In February 1949, the ** Military Commission issued an order to reorganize the Fourth Column of the East China Field Army into the 23rd Army of the People's Liberation Army, which was subordinate to the Seventh Corps of the Third Field Army.
The reorganized 23rd Army participated in the battle of crossing the Yangtze River, advanced to the south of the Yangtze River, and liberated Zhejiang and Shanghai. After the liberation of Shanghai, the 23rd Army was stationed in Hangzhou, and then participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, making outstanding contributions to the country and the nation.
Li Binshan: Deputy Political Commissar of the 23rd Army, a brave and combative general and a setback of dismissal Li Binshan, a revolutionary veteran who once held an important position in the 23rd Army and served as deputy political commissar, was born in Pingjiang, Hunan Province in 1912.
In his early years, he was active in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi regions and participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign. After the Red Army withdrew from the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border region, Li Binshan stuck to the base area and persisted in guerrilla warfare for three years, making important contributions to the revolutionary fire in the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border region.
However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was removed from his post because of his mistakes. So, what other stories does Li Binshan have? What about his later life?
In 1937, the July 7 Incident began a full-scale war of resistance. With the support of the two-party united front under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the guerrilla units in the eight southern provinces were reorganized into the New Fourth Army, and Li Binshan joined the New Fourth Army and the first detachment, joined hands with ** and others to resist the Japanese invaders, and successfully stabilized and expanded the anti-Japanese base area with the Maoshan area as the base camp.
In 1940, Li Binshan was promoted to director of the Political Department of the New First Regiment in the reorganization of the troops, and belonged to the First Column of the New Fourth Army. In January 1941, the Kuomintang encircled the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, which was known as the "Southern Anhui Incident".
At the critical juncture of the Southern Anhui Incident, Li Binshan successfully broke through the siege and subsequently witnessed the reconstruction of the New Fourth Army. After the reconstruction, Li Binshan joined the Sixth Division of the New Fourth Army as a regimental cadre, and then witnessed the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan with the Sixth Division.
During the Liberation War, Li Binshan followed the troops to Shandong, and merged with the Eighth Route Army in Shandong to form the Shandong Field Army. After the merger of the Shandong Field Army and the Central China Field Army, he entered the Fourth Column of the East China Field Army and served as the deputy political commissar of the 10th Division.
With the reorganization of the Huaye Fourth Column into the 23rd Army, he became the political commissar of the 67th Division of the 23rd Army, and led his troops to participate in the Battle of Crossing the River and the Battle of Shanghai, welcoming the birth of New China.
Li Binshan was rapidly promoted after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and successively served as deputy director and director of the Cadre Department of the Political Department of the 23rd Army. After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he bravely entered the Korean battlefield, served as the deputy political commissar of the 23rd Army, and was transferred to the 24th Army soon after, serving as the director of the Political Department.
When the title was conferred in 1955, Li Binshan was awarded the rank of major general at the age of 43 and became the founding major general. After the award, he ended his career in the Korean battlefield and transferred to the post of deputy political commissar of the 24th Army.
However, during his tenure as the second deputy political commissar of the Shanghai Garrison District, he made serious mistakes. What's going on here?
During that special ten-year period, Li Binshan carried out many erroneous policies in the Shanghai Garrison District, openly "seizing power" and causing Liao Guozheng to "overthrow" him, which had a bad impact on the Shanghai Garrison District.
However, when the "Gang of Four" was smashed in 1976, Li Binshan failed to recognize the situation and continued to follow the remnants of the "Gang of Four", almost causing a catastrophe. As a result, he was removed from office in 1976 and deprived of such honors as the Order of Liberation of the 1st degree.
In the end, Li Binshan died of illness in 1995 at the age of 83.