**Why was he only the "acting commander" of the New Fourth Army in 1941? Qualifications are not as good as Ye Ting?
However, after the Southern Anhui Incident in 1941, Ye Ting was captured and sacrificed by Xiang Ying, and at the critical moment, it was decided to quickly rebuild the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, and Comrade ** served as the "** army commander".
Some people have raised questions about this: The addition of the word "deputy" in front of important posts is often due to seniority, and some newly promoted cadres will hold their posts for a period of time before they become regulars.
So, is the status of ** lower in the army than Ye Ting? Theoretically, as long as the gap is not too large, he should be directly appointed as a military commander.
Before General Ye Ting's accident, ** was the commander of the 1st Detachment of the New Fourth Army, and on the surface, he seemed to be just a subordinate of General Ye Ting. However, readers who know the historical context may have a deeper understanding of this.
Ye Ting and ** were both founders and fathers of the people's army, and Ye Ting's qualifications were higher than ** in the early days, but later the situation became more subtle. ** is one of the most trusted cadres, and his status may not be inferior to Ye Ting.
Let's take a closer look at this history.
Ye Ting and ** served as the main military commanders in the Nanchang Uprising and the Guangzhou Uprising in 1927, **assisted Mr. Zhu in consolidating the remnants of the Nanchang Uprising, and led the Southern Hunan Rebellion in 1928 as the second person, and led the army to Jinggangshan with ** to join the troops of ***.
During this time, Ye Ting's revolutionary background and influence did exceed **, but the contributions of both of them were very important, and the gap was not insurmountable.
After Ye Ting's uprising in Guangzhou, due to some objective reasons, he angrily left the party while living abroad. Until 1937, when he returned to China as the commander of the New Fourth Army, his party organization relationship was still not restored.
In the past 10 years, the gap between ** and Ye Ting has been filled. ** In the most difficult period of the Red Army, he co-led the guerrilla war with Comrade Xiang Ying for 3 years, which was even more difficult than the Long March of the main force.
The Red Army units that remained in the southern region were the main predecessors of the New Fourth Army. Therefore, ** prestige in the New Fourth Army is very high.
Ye Ting was elected commander of the New Fourth Army, a decision that could be recognized by both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in 1937, and both Yan'an and Nanjing had their own considerations. The people's army adheres to the concept of "the party commands the gun", and although Ye Ting served as the commander of the New Fourth Army, he was not a member of the party organization and even had no party membership.
Deputy Army Commander Xiang Ying is the secretary of the New Fourth Army Branch of the Central Military Commission, and ** is the deputy secretary. Therefore, to some extent, Xiang Yinghe's power in the New Fourth Army is comparable to Ye Ting's.
After the incident in southern Anhui, why didn't he directly become the second official commander of the New Fourth Army, but added the word "generation" before his post? The reason is that Comrade Ye Ting did not die, he was arrested by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and the situation in 1941 was still unclear, and there was a possibility of rescue.
In this case, it is necessary to immediately rebuild the military headquarters to gather the morale of the team, but it is not possible to directly appoint ** as the army commander, because Commander Ye Ting is still there, and he still insists on fighting in the devil's cave, and everything is variable, and it is impossible to immediately appoint a new army commander to replace Comrade Ye Ting, who is suffering.
*The personal and public relationship with Ye Ting is very good. Before the incident in southern Anhui, ** would share the party's instructions with Ye Ting as soon as possible, and he had such a close relationship with Ye Ting that Ye Ting ** could not accept this fact, so he took over Ye Ting's position first to do a good job as soon as possible.
In fact, it was not until August 1945 that ** officially became the commander of the New Fourth Army, and Ye Ting finally failed to return to Yan'an and the team. In April 1946, Ye Ting died in a plane crash, an event that is still shrouded in mystery.