In 1949, Siye established four corps, Xiao Jinguang and Cheng Zihua were the commanders of the 12th Corps and the 13th Corps respectively. The commander of the 14th Corps is Liu Yalou, and the commander of the 15th Corps is Deng Hua.
The appointment of these four corps commanders is a bit of a surprise. You must know that before Siye, the Northeast Field Army had 12 columns, and the commanders of these columns were famous, and their strength and qualifications were beyond doubt. Like Li Tianyou of the 1st Column, he is a general who participated in the Baise Uprising and grew up step by step from the Red Seventh Army. In the Northeast, it can be said that he is a well-deserved No. 1 general in the four fields.
Liu Zhen and Han Xianchu were both generals who grew up in the Red 25th Army, and they began to emerge during the Red Army period, showing outstanding command skills during the Anti-Japanese War, and they became famous all over the world during the War of Liberation. The 2nd Column led by Liu Zhen ranked first in the number of enemies destroyed in Dongye at that time, and Han Xianchu was a famous whirlwind commander who liberated Hainan Island all the way. Including Huang Yongsheng, the commander of the 8th Column, he also made great achievements in the revolutionary era, and in terms of combat bravery, he was no less than Han Xianchu and other fierce generals.
All four were also awarded the rank of general when they were conferred in 1955, which is enough to explain something.
So, why are these people not the commanders of the corps, but among the 12 column commanders, only Deng Hua stands out?
Although the four fields are full of talented people and have a large number of generals, the establishment is still limited, and it is impossible to establish more corps, and it is impossible to have more corps commanders.
Since there are only four corps, there can only be four corps commanders.
The 12th Corps and the 13th Corps, which were first established, were basically based on the 1st Corps and the 2nd Corps.
In September 1947, the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army transferred personnel from the organs of the Liaodong Military Region to form a front-line command post, with Xiao Jinguang as the commander. Since then, whether the front-line command post has been changed to the first command post, or changed to the 1st Corps of the Northeast Field Army, Xiao Jinguang has always been the commander. It can be said that Xiao Jinguang deserves his name, he has not only led this corps for a long time, but his qualifications are also beyond doubt.
He joined the party in 1922, and his military talents and leadership skills were fully developed and tempered during the agrarian revolution. During the Agrarian Revolution, Xiao Jinguang served as the political commissar of the Red Fifth Army and the Red Seventh Army, and during the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander of the Eighth Route Army's left-behind corps.
Similar to the Twelfth Corps is the Thirteenth Corps. At that time, the acting commander and political commissar of the military region was Cheng Zihua, and the East General ordered the Jichareliao Military Region to form a forward command post, and then the second command post was renamed the 2nd Corps of Dongye, and the commander was still Cheng Zihua.
Cheng Zihua is older, participated in the Guangzhou Uprising, served as the commander of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Red 25th Army, and led his troops on a solo Long March with Xu Haidong and Wu Huanxian. During the Anti-Japanese War, he went to Jinchaji to assist in the work and made great contributions to the creation and development of the Jireliao base area.
Let's talk about Liu Yalou, the commander of the 14th Corps. Liu Yalou was previously Dongye's chief of staff and belonged to the commander of the airborne. But he's still very good. During the Red Army, Liu Yalou grew up to be a division-level cadre, but he was absent from the Anti-Japanese War for eight years, during which he went to study in the Soviet Union.
Liu Yalou entered the Northeast with the Soviet Red Army, and with his extraordinary ability, he was promoted to the chief of staff of Dongye, assisted **, and the two became the No. 3 person, and the name of "Lin Luo Liu" spread. During the Pingjin Campaign, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Tianjin Front Command and demonstrated superb command ability. Subsequently, the Northeast Field Army was reorganized into the Fourth Field Army, and Liu Yalou personally served as the commander of the 14th Corps, responsible for front-line command.
And the only one who became the commander of the corps from the commander of the column was Deng Hua.
If these column commanders can't compete with the other three, then what advantages does Deng Hua have compared with them?
Deng Hua actually started his political work as a political work cadre. During the agrarian revolution, he served as the political commissar of the regiment. After the victory of the Long March, he served as the political commissar of the 1st and 2nd Red Divisions.
After the start of the Anti-Japanese War, Deng Hua served as the director of the Political Office of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. Although he also served as the commander and political commissar of the military division, he still focused on politics.
After marching into the Northeast, what people didn't expect was that Deng Hua actually became a military chief. At the beginning, Deng Hua was not conspicuous, he was not even one of the commanders of the first batch of field columns in Dongye, and the 7th column he was in was also established in the second batch.
But I have to say that Deng Hua is indeed very good, and he can be said to be capable of both military and political affairs. In several vicious battles in the northeast, he showed outstanding military command skills, and turned the 7th Column into a very outstanding unit.
Moreover, Deng Hua has a calm personality, thoughtful and thoughtful. Military capabilities have also been demonstrated in the Northeast, and the command ability is obvious to all.
Moreover, when choosing a corps commander, it is impossible to blindly rely on military talent, and the personality of the commander is also the most important thing. From the perspective of comprehensive ability, Deng Hua is still very suitable.