In general, the commander of a military district has a higher rank than a deputy commander. Because the commander is the main post, the deputy commander is the deputy post. But this is not the case in this military region, where the deputy commander is a general and the commander does not have a rank. What's going on?
This is the Suiyuan Military Region. Suiyuan, the province, has become history and no longer exists. It has been incorporated into Inner Mongolia. The liberation of Suiyuan Province is also different from other provinces, which is called the "Suiyuan Way". What is the "Suiyuan Way"?
That is, the Kuomintang army that basically retained the original Suiyuan Province will not be reorganized for the time being, so as to achieve the peaceful liberation of Suiyuan Province. Why did Suiyuan receive such preferential treatment? Because Suiyuan is the old nest that Fu Zuoyi has painstakingly managed for many years, they have a desire for peace.
More importantly, at that time, Fu Zuoyi still had tens of thousands of people in Suiyuan, but our troops in Suiyuan were insufficient, and the main force of the army still had no time to look west. If you fight, the result is really difficult to say. Then it will have to be stabilized for the time being, and it is best to settle it peacefully.
After the peaceful liberation of Peiping, Fu Zuoyi personally came to Suiyuan to mobilize a peaceful uprising. At that time, the person in charge of Suiyuan was Dong Qiwu. Dong Qiwu was Fu Zuoyi's old subordinate and had followed Fu Zuoyi for many years. They are all shanxi people. Fu Zuoyi became the commander of the "Suppression General" in North China, entered the Pingjin region, and handed over his old base area of Suiyuan to Dong Qiwu.
(The third from the left in the front row is Dong Qiwu, and the sixth from the left is Fu Zuoyi)
The reason why Dong Qiwu was chosen instead of others shows that their relationship is very good. Dong Qiwu was 4 years younger than Fu Zuoyi and regarded Fu Zuoyi as the eldest brother. However, no matter how good the relationship is, it is difficult to ensure that at this historical juncture of great right and wrong.
When Peiping was peacefully liberated, Dong Qiwu went to visit Fu Zuoyi. Fu Zuoyi told him that in today's situation, peace is the desire of the people, and no one can stop it, unless you have a lot of money and can run abroad, you can only take this road. Speaking of this, Dong Qiwu also said that I have followed my eldest brother for many years and have always obeyed his big brother's words, and I will do as I go if you go.
That's easy to do. Despite the constant obstruction of Chiang Kai-shek and Kuomintang agents, Suiyuan Province achieved peaceful liberation thanks to the joint efforts of Fu Zuoyi and Dong Qiwu. The Suiyuan Provincial Military District was established, with Fu Zuoyi as commander and Dong Qiwu as deputy commander and provincial chairman.
We know that Dong Qiwu was later one of the three special founding generals. Fu Zuoyi, on the other hand, had no military rank. What's going on?
The suiyuan uprising had a total of 65,000 troops, organized into a corps, which was the Twenty-third Corps, and the commander of the corps was Dong Qiwu, who had two armies under its jurisdiction, one was the Thirty-sixth Army and the other was the Thirty-seventh Army. Therefore, Dong Qiwu not only continued to serve in the army, but also the commander of the corps, and of course he was to be awarded the rank of general.
But what about Fu Zuoyi? He is both Dong Qiwu's eldest brother and Dong Qiwu's superior, shouldn't he be higher than Dong Qiwu's military rank? Logically, it should be so. Among the members of the Central Military Commission after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fu Zuoyi was a member of the committee, alongside many marshals and generals. That seniority is definitely also a great general.
However, soon after the founding of New China, Fu Zuoyi served as the first minister of water resources, and he no longer served in the military, but held an important government position, so in the end he was not awarded a title. It can be said that Fu Zuoyi is an uncrowned general.
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