People who understand military knowledge are not unfamiliar with the term "military region", which is a first-level organization based on factors such as the administrative region, geographical location, and combat tasks of the country. Broadly speaking, military regions can be divided into major military regions and provincial military regions, and since the founding of New China, military regions have been readjusted many times in order to meet the needs of development.
At the beginning of the founding of New China, there were six major military regions in the country, namely, the Northeast, North China, East China, Central And Southern, Southwest, and Northwest Military Regions.
In 1955, China re-divided the six major military regions of the country, from the original six major military regions to the twelve major military regions, and the next year, because of the actual needs, the Fuzhou Military Region was added.
In July 1956, the Two Provincial Military Regions of Fujian and Jiangxi were separated from the Nanjing Military Region to form the Fuzhou Military Region. Compared with other military regions, the Fuzhou Military Region was established relatively late, but its significance of existence is very important.
As we all know, Fujian and Taiwan are very close, and at that time, just a few years after the end of the War of Liberation, the old Chiang Kai-shek always thought of counterattacking the mainland.
The Fuzhou Military Region is in charge of southeast coastal defense, and the pressure and responsibility are heavy. The central authorities attach great importance to the selection of commanders of the Fuzhou Military Region, and the commanders sent to the Fuzhou Military Region are all famous generals who have been beaten out of the battlefield.
In general, the Fuzhou Military Region was established in 1956, and by June 1985, according to the orders of the higher-level central authorities, the two major military regions of Fuzhou and Nanjing were merged and reorganized to form a new Nanjing Military Region.
Therefore, from 1956 to 1985, the Fuzhou Military Region existed for 29 years, during which 5 generals served as commanders of the military region. What rank is awarded?
Dual nationality general Ye Fei
Ye Fei has dual citizenship? Indeed, Ye Fei was born in the Philippines, his ancestral home is Fujian, and he is the only general with dual nationality among the generals of the new China.
Ye Fei, a mixed-race Child of Central African descent, returned to Fujian from the Philippines at the age of five and studied in Xiamen. During his studies, Ye Fei was influenced by advanced ideas and joined the Communist Youth League, which he joined in 1932.
During the Great Revolution, Ye Fei participated in the creation of the revolutionary base area in eastern Fujian and served as the political commissar of the Independent Division of the Red Army in eastern Fujian.
During the Long March of the Red Army, Ye Fei fought a guerrilla war for three years under extremely difficult conditions, repeatedly thwarted the enemy's "clearance and suppression" operations, and re-created a number of guerrilla zones in the eastern Fujian region, which had a great influence in the local area.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when Su Yu became the commander of the New Fourth Army, Ye Fei, Wang Bicheng, and Tao Yong were his direct subordinates, and all three were brigade commanders. Therefore, it can be said that the three "Ye Wangtao" were Su Yu's concubines, and from that time on, Su Yu began to directly lead them in battle.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, Ye Fei repeatedly made great achievements, and in 1949, he served as the commander of the Tenth Corps of the Third Field Army, and led his troops to liberate his hometown of Fujian.
The Battle of Kinmen became a lifelong pain for Ye Fei, but it did not affect his own career. When the Fuzhou Military Region was established, Ye Fei became the first commander and political commissar.
After Han Xianchu became the commander of the Fuzhou Military Region in 1957, Ye Fei served as political commissar and focused his work on the construction and development of Fujian. The chairman was very serious about Ye Fei, and in 1958, when our army shelled Kinmen, it still asked Ye Fei to command, and At that time Han Xianchu was already the commander of the Fuzhou Military Region.
Changsheng general Han Xianchu
Han Xianchu's changsheng general was truly worthy of the name, and he did not lose a single battle in his military career. At the beginning of the Liberation War, Han Xianchu emerged in the northeast, was promoted and reused by Lin Zong, and gradually became a general who could stand alone.
Han Xianchu had special achievements in the Chinese revolution, and when our army liberated Hainan Island in 1950, he advocated launching an attack in advance so as not to miss the opportunity. In order to seize the opportunity to liberate Hainan Island, Han Xianchu crossed the level and reported directly to the chairman, bypassing his superiors Deng Hua and Ye Shuai.
With the support of the central authorities and the chairman, the Hainan Island Liberation Campaign was launched ahead of schedule, and Han Xianchu, who could not swim, took the lead in boarding the ship, personally led the army to take the lead, and with the cooperation of friendly troops, successfully liberated Hainan Island, so that the island did not become a second Taiwan, which was really fortunate.
After the founding of New China, Han Xianchu successively participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, serving as deputy commander and responsible for commanding operations at the front line. After returning to China, Han Xianchu first studied at the Military Academy, and soon after graduation, he came to the Fuzhou Military Region and served as a commander, becoming the second commander of the Fuzhou Military Region after Ye Fei.
Han Xianchu was the commander of the Fuzhou Military Region for the longest time, and in the second year of the establishment of the military region, Han Xianchu became the commander, and it was not until the time of the transfer of the eight major military regions that he left Fuzhou for Lanzhou, and worked for 16 years.
Central Plains Breakthrough Hero Pi Dingjun
Pi Dingjun came from a poor background, and since he was a child, he experienced the days of begging for food and working short-term jobs for landlords, and experienced vicissitudes. During the agrarian revolution, Pi Dingjun joined the Red Fourth Front, participated in various anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations, and experienced the Long March and was tested.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Pi Dingjun was the commander of the special regiment of the 129th Division and the commander of the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment, and led his troops to advance into western Henan, established an anti-Japanese base area, and made outstanding contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japan.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Pi Dingjun served as the brigade commander of the first brigade of the first column of the Central Plains Field Army.
When the Liberation War broke out, the Central Plains Field Army was surrounded by Lao Jiang's army, and Pi Dingjun's brigade covered the breakthrough of the main force.
In the face of an enemy several times more than himself, Pi Dingjun was able to make use of various advanced tactics to not only successfully contain the enemy's main force, but also cover the breakthrough of the main force of our army, and even more to break through the enemy's layers of blockade, highlight the heavy encirclement, and complete the formation of the troops.
After the breakthrough of the Central Plains, Pi Dingjun became famous in the First World War, and after that, the first column and one brigade were called "leather brigades" by the military and the people. The chairman also attached special importance to Pi Dingjun's military achievements, and during the award of the title in 1955, he personally approved "Pi Yougong, Less Promoted to The Middle School", so that Pi Dingjun, who was originally intended to be awarded major general, became a lieutenant general.
When the eight major military regions were transferred, Pi Dingjun, who had originally served as the commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, was transferred to the commander of the Fuzhou Military Region and was reappointed as the commander of the Fuzhou Military Region.
Unfortunately, on July 7, 1976, Pi Dingjun was directing a military exercise and took a helicopter to the scene for inspection, and as a result, the helicopter crashed in Zaoshan, destroying the plane and killing people, and General Pi was only 62 years old.
epilogue
Since the establishment of the Fuzhou Military Region, the first three commanders of the Military Region have been Ye Fei, Han Xianchu, and Pi Dingjun. After Pi Dingjun's death in the air crash, Yang Chengwu took over his post as commander of the Fuzhou Military Region.
In 1983, Jiang Yonghui became the commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, becoming the last commander of the military region, and only two years later, the Fuzhou Military Region merged with the Nanjing Military Region.
Generally speaking, the ranks of the commanders of the Fuzhou Military Region are not low, Ye Fei and Han Xianchu are both founding generals, and Pi Dingjun is still in junior high qualifications, and he is a founding lieutenant general.
The fourth commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, Yang Chengwu, is also a senior general, and he is also a founding general, and the last commander of the military region, Jiang Yonghui, is a major general, which is the lowest rank among the five commanders of the Fuzhou Military Region.