Yang Dezhi and Xu Shiyou are both brave generals who belong to the combat type. During the years of the revolutionary war, both generals were the main force of the major field armies and the backbone of the elimination of the reactionary military groups.
During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, Yang Dezhi was the main commander of the Red Army. During the Long March, it was he who led the Red Regiment to cut through the passes, open up the road to the north of the Red Army, and cover the retreat of the ** column. Xu Shiyou was the main general of the Red Fourth Front Army, serving as the deputy commander of the Red Ninth Army, the commander of the Red Fourth Army, and the commander of the cavalry division.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Dezhi was the commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and Xu Shiyou was the deputy brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division.
From the perspective of position, Yang Dezhi at this time belonged to the regimental level, but later with the continuous expansion of the team, his position was also promoted and he became a commander in charge.
General Xu Shiyou did not always serve as a deputy to General Chen Geng, and soon after, he was sent by his superiors to the Shandong battlefield to open up an anti-Japanese base area, create the Jiaodong Military Region, and become the commander of the military region.
During the Liberation War, Yang Dezhi was the main general on the battlefield in North China, serving as the commander of the Second Corps and the commander of the 19th Corps, and was the main commander of the front-line combat units.
Xu Shiyou was the main general on the Shandong battlefield, serving as the commander of the Ninth Column, the commander of the Xu Tan Corps, and the commander of the Shandong Corps. Because he did not participate in the Huaihai Campaign, when Huaye was reorganized into the Third Field Army, he failed to become the commander of the front-line combat corps, but stayed in Shandong and was responsible for the post-war reconstruction of the region.
In the strategic pursuit stage, Yang Dezhi led the 19th Corps to advance into the northwest and participate in the liberation war in the northwest region. At this time, Xu Shiyou basically ended the days of leading troops to fight, and was responsible for the construction of Shandong.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Yang Dezhi entered the war in Korea as the main general. Although Xu Shiyou also participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he went relatively late and can only be said to be a cameo.
In 1955, Yang Dezhi served as the commander of the Jinan Military Region, and Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region.
Yang Dezhi and Xu Shiyou have many similarities between the two generals, they are both combat-oriented fierce generals. At the same time, after the founding of New China, the two held the same position, belonging to the commander of a large military region who is in charge of one side and guarding one side, and the term of office is the longest, reaching 25 years before and after, creating the highest record in the history of our army.
So, did these two generals serve as commanders of large military regions for the same time?
Although, Xu Shiyou and Yang Dezhi both served as commanders of the Grand Military Region in 1955 and stepped down in 1980. On the surface, their terms of office are the same, but they are not the same?
General Xu Shiyou has really been the commander of a large military region for 25 years. In 1955, shortly after he became commander of the Jinan Military Region, General Yang Dezhi was arranged by his superiors to study at the Nanjing Military Academy.
In this way, the Jinan Military Region was temporarily presided over by General Wang Xinting, who was the first commander of the military region. Yang Dezhi, who was studying in the Nanjing Military Region, was still nominally the commander of the Jinan Military Region.
After completing his studies, Yang Dezhi still served as the commander of the Jinan Military Region until he was transferred to the commander of the Wuhan Military Region in 1973 and the commander of the Kunming Military Region in 1979.
In 1980, Yang Dezhi was transferred to Beijing and became the chief of the General Staff. In this year, General Xu Shiyou also stepped down from his post as commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, transferred to Beijing, and became a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission.
After 1980, the two commanders of the large military regions who served the longest served were transferred to Beijing to serve and became the backbone of national defense construction in the 80s. General Xu Shiyou is the founding general who has served as the commander of the large military region for the longest time, followed by General Yang Dezhi. There are also generals *** and Han Xianchu, who have served as commanders of the large military region for more than 20 years, and they are the leaders of the whole army.