During the period of the Liberation War, our Party's units were commanded by five major field armies and were divided into the First Field Army, the Second Field Army, the Third Field Army, the Fourth Field Army, and the North China Field Army. However, after the victory in the War of Liberation, the national troops were divided into six combat military regions under the jurisdiction, namely the Northeast Military Region, the Northwest Military Region, the Southwest Military Region, the East China Military Region, the North China Military Region, and the Central China Military Region. The commanders of these six military regions were all high-ranking founding generals, and each military region at that time had a strength of between 500,000 and 800,000. However, after the Gaogang incident, the superiors split the six major military regions into 13 military regions. This prevents the gun command party from happening. At this time, the commanders of the military districts were all founding generals or lieutenant generals.
However, in 1985, the state adopted the system of reforming the army system, and for the first time under the leadership of Deng Gong, it implemented a disarmament policy, implemented a streamlined and integrated program, improved the combat effectiveness of the army, and realized modern scientific and technological operations. In that year, the number of disarmament reached one million, and the original 13 military regions were decided to be reorganized into seven major military regions. The seven military regions that remained were the seven military regions that later became famous. So you know what? In these seven well-known military regions, which founding generals were the first commanders?
The predecessor of the Shenyang Military Region was the Northeast Military Region, which was officially renamed the Shenyang Military Region in 1955. After the establishment of the military region, its main duty was to defend the northeast border defense task of the motherland. Therefore, during the Liberation War, General Deng Hua of the Fourth Field Army, who was able to write and fight, was appointed as the first commander of the Shenyang Military Region. During the Liberation War, he had been fighting in the northeast for a long time and was also familiar with the environment there, so Deng Hua became the best candidate.
The Jinan Military Region, formerly known as the Shandong Military Region, was also officially renamed the Jinan Military Region in 1955, and the main responsibility of the military region was to serve as the defense of Shandong, Henan, and the defense of the coastal areas around the motherland of East China.
The Beijing Military Region, formerly known as the North China Military Region, was also officially renamed the Beijing Military Region in 1955, of which the Beijing Garrison District and the Tianjin Garrison District were under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Military Region, and also served as the defense tasks of Hebei Province, Shanxi Province, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Therefore, the first commander of the Beijing Military Region was handed over to Yang Chengwu, a white-robed young general from the North China Field Army.
The Nanjing Military Region is also a large military region developed from the East China Military Region and has jurisdiction over the military affairs of five provinces and one city in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai. Being able to manage the defense of the five provinces shows that the strength of the Nanjing Military Region is very strong. The first commander of the Nanjing Military Region must be a fierce general, and he is the founding general Xu Shiyou, who is more well known to everyone.
The predecessor of the commander of the Guangzhou Army was the South China Military Region, and the main mission of the military region was to defend the southern part of the motherland, defend vietnam, and the south China Sea, and defend the safety of megacities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It was also one of the largest military regions in the 1980s, so the first commander was handed over to Huang Yongsheng, a fierce general of the Fourth Field Army.
The predecessor of the Chengdu Military Region was the Southwest Military Region, which was officially renamed the Chengdu Military Region in 1955. The military region's duty to defend the security of the southwest border of the motherland, prevent riots in a certain country, and also participate in several border self-defense counterattacks can be described as a heavy responsibility. Therefore, the first commander was given to General He Bingyan, the fierce general of the First Field Army.
The Lanzhou Military Region was formerly known as the Northwest Theater, and in 1955 the Northwest Theater was reduced to form the Lanzhou Military Region. He was mainly responsible for guarding the defensive line in the northwest of the great northwest, and also assisted the Chengdu Military Region in its border defense tasks in the Ali region of Tibet. It was also responsible for agricultural reclamation in Xinjiang, and undertook the combat tasks in Xinjiang and northwest China during the war. The first commander was also General Zhang Dazhi from the Northwest Field Army.
The above seven founding generals are the first commanders of the seven military regions, but in 2016, these seven military regions officially withdrew from the historical stage. However, the seven generals, including Deng Hua, Yang Chengwu, Yang Dezhi, Xu Shiyou, He Bingyan, Huang Yongsheng, and Zhang Dazhi, who were once the first commanders of the Seven Military Regions, were all fierce generals who could fight good battles during the Liberation War.