng Weishan.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yang Chengwu had a very high status, becoming a general at the level of the regular corps, and in his later years, he was promoted to the rank of deputy state. Guo Tianmin was also named the founding general, but unfortunately, at the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission in 1958, Guo Tianmin was severely criticized by Nie Shuai, General Peng and other leaders, accusing him of making "dogmatic" mistakes. Guo Tianmin was devastated and died unjustly in 1970. Zheng Weishan's qualifications are not as good as the above two, and he only received the rank of lieutenant general in 55 years, but he has successively served as the commander of the Beijing Military Region and the Lanzhou Military Region.
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