After the Northwest Field Army was renamed the 1st Field Army, there were 5 corps under its jurisdiction, and each corps was generally equipped with 3 corps and each army with 3 divisions. Let's first tell you who are the commanders of the 9 divisions under the 1st Corps of the 1st Field Army? What ranks were later awarded?
The nine divisions were named the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the 3rd Division, the 4th Division, the 5th Division, the 6th Division, the 7th Division, the 19th Division, the 20th Division, and the 21st Division, and belonged to the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, and the 7th Army.
First, the three division commanders belonging to the 1st Army were Huang Xinting, Luo Kunshan, Wang Shangrong, and Fu Chuanzuo, so how could there be 4 division commanders in the 3 divisions? Luo Kunshan was the successor of Huang Xinting, commander of the 1st Division.
Commander of the 1st Division: Huang Xinting, a native of Honghu, Hubei Province, born in 1913, joined the Red Army in 1931, and served as the commander of the 9th Division, the battalion commander, the chief of the reconnaissance section and the chief of the management section of the 4th Division of the Red Second Front Army, and the chief of staff and regimental commander of the 12th Regiment, and participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the 716th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy brigade commander of the 358th Brigade, and the brigade commander. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955 and died on 12 May 2006 at the age of 93.
Continued to serve as the commander of the 1st Division: Luo Kunshan, Xiantaoren, Hubei, born in 1917, joined the Red Army in 1931, served as a platoon commander and acting company commander of the 12th Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Red Sixth Army, and a deputy company commander of the division's guard company, and participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the special service company of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division, the commander of the 5th Regiment, the commander of the Yanbei Detachment of the Jinsui Military Region, the deputy chief of staff of the Serbiescence Division, the commander of the 715th Regiment of the 358th Brigade, and the deputy division commander of the 1st Army and the 1st Division of the 1st Field Army. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and died in 1992 at the age of 75.
Commander of the 2nd Division: Wang Shangrong, Hubei Shishouren, born in 1915, joined the Red Army in 1931, served as the commander of the Red 3rd Army staff, the chief of the reconnaissance section, the chief of staff of the Longshan Independent Regiment, the chief of staff, regimental commander, division chief of staff and division commander of the 15th Regiment of the 5th Division, and the commander of the 96th Division of the Red 32nd Army, and participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the 715th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy brigade commander of the Independent 1st Brigade and the commander of the 4th Military Subdistrict of the Jinsui Military Region, the deputy commander of the Suide Garrison District of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, the commander of the Independent 1st Brigade, and the commander of the 2nd Division. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955 and died on 1 April 2000 at the age of 85.
Commander of the 3rd Division: Fu Chuanzuo, Hubei Shishouren, born in 1914, joined the Red Army in 1930, successively served as the captain of the plainclothes team of the 9th Division of the Red 3rd Army, the company commander and deputy battalion commander of the 18th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Red Second Army, the battalion commander of the Longshan Fox Regiment, the battalion commander of the 12th Regiment of the 4th Division, the regimental chief of staff and regimental commander. Participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the 715th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Independent 1st Brigade, and the commander of the 7th Brigade of the Northwest Field Army.
The three division commanders belonging to the 2nd Army were Dun Xingyun, Yang Xiushan, Xu Guoxian, and Zhang Zhonghan.
Commander of the 4th Division: Dun Xingyun, Hubei Shishouren, born in 1912, joined the Red Army in 1930, served as a platoon commander and company commander of the 23rd Regiment of the Red 3rd Army, a company commander of the 19th Regiment of the 7th Division, a member of the Operations Section of the General Headquarters of the Red Second Army, a battalion commander of the 12th Regiment of the 4th Division, a commander of the 16th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Red Second Army, participated in the Long March, served as the deputy commander of the 715th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the commander of the 714th Regiment, and the commander of the Independent 4th Brigade of the Jinsui Military Region after the victory of the War of Resistance. Brigade Commander of the Independent 4th Brigade of the 2nd Column of the Northwest Field Army, Deputy Commander of the 2nd Army and Commander of the 4th Division. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955 and died on 14 January 1985 at the age of 73.
The 4th Division continued as division commander: Yang Xiushan, Hubei Xiantaoren, born in 1914, joined the Red Army in 1930, served as the political commissar of the 11th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Red Second Army, the deputy political commissar of the 4th Division of the Red Second Army, the political commissar of the 18th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Red Second Army, and participated in the Long March; during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the political commissar of the cavalry battalion of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the political commissar of the 714th Regiment of the 358th Brigade, the political commissar of the 716th Regiment of the 358th Brigade, and the political commissar and acting brigade commander of the Independent 4th Brigade of the Jinsui Field Army after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955. He died on November 27, 2002, at the age of 88.
Commander of the 5th Division: Xu Guoxian, a native of Lotus, Jiangxi, born in 1916, joined the Red Army in 1930. He successively served as the commander of the communication squad of the 22nd Division of the Red 8th Army, the acting platoon leader of the communication platoon of the 49th Regiment of the 17th Division of the Red 6th Army, the company instructor and company commander, the battalion commander, and the political instructor of the model division battalion, and participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the battalion commander and deputy commander of the 718th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the leader of the Yanbei Detachment, the leader of the Special Agent Regiment, the leader of the 4th Brigade of the Southbound Detachment, and the commander of the 4th Detachment of the Hunan Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander and deputy brigade commander of the 719th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the Central Plains Military Region, and the brigade commander of the 359th Brigade of the 2nd Column of the Northwest Field Army, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955, and died on July 8, 2000 at the age of 84.
The commander of the 6th Division was Zhang Zhonghan (1915-1980), a native of Cangxian County, Hebei Province, who joined the Party in 1933, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the Hebei People's Army, the commander of the Jinnan Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Army, the commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the 719th Regiment of the 359th Brigade, and after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the 6th Division of the 2nd Army of the 1st Corps, and was later transferred to a local post.
The three divisions under the 7th Army were commanded by He Yanhui, Zhu Shaotian, Zhang Xinhua, and Fan Zhongxiang.
The commander of the 19th Division is He Yanhui, who was born in 1913 in Hubei Province, joined the Red Army in 1929, and successively served as a company commander, instructor, battalion political commissar, political commissar of the 4th Army Hospital, political commissar of the 4th Army Health Department, and chief of the Communications Section of the 12th Division Headquarters of the Red Fourth Front. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he had been working on the Anti-Japanese War. During the Liberation War, he served as chief of staff of the 385th Brigade of the Jinsui Field Army, brigade commander of the 10th Brigade of the 7th Column of the Northwest Field Army, and commander of the 19th Division of the 1st Field 7th Army. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and died on 10 October 1991 at the age of 78.
The continuing commander of the 19th Division was Zhu Shaotian, who was born in 1912 in Sangzhi, Hunan, joined the Red Army in 1929, and successively served as the political commissar of the 4th Division of the Second Front, the political commissar of the 9th Division of the 3rd Red Army, the political commissar of the 17th Regiment of the Red Second Army, the political commissar of the Hunan Model Division, and the political commissar of the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division, and participated in the Long March. Later, he served as the director of the special service brigade of the 3rd detachment of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the political commissar of the sixth detachment of the Jizhong Military Region, the political commissar of the guerrilla group of the Eighth Military Subdistrict of the Jinsui Military Region, the director of the Political Department of the Third Military Subdistrict of the Central Plains Military Region, the political commissar of the 10th Brigade, and the political commissar of the 19th Division of the First Field Army.
Commander of the 20th Division: Zhang Xinhua, a native of Ninghua, Fujian, born in 1911, joined the Red Army in 1932 and successively served as the commander of the Red Star Artillery Battalion of the Central Military Commission, the commander of the 1st Company of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the Red Army, and the commander of the 11th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Second Red Front, and participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as chief of staff of the 714th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the 2nd Independent Regiment, the deputy commander of the 3rd Detachment of the 120th Division, and the commander of the 21st Regiment of the Eighth Military Subdistrict of the Jinsui Military Region. During the Liberation War, he served as the commander of the Sixth Military Subdistrict of the Jinsui Military Region and the brigade commander of the 7th Column 12th Brigade of the Northwest Field Army. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and died on 29 May 2003 at the age of 92.
The commander of the 21st Division was named Fan Zhongxiang, a native of Tianmen, Hubei Province, born in 1911, joined the revolution in 1927, joined the Red Army in 1932, successively served as the political commissar of the independent battalion of the Red Second Front, the director of the regimental political office, the regimental political commissar, the regimental commander, and the director of the local work department of the regimental political department, and participated in the Long March; during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the political commissar of the special regiment of the 120th Division, the director of the political department of the 1st military sub-district of Jinsui, and the deputy commander of the 5th military sub-district. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and died on 1 March 1993 at the age of 82.
The commanders of the 1st Corps of the 1st Field corps were counted, and among them, except for the commander of the 20th Division, who did not confer a rank, all the other division commanders were awarded the rank of major general or above, and the three division commanders Huang Xinting, Wang Shangrong, and Dun Xingyun were awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
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