In 1955, the country's six major military regions were transformed into twelve major military regions, and many generals held the main posts of the major military regions, and one admiral was very special at the time of appointment, who was appointed as acting commander and political commissar.
He was the founding general Wang Xinting.
Wang Xinting is a cadre from the political work background, so why was he appointed acting commander and political commissar? Who did he act as commander?
At the end of 1954, the Central Military Commission decided to divide the six major military regions into twelve more military regions, and the Southwest Military Region, where Wang Xinting was located, was to be abolished in 1955, and he was appointed acting commander and political commissar of the Jinan Military Region, and the commander was Yang Dezhi.
Although Yang Dezhi was appointed commander, he still had to study at the Nanjing Military Academy and left work for 3 years. The superiors asked Wang Xinting to act as commander and preside over the military and political work of the military region.
Wang Xinting is a political work cadre, why can he act as commander?
During the Red Army period, Wang Xinting served as the director of the military political department, the political commissar of the 386 brigade of the Eighth Route Army, and the political commissar of the Taiyue Military Region; during the Liberation War, he served as the commander of the Taiyue Military Region, the commander of the 8th Column, the commander of the 60th Army, the deputy commander of the corps and the deputy political commissar. He became a general with both military and political integrity.
When Yang Dezhi did not come to the military region, he was the most suitable acting commander. He also became the most special general among the 12 major military regions.
After serving as commander and political commissar for three years, in 1958, he went to the Higher Military Academy to study, and was later transferred to the Academy of Military Sciences as deputy political commissar, deputy chief of the general staff, political commissar and adviser of the Academy of Military Sciences.