In 1949, the whole army was reorganized and four major field armies were established. The commanders of the four major field armies were generals, such as Han Xianchu, commander of the 40th Army, lieutenant generals, such as Liang Xingchu, commander of the 47th Army, and major generals, such as Zhong Wei, commander of the 49th Army.
However, there was an army, only one army, which was not very remarkable at that time, and it was not expected that 39 years later, the commander of this army, and a division commander, would be awarded the rank of general at the same time. Awesome. This was the 15th Army, which was part of the Second Field Army.
Qin Jiwei, the commander of the army, was awarded the title of general as the minister of national defense 39 years later
The commander of the 15th Army was Qin Jiwei, a native of Hong'an, Hubei. Qin Jiwei is a divine general, and there are too many legends in his life. The Red Fourth Front left Eyuwan, and Qin Jiwei was shot in the arm, although he was already a guard company commander. However, the company commander was wounded and could not advance with the army.
(Qin Jiwei)
The troops wanted to leave Qin Jiwei behind, returned him two silver dollars, and resigned himself to fate. Qin Jiwei was a stubborn Hubei Hanzi, he would rather die than leave the army, but the army did not want him, what to do? Qin Jiwei secretly followed the troops. When the troops found out, they had to take him with them.
If it weren't for the stubbornness at that time, I'm afraid there wouldn't have been the later Qin Jiwei. In the Western Route Army, Qin Jiwei insisted on defending Linze City, and the only troops under him that could fight were one guard company and one women's independent regiment, while the Majia Army that besieged Linze City had more than 5 regiments.
That's a lone battle. Qin Jiwei carried a machine gun everywhere to put out the fire, actually insisted on 3 days and 3 nights, and then broke out of the siege and retreated with his whole body. During the Liberation War, Liu Deng's army formed a young Ninth Column in Jiaozuo, Henan, with Qin Jiwei as commander.
(Qin Jiwei is in North Korea, with North Korean children)
The Ninth Column was a little brother of Liu Deng's army, and he had been fighting under the unified command of the eldest brother Chen Geng for a long time. The Ninth Column was reorganized into the 15th Army, and Qin Jiwei continued to serve as the commander. When this commander arrived in the Korean battlefield, he was very angry, and he stubbornly held the position of Shangganling, just like he had insisted on Linze City, standing still and not retreating, which once again shocked his enemies.
Qin Jiwei, who returned from Korea with honors, went to the Kunming Military Region as deputy commander and commander, guarding the southwest gate of the motherland. After the Kunming Military Region, it was the Chengdu Military Region, and then the Beijing Military Region, the commander of the three major military regions, Qin Jiwei eventually served as the minister of national defense, and deservedly was awarded the title of general in 1988.
1 brigade annihilated 1 regiment of the enemy, and Chen Geng asked Shouzhi to eat dog meat
This division commander was called Xiang Shouzhi, a Sichuan Xuanhan man, and the Red Fourth Front entered Sichuan, and he joined the Red Army. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xiang Shouzhi was a battalion commander of the 129th Division and was eventually promoted to regimental commander. In 1945, Xiang Shouzhi was assigned to the First Military Subdistrict of the Taihang Military Region, and the commander of the First Military Subdistrict was Qin Jiwei.
(Founding Major General Xiang Shouzhi)
From then on, Xiang Shouzhi became Qin Jiwei's subordinate. Xiang Shouzhi was only 3 years younger than Qin Jiwei. It is a coincidence that Qin Jiwei served as a battalion commander of a pistol battalion in the Red Fourth Front, and Xiang Shouzhi also served as a deputy company commander of a machine gun company in the Red Fourth Front. Not only were they all good at wielding large knives, but they were also excellent machine gunners, and they were all fierce generals of the Red Fourth Front.
Qin Jiwei was promoted to commander of the Taihang Military Region, and Xiang Shouzhi was appointed deputy commander of the first detachment. The first detachment at that time had no commander and provoked a beam to Shouzhi. The first detachment is the fist of the Taihang Military Region, which can fight hard battles and is deeply loved by the common people. Ordinary people used to call this unit the "Qin Xiang Detachment", Qin is Qin Jiwei, and Xiang is Xiang Shouzhi.
In 1947, the Ninth Column was established, with Qin Jiwei as commander, three brigades under his command, and Xiang Shouzhi as the commander of the 26th Brigade. Obviously, this brigade is the main brigade. Because at the meeting of the Ninth Column to establish the oath division, Xiang Shouzhi served as the commander-in-chief of the parade, just as at the inaugural meeting of the 129th Division, Chen Geng served as the commander-in-chief of the parade, because Chen Geng's 386 Brigade was the main force.
(Chen Geng in film and television dramas)
In the battle to retake Hengshui, the 26th Brigade commanded by Xiang Shouzhi fought with the strength of three regiments and 5 regiments of the enemy, and finally completely annihilated 1 entire regiment of the enemy. 1 brigade annihilated 1 enemy regiment, which was the first time in the Ninth Column. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this campaign was written into military textbooks.
When the good news came, Chen Geng specially summoned Xiang Shouzhi and asked him to talk about his experience in winning the battle, congratulating him on winning more with less, and saying that this time, please come, for nothing else, but to eat dog meat. Obviously, Chen Geng greatly admired Xiang Shouzhi, the young general.
In 1988, Xiang Shouzhi was awarded the title of general as commander of the Nanjing Military Region
In February 1949, the 15th Army was established, and Xiang Shouzhi served as the commander and political commissar of the 44th Division. Among the three masters of the 15th Army, only Xiang Shouzhi served as the political commissar of the division. The 15th Army entered the Korean War, and Xiang Shouzhi participated in the Battle of Shangganling under the command of Qin Jiwei.
(In 1989, Xiang Shouzhi and qin jiwei, the veteran commander of the army, reviewed the battle of crossing the river on the Yangtze River that year)
After returning from Korea, Xiang Shouzhi was the first deputy commander and chief of staff of the 15th Army. He was awarded the rank of Major General in 1955. His rank was one notch lower than that of his commander, Qin Jiwei, who was a lieutenant general. Unexpectedly, 33 years later, he and the veteran army commander Qin Jiwei were awarded the rank of general.
Two admirals appeared at once, which was really the glory of the 15th Army. In 1967, Xiang Shouzhi became the first commander of the Second Artillery. He did not arrive for various reasons. In 1975, Xiang Shouzhi was again appointed commander of the Second Artillery.
In 1982, Xiang Shouzhi succeeded Nie Fengzhi as commander of the Nanjing Military Region. Three years later, the Fuzhou Military Region was merged into the Nanjing Military Region, and Xiang Shouzhi, then 68 years old, served as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region after the merger of the two major military regions.
(The three commanders of the Nanjing Military Region are in the same frame, Nie Fengzhi, Xu Shiyou and Xiang Shouzhi)
Three years later, Xiang Shouzhi was awarded the rank of general as commander of the Nanjing Military Region. He was the second general among the commanders of the Nanjing Military Region after Xu Shiyou. Many readers may not know that when Xiang Shouzhi first joined the Red Army, he was Xu Shiyou's subordinate, Xu Shiyou was his idol, and he fought with Xu Shiyou as an example. Although Xu Shiyou did not know Xiang Shouzhi at that time.
Unexpectedly, many years later, Xiang Shouzhi also served as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region. In 1985, Xu Shiyou died of illness in Nanjing, and Xiang Shouzhi participated in the aftermath of Xu Shiyou and sent the old military commander on his last journey.
The two generals of the 15th Army, Qin Jiwei, died in 1997 at the age of 83, and Xiang Shouzhi lived a relatively high life, he died in 2017, living a full 100 years.