In 1955, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, our army awarded titles to the founding generals, and Deng Hua was only a general. Different from today, during the founding period, the generals were preceded by ten marshals and ten generals. Deng Hua followed Peng Dehuai into the DPRK to fight in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and his official position was only that of deputy commander of the military region, but after that, he comprehensively commanded nearly 2 million troops of the volunteer army to fight, and the Battle of Shangganling made it difficult for the US army to move forward.
Speaking of Deng Hua, he is also a literary and martial all-rounder. Deng Hua is also a senior figure within our party. Deng Hua was born in Xiangmendi, a book in Hunan Province, and graduated from the South China Law and Politics School. In 1928, he participated in the "Shonan Rebellion" launched by Zhu De. Since then, Deng Hua has followed our party through successive "encirclement and suppression", the Long March, and the Anti-Japanese War until the founding of the Country. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Deng Hua served as the director of the Political Department of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division. The 685th Regiment, the main force of the 115th Division, faced the Japanese in the Pingxing Pass Victory, and pinned the Japanese to death in the ravine.
When the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, Deng Hua was still far away on Hainan Island. At this time, Deng Hua was the first deputy commander of the Guangdong Military Region and was organizing troops to liberate Hainan Island. With a paper order from the central authorities, Deng Hua hurried north and followed Peng Dehuai to fight in Korea. After entering the Korean War, Deng Hua has been following Marshal Peng Dehuai. Due to the harsh conditions, even Marshal Peng Dehuai had to live in a damp cave. Deng Hua's daily work was quite heavy, often working late into the night. Sometimes when he was so sleepy that he couldn't stand it, he ate two mouthfuls of tea to eliminate fatigue, and the long-term harsh environment and a lot of work overwhelmed Deng Hua.
In fact, at the beginning, Marshal Peng Dehuai had three deputy commanders, namely Hong Xuezhi, Han Xianchu, and Deng Hua. However, Hong Xuezhi's long-term responsibility for the heavy logistical work of the volunteer army could not be withdrawn, and Han Xianchu supervised the battles in various places, and rarely was around Peng Dehuai. Therefore, Deng Hua became an indispensable deputy to Marshal Peng Dehuai. Deng Hua reached the peak of his career in 1952.
In April 1952, Marshal Peng Dehuai returned to China to preside over the daily work of the Central Military Commission, and Deng Hua became the acting commander and acting political commissar of the Volunteer Army in June. During his tenure as acting commander, he commanded 1.35 million troops in 17 armies of the Korean Volunteer Army and more than 400,000 people in the Korean People's Army, totaling nearly 2 million troops. At this time, the weapons of the Volunteer Army had been upgraded, and with the assistance of the Soviet Union, a large number of recoilless guns, mortars, and anti-aircraft machine guns were equipped in Volunteer Corps-level units. At this time, the volunteer army was no longer a millet plus rifle, and began to use semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns.
In 1952, Deng Hua commanded the Volunteer Army to launch the Autumn Offensive, annihilating 27,000 people and capturing more than 60 enemy positions. In order to increase the chips in the negotiations, the US military launched the "Battle of Shangganling". Our volunteer army held the Shangganling position under extremely difficult circumstances, which proved that our army is not only a mobile war, but also a position war that is still not afraid of the so-called "United Nations Army." Then, the US military was honest, and Rhee's South Korean government was not honest and wanted to provoke with the weak Rok army. Deng Hua decisively ordered the volunteer army to counterattack and launch the "Battle of Jincheng". How could the Han Army (Van Vleet, the father of the Korean Army), who called the Father of the U.S. Army, be the opponent of the Volunteer Army? In the Battle of Jincheng, Deng Hua concentrated more than 1,000 artillery pieces to annihilate more than 78,000 enemy troops with the pressure of Mount Tai.