In September 1955, only one of the founding marshals was born in the Red Fourth Front Army, that is, ***, and among the other nine marshals, eight had a **Red Army background, plus a commander-in-chief of the Nanchang Uprising and the head of the Red Second Front Army, Mr. He. Therefore, the military talent and combat achievements of the first class have been fully affirmed and trusted. It's not just about the rank, as early as 1949, when New China was founded, Xu Shuai was named and reused, which shows that the people's army appoints people on the basis of merit, and this standard is not transferred by the early background of cadres.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were many generals who could fight habitually, but *** preferred to serve as the chief of the general staff of the whole army. You must know that Su Yu, who is as strong as the "God of War", also took over the position of chief after ***. Some people may think that this is not surprising, although the post of chief of the General Staff is high, but in the early years, he was the commander of the Red Fourth Front Army, and his qualifications and abilities are fully competent. This has to consider a special situation in 49 years: Xu Shuai is plagued by pleurisy and other diseases, and has been recuperating from injuries for more than half a year, even if the chairman orders him, I am afraid that he will not be able to come to work.
In that case, do you still want to enable ***? The commander-in-chief is not a vain officer, there are many internal affairs in the army every day, and there are still many provinces in the south that have not been completely liberated in 49 years, and the overall problems involved cannot be sloppy. Therefore, at that time, there were doubts in the military leadership, believing that even if the army could insist on taking up the post, it would be difficult to withstand such a high-intensity workload. **For this opinion, but I don't agree with it, after careful consideration, the great man said: The post of chief of the general staff still has to be our "Zijing" to be the one.
**The "Zijing" in his mouth is Xu Shuai. **The word "Zijing" is the same as Lu Su in Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. Xu Zijing and Lu Zijing are both influential figures in Chinese history. At this time, *** called *** "Zijing", but it was not ridiculed, but had a profound meaning: Lu Su succeeded Zhou Yu and assisted Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, and stabilized the foundation of Jiangdong very well. Lu Zijing's role in making plans and being old and important is to a large extent equivalent to the "chief of general staff" in the modern army. Nowadays, *** is taking *** to Bilusu, which shows that in the hearts of great people, the post of chief is none other than ***.
Of course, the chairman also took full account of ***'s frail physical condition. At this time, Xu Shuai was recuperating on the seashore in Qingdao, and he really couldn't return to Beijing to take up his post in a short time, and he also politely expressed to *** that he hoped that ** would choose another talent to serve as the chief minister. **Then he was instructed to reassure him to take care of his body, and the appointment of the chief of the General Staff has been issued and will not be changed. When Xu Shuai's body is **, when will he arrive. It turned out that *** had already arranged for *** to be appointed as the "** chief of general staff", and before * arrived at the post, Nie Shuai would preside over the work of the General Staff first, and there would be no delay. **When working with *** in the North China Military Region, the personal relationship was very good, and since the chairman spoke, Nie Shuai happily accepted the order.
Insisting on reuse makes sense. During the period of the Red Army, the military commander with the most outstanding record in our army, Xu Shuai was the first to be called a master of sports warfare, and many tactical methods created by him were learned and used by troops at all levels, which are very suitable for the characteristics of our army; He even defeated the siege of as many as 200,000 Sichuan troops with 80,000 troops of the Red Fourth Front Army, and his achievements shocked the whole country. The other marshals of our army also respect *** In 1949, Mr. Peng made a special trip to Shanxi to borrow troops from ***, so as to liberate the northwest soon; General Peng commanded the Taiyuan Battle on behalf of Xu Shuai, but issued all combat orders in the name of ***, which shows the high prestige of Xu Shuai.
In fact, if he is the chief of the general staff of the whole army, even if he is only not on the post, he has a far-reaching impact. On the one hand, it can embody the "five lakes and all over the world" employment thinking, unite the whole army and soldiers; On the other hand, the scale of the old Fourth Front Army was huge, and in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the generals were all over the military system, and there was "Commander-in-Chief Xu" in the central organ, which was very good for operational efficiency, people's support, and morale. **Let "Zijing" be the chief by name, reflecting full trust and superb wisdom in employing people.