Netizens have a popular view: If Lu Dongsheng does not sacrifice in the northeast, he is likely to represent the Red Second Army to be awarded the general, will this really be the case? The vast earth thinks: This statement is also a big fallacy. Lu Dong lived until the founding of the People's Republic of China, and most likely Xu Guangda was awarded the title of general on behalf of the Red Second Army and the Xiang'e West Base Area, unless Duan Dechang, one of the 36 military experts, lived to five or five years, for the following reasons:
I. In the base area of western Hunan and Hubei and the Red Second Army, Xu Guangda and Lu Dongsheng were both division-level cadres, and their qualifications and military merits were almost equal.
Xu Guangda joined the party in September 1925, graduated from the fifth phase of Huangpu, in July 1927 he was appointed as a probationary platoon leader of the artillery battalion of the 4th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, went to Nanchang to participate in the uprising at the order of the party, caught up with the uprising team in Guangdong in Ningdu, successively served as the platoon commander and acting company commander of the 3rd Battalion, 11th Company of the 75th Regiment of the 25th Division of the 11th Army, and soon Xu Guangda left the army due to injuries in the Battle of Sanheba, still actively participated in revolutionary work, studied in the military training class of the Central Military Commission in July 1929, and was sent by the Central Committee to Honghu Lake in September to engage in military work. In February 1930, he participated in the formation of the Red Sixth Army as chief of staff, in July he was appointed as the commander of the 17th Division of the Red 2nd Army, in October he led his troops to participate in the Southern Expedition, in March 1931 he was appointed as the commander of the 22nd Regiment of the 8th Division of the Red 3rd Army, lost contact with the main force after the Battle of Maliangping, led the troops to climb the cliff to break through, and after meeting the main force, he served as the commander of the 8th Division and the commander of the 25th Regiment, and in January 1932 he was seriously wounded in the Battle of Yingcheng, first went to Shanghai, and then went to the Soviet Union for treatment in the summer of that year, and he left the Xiang'e West Base Area.
Pictured above is General Xu Guangda
Lu Dongsheng, who participated in the Nanchang Uprising in 1927 and joined the party in December, was two years later than Xu Guangda, and went to the xiang'e west base area in 1929 as a central traffic officer, successively serving as a platoon, company, battalion, regiment commander, independent division commander, commander of the 8th Division of the Red Third Army in 1933, commander of the 7th Division, and commander of the 4th Division of the Red Second Army in October 1934.
During the Red Army period, both were divisional, Xu Guangda played the first half in Xiang'exi, and Lu Dongsheng played the second half in the base area and the Long March. Xu Guangda started higher, but left the team earlier.
Second, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xu Guangda was obviously higher than Lu Dongsheng's military merit.
Lu Dongsheng started from a relatively high starting point during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army were combined into the 120th Division, and Lu Dongsheng served as the brigade commander of the 358 Brigade, but for general reasons, Lu Dongsheng did not actually arrive at the post, and in the spring of 1939 he went to the Soviet Union to study at the Frunze Military Academy, and only returned to China in 1945. Almost the entire War of Resistance Against Japan was absent.
After Xu Guangda recovered from his injuries, he entered the Moscow International Lenin Institute to study, and in 1936, his application to return to China was rejected by Wang Ming, and he was transferred to the automobile training class of the Oriental University to study, and finally returned to China in November 1937. At the beginning of 1938, he went to Yan'an as the director of the Anti-Japanese War Training Department, the chief of education, and the principal of the 3rd Branch School, published a number of military papers, showing his high military theoretical attainments, and in January 1941 he was appointed director of the General Staff Department of the Central Military Commission and commander of Yan'an Transportation, Air Defense, and Garrison, in the spring of 1942 he was appointed commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 120th Division and commander of the 2nd Sub-district of the Jinsui Military Region, and in 1945 he was appointed deputy commander of the Yanmen Military Region. Although there are no famous front-line generals Such as Chen Geng, Chen Xilian, and Yang Chengwu, they still hold important military positions of the same level.
Third, in the Liberation War, Xu Guangda was promoted to the commander of the Yiye Regiment by virtue of his military merits and seniority, and Lu Dongsheng could hardly reach his height at least in his military position.
Pictured above is Lu Dongsheng, commander of the Songjiang Military Region
In October 1945, Xu Guangda and Sun Zhiyuan were ordered to form Xu and Sun Columns to participate in the Suiyuan Campaign, in November 1946 they were appointed commanders of the 3rd Column of the Jinsui Field Army, and then transferred to the Jinzhong and Northern Jin regions, in August 1947 they crossed the Yellow River in the west, under the account of General Peng, participated in the Battles of Gaojiabao, Yulin, Shajiadian, Yanqing, Yichuan, Chengguo, and Libei, and made outstanding military achievements, in February 1949, he was the commander of the 3rd Army of Yiye, participated in the Spring Offensive of Yiye, the Battle of Shaanxi, and in June he was the commander of the 2nd Corps of Yiye. He participated in the Battle of Fuguo, which surrounded and annihilated Hu Zongnan's main force, and was ordered to lead his troops to detour to cut off Hu Zongnan's retreat; in August, he participated in the Lanzhou Campaign and led his troops to capture the main position of the Nationalist army in Nanshan, seize the Yellow River Bridge, and make great contributions to the total annihilation of the Lanzhou Nationalist Army.
After Returning to China in 1945, Lu Dongsheng served as commander of the Songjiang Military Region and was killed in Harbin on December 14. At the beginning of January 1946, the Northeast People's Self-Defense Army was renamed the Northeast Democratic United Army, which had jurisdiction over four second-level military regions of North Manchuria, South Manchuria, East Manchuria and West Manchuria, the Songjiang Military Region was a third-level military region under the jurisdiction of the North Manchuria Military Region, the North Manchuria Military Region had jurisdiction over the 7th Division of Shandong (Yang Guofu Division), the 359th Brigade of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia (Liu Zhuan Company Headquarters), and the five military regions of Songjiang, Hejiang, Bei'an, Mudanjiang, and Nenjiang. The Songjiang Military Region is the highest military-level unit.
Looking at the list of the main military leaders of the reorganized Dongye Headquarters and the corps, the headquarters: Commander Lin Zong, Chief of Staff Liu Yalou; Xiao Jinguang, commander of the 12th Corps; Chen Bojun and Han Xianchu, deputy commanders; Cheng Zihua, commander of the 13th Corps; Li Tianyou and Peng Mingji, deputy commanders; Liu Yalou, commander of the 14th Corps; Huang Yongsheng and Liu Zhen, deputy commanders; Deng Hua, commander of the 15th Corps; Hong Xuezhi and He Jinnian, deputy commanders... In view of the deep historical origins of Siye and the 115th Division, and given that Xiao Jinguang, Cheng Zihua, Liu Yalou, Deng Hua, etc. were all famous generals, especially Xiao Jinguang and Cheng Zihua were the commanders of the regiment during the Red Army era, it is unlikely that Lu Dongsheng served as the commander of the corps in Dongye (later known as Siye). It is not easy for military talents to surpass Chen Bojun, Han Xianchu, Li Tianyou, Huang Yongsheng, Liu Zhen, Hong Xuezhi and others! Who is called Lin Zong's four wild celebrities like clouds! Lu Dongsheng is likely to be the deputy commander of the corps like Peng Mingzhi or the deputy chief of staff of the Noji like Duan Suquan, if he is engaged in staff work, it is difficult to surpass Liu Yalou, Liu Yalou is a subordinate of Lin and Luo Lao, and he can be outstanding, and luo Xianglin recommended him to serve as chief of staff as soon as he returned from the Soviet Union; another possibility is to stay in the rear of the northeast, no matter which assumption becomes a reality, in the liberation war, Lu Dongsheng will generally be inferior to Xu Guangda in at least his position.
Fourth, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xu Guangda served as the commander and political commissar of the armored corps, which was also a bonus project for Xu Guangda to award the rank of general!
In April 1950, the chairman appointed Xu Guangda as the first commander and political commissar of the armored corps, which directly added points to Xu Guangda's award of the rank of general in 1955 as a major general in the western Hunan and Hubei base areas and the Red Second Army!
Of course, if Duan Dechang had lived to 1955, if he had not been awarded the rank of Marshal, he would have been awarded the rank of Grand Admiral on behalf of the Second Red Army.
Duan Dechang and He Long were both founders of the Xiang'e-Exi base area, second only to He Long in military status in the base area; he also proposed the correct strategy of guerrilla warfare derived from practice; he died early, but he was still one of the 33 military experts.