The marshal was the only northerner among the top ten marshals after the founding of New China. He made great contributions to the revolutionary cause, and although his fame was slightly inferior to that of other marshals, his military exploits were real.
** The marshal reached the point of transcendence with his superb artistic command skills. At the same time, the 1st Corps in North China, which he commanded, also attracted attention because of its unique leadership configuration.
This corps had the fewest superior leaders in the Liberation War, and except for *** himself, other leaders were transferred. What is the secret behind this strange arrangement?
The First Corps of North China: A Product of the Expansion of the Scale of the War In 1948, the North China Military Region was established, and in order to cope with the increasing scale of the war, a new corps system came into being.
The North China First Corps is one of the representatives, which usually commands three or five columns, and is a product of a special period.
The core objective of this arrangement is to focus on key areas and concentrate elite forces to ensure the successful completion of important tasks. The formation of the North China Military Region was mainly a merger of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region led by *** and the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region led by ***, but this merger was not a complete merger, leaving a confusing corner.
**Issued an order instructing the North China Region to carry out the merger, starting from the financial, logistical and other fields, and at the same time handing over the power to**. In terms of military affairs, the XPCC will remain independent for the time being, and the merger will not be involved for the time being.
In the two field corps established by the North China Military Region, ** and Yang Dezhi served as the commander and political commissar of the First and Second Corps respectively, while *** served as the political commissar of the Second Corps.
This kind of lineup not only has the two marshals of *** and ***, but also the addition of *** Yang Dezhi and others, showing that the North China Military Region is full of talents and star-studded.
Although it is inferior to the four major field armies in terms of fame, the luxury of the lineup is impeccable.
Why did the North China First Corps exist independently, and how was it different from other corps? The answer lies in the fact that it was mainly composed of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan troops, including several columns, which were derived from the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army that year.
Due to their historical ties to the North China Army, a forced and rapid merger could cause negative problems in the army, especially when the military situation was severe. Therefore, the uniqueness of the 1st Corps in North China lies in the peculiarities of its history and organizational structure, and the issue of merger needs to be handled with caution.
**The Corps was formed in a different way than the average corps, and its corps structure and field columns were established almost simultaneously, which is not common in other corps. Many people were skeptical and unoptimistic about this when the First Corps in North China was established.
However, no matter what, this corps still firmly embarked on its own path and showed a unique way of grouping and combat effectiveness in combat.
Although the quality and combat effectiveness of the soldiers were uneven, the great leader *** chose to trust *** Marshal and let him personally take over this corps that was still in the primary school stage, let them adapt to the rhythm of battle, and then go to the big battle.
Therefore, the staff team and leading forces of the North China Military Region were not sent to support the Corps.
In order to maintain the self-esteem and enthusiasm of the soldiers and avoid making the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan troops feel uncomfortable, the commander of the North China Military Region did not exercise any substantive command over the First Corps, which fully reflected his understanding and execution.
So, why choose *** to monopolize power?
**Marshal, known as "Marshal Buyi", was born in 1901 and came from a poor family. He was forced to drop out of school due to financial difficulties, but he never gave up his thirst for knowledge.
Even when he was working, he would use his spare time to read, among which "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" were his favorites. His love of learning is worth emulating.
He was determined to attend the Whampoa Military Academy and become a student of the first batch. Because of his outstanding ability, he was promoted to platoon commander after graduation. However, when the marshal applied for admission, he was almost denied.
His family is poor, he has been running around for a living since he was a child, and his thin stature does not seem to be the material for war.
When Chiang Kai-shek first met Marshal Xu Xiangquan, he did not have high hopes for his emaciated body. However, Marshal Xu Xiangquan was not discouraged by this, but participated in the Eastern Crusade in 1925, and two years later joined the Chinese Communist Party, determined to become a good Communist Party member.
In the big family of the Communist Party, he went through twists and turns, constantly improved himself, and honed his outstanding talents and military exploits. Especially during the War of Resistance Against Japan, he accumulated a wealth of military exploits.
**With excellent command skills and keen insight, he successfully repelled the Japanese invaders many times and made significant contributions to the victory of China's War of Resistance Against Japan. Therefore, ** has always wanted to give him the power to take charge of himself, but for various reasons he has not been able to do so.
Among the top ten marshals, ** and *** met the latest, and they did not meet for the first time until the Long March period. At that time, ** served as the military commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, and Zhang Guotao tried to conspire ** the Red Army.
** In response to this crisis, 7,000 Red Army troops were transferred north overnight. During the transfer, Chen Changhao specifically asked *** if he should resist Zhang Guotao's conspiracy.
Angry at the accusation that "the Red Army fought the Red Army", this firm attitude prevented a tragedy and also opened the prelude to the great friendship between him and ***.
During the War of Liberation, the reason why Shandong was able to become the most powerful base of our army was due to the contribution of the first party.
He actively practiced the people's war ideology, put forward the "people's mountain" project during the Liberation War, always adhered to the masses-centered, mobilized, organized, and armed the masses, and laid a solid foundation for the establishment of anti-Japanese base areas in southern Hebei and Shandong.
Therefore, at the right time, the chairman of ** handed over the 1st Corps of North China to the management of Marshal ***. The marshal did not live up to the trust of the chairman of *** and ***, he led and commanded the North China First Corps alone, and successfully built it into an important force of the North China Military Region, and its combat effectiveness was comparable to that of Yang Dezhi's Corps.