During the Liberation War, the People's Liberation Army was divided into four main units: the Northwest Field Army, the Central Plains Field Army, the East China Field Army, and the Northeast Field Army. In 55 years they were awarded the rank of what rank, why is he more special than the other three?
The four chiefs of staff are: Yan Yuyao, chief of staff of the Northwest Field Army, Li Da, chief of staff of the Central Plains Field Army, and Chen Shiyu, chief of staff of the East China Field Army, Liu Yalou, chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army.
When these four chiefs of staff of the field army were awarded the title in 55 years, Li Da, Chen Shiqu, and Liu Yalou were all awarded generals, and only Yan Yu was awarded the title of lieutenant general. Moreover, when awarding the medal, Li Da, Chen Shiqu, and Liu Yalou were all awarded three first-class medals, Yan Yu only had the first-class independence medal and the first-class liberation medal, and the other was the third-class August 1st medal. Why did he have such a big tug-of-war with the other three.
Yan Yuyao, chief of staff of the Northwest Field Army, joined the Party in 1926 and graduated from the first phase of Huangpu. After graduation, he served as a cavalry battalion commander of the National Revolutionary Army, and later went to Shaanxi to participate in the Qingjian Uprising. After the failure of the uprising, he went to Yang Hucheng's department to work in the military movement, successively serving as a battalion commander, regiment deputy, regimental commander, and developing party organization members in the army.
It can be said that although Yan Yu wanted to join the party very early, he did not hold a position in the Red Army and did not participate in all kinds of anti-encirclement and suppression battles and the Long March of the Red Army. His only contribution was to the development of party members in Yang Hucheng's department, so he was awarded the Order of August 1 of the third class.
At the time of the Xi'an Incident, he supported Zhang Yang's actions; after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he first resisted Japan in Yang Hucheng's headquarters, then joined the General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, serving as the chief of military and political affairs and the chief of staff of the column; during the Liberation War, he served as chief of staff of the Northwest Field Army, assisting Peng Lao in commanding the northwest war. In 1955, he was awarded the Order of August 1 of the Third Class, the Order of Independence of the First Class, and the Liberation Medal of the First Class, and was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General.