Liu Deng commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, and the staff organs were surprisingly small

Mondo History Updated on 2024-03-05

Hot Spot Engine Plan Liu Deng's army began during the Anti-Japanese War and fought the battlefield until the Huaihai Campaign. From the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army to the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, the Central Plains Field Army, and the Second Field Army, they have gone through more than ten years of fighting.

However, their command and command organs are unusually small, even unbelievably small. Despite the fact that the battles they commanded were numerous and larger, the operational staff had only four or five men for a long time, and at most only ten.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the 129th Division had nearly 300,000 troops. In the early days of the Liberation War, when Liu Deng's field army was north of the Yellow River, although the size of the troops was reduced to more than 100,000, their command center was very simple.

Liu and Deng did not have a special office or secretariat, nor did they have a personal secretary. Their daily office is the operations office of the headquarters, which is also the center of the entire army.

The Operations Division began with only one chief and two staff officers, but by the spring of 1947 it had expanded to four staff officers. In the Battle of Dabie Mountain, Comrade *** of the former Central Plains Military Region served as the deputy commander of the field army, and he brought four operational staff officers.

In May 1948, after Comrade ** was appointed deputy commander of the Central Plains Field Army, he brought another person to the combat office. Despite this, the personnel of the Operations Service remained at only ten.

However, Liu Deng's field army not only had to command hundreds of thousands of troops, but the battle was getting bigger and bigger, but they still only relied on these ten people to deal with it. The above was the command center of Liu Deng's field army in the war, and their simple style and efficient operation were one of the important reasons for their victory.

Chief Liu Deng's style of handling things allows him to deal with various affairs so calmly. Every morning after breakfast, they would inevitably go to the operations office, which was the key place for them to carry out operational command and handle other work.

All incoming and outgoing telegrams and all kinds of intelligence materials will be processed and read here in a timely manner. They will personally deal with major issues and insist that the things of the day are solved the same day.

Chief Liu Deng always does it himself, writes and speaks, and never makes people write speeches. They personally wrote summaries and reports of each campaign. The personnel of the Operations Department praised Political Commissar Deng's numerous, fast, and good telegram reports, and his ability to accurately remember many important data.

Chief Liu Deng also taught the personnel of the Operations Department that although they have few soldiers, they still have a lot of work to handle, so they must strive to improve their work efficiency and solve problems by improving their work methods.

In Liu Deng's office, there was no red tape, and no matter whether it was a major or a small matter, the operational order would be issued on the spot, the strategic determination would be determined in a timely manner, and the campaign command could also be carried out on the spot.

This is Liu Deng's operational command style.

** is a well-known wise general of our army, who is unique among the PLA generals with his outstanding military experience and military theory, profound military attainments and superb command art.

In the battles such as the "Seven Battles and Seven Victories" in the internal line and the Wandong Campaign, his command art was brilliant and incisive. I deeply admire ***'s military talents, and have repeatedly praised him as our military strategist, and have consulted him on major military decisions.

As the political chief, ** and *** worked closely together to formulate a series of major military decisions, and put them into practice. **Also highly praised*** think that he is our good political commissar, both civil and military, worthy of respect and obedience.

During the campaign, Li Da took the initiative to assume the specific command of many operations, and promptly reported the handling situation to Liu and Deng, so that they could concentrate on studying key issues.

If Li Da can't handle something, he will personally find the leaders of each column to solve it. Only when the campaign develops to a critical moment and encounters difficulties, will he personally go to the commanders of each column to speak and arrange the deployment.

Chief Liu Deng is good at doing it himself, no matter how big or small, he can personally write speeches and reports, and go to the front line to investigate and solve problems, and always insist on doing it himself and using his own brain.

Their staff officers are highly qualified, highly efficient, proficient in business and familiar with the situation, ensuring the effective implementation of the decisions of the chiefs. Therefore, with such a small operational command system, Chief Liu Deng successfully commanded tens of thousands of troops in large-scale operations.

It was once said: "The secretary can only look for materials, and if everything is handled by the secretary, then the minister and the director can cancel and let the secretary take charge." Will the words of *, as well as the work attitude of the older generation of revolutionaries such as Liu Deng, make many of today's leaders feel ashamed?

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