Recently, I read an article on the implementation of the Eight Headquarters of our army in the 1950s, which said: "When the principal leaders of the General Political Department were appointed in October 1954, Tan Zheng ranked behind Fu, Xiao, and Gan among the deputy directors, and after the appointment of the title in 1955, Tan Zheng ranked ahead of the three generals and deputy directors. "The author is a well-known military history expert, a military history magazine originally published by the military museum, there is a column called a colonel's mailbox, I believe that some senior military history enthusiasts have read the articles in it. I think this expert should have retired, and it is not clear whether the article was written by myself.
The following is a discussion of tan zheng's situation before and after his transfer to the general political office.
From September 15 to September 28, 1954, the first session of the First National People's Congress was held, and the establishment of the Party's Military Commission was announced on the day of the end of the meeting; the establishment of the National Defense Commission was announced the next day; and the establishment of the Ministry of National Defense was also announced, and Peng Dehuai was appointed minister of national defense. Tan Zheng was appointed second vice minister of national defense and first deputy director of the General Political Department, and the first vice minister of national defense was Huang Kecheng, secretary general of the Central Military Commission.
Regarding Tan Zheng's transfer to the first deputy director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army in October 1954, Tan Zheng's secretary's recollection is clearly recorded in the annals of Luo Shuai. Therefore, it is completely wrong to say that Tan Zhengtuo's ranking of deputy directors of the general political department is after Fu, Xiao, and Gan. Imagine that the second-ranked deputy minister of the Ministry of Defense is ranked last among the deputy directors of the General Political Department, is simply impossible? Also, after Tan Zheng conferred the rank of General in 1955,
Only before the three admiral deputy directors, this is also obviously wrong. First of all, Tan Zheng's rank of general represents the General Political Department to a certain extent, if Tan Zheng is not the first deputy director, according to personal qualifications, shouldn't deputy director Fu Zhong, who is more senior, be awarded the rank of general on behalf of the general political department? The actual situation is that when Tan Zheng was appointed deputy director of the General Political Department, he was the first deputy director. For example, the General Cadre Department has appointed two first deputy ministers successively, and who ranks first and who ranks behind is clearly explained in the appointment documents. All headquarters and branches of the Soviet army had a first deputy post, and even three first deputy posts at the same time.
Back to why tan zheng was transferred to the first deputy director of the General Political Department. Tan Zheng, in his capacity as the third political commissar of the Central and Southern Military Region, was transferred to the general political department as the first deputy director, and from the intention of the personnel arrangement, it was obvious that it was a card position, that is, occupying a position to prepare for succession, because Luo Shuai was not in good health. In addition, the opinion of the members of the Central Military Commission meeting discussion committee is that the members of the Central Military Commission should not work concurrently with the headquarters as much as possible, and the relevant content I introduced in the previous article, if any readers are interested in watching, they can click the title below to watch. Moreover, the work of the headquarters of the Central Military Commission is mainly presided over by the responsible persons of the major military regions, which is also the consensus of the leaders of the Central Military Commission. By the time of the Eighth National Congress in September 1956, Tan Zheng, as the first deputy director of the General Political Department, and Huang Kecheng were appointed as the secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee at the same time, which was also a step in Tan Zheng's succession to the post of director of the General Political Department. By December, Tan Zheng was officially appointed director of the General Political Department.
This article is a matter of fact and is not intended to be offensive. There is only one point of view in the article, and enthusiastic readers are welcome to correct it! Thank you!
When Luo Shuai resigned from the posts of director of the General Political Department and chief of the General Cadres, who was the recommended successor?
On October 1, 1955, General Su Yu, General Tan Zheng, General Huang Kecheng, and General Song Renqian took a photo of the National Day ceremony at Tiananmen Square.
In November 1955, General Tan Zheng and General Huang Kecheng took the stand during the military exercises of the Anti-Landing Campaign on the Liaodong Peninsula.
Peng Shuai and Luo Shuai listened to the report of General Tan Zheng, director of the General Political Department.
At the beginning of 1956, Marshal Luo Ronghuan, General Tan Zheng and General Xiao Jinguang inspected the "Hankou Senior Infantry School".
In 1960, General Tan Zheng accompanied Marshal He Long to meet with foreign guests.
After resuming work in 1977, two advisers to the Central Military Commission, Luo Ruiqing and Tan Zheng, inspected the troops.
Generals who watched the National Day ceremony from the tiananmen tower on October 1, 1955.
Tan Zhengda will visit the "Auto Club" with various cultural and sports equipment.