During the Liberation War, our army gradually formed four major field armies. Peng Dehuai, commander of Yiye, Liu Bocheng, commander of Erye, Chen Yisuyu, commander of Sanye, lin biao, commander of Siye, and the four major field armies played a huge role in the liberation of the whole country.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, the central government urgently decided to form the Northeast Border Defense Army, because Korea and the northeast are close together, the climate and other aspects are similar, so it chose the 13th Corps of Shiye as the team. However, in the selection of commanders, it was really a lot of effort.
As we know, in the end, it was the former Commander Yiye, General Peng Laozong, as commander and political commissar, who led the volunteer army across the Yalu River to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea to defend the country.
But in fact, before Mr. Peng, Su Yu and Lin Biao were the ones that the central authorities had long considered.
The first choice was Mino's acting commander Su Yu. Su Yu was the acting commander of Sanye, who was famous all over the world in the Liberation War, and what he was best at was to win more with the weak and the strong with less, and it was obvious that he was very suitable for fighting the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
For some time, he had indeed been the commander of the Northeast Border Defense Army, but Su Yu was not in good health and could not command, so the Central Military Commission could only make another choice.
Lin Biao was also famous in the Liberation War, and his four fields fought from the northeast to Hainan Island, sweeping through thousands of armies. He was naturally very suitable, and the volunteer team was the 13th Corps, and his old unit had no problem commanding it. Lin Biao had been recuperating in the Soviet Union, had contacts with the Soviet Union, and was also appreciated, which was more conducive to winning the support of the Soviet Union.
However, Lin Biao opposed the dispatch of troops, and at the same time, his old wounds have not been recovered, afraid of light, wind, water, and physical conditions do not allow him to lead the troops to fight.
This is strange, during the Liberation War, our army gradually formed four major field armies. The first three were all commanders at that time, but in fact, there was one more, that is, Liu Bocheng, commander of the Second Field Army.
Liu Bocheng's achievements in military command art and military theory are among the few at home and abroad. He has been a soldier for most of his life and has made great achievements in battle.
Then, when forming the volunteer army, why was only Liu Bocheng, the commander of the four major field armies, excluded?
Some people say that Liu Shuai has other heavy responsibilities, but this is debatable.
After the liberation of the Great Southwest, in July 1950, Liu Bocheng resigned as commander of the Southwest Military Region and chairman of the Southwest Military and Political Committee to establish the Nanjing Military Academy.
Indeed, the training of commanders adapted to the requirements of modern warfare is of the utmost importance to our country. As a graduate of the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, Liu Bocheng has long paid attention to the cultivation and regularization of military personnel, devoted himself to the study of military theory, and is a very suitable candidate for the establishment of a military academy.
But if Liu Bocheng really can't go to Nanjing, it is not necessarily that there must be no optional talents, after all, there are many people from the military academy among the generals, at least they can replace it first, after all, it is only a formation.
Besides, whose job wasn't important at the time? You must know that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for the generals whose bodies are really unbearable and who have voluntarily resigned from their leadership positions, no one has been idle.
At the time of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Liu Bocheng was almost sixty years old, injured and sick, old and weak, and originally blind in one eye, and due to long-term overwork, he almost became blind in both eyes.
In North Korea's cold combat environment, Liu Shuai's body may not be able to eat at all. It is really incapable of shouldering the responsibility of the commander of the volunteer army, which is also an important reason why the central government is unwilling to take risks.
I would like to ask, if the central authorities find a candidate to succeed Liu Bo in charge of the school, will he go to North Korea?