After a series of movements such as the Guangzhou Uprising, the Nanchang Uprising, and the Autumn Harvest Uprising, the Red Army's army also gradually grew, successively establishing revolutionary base areas in 13 areas in 8 provinces of Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, and Anhui, and creating the largest Soviet area in Jiangxi Duanjin, as well as the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region and the Northern Shaanxi Red Army Base Area.
At that time, the Red Army was organized to share the dividends of the First Front, the Red Second Front, and the Red Fourth Front, and the First Front was formed by several corps. What ranks were they awarded in 1955?
The first is the Red First Army, may know the history of friends know the legion, the regimental commander is Lin Shuai, the first regimental commander is Zhu Laozong, when Lin Shuai was the commander of the Red Fourth Army, and later was promoted to the commander of the Red First Army, but these two were awarded the rank of marshal in 1955, in fact, there are two famous generals in the Red First Army, hong gongluo of the Red Third Army and the Red 12th Army, but unfortunately they were all heroic later, otherwise they were also marshals or generals.
The second was the Red Second Army, whose commander was General He Laozong, who had two corps in his command, namely the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army, and later in the Long March, the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army merged to form the Red Second Front, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, He Zong was also awarded the rank of marshal.
The third is the Red Third Army, which is called the three main armies of the Red Army, together with the Red First Army and the Red Fifth Army. The Three Corps was formed by the combination of the Red 5th Army and the Red 8th Army, and the commander-in-chief was Mr. Peng, who was awarded the rank of marshal in 1955.
The fourth is the Red Fifth Army, which was also reorganized from the Northwest Army's uprising and surrender troops, and the commander-in-chief of the legion was Ji Zhentong, and the deputy commander-in-chief was Dong Zhentang, but for some reason Ji was mistakenly killed, and the position of regimental commander was held by Dong Zhentang, who won the title of Iron Stream Defender under his leadership, but unfortunately the Red Fifth Army was completely destroyed on the road to the Western Expedition, and Dong Zhentang also died heroically.
The fifth is the Red Sixth Army, which was formed by the Red Army in the Xianggan region, and the commander of the regiment was Xiao Ke, which was also combined with the Red Second Army to form the Red Second Front, and xiao Ke was awarded the rank of general in 1955 after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The sixth is the Red Seventh Army, which was formed later, the commander of the corps was Xun Huaizhou, at that time Commander Su was the chief of staff of the Red Seventh Army, and later the regiment was reorganized into an anti-Japanese advance team, went north to resist The Japanese, and finally was wiped out by Chiang Kai-shek's army, and Xun Huaizhou was killed.
The seventh is the Red Tenth Army, the commander of the regiment is Liu Yuxi, who has been fighting in the anwei and Gandong areas for a long time, and finally surrounded by enemy regiments in northern Jiangsu, after fierce fighting, Fang Zhimin was arrested, Liu Yuxi was sacrificed, and after that, only more than 800 people led by commander Su of the Red 10 Army remained. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was organized into the 2nd Detachment of the New Fourth Army.
The eighth was the Red Ninth Army, which was formed by the combination of the 3rd Division, the 14th Division and the independent 1st and 4th Regiments, and the commander of the regiment was Luo Binghui, who was also a famous general with me, but unfortunately did not live to the founding of the People's Republic of China, and died of illness on June 21, 1946.
The ninth was the Red Eighth Army, the regiment, the commander of the legion was Zhou Kun, he did not live until after liberation, nor did he sacrifice, but fled, and later his whereabouts became a mystery, and no one knew where he went.
The tenth was the Red Fifteenth Army, which was formed by the combination of the Red 25th, 26th and 27th Armies, the commander of which was Xu Haidong, and the 15th Army was also the main force of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi (before the Arrival of the Red Army), until Xu Haidong was awarded the rank of General in 1955.