If you talk about the First Field Army during the Liberation War, I believe that the first person who comes to mind is General Manager Peng. Yes, the famous General Manager Peng of our army was the commander of the First Field Army during the Liberation War. It is possible that during the Liberation War, the first field army's performance was not as good as that of the Third Field Army and the Fourth Field Army, including the impact on the liberation war. However, in the harsh environment of the Great Northwest, it was not easy for The First Field Army led by General Peng to fight against the Hu Zongnan clique at that time and the Majia Army, which had been occupying the Great Northwest for a long time, under such harsh conditions.
It should be known that during the period of the War of Liberation, the Great Northwest was relatively poor, and various factors such as inconvenient transportation also brought great inconvenience to the operation. Perhaps because of this, the superiors sent Mr. Peng, who was the most capable of fighting hard and vicious battles, to the northwest region as the commander of the field army. Under the harsh environment, the field army led by Peng Laozong also successively launched the Yulin Campaign, the Battle of Yichuan, the Battle of Fumei, the Pursuit Of Longdong, and the battles of Lanzhou, Ningxia, and Hexi with the enemy, dealing a heavy blow to Hu Zongnan's clique, forcing Hu Zongnan to retreat to Qinling and finally retreat to the southwest. In the Battle of Lanzhou, the First Field Army severely damaged the Majia Army in the northwest, causing this family-type warlord group to declare bankruptcy. Subsequently, the First Field Army took advantage of the victory to pursue and liberated the three provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai, making important contributions to the liberation of the whole country.
In the liberation of the Great Northwest, As the commander of the famous First Field Army, Mr. Peng Laozong naturally contributed to it. In fact, when the Northwest Field Army was reorganized into the First Field Army, in addition to commander Peng Lao, the First Field Army also had two deputy commanders.
The first was General Zhang Zongxun, who had long served as deputy commander of the field army, who was also an old revolutionary, and during the Liberation War, he served as deputy commander of the Jinsui Field Army, and then as deputy commander of the Northwest Field Army, and then as deputy commander of the First Field Army. It can be said that during the Liberation War, Zhang Zongxun mostly served as deputies, and successively assisted Boss He and President Peng.
It may be precisely because it is a deputy post, as long as everyone talks about which field army commander, they will talk about the commander, and rarely talk about the deputy commander, because of this, Zhang Zongxun's fame is not very loud. However, he ranked in the top five among the founding generals, and served as Grandpa Mao's guard during the Jinggangshan period.
The second deputy commander may be less famous than Zhang Zongxun, and he is Zhao Shoushan. Probably many people don't know him and feel a little strange. However, if it comes to Yang Hucheng, I believe that everyone knows better. Zhao Shoushan was a subordinate of Yang Hucheng and served as the commander of the 17th Division of the 17th Route Army, and participated in the Xi'an Incident with General Yang Hucheng. After that, the Xi'an Incident was resolved peacefully, Yang Hucheng was placed under house arrest, the 17th Route Army was disbanded, and Zhao Shoushan served as the commander of the 38th Army and the commander of the Third Army in the camp of Chiang Kai-shek.
However, during the Liberation War, Zhao Shoushan revolted in the ancient county town of Luoning, Henan, and since then he became a member of our army and participated in the battle to liberate the Great Northwest, and then was appointed deputy commander of the First Field Army when the troops were reorganized. Since he left the army after the founding of New China, he did not award a military rank.