According to statistics, during the Liberation War, the commander of the corps was awarded the rank of general (Chen Geng, Xu Guangda, Xiao Jinguang), except for the commander of the 13th Corps (Cheng Zihua), who missed the rank of general because he transferred to a local work, the remaining corps commanders were all generals, including Chen Mingren, commander of the 21st Corps of the Nationalist Army, Tao Zhiyue, commander of the 22nd Corps, and Dong Qiwu, commander of the 23rd Corps, who were all awarded the rank of general. It can be seen from this that during the Liberation War, the commanders of the corps had the highest rank of general, and the lowest rank was general. So, as the partner of the corps commander, what ranks did the corps political commissar award in 1955?
The political commissar of the First Corps was concurrently served by general Wang Zhen (later Xu Liqing), the commander of the corps, and the commander and political commissar of the fourth corps were all held by General Chen Geng. The commander and political commissar of the 12th Corps were also appointed by one person (Xiao Jinguang), the commander of the 13th Corps was Cheng Zihua, and the political commissar was originally General Xiao Hua, but because Xiao Hua was the commander of the Special Forces Column of the Fourth Field Army, he did not arrive at his post. In this way, the political commissar of the 13th Corps was also concurrently held by General Cheng Zihua. In addition, the positions of political commissar and commander of the 18th Corps were held by Zhou Shi first.
The political commissars of the above 5 corps are all commanders. As a result, the remaining 14 corps were all headed by another general who served as the political commissar of the corps. So let's take a look at what ranks these 14 corps political commissars were awarded after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and who is the highest rank?
Wang Shitai, the political commissar of the Second Corps, and the first commander of the Fourth Army, was not awarded a military rank as a military general in the war years, because after the founding of New China, he was transferred to other posts.
The political commissar of the Third Corps was Xie Fuzhi, who was an excellent political worker general, who was a partner with General Chen Geng before that, and became a partner with General Chen Xilian after the reorganization of the troops. In 1955, he was not only awarded the rank of general, but also became one of the commanders of the Twelve Military Regions (then the first commander of the Kunming Military Region).
The political commissar of the Fifth Corps was Su Zhenhua, who was also an excellent political work general. During the Liberation War, he led his troops to fight with three times the enemy for six days and five nights, annihilating a large number of enemy troops and being praised by the headquarters. As a result, he was also awarded the rank of general.
The political commissar of the Seventh Corps was Tan Qilong, who after the founding of New China, successively devoted himself to the economic construction of Zhejiang, Qinghai, Sichuan and other places, so he passed by the rank.
The political commissar of the Eighth Corps was Yuan Zhongxian, who in the war years could command thousands of troops and horses and go into battle to kill the enemy. After the founding of the country, he took off his military uniform and turned to the diplomatic front, becoming a brilliant diplomatic general. It may be precisely because he left the army and turned to diplomacy that he missed his rank.
The political commissar of the Ninth Corps was Guo Huaruo, who was not only a political worker general, but also an outstanding military theorist and military educator. He was definitely a general with both ability and political integrity, and was both literate and martial, so after the founding of the Country, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
The political commissar of the Tenth Corps was Wei Guoqing, who was also a military general before the reorganization of the troops. He served as the commander of the Second Column of the Shandong Field Army, the commander of the Second Column of the East China Field Army, and the commander of the Northern Jiangsu Corps. From the position he held, it can be seen that Wei Guoqing was a military general, so after the founding of the country, he was awarded the rank of general.
The political commissar of the 14th Corps was Mo Wenhua, an excellent political work general who served as the political commissar of the Fourth Column, and with the commander Wu Kehua, he stubbornly defended Tashan and made important contributions to the victory of the Jinzhou Campaign. Later, when the army was reorganized, he served as the political commissar of the Fourteenth Corps. However, the corps was abolished after only three months of existence. As a result, Mo Wenhua was later transferred to the 13th Corps as a political commissar. Having served as political commissar in two corps, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
The political commissar of the 15th Corps was Lai Chuanzhu, a political work general with rich work experience. So after the founding of the country, he was awarded the rank of general.
The political commissar of the 19th Corps was Luo Ruiqing, and friends who may be familiar with history know that he is a great general. He is also the highest ranked corps political commissar among the 14 corps political commissars.
The political commissar of the 20th Corps was Li Tianhuan, an excellent political engineer general who participated in the battle to liberate Northern China and made important contributions to the destruction of Fu Zuoyi's military clique, so after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Chen Mingren, the commander of the 21st Corps, was an uprising general, but the political commissar Tang Tianji, a veteran party member, joined our party in 1926, participated in the famous Nanchang Uprising, was a founding general who contributed to the revolution, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955.
The political commissar of the 22nd Corps was General Wang Zhen, who also served as the commander of the First Corps. I believe everyone knows that after the founding of the country, he was a general. General Wang Zhen was able to serve as the political commissar of the 22nd Corps, mainly because the 22nd Corps was reorganized from the rebel forces.
The political commissar of the 23rd Corps was Gao Kelin, who was a civilian minister, so after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he also devoted himself to the construction of New China, so he had no military rank.
From the above data, it can be seen that during the Liberation War, the highest rank of the corps political commissar was a general (only one). The lowest rank is the rank of lieutenant general (only 4), followed by the rank of general (there are five corps commissars who are generals), and those without rank (there are four). Among them, the political commissars of the first, fourth, 12th, 13th, and 18th corps were all concurrently appointed by commanders.