After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the First, Second, and Fourth Fronts of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the Northwest Red Army were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, referred to as the Eighth Route Army, with three main divisions of 115, 120 and 129 under its jurisdiction. Among them, the 115th Division was reorganized from the 1st and 15th Armies of the First Front of the former Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the 74th Division of the Red Army in southern Shaanxi. There were about 15,000 people in the 6 regiments under the jurisdiction of the whole division, so who were the leaders of these 6 regiments at that time? What did their later achievements look like?
Yang Dezhi, commander of the 685th Regiment: Yang Dezhi is a native of Zhuzhou, Hunan, who joined the Red Army at the age of 17 and served as a platoon leader, a company commander, a regimental commander and a commander of the Red 2nd Division during the Long March. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in full swing, he successively served as the commander of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the Jiluyu Detachment, the commander of the Jiluyu Military Region, and the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Jinsui Joint Defense Army. He was awarded the rank of General in 1955. After the founding of New China, he successively served as commander of the Jinan Military Region, commander of the Wuhan Military Region, commander of the Kunming Military Region, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, and member of the Political Bureau.
Li Tianyou, commander of the 686th Regiment: Li Tianyou, a native of Lingui, Guangxi, joined the Red Army at the age of 15 and served as a platoon leader, company commander, regimental commander and commander of the Red 4th Division during the Agrarian Revolution and the Long March. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively served as the commander of the 686th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy brigade commander of the 343rd Brigade and the acting brigade commander, and was awarded the rank of general in 1955. After the founding of New China, he successively served as commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, deputy chief of general staff of the People's Liberation Army, and member of the Central Military Commission.
Chen Jinxiu, commander of the 688th Regiment: Chen Jinxiu is a native of Gushi, Henan, who joined the Red Army at the age of 19. During the Long March, he successively served as a company commander, battalion commander, regimental commander and commander of the Red 75th Division. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander of the 688th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and Chen Jinxiu led his troops to ambush the Japanese army at Hongzidian in Wentang, Pingshan, Hebei. The Japanese firepower was very fierce, the battle became a stalemate, in order to break the deadlock, Chen Jinxiu personally led the team to charge the Japanese Kou, unfortunately hit by enemy artillery fire, heroic sacrifice, only 27 years old.
Yang Chengwu, head of the Independent Regiment: Yang Chengwu is a native of Changting, Fujian, and joined the Red Army at the age of 15. During the Long March, he successively served as the squadron leader of the propaganda team, the political commissar of the regiment, and the commander of the Red 1st Division. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively served as the commander of the Independent Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the Independent First Division, the commander of the First Sub-district of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and the commander of the Jizhong Military Region. He was awarded the rank of General in 1955. After the founding of New China, he successively served as commander of the Beijing Military Region, acting chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, and member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission.
Deng Keming, commander of the supplementary regiment: Deng Keming is a native of Anhua, Hunan, and joined the Red Army at the age of 14. During the Long March, he successively served as a company commander, a battalion commander, and the leader of the Red 12 regiment. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively served as the commander of the supplementary regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff of the Anti-Japanese Column of the Eastward Advance, and the commander of the 4th Brigade of the Lunan Military Region. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955. After the founding of New China, he successively served as deputy commander of the Jiangxi Military Region and deputy commander of the Fuzhou Military Region.