In 1955, all the generals of our army underwent a major reshuffle, with Luo Shuai ranking 7th and Nie Shuai ranking 9th. As a matter of fact, these two are both marshals who are known for their military command organs, and they can be called models of "political work marshals" in the army. And Luo Shuai has been under Nie Shuai's command for a long time, why is Nie Shuai's military rank even lower than that of his immediate boss Luo Shuai? Let's take a look.
First, let's take a look at why these two veteran military leaders earned the title of "marshal". Among all the generals, most of the two generals, Zhu and Peng, have outstanding military talents and brilliant achievements, but the leadership of politics and the army is rarely noticed. However, Luo Shuai and Nie Shuai played a crucial role in this war, and they had to choose a new manager.
Before the start of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Red Army had only 40,000 or 50,000 people, and even the local army was less than 100,000. In this case, our army must grow rapidly, which is essential for both our war and our own development. Being able to develop their own army and build their own bases, these leaders and generals are key figures in our army, and their influence is very great.
In this case, Luo Shuai and Nie Shuai, both of whom were members of the 115th Division, one was in Shandong, one was in Jinchaji, and the other was there. In just a few years, the base areas in Shandong have grown to 500,000 people, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region has also been established quite smoothly, with more than 300,000 regular troops and more than 1 million civilian armed forces. These two places were the most important bases created by the Red Army in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the political talents of Luo Shuai and Nie Shuai were fully reflected. What a person does for the troops does not mean that he has to lead the troops to fight and win a few battles, but that he has to unite the masses, carry out land reform, raise food, raise funds, and recruit troops to build villages. At the beginning of the Liberation War in 1946, we were able to have more than 1 million troops, which was inseparable from the solid foundation of the preliminary work of Comrades Luo and Nie.
Since they are all generals known for their military and management, why is Nie Shuai's ranking lower than that of Luo Shuai? Nie Shuai was Luo Shuai's immediate boss in his early years, and in the Red Army era, Nie Shuai and Luo Shuai were both the top leaders, Nie Shuai was the chief of staff, and Luo Shuai was the head of the Political Department. The deputy commander is a subordinate unit of the political commissar and is responsible for implementing the principles and instructions of the political commissar; Luo Shuai and Nie Shuai were both subordinate to the 115th Division during the Anti-Japanese War, Luo Shuai was the chief of staff of a division, Nie Shuai was a deputy regiment commander, and he was also Nie Shuai's top boss. From the point of view of military rank, Nie Shuai is going to overtake Luo Shuai, why is Luo Shuai's ranking above Nie Shuai?
Nie Shuai is the oldest among the top ten marshals, and there is still a big gap between Luo Shuai and him. Nie Shuai in the Nanchang Uprising, Guangzhou Uprising and other three major uprisings, were commanded by Nie Shuai, and he was also deeply favored, after the founding of the country, he was appointed as the chief of staff to assist in the formulation of the battle plan, at that time it was to resist US aggression and aid Korea, ** attached great importance to him.
Luo Shuai can be ranked ahead of Nie Shuai because of the Liberation War. During the Liberation War, Luo Shuai served as the political commissar of the Northeast Field Army (Siye), and Nie Shuai was the commander-in-chief and political commissar of North China. The Jin-Cha-Ji region was originally established and developed by Nie Shuai, but later came to a standstill in the War of Liberation because of the encounter with a strong enemy Fu Zuoyi and his army. Although Nie Shuai is the commander of the North China Military Region, he does not have his own leadership skills in terms of leadership, so in the battle with Fu Zuoyi, he did not take much advantage, but suffered a lot of losses and was divided.
Correspondingly, Luo Shuai also had outstanding achievements when he served in the Northeast. He mainly did two major things in Northeast China: first, he led the land reform work in the entire Northeast and won the support of the people, the people, and the army; Second, he innovatively adopted the recruitment policy of the "second-line corps" and trained a large number of talented people for the rapid development of the "three services," raising the total strength of the "three services" from "more than 100,000" to "one million" in three years, making it one of the most powerful theaters in the country. Luo Shuai's credit at this stage surpassed that of Nie Dashuai. In the 48th Pingjin Campaign, Luo Shuai's ranking in the commander-in-chief surpassed Nie Shuai for the first time, second only to Lin Shuai.
Speaking of Lin Shuai, that's another matter. Luo Shuai and Nie Shuai used to be staff officers in the army, and they worked together with Lin Shuai, who had outstanding military achievements and outstanding command ability, for a long time. In the War of Resistance Against Japan, Nie Shuai and Lin Shuai were in the same group, because of Lin Shuai's outstanding leadership skills, there were often many victories in his team, so his staff officers were given high positions. In the War of Liberation, Luo Shuai and Lin Shuai led the Fourth Army together, and made great achievements, gradually surpassing Nie Shuai, who was in charge of the North China battlefield. Then Lin Shuai is obviously also a link that cannot be ignored.
If you don't count the period of the Liberation War, Nie Shuai's military rank should be before Luo Shuai, but since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Nie Shuai's credit is even greater, because Nie Shuai has participated in the research and development of two bombs and one satellite and the research of the army, and his credit has even surpassed that of many generals. And Nie Shuai has a very long lifespan, he is more than ninety years old, in a sense, he has made great contributions to the country after the founding of New China. Luo Shuai, on the other hand, died young in 1963.
In fact, among the ten generals selected in 1955, Luo Shuai had the least experience, and he only began to emerge during the late Red Army and the War of Resistance Against Japan. Interestingly, in addition to Luo Shuai, Xu Shuai in the North China Theater was also Luo Shuai's subordinate, and he ranked tenth in 1955, that is, Nie Shuai's position. That's why, a person's job title is not based on his position, nor on his level, but on his performance.