During the war years, the People's Army led by our Party. In this war, there were indeed several military commanders who were good at commanding large corps to fight. The number of unified troops is not one or two thousand, but more than three or four hundred thousand generals, who can command such a huge army to fight. Those must be good military experts, tacticians. If not, the war has not yet begun, and because of the large number of people, they will first mess up their own positions. Therefore, there are not many military commanders who can meet the operational conditions for commanding large corps. Friends who are probably familiar with history know that the great Grandpa Mao was an excellent strategist and military expert, and belonged to the kind of military commander who strategized and won the decisive victory thousands of miles away.
In addition to Grandpa Mao, in the years of the Liberation War, our army also had four excellent military commanders who were good at commanding large corps at the combat level. They are the well-known commanders and deputy commanders of the four major field armies. Presumably, everyone knows that during the Liberation War, in the Campaign to Liberate the Great Northwest, Mr. Peng commanded the First Corps, the Second Corps, the 18th Corps, and the 19th Corps to fight, and the number of combatants was about 400,000. That is, 400,000 troops, under the command of Mr. Peng, successfully liberated the Great Northwest. After liberation, he also commanded the Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, in which about a million troops participated. It can be seen from this that Mr. Peng is also a general who is good at commanding the combat level of the large corps, and is also a qualified commander of the combat level of the large corps.
The commander of the Fourth Field Army, Lin Zong, during the Liberation War, commanded the 12th Corps, the 13th Corps, the 14th Corps, and the 15th Corps, with a total number of about 1 million. That is to say, under the command of Lin Zong, a million troops swept through most of China, decisively fought in the northeast, liberated north China, and went south to the central and southern regions to severely damage bai Chongxi's military clique, liberate south China, and point directly at Hainan Island. From the areas liberated by the Fourth Field Army, it can be seen that Lin Zong, as commander, is a very qualified military commander of the combat level of a large corps.
General Su, deputy commander of the Third Field Army, was also a commander who was good at commanding large corps-level operations. The achievements made during the liberation war are obvious to all. It can be said that under his command, the Third Field Army dominated the Central Plains and East China, and beat Chiang Kai-shek's elite troops to pieces. In a famous Battle of Huaihai, commander Su let Chiang Kai-shek lose 800,000 troops, and seriously injured Chiang Kai-shek's military clique. After that, a million troops were organized to cross the Yangtze River and liberate Shanghai, Nanjing and other enemy cities. It made great contributions to the destruction of the Chiang family dynasty. At the same time, it also reflects that Commander Su is a commander of the combat level of a large corps.
Liu Shuai, commander of the Second Field Army, was also a general who was good at commanding the combat level of large corps. On the battlefield of liberation, he commanded the Third Corps, the Fourth Corps, and the Fifth Corps in the Central Plains to fight Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist forces, and subsequently participated in the battle to liberate the south of the Yangtze River. 300,000 troops crossed the river and attacked the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, liberating a large number of counties. Soon after, he marched to the southwest to liberate the four western provinces of Yunguichuan and crush the remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's forces in the southwest. It can be seen that Liu Shuai is also an excellent commander of the combat level of a large corps.
However, in our army, in addition to Peng Linsu and Liu Siren, there was another general who was also very good at commanding large armies to fight. It should be said that from this general's performance in the war years and the battles he commanded, he is definitely a military commander of the combat level of a large corps.
He was Xu Shuai, who had excellent military talent
Presumably, friends who are familiar with history know that Xu Shuai was the first general of our army to command the combat level of the large corps in the early days. During the Red Army period, he was the commander of the 80,000-strong army and the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front. Although the number of troops was only 80,000, compared with that era, Xu Shuai, as the commander of the 80,000-strong army, was definitely the best among the marshals. At the same time, under his command, the 80,000-strong army repelled the attack of the 200,000-strong army of the Sichuan Army, which is definitely a classic battle in the history of our army.
In his future war career, he commanded many classic battles with less victories, such as the Battle of Linfen, the Battle of Jinzhong, and the Battle of Taiyuan. In these three battles, Xu Shuai is a classic battle in which the weak win the strong and the less wins more. Therefore, Xu Shuai is also a qualified military commander of the combat level of a large corps.