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After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the kuomintang and the communists were fighting at the same time as peaceful negotiations, and in order to meet the needs of the struggle, on November 10, 1945, the central authorities decided to cross the river to the north and stay in central China and Huainan to form the Central China Field Army, with Su Yu as commander, Tan Zhenlin as political commissar, Liu Xian as chief of staff, and Zhong Qiguang as director of the political department. It has jurisdiction over the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th columns, with a total of more than 40,000 people.
The 6th Column was formed on the basis of the 1st Column of the former Jiangsu-Zhejiang Military Region, and was commanded by Wang Bicheng.
Wang Bicheng was born in 1912 in Xiaozhai Village, Chengmagang Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province. When he was a child, he studied private school for 2 years, then dropped out of school due to family difficulties, and was dissatisfied with the darkness of society, in 1926, Wang Bicheng, who was only 14 years old, joined the peasant movement, joined the peasant volunteer brigade in 1927, joined the Red Guards in 1928, joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1929, and initially worked as a clerk in the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of the 1st Army of the Red Fourth Front, and later changed to a messenger.
Due to his outstanding performance, he was soon promoted to the communication squad leader and captain of the communication team of the 3rd Regiment of the 10th Division of the Red Fourth Front, and in 1931 he was promoted to the deputy company commander of the 3rd Company of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of the 10th Division of the Red Fourth Front, and gradually promoted, and by 1936 he was already the deputy commander of the 89th Division of the Red 30th Army, at the age of 24, which shows that his military command level is extraordinary.
After arriving in Yan'an, the cadres of the Red Fourth Front Army were basically arranged to study at the Yan'an Anti-Japanese University or school, although under the influence of Zhang Guotao, many red Fourth Front cadres had fluctuations in mood, such as Liu Shimo, Xu Shiyou and others, but Wang Bicheng was calm-minded, drew a clear line with Zhang Guotao, and worked hard to learn cultural knowledge, after studying, he was transferred to the chief of staff of the 1st detachment of the New Fourth Army, and later served as the regimental commander, he led the troops to create a base area in Maoshan, Jiangsu Province, because of the bravery of the battle, the strong combat effectiveness of the troops, was praised by the local masses as Wang Tiger. The 2nd regiment he led was known as the Tiger Regiment.
On November 7, 1939, the leading organs of the 1st and 2nd detachments of the New Fourth Army were merged to form the Jiangnan Command, with Chen Yi as the commander-in-chief and Su Yu as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Wang Bi became the commander of the 2nd Regiment under the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan Command.
In the Liberation War, Wang Bicheng served as the commander of the Sixth Column of the East China Field Army, and among the 12 columns in Huaye at that time, the 6th Column had the largest number and strong strength, which was the fist strength in Su Yu's hands. In the Battle of Menglianggu, Su Yu ordered the 6th Column Flying Army to seize Duozhuang, which made a great contribution to the total annihilation of the 74th Division, and in February 1949, at the end of the Liberation War, he served as the commander of the 24th Army of the Third Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955, and died in Nanjing on March 13, 1989 due to illness at the age of 77.
The 7th Column, formed by the troops of the former Soviet Central Military District, was commanded by Giro.
Ji Luo, the former name of Ji Pengfei, was born on February 2, 1910 in Dongzhang Village, Dongzhang Town, Linjin County (present-day Linyi County), Shanxi Province. After completing the first grade of junior high school, he went to Xi'an at the age of 16 to earn a living, was admitted to the army hospital run by Feng Yuxiang's army, and joined the Northwest Army.
In December 1931, Ji Pengfei accompanied Zhao Bosheng and Dong Zhentang in the Ningdu Uprising, and later served as the chief of the military medical department of the Fifth Red Army, and participated in the battles of Ganzhou, Longyan, Zhangzhou, and Shuikou in the Central Soviet Region against "encirclement and suppression". He joined the Communist Party of China in February 1933. In August of the same year, he was transferred to the Ministry of Health of the Fifth Red Army. In October 1934, he was appointed deputy director of the Health Bureau of the Ministry of Health of the Central Military Commission, and led the field hospital to participate in the Long March. In November 1938, Comrade Ji Pengfei went from Yan'an to Anhui to serve as the director of the Rear Political Department of the New Fourth Army and the political coordinator of the Military Medical Department of the New Fourth Army, and since then he has embarked on the main leadership position of the front-line troops.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served as the commander of the 7th Column of the Central China Field Army, and at the end of the Liberation War he served as deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Seventh Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The 8th Column was reorganized from the 3rd Column of the former Jiangsu-Zhejiang Military Region and was commanded by Tao Yong.
Tao Yong, whose original name was Zhang Daoyong, was born on January 21, 1913, to a poor peasant family in Huoqiu County, Anhui Province. He lost his father at an early age, was forced to herd cattle at the age of 7, joined the Communist Youth League of China in February 1929, and joined the guerrillas in Henan Shangcheng in April of the same year. In May 1932, he transferred to the Communist Party of China. He served as a squad leader, platoon leader and company commander of the 32nd Division of the Red 11th Army. He participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region and the Red Fourth Front's western expedition into Sichuan. He led his troops to participate in the struggle to open up the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Region and the anti-"three-way siege" and anti-"six-way siege" operations. After accompanying the Red Fourth Front's Long March to northern Shaanxi, he served as the instructor of the Red 9th Army.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was transferred to the deputy chief of staff of the 1st Detachment of the New Fourth Army, during which Chen Yi changed his name, omitted the surname of Zhang, and took the harmonic sound of his original name "Daoyong" and called him "Tao Yong", he was Su Yu's right-hand man and had outstanding military achievements. The 8th Column later developed into the 4th Column of the East China Field Army, participated in the Battle of Menglianggu, undertook the frontal attack on the reorganized 74th Division, and made an indelible contribution to the Battle of Menglianggu.
Tao Yong participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in November 1950, and successively served as deputy commander, acting commander and political commissar of the 9th Corps of the Chinese Volunteer Army, and participated in the Second and Fifth Campaigns. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955. He died in Shanghai on January 21, 1967.
The 9th Column was composed of the 11th and 12th Brigades of the 4th Division of the Former New Fourth Army and the Cavalry Regiment, with commander Zhang Zhen.
Zhang Zhen was born on October 5, 1914 in Changshou Town, Pingjiang County, Hunan Province. In May 1930, he joined the Chinese Communist Youth League and joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and because of his bravery and resourcefulness, he was soon promoted to platoon leader, and he participated in the first to fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations in the Central Soviet Region. In May 1936, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the 12th Regiment of the 4th Division of the First Red Army.
In September 1938, Zhang Zhen participated in the formation of the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army and served as the chief of staff, accompanied by the detachment commander and political commissar Peng Xuefeng led his troops to advance behind the enemy in eastern Henan, to carry out the anti-Japanese guerrilla war, open up the anti-Japanese base area in the Yuwan-Anhui Soviet Border Region, and later served as the chief of staff of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army, and was appointed as the commander of the 9th Column when forming the Central China Field Army, and in August 1949, in the later stages of the Liberation War, he was appointed chief of staff of the East China Military Region and the Third Field Army. He was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General in September 1955.
In March 1985, the Central Military Commission decided that Zhang Zhen, 71, would take the lead in preparing for the establishment of the National Defense University, and serve as the first president of the National Defense University, and was awarded the rank of general in September 1988, and was appointed vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China from October 1992 to March 1998.
That is to say, the commander of the 4 columns just formed by the Central China Field Army, the oldest is Ji Pengfei, because he worked in the local area, so there is no military rank, the youngest Zhang Zhen, who was a lieutenant general at the founding of the country, later became a general, and the other 2 are Wang Bicheng and Tao Yong, all of whom are founding lieutenant generals, and their contributions are always worth remembering for future generations.
Tianxuan is the author's pen name, he was originally an officer of a field unit in East China, graduated with a bachelor's degree in equipment engineering, graduated from a graduate school in combat command, worked in a division-level and military-level unit of the field force, and was later transferred to the National Defense University to engage in teaching and research work