After the founding of the People's Republic of China, 10 generals who made outstanding contributions in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were elected as the Ten Marshals of the Republic, and they not only exerted their extremely high military talents during the war, but also continued to make great contributions to the construction of New China.
Four of the ten marshals became mayors of metropolises before and after the founding of New China, and because of their special status, they served as mayors in the still complicated environment at that time, which could play a great role in local peace and development.
The other six marshals continued to bow to the country in different posts, where did they all go? What contributions did these marshals make?
Two mayors are ding beiping
Beijing as the ancient capital of the Five Dynasties, since the Song Dynasty has been the center of Political Power in China, in modern times, Beijing still has a very important position, and Beijing is the former site of the imperial city, there are a large number of cultural ancient buildings in the city, so in the Liberation War, the central government sent a number of generals to garrison here to ensure the control and protection of Beiping City.
At the beginning of 1949, with the victory of the three major battles, Peiping was in full control, and General Ye Jianying was sent to Beiping as the director and mayor of the Military Control Commission, along with General Nie Rongzhen and Peng Zhen participating in the work.
At this time, Peiping was still under the control of the Kuomintang general Fu Zuoyi, and Nie Rongzhen and others repeatedly negotiated with Fu Zuoyi in order to save the city's cultural relics and ancient buildings from being destroyed by war.
Fu Zuoyi saw that the general trend of the Kuomintang had gone, and he did not want to be a national sinner, so he personally went to Xibaipo to negotiate peace with the Communists, and finally decided to peacefully revolt in Beiping and accept the reorganization of the Communists.
General Ye Jianying needed to do a good job in the handover and aftermath of Peiping, although Fu Zuoyi had surrendered, but there were still a large number of Kuomintang agents in Beiping City who tried to launch attacks, and the economic downturn and public order disorder in Beiping City, which had experienced war, needed to be rectified by the mayor with extremely high ability.
Ye Shuai did not disappoint the hopes of the central authorities, and immediately after the liberation of Peiping, he carried out drastic reforms in the military and economic fields, so that Peiping could be stabilized in a very short period of time and also cleared the obstacles for Chairman Mao and other leaders to enter Beiping.
Beiping's work made the central government once again realize Ye Shuai's extremely high ability to work in management, so the central government decided to send Ye Shuai to Guangzhou as mayor to contribute to the liberation and stability of Guangzhou.
Under the leadership of Nie Shuai, about 30,000 bandits were suppressed in Beiping, and the Kuomintang agents in Beiping City were basically swept away, and the remaining agents were no longer in the climate and did not dare to continue to do evil, and Nie Shuai's move made Beiping and North China completely stable.
In addition, Nie Shuai also shouldered the heavy responsibility of making the founding ceremony smooth, and the process of the founding ceremony not only needed to be formulated without difference, but also to prevent the sudden destruction or air raids of the Kuomintang on that day.
After careful consideration within the party, the founding ceremony was scheduled to be held at 3 p.m. on October 1, taking into account the raid time of the Kuomintang aircraft, the time was set for the afternoon, when the enemy plane flew over Beijing, it was already night, it was difficult to accurately launch missiles, and Nie Shuai had already arranged the air force at Nanyuan Airport to meet the enemy at any time, so that the enemy planes would never return.
In the end, the founding ceremony was held smoothly as scheduled, and Nie Shuai's preliminary preparations were an important prerequisite for the success of this mission.
The mayor of the four sides is safe
After the founding of New China, Ye Shuai immediately marched south and liberated Guangzhou in just over a month, and the various units in Guangzhou resumed work, and the Communist comrades were able to take over smoothly.
Nanjing as a historical ancient city, geographical and political status is comparable to Beijing, after the Nanjing National Government was breached, the central government sent General Liu Bocheng as the mayor of Nanjing, to do planning and stability maintenance work, Liu Shuai led his troops into the process of Nanjing liberation, there is no impact on the lives of the local people.
In order not to disturb the people, the People's Liberation Army rested and slept on the side of the street, and the people saw that the People's Liberation Army was polite and did not take a needle and a line from the masses, these behaviors and qualities were diametrically opposed to those of the Nationalist Army, and people unanimously believed that the People's Liberation Army was the teacher of justice.
After the establishment of the Nanjing People's Government, Liu Shuai held a meeting and invited people from all walks of life in Nanjing to attend the meeting, listen to the opinions of the people extensively, and discuss future plans together, which laid a solid foundation for Nanjing's peaceful and stable development in the future.
Shanghai has been China's financial center since the Republic of China, Marshal Chen Yi was sent here as mayor, and when the People's Liberation Army entered Shanghai, Chen Shuai also demanded that officers should not borrow houses and not disturb the local people.
In just 15 days, the People's Liberation Army annihilated more than 150,000 enemy troops, during which Shanghai did not stop for a moment of electricity, did not cut off a drop of water, the local traffic has remained smooth, the People's Liberation Army's move has shocked the people of Shanghai and the world, and there has never been a battle so quiet.
Before the liberation of Shanghai, due to the corruption of the Kuomintang, inflation was violent, and the shortage of grain became a problem of increasing panic among the people, and the price of grain in Shanghai was coaxed to the point that ordinary people could not afford it, and if it was not solved, the safety of the people and the harmony of the social order would be greatly threatened.
And because Shanghai has always been known for its wind and moon occasions, the development of capital in the city is rampant, and the phenomenon of forcing good people to become prostitutes often occurs, the people live at the bottom of society, and the people complain.
Under such dangerous circumstances, Chen Shuai carried out drastic reforms in Shanghai in the style of a military man, and in just a few months, the criminal and evil forces in Shanghai were swept away one by one, the stubborn diseases of capitalism were cleaned up, the price level in the city returned to normal, and the people of Shanghai were finally liberated from oppression.
Where the six marshals went
Four marshals and mayors quickly restored order in the new China, and the other six marshals were not suitable to serve as mayors, but also continued to play light and heat in their own positions.
Marshal Zhu De, as the head of the Ten Marshals, had been working in the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China; after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Marshal Zhu Shuai, who had laid down his military burden, presided over the overall political situation, created the earliest discipline inspection system of the Communist Party, and severely cracked down on the phenomenon of corruption in New China.
In addition, Zhu Shuai still exerted his military talents and made outstanding contributions to the liberation and stability maintenance of the northwest region.
Marshal Lin Biao and Marshal He Long continued to serve as commanders after the founding of the People's Republic of China, making great contributions to the stability of China's territory, while Marshal Luo Ronghuan came forward to negotiate the peaceful liberation of Beijing after commanding the victory in the Battle of Pingjin, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he became the chief procurator of the Supreme Procuratorate and served as the director of the Political Department of the People's Liberation Army, and devoted himself to the restoration of the new Chinese military rank system.
Marshal Xu Xiangqian took command of the Battle of Taiyuan at the end of 1948 with illness, which completely liberated the Shanxi region, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army and continued to struggle for the liberation of new China.
Marshal Peng Dehuai was a general who stabilized the hearts of the army from the Long March of the Red Army to the War of Resistance and then to the War of Liberation, and he was affectionately called "General Peng Da" by the chairman of the army.
It took three years to successfully repel the enemy to the south of the 38th line, smashed the enemy's plot to undermine the stability of China's borders, and made the name of new China completely resound in the world.
The ten marshals of the Republic are all military prodigies, and they have their own strengths in different aspects, playing a great role in the establishment and stability of new China, which is worthy of the remembrance of future generations.