Hunan is the hometown of great people and the hometown of handsome generals!
The profound Huxiang culture has bred the characteristics of Hunan people who dare to take responsibility and dare to be the first. At any historical juncture of the Chinese nation, hunan people have bravely shouldered heavy burdens and composed a song of heroic praise.
In the last century, when the Japanese army invaded China, hunan sons immediately rushed to the front line and fought to the death with the Japanese army. From the mountains of Jincha to the river-strewn water towns of Jiangnan, there are Hunan people fighting everywhere.
As we all know, Hunan people led the way in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and Hunan generals at all levels were even more heroic. Today, I will take stock of how many Hunan people are among the senior generals of the Eighth Route Army:
Headquarters of the First and Eighth Route Army
The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has three Hunan generals, namely:
1. Peng Dehuai
Everyone is very familiar with Peng Dehuai. He was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army and had been directing the War of Resistance on the front line. In 1940, the "Hundred Regiments War" was launched, eliminating more than 20,000 Japanese troops and 5,000 puppet troops. It dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army and greatly shocked Japan, and from then on it did not dare to underestimate China.
2. Left right
A native of Zhuzhou, Hunan, he served as deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army.
Because Chief of Staff Ye Jianying accompanied Zhou Enlai in Wuhan, Chongqing and other places, Zuo Quan became the actual "chief of staff" of the Eighth Route Army.
3. Ren Bishi
A native of Yueyang, Hunan, he is the director of the General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army.
2. Cadres at the division level
Among the division-level cadres, there are 3 Hunan generals, namely:
1. He Long
SangZhiren of Hunan, commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, created the anti-Japanese base area in northwestern Jin, and once recovered 7 counties in succession within a month. Later, he led the main force of the 120th Division into Jizhong, approaching the heart of the Japanese army in North China.
2. Luo Ronghuan
A native of Hengyang, Hunan, he was the director of the Political Department of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. He Chen Guang led the 115th Division into Shandong, created the Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area, and developed southward, opening up the connection between the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.
3. Shaw
A native of Chenzhou, Hunan Province, he graduated from Huangpu Phase IV and served as the commander of the Red 6 Army. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the deputy commander of the 120th Division, leading his troops across the Hebei Plain and advancing to the western part of Eastern Hebei and Liaoning, creating the Anti-Japanese Base Area of Jirechaliao.
This base area became a bridgehead for future advances into the northeast, and was also a temporary rest base for other troops entering the northeast.
3. Brigade-level cadres
There are many Hunan people among the brigade-level cadres of the Eighth Route Army, and everyone knows them well:
1. Chen Geng
Hunan Xiangtan people, chairman of the hometown. He is a high-caliber student of The First Phase of Huangpu and one of the "Three Masters of Huangpu". He was the security company commander who served as the "chairman of the committee" and also saved the "chairman of the committee".
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, commanding the troops to attack everywhere, and the Japanese army was invincible and suffered many casualties.
Chen Geng was both good at commanding and training troops. Under his tutelage, the 386th Brigade became an elite anti-Japanese force and was called "the best brigade in China" by the U.S. military attaché in China.
2. Chen Guang
A native of Chenzhou, Hunan, he was a fierce general in the Red Army, and was the brigade commander of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance. After Lin Biao was wounded, he succeeded Lin Biao as the acting commander of the 115th Division, the only brigade commander in the Eighth Route Army to succeed as division commander.
3. Huang Kecheng
A native of Chenzhou, Hunan, his eyes are highly myopic, but he always charges with a large knife when fighting. He served as deputy brigade commander and political commissar of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. Led the brigade south, reorganized into the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, became the main force advancing into the northeast, and later developed into the elite units of the People's Liberation Army, the 39th Army, the 43rd Army, and the 44th Army.
4. Wang Zhen
A native of Changsha, Hunan, deputy brigade commander of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, he created the Yanbei base area based on the Hengshan Mountain in the north.
Wang Zhen was good at war and won many consecutive battles. He once braved poisonous gas to rush into the Japanese army and killed the Japanese army.
Wang Zhen is not only a fierce general on the battlefield, but also an expert in land reclamation and farming. The Nanniwan we know as it was reclaimed under his command. In addition, there is the Northern Wilderness, which was also reclaimed under his command after liberation.
Other division and brigade generals include:
Tan Zheng, deputy director of the General Political Department of the Central Military Commission, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan
Xiao Jinguang, commander of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Left Guard Corps, a native of Changsha, Hunan
Gan Siqi, deputy director of the Political Department of the 120th Division, a native of Changsha, Hunan
Song Renqian, deputy director of the Political Department of the 129th Division, a native of Changsha, Hunan
Geng Biao, chief of staff of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division, a native of Zhuzhou, Hunan
Li Jukui, chief of staff of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division, a native of Yiyang, Hunan
In addition to the above-mentioned senior generals, a large number of regimental and battalion-level cadres are also Hunan people.
So many Hunan people are all over the Eighth Route Army, bringing in the bravery, responsibility, and responsibility of Hunan people, and spreading throughout the army, promoting the People's Liberation Army to quickly form a fighting gene of defending the family and defending the country and not being afraid of sacrifice, and deeply flowing into the blood of the Chinese nation.
This is the great contribution of Hunan!!!