"Pi has merit, less Jinzhong!"
This was the first time that military ranks were introduced in New China, and the appraisers at that time handed over the list of military ranks to great men and great men for such instructions. The main thing is that Pi Dingdu has great merits, and when the rank of major general is promoted to lieutenant general, and finally Pi Dingdu is awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Among them, Pi Yougong mainly refers to the fact that when the Central Plains broke through, Pi Dingjun led the 1st Brigade of the 1st Column (that is, the Pi Brigade) to disguise the main force and move east of the Jinpu Railway (Tianjin Yipukou) to the east of the Edong Military Region to persist in the struggle on the spot to confuse and contain the enemy; the main force began to break out to the west on the 26th. This was a very difficult task at the time, and the slightest carelessness of the leather brigade could almost be completely destroyed.
Under the command of Pi Dingjun, the Brigade disguised itself as the main force of the Central Plains Military Region and interspersed with the open space of the Heavy Army Group of the Nationalist Army; after more than twenty days of continuous struggle, it finally broke through the enemy's layers of blockade and blockade, not only successfully broke through the enemy's encirclement, pursuit, blockade, and interception, but also successfully helped the troops of the Central Plains Military Region to break through.
At that time, Pi Dingjun's 1st Brigade was also known as the first brigade, but the name of Pi Brigade was more famous, the predecessor of the Pi Brigade was the Anti-Japanese Detachment in Western Henan that Pi Dingjun was ordered to form, which was later reorganized into the 1st Brigade, when the Central Plains broke through, the 1st Brigade had three regiments, at that time Pi Dingjun was the main force with the disguise of this three regiments, and made an immortal contribution, so who were the leaders of the three regiments at that time, and what rank was later awarded?
Wang Chenghan, commander of the 1st Regiment
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Chenghan successively served as the deputy battalion commander of the artillery battalion of the 129th Division's Left Guard Corps and the commander of the 3rd Garrison Regiment of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. The leader and military instructor of the 4th Brigade of the Kang Da Brigade, the instructor of the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Regiment, the chief of the 6th Branch School's Civil Movement Section and the commander of the 3rd Battalion, the leader of the 3rd Brigade of the General School, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Newly Organized 1st Brigade of the Taihang Military Region, the commander of the 35th Regiment of the Henan Military Region's Yuxi Detachment, the commander of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment of the 1st Column of the Central Plains Military Region, and the commander and political commissar of the 1st Independent Division of the 1st Column of the East China Field Army.
Wang Chenghan served as the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade in the Central Plains, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955, and was awarded the rank of general when the rank system was restored in 1988.
2nd Regiment Leader: Zhong Occurred
Zhong Xiang, who joined the revolution in 1932, during the Red Army period, Zhong Xiang successively served as a platoon commander and company commander of the second battalion of the sixth regiment of the Second Division of the First Red Army, and participated in the Long March with the army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhong Xiang successively served as the captain of the school district of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the guard company of the Political Department of the 115th Division, the commander of the 2nd Company of the Division's Special Service Battalion, the deputy battalion commander and battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the Special Service Regiment of the Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff, deputy regimental commander and chief of staff of the 16th Regiment of the Jizhong Military Region, the battalion commander of the Special Service Battalion of the 129th Division, and the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the Seventh Military Sub-district of the Taihang Military Region. He participated in the battles and battles of Pingxingguan, Baijin, Taihang Yellow Smoke Cave, Jizhong and Linxian.
During the Central Plains Breakout, Zhong served as the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade, and was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955 and promoted to the rank of major general in 961.
Commander of the 3rd Regiment: Cao Yuqing
Cao Yuqing joined the Qian Army in his early years, and later participated in the Northern Expedition with the army, and joined the Red Army in 1929, serving as the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Column of the Red 5th Army, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, the commander of the 8th Company of the 1st Regiment of the 15th Red Army, the commander of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 30th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Red 4th Army, the deputy battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Regiment, and the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 128th Regiment of the 72nd Division of the Red 25th Army.
During the Central Plains Breakthrough, Cao Yuqing served as the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Brigade and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955.
That is to say, the commanders of the three regiments under the Central Plains Breakthrough Leather Brigade were all awarded the rank of major general and were a member of the founding major general, while General Wang Chenghan was not only the founding general, but also awarded the general in 1988, which is the experience of the other two generals.