After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the units of the Red Second Front, the Red 27th Army, the 28th Army, the Independent First Division, the Second Division, the Chishui Guard Battalion, and the First Division of the Headquarters Special Service Regiment were organized into the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. He Long served as the division commander, Xiao Ke as the deputy division commander, Zhou Shidi as the chief of staff, Guan Xiang as the director of the Political Training Office, and Gan Siqi as the deputy director. There were two brigades, four regiments, 12 battalions, and a total of more than 14,000 people in the whole division, so who were the battalion commanders of these 12 battalions at that time? What ranks were awarded in 1955?
Let's start with the 715 regiment. The 715th Regiment belonged to the 358th Brigade, the regimental commander was Wang Shangrong, the deputy regimental commander was Dun Xingyun, and there were three battalions under it. The commander of the first battalion, Fu Chuanzuo, was a Hubei Shishou, who joined the Ranks of the Red Army at the age of 16 and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955; Tang Jinlong, commander of the second battalion, was a native of Hanchuan, Hubei Province, who participated in the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955; Chen Gang and Tang Jinlong, commanders of the third battalion, were fellow villagers and also from Hanchuan, Hubei, who participated in the struggle to create the Daqingshan Anti-Japanese Base Area, and later died heroically on the battlefield.
Look at the 716 Regiment again. The 716th Regiment also belonged to the 358th Brigade sequence, with the regimental commander Song Shilun and the deputy regimental commander He Bingyan, with three battalions under it. The commander of the first battalion, Peng Jiashi, was a native of Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province, and was unfortunately killed during the breakthrough in the Central Plains; Chen Fangren, commander of the second battalion, was a native of Xingguo, Jiangxi, who smashed the US army's "tank split into battle" in the Battle of Wendenchuan during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955; Wang Xiangfa, commander of the third battalion, led his troops to participate in the talc flake ambush during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and together with his brother troops, completely annihilated the 135th Wing of the Japanese Army's 135th Wing, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955.
Next look at the 717 Regiment. The 717th Regiment belonged to the 359th Brigade, with the regimental commander Being Liu Zhuanlian and the deputy regimental commander Being Yan Fusheng, with three battalions under it. Chen Waiou, commander of the first battalion, was a native of Chaling, Hunan, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955; Chen Wenbin, commander of the second battalion, was also a native of Chaling, Hunan, who died heroically on February 24, 1940, during the battle against the Japanese Kou, at the age of 29; Su Ao, commander of the third battalion, was a native of Liuyang, Hunan, and served as the deputy commander of the Red 18th Division during the Red Army, and served as the commander of the third battalion of the 717th Regiment of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the independent fourth detachment, the chief of staff of the Yan'an Garrison Headquarters, and the deputy commander of the Ebei Military Sub-district of the Central Plains Military Region during the War of Resistance Against Japan. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955.
Finally, let's look at the 718 regiment. The 718th Regiment also belonged to the 359th Brigade sequence, with the regimental commander being Wen Niansheng and the deputy regimental commander being Shuai Rong, with three battalions under it. Liu Ang, the commander of the first battalion, a native of Ji'an, Jiangxi, joined the Red Army at the age of 14 and served as the political commissar of the 280th Regiment of the Red 32nd Army. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively served as the commander of the first battalion of the 718th Regiment of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy commander of the Fifth Regiment of the Guard Corps of the Eighth Route Army, the leader of the Southbound Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and the chief of staff of the Eastern Subdistrict of the Xiang'egan Military Region, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955; peng Shangkun, the commander of the second battalion, a native of Yichun, Jiangxi, died of serious injuries and cold on November 16, 1942, at the age of 30; Xu Guoxian, commander of the third battalion, was a native of Lotus, Jiangxi, and served as the commander and deputy commander of the third battalion of the 718th regiment of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 for the positions of detachment leader of the Yanbei detachment, head of the special service regiment, and captain of the 4th brigade of the southbound detachment.