At the beginning of 1949, the People's Liberation Army carried out a unified establishment of the whole army, and the East China Field Army was renamed the Third Field Army, with a total of four corps, namely the Corps, which were respectively commanded by Wang Jian'an, Chen Shiyu, Song Shilun, and Ye Fei, who were the pillars of Huaye.
The political commissars of the four corps were Tan Qilong, Yuan Zhongxian, Guo Huaruo, and Wei Guoqing.
In the early days of the establishment of Huaye, Ye Fei served as the commander of the 1st Column, Wei Guoqing served as the commander of the 2nd Column, Wang Jian'an served as the commander of the 8th Column, Song Shilun served as the commander of the 10th Column, and Chen Shiyu served as the chief of staff of Huaye.
Compared with them, Tan Qilong served as the deputy political commissar of the 1st Column, Yuan Zhongxian served as the deputy chief of staff of the East China Military Region, and Guo Huaruo served as the deputy commander of the Lunan Military Region, and their positions were relatively low.
Group photo of Huaye leaders. From left: Ye Fei, Ding Qiusheng, Wei Guoqing, **Tang Liang, Su Yu, Chen Shiyu, **In this group photo, why can the three leaders of Tan Qilong, Yuan Zhongxian, and Guo Huaruo become cadres of the Corps, while Wang Bicheng, Tao Yong, Cheng Jun and other column commanders have become deputy commanders of the Corps?
This may be related to the "mountain" problem in Huaye. Although Wang Bicheng, Tao Yong, Cheng Jun and others were impeccable in their military capabilities, their political background may have put them at a disadvantage in the political struggle in Huaye.
However, Tan Qilong, Yuan Zhongxian, Guo Huaruo and others had an advantage in the political struggle of Huaye by virtue of their political backgrounds.
During the Huaihai Campaign, Su Yu, Zhang Zhen, and Chen Shiyu studied and operated the East China Field Army, which was mainly composed of troops from the New Fourth Army and the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army. Among them, Huang Kecheng's 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army marched into the northeast and became the main force in Dongye, and the 5th Division was incorporated into the Central Plains Military Region under the command of Liu Deng.
The 1st Division built by Su Yu was the core and main force of Huaye, resulting in Huaye's 1st, 4th, and 6th columns. The Shandong Military Region has five military regions under its jurisdiction: Lunan, Luzhong, Binhai, Jiaodong, and Bohai, of which 3 columns were born in Lunan, 8 columns were born from Luzhong and Jiaodong, and 10 columns and 13 columns were from Bohai.
These columns are the main forces of Huaye, and their combat effectiveness is strong. The 13th Column, which was established at the latest, was not inferior to the main forces.
The composition of the Huaye troops was complicated, and the cadres came from all over the world, which brought some friction in command, especially the contradictions between the cadres of the former Eighth Route Army and the cadres of the New Fourth Army.
In order to balance the various "hills," in the arrangement of cadres, in addition to considering their abilities and qualifications, it is also necessary to consider the representative figures of each unit. Although Mr. Chen is highly respected, under the influence of Rao, the top leader in East China, he lacks the absolute authority to speak his word.
Therefore, Shandong's Eighth Route Army cadres Wang Jian'an, Chen Shiyu, and Song Shilun, as representatives of the three military regions, respectively served as commanders of the 7th, 8th, and 9th Corps, and won wide recognition from everyone.
Although there is no ** and Xu Shiyou, the commanders of Huaye in this painting, they are undoubtedly the representatives of the Jiaodong region. Xu Shiyou was transferred to the post of commander of the Shandong Military Region due to illness and was unable to serve in the field corps, while Lin Hao was transferred out of the army system due to "mistakes" in land work.
Except for the two of them, Nie Fengzhi has made outstanding achievements, but because of his young qualifications, he is not enough to represent the entire mountain. Therefore, Yuan Zhongxian became a representative of the Jiaodong region.
He served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Jiaodong Military Region during the Anti-Japanese War, and became the deputy chief of staff of the East China Military Region during the Liberation War.
Therefore, he can undoubtedly be regarded as a representative figure of the Jiaodong Military Region.
1.When the Lunan Military Region was established, Zhang Guangzhong was the commander, Fu Qiutao was the political commissar, and Guo Huaruo was the deputy commander. After the merger of the Lunan Military Region and the Luzhong Military Region, Fu Qiutao was promoted to commander, and Zhang Guangzhong became deputy commander.
Although Zhang Guangzhong had been serving as the deputy of the local military region during the Liberation War, his military exploits were not outstanding and he could not be used as a representative of the Lunan Military Region. 2.The appropriate representative of the Lunan Military Region should be Fu Qiutao, but the focus of his work was on the localities, and his main task was to organize and support the front, so he was unable to serve in the field corps.
In the end, the representative of the Lunan Military Region was Guo Huaruo. Guo Huaruo, like Yuan Zhongxian, is an old revolutionary who joined the organization in 1924, graduated from the fourth phase of Whampoa, and served as the chief of staff of the Red Army during the Red Army, assisting Zhu Mao in commanding the anti-encirclement and suppression operation.
Fu Qiutao (front row, third from left) took a group photo with Zhou Gong, Ye Ting, and Su Yu Among the cadres of the New Fourth Army, Ye Fei, Wang Bicheng, and Tao Yong all served as column commanders, and they all came from the 1st Division of the New Fourth Army.
Despite this, Ye Fei's status in the army was higher than that of Wang Bicheng and Tao Yong. In the Huaye 1st Corps (Su Yu concurrently served as the commander), Ye Fei served as the deputy commander, and in many major battles such as Meng Lianggu and Eastern Henan, Ye Fei served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, so it was natural for Ye Fei to serve as the commander of the 10th Corps as a representative of the 1st Division.
Wang Bicheng and Tao Yong also have great achievements, and their abilities are enough to serve as the commander of the corps, but they are both from the same army as Ye Fei, the 1st Division of the New Fourth Army, so their positions are naturally lower than Ye Fei's.
The representatives of the 2nd Division of the New Fourth Army were originally Luo Binghui and Zhang Aiping, but due to the unexpected reasons of the two of them, they were unable to participate in the Liberation War, so Wei Guoqing became the representative of the 2nd Division.
Although Wei Guoqing's military ability is not as outstanding as Ye Fei, Wang Jian'an, Chen Shiyu, Song Shilun, and others, his appointment as political commissar of the 10 Corps is completely in line with the principle of making the best use of people's talents.
And Tan Qilong's appointment as the political commissar of the 7th Corps is a bit surprising. Tam Kai-lung was a relatively junior who joined the organization in 1933 and has been engaged in local work for a long time.
However, during the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the main person in charge of the eastern Zhejiang base area, and served as the deputy political commissar of the Huaye 1st Column. Because Ye Fei was the political commissar of the 1st column, Tan Qilong actually held the position of political commissar.
Huaye 1 Vertical can produce a corps commander and a corps political commissar at the same time, which is unique in Huaye.
Tan Qilong, Yuan Zhongxian, and Guo Huaruo held lower positions for most of the Liberation War, but they were eventually appointed as political commissars of the Corps, mainly due to various factors.
If Fu Qiutao and Chen Pixian were still in the field army system, they would be more likely to serve as political commissars of the Corps.