The Shandong Column was first established in December 1938, and after five reorganizations, the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army was reorganized into 5 brigades and about 50,000 troops in September 1940. Earlier, this number has already introduced to you the situation of the commanders of the 5 brigades of the Shandong Column, and then I will tell you who are the political commissars of the 5 brigades of the Shandong Column? Who has the highest rank?
The brigade commander of the 1st Brigade was Wang Jian'an, and the political commissar was named Zhou Chiping.
Zhou Chiping (1914-1990), a native of Yichun County, Jiangxi Province, joined the Red Army in 1931 and served as a squad leader, platoon leader, company political instructor of the Red 4 Army, political commissar of the Red 3 Corps Regiment, and political commissar of the Radio Brigade, and participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the director of the political department of the 4th detachment of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, the political commissar of the 1st detachment of the 1st column, the political commissar of the 1st brigade of the Shandong column, the director of the political department of the Luzhong Military Region, and the political commissar of the 3rd Division of the Shandong Military Region, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955.
The brigade commander of the 2nd Brigade was Sun Jixian, and the political commissar was first Jiang Hua and then Wang Xukun.
Jiang Hua (1907-1999), formerly known as Yu Shangcong, a native of Jianghua, Hunan, joined the Party in 1926, served as secretary of the Pingxiang County CPC Committee, secretary of the Chaling County CPC Committee, and engaged in military political work after going to Jinggangshan in 1928, successively serving as the secretary of the Former Committee of the Red Fourth Army, the secretary general of the Political Department of the Red Fourth Army, the political commissar of the First Division of the Fifth Red Army, the political commissar of the Red Sixth Division, and the political commissar of the Guard Regiment of the Central Military Commission, and participated in the Long March. After the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, Jiang Hua was sent to Shandong to serve as the director of the Political Department of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army and the political commissar of the 2nd Brigade of the Shandong Column. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Jiang Hua mainly worked in the localities, successively serving in the northeast, Zhejiang, and state organs.
After Jiang Hua was transferred to the political commissar and commander of the Suwan Column of the Eighth Route Army, in September 1941, Wang Xukun took over as the political commissar of the 2nd Brigade of the Shandong Column.
Wang Xukun, also known as Wang Lisheng (1914-1999), a native of Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province, joined the Red Army in 1930 and served as a political instructor of the 6th Regiment Company of the 2nd Division of the Red First Army, an enemy engineering officer of the Political Department of the 6th Regiment, the chief of the Organization Section of the 2nd Division, and the political commissar of the 4th Regiment, and participated in the Long March. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the organization officer of the Political Department of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of the Organization Section of the Political Department of the 343rd Brigade, the political commissar of the 5th Detachment of the Eastward Anti-Japanese Advance Column and the commander of the Lubei Detachment, the political commissar of the Canal Detachment of the Luxi Military Region and the commander of the Great Western Military Subdistrict, the deputy director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the 115th Division, the political commissar of the 4th Detachment of the Shandong Column, and the political commissar of the 2nd Brigade. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to the Northeast Battlefield and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955.
The brigade commander of the 3rd Brigade was Xu Shiyou, and the political commissar was Liu Qiren.
Liu Qiren (1916-1974), a native of Weihai, Shandong, joined the Party in 1934, went to Yan'an in 1937 to join the Red Army, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was sent to Shandong to develop armed forces and open up new anti-Japanese base areas. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to the northeast and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955.
The brigade commander of the 4th Brigade was Liao Rongbiao, and the political commissar was named Wang Bo.
Wang Bo (1913-1942), a former person in Taitai, Shandong, engaged in education in his early years, joined the Party in 1936, was sent to the Northeast Army as an instructor, and returned to Yan'an after the "Xi'an Incident". After the beginning of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Bo was sent to Shandong to form an anti-Japanese armed force, organized the establishment of the Luzhongnan Anti-Japanese Independence Battalion, and later served as the commander of the independent regiment of the fourth detachment of the Shandong Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the third regiment of the fourth detachment of the Shandong Column and the political commissar, the director of the political department of the fourth detachment, and the political commissar after the establishment of the 4th Brigade of the Shandong Column in 1941. In June 1942, more than 8,000 Japanese and puppet people secretly attacked the Taishan base area and died heroically in the breakthrough transfer, at the age of 29.
The brigade commander of the 5th Brigade was Wu Kehua, and the political commissar was Gao Jinchun.
Gao Jinchun (1912-1995), a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, joined the Communist Party in 1930, joined the Northwest Red Army in 1932, and served as the political commissar of the Cavalry Regiment of the 42nd Division of the Red 26th Army and the political commissar of the Cavalry Regiment directly under the Red 15th Army. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was sent to Shandong to lead the establishment of the Jiaodong Anti-Japanese Base Area, and successively served as the commander-in-chief of the Third Army of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, the director of the Jiaodong Military and Political Committee, the commander of the Fifth Detachment of the Shandong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment, the commander of the Fifth Detachment of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, and the political commissar of the 5th Brigade of the Shandong Column. Later, he participated in the defense of Yan'an and the liberation of the Great Northwest, and after the founding of New China, he was transferred out of the army and successively served in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu and state organs.
There were six political commissars of the five brigades of the Shandong Column, one died in the War of Resistance, two were transferred to local posts, only three were awarded the rank of major general in 1955, and the highest rank was lieutenant general, that is, Zhou Chiping, the political commissar of the 1st Brigade.
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