The commander of the Ninth Corps was Song Shilun, an old revolutionary, from the fifth phase of Huangpu, who had grown into a military commander during the Red Army period, and was a senior general with both martial arts and literature, and all-round military and political talents. And the political commissar of the Corps also happened to be a student who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, and he was Guo Huaruo, a graduate of the fourth phase of Whampoa.
Guo Huaruo studied in the Huangpu Artillery Department and also studied at the Soviet Artillery School. After returning to China, he came to the Red Fourth Army, and since then, Guo Huaruo has been following *** to do staff work under his leadership, and has gradually become the most valued and appreciated staff talent.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Guo Huaruo made outstanding achievements in studying "The Art of War" in accordance with the requirements of ***. He also served as the principal of the Yan'an Artillery School at the suggestion of ** and ***. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Guo Huaruo left Yan'an and went to Shandong, where he served as the deputy commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army column, and in 1949, he served as the political commissar of the Corps.
In 1955, Guo Huaruo was supposed to be awarded the rank of general, but he refused, saying that he did not have much credit and had not fought any major battles, and in the end, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
The Ninth Corps has four armies under its jurisdiction, and the commanders of the four armies are all fierce generals, and the four political commissars are actually not far behind. So, what are the military ranks of these four commissars?
The political commissar of the 20th Army was Chen Shifu.
Chen Shifu participated in the revolution in 1928, transferred to the Communist Party of China in 1932, participated in the Long March, and was also an old revolutionary. He worked in the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border region and the Soviet, and for a long time worked in the locality.
After the start of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to the New Fourth Army and served as the director of the political department of the advance column, and also served as the political commissar of the military division. During the Liberation War, he served as director of the Political Department of the Soviet-Chinese Military Region, deputy secretary of the Central Soviet District Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the 6th Column of the East China Field Army, deputy political commissar and political commissar of the 1st Column, and the first political commissar of the 20th Army of the Third Field Army.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Shifu left the army and went to the locality, and he died of illness in 1953.
Liu Haotian, political commissar of the 27th Army.
He joined the revolution at the age of 16, participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" wars and the long march in the ** Soviet area, and after the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, he served as a political instructor in the Qingyang Infantry School Battalion.
During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the deputy director of the Political Department and the political commissar of the regiment of the 115th Division Teaching the 2nd Brigade, and was later transferred to the Jiaodong area to serve under Xu Shiyou.
During the Liberation War, he served as the political commissar of the 5th Garrison Brigade of the Shandong Military Region, and after the establishment of the East China Field Army, he successively served as the director of the political department and the political commissar of the column. In February 1949, he became the political commissar of the 27th Army.
In September 1955, Liu Haotian was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. It is worth noting that he was also the only military commissar of the Ninth Corps to be awarded the rank of military.
Political commissar of the 30th Army Li Ganhui.
Li Ganhui participated in the general strike of workers in Hong Kong and Province in June 1925. After that, he participated in the Guangzhou Uprising and the Baise Uprising. With the main force of the Red Seventh Army, he moved to the border of Guizhou, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, and Jiangxi, and then went to the ** revolutionary base area and served as the political commissar of the regiment in the Red Seventh Army.
In the autumn of 1933, he served as the political commissar of the Workers' Division of the Red Army (that is, the ** Guard Division) and participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" and the Long March in the **Soviet area.
During the Anti-Japanese War, he first served as the director of the Political Department of the Second Brigade of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and then transferred to the New Fourth Army and served as the deputy political commissar of the military division. During the Liberation War, he was the political commissar of the column, and later became the political commissar of the 30th Army of Sanye.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Ganhui left the military system and took up his post in Shanghai, successively serving as deputy director of the Organization Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, director of the Supervision Bureau of the Shanghai Municipal People's Committee, deputy secretary general of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, director of the Municipal Archives Bureau, and deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Supervision Commission.
As a result, he also missed the 1955 award.
Political commissar of the 33rd Army, Han Nianlong.
A native of Guizhou, he entered the Chinese Public School founded by Ma Junwu, a celebrity in Guangxi, in Shanghai in his early years, focusing on the American economy. In 1935, Han Nianlong participated in the revolution, joined the Communist Party of China in March 1936, participated in and led the anti-Japanese strike movement in Shanghai with more than 60,000 people, and in the autumn of 1938, Han Nianlong participated in the anti-Japanese guerrillas on Chongming Island in Shanghai and began his military career. In the army, Han Nianlong was engaged in political work, serving as the director of the political training department of the "Chongzong" corps department, and later the "Chongzong" retreated north from the Soviet Union and China and was reorganized into the New Fourth Army, and Han Nianlong was the director of the political department of the third column of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region of the New Fourth Army.
During the Liberation War, Han Nianlong served as the director of the political department of the field army column, and later became the political commissar of the 33rd Army.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Han Nianlong entered the diplomatic front and began a diplomatic career that lasted for more than 40 years, so he also missed the award.