In the popular TV series Liangjian, there is such a plot: in 1955, when the title was awarded, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie, the three people of the Iron Triangle of the Northwest Jin Dynasty, were all awarded the rank of major general. Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were furious when they learned of the award, believing that their rank was too low. The reason is: The commander of the Cheng regiment that I brought out with one hand is a lieutenant general, and I am actually a major general? Then, let's take a look at whether the ranks of Commander Cheng and the Northwest Iron Triangle of Jinbei are reasonable in light of the actual situation.
Their seniority in the Northwest Iron Triangle of Jin was similar, and their highest position during the Red Army was regimental commander, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and as the commander of the division during the Liberation War. The regimental commander during the Red Army period and the regimental commander during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were almost the seniority of a lieutenant general, but the Iron Triangle in the northwest of Jin was informal, and the discipline was too poor, especially Li Yunlong, who was demoted many times for violating discipline, so when it came to the Huaihai Campaign during the Liberation War, he actually only achieved the rank of division commander.
The commander of the Cheng regiment was different, the commander of the 772nd regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the regular regiment of Gen Hongmiaozheng. We know that when the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, there were strict regulations on the establishment of divisions and regiments. Take the prototype of Li Yunlong's unit, the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, which is one of the main brigades of the 129th Division, with brigade commander Chen Geng, deputy brigade commander Chen Zaidao, and chief of staff Li Jukui, under the jurisdiction of the 771st and 772nd regiments.
In the early Eighth Route Army, this was the basic structure of a brigade. And such a number as Li Yunlong's independent regiment is not a formal organization and belongs to the "wild regiment". Judging from the Liangjian TV series, the leader of the Cheng regiment was the leader of the 772 regiment, and the leader of the 772 regiment was called Ye Chenghuan, this person was amazing, that was the number one famous general under Chen Geng at that time, and later Zhou Xihan and Li Chengfang of the Taiyue column were all founding generals, but Ye Chenghuan's ability was still above them.
The prototype of Commander Cheng during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression actually had the shadow of Ye Chenghuan, who, as the commander of the 772nd Regiment, was the number one general under Chen Geng, who had experienced hundreds of battles and had extremely strong military ability, and he had shown extremely high military ability and great achievements in the Battle of Xiangtangpu, the Battle of Changshengkou, and the Battle of Qiqi Village in which the 386th Brigade participated. Unfortunately, Ye Sung-hwan was killed in the Battle of Kagura Village in April 1938 and did not survive to the post-founding period. Otherwise, with his qualifications, he would probably have been awarded the rank of general in 1955.
When Commander Cheng fought in Lijiapo, he also held the position of commander of the 772nd Regiment, and we know that the prototype of the Battle of Lijiapo was the Battle of Guanjia'an in 1940, and commander Cheng cheng was a lot later than Ye Chenghuan, even if he could not be compared with Ye Chenghuan, but Commander Cheng, as the regular regimental commander in 1940, his seniority was still very hard, and he belonged to the seniority of the general. That is to say, the commander of the Cheng regiment was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, not high, but low.
Looking at Li Yunlong again, although his rank as a "wild regimental commander" during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was not low, his promotion during the Liberation War was really too slow, and as a regimental commander in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, even if he was not a regular regimental commander, if he was promoted normally, he would at least be a column commander when he arrived at the Battle of Huaihai. And Li Yunlong only achieved the division commander, can only say that the reason why he can only be awarded the rank of major general, can only blame himself, he and Cheng Commander have no comparison, the two sides are not a heavyweight.
In fact, although Liangjian is a good military-themed TV series, there are still many unreasonable points in the setting of the characters, which also causes inconsistencies in many places in the play. For example, the 772nd Regiment of Cheng Regiment, as a regular regiment, should be much stronger than Li Yunlong's independent regiment, but in the Battle of Li Jiapo, Li Yunlong's independent regiment performed far more than the 772 regiment, which is very unrealistic.
In addition, Li Yunlong was only a regimental commander during the Red Army period, and the TV series also showed that he was demoted many times without organization and discipline, but in the period of the War of Resistance, he was still the regimental commander. You must know that when the cadres of the Red Army period arrived at the War of Resistance, they were basically demoted. The regimental commander of the Red Army period, by the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, it was already good to be a battalion commander, how could Li Yunlong have always been a regimental commander?
Third, Li Yunlong showed good military ability during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but as a regimental commander during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he had already gone through more than two years of the War of Liberation in the Battle of Huaihai, and he had only become a division commander. Since Li Yunlong's military ability is outstanding, it is unrealistic for him to make such a slow progress. If you say that he was unorganized and undisciplined to influence his promotion, then why was he promoted from the red army period to the eighth route army period (the regimental commander of the Red Army period was still a regiment commander from the eighth route army period, which is actually a promotion)?
The last irony is that during the Battle of Li Jiapo, Li Yunlong actually attacked the enemy's position by digging a pit to advance. Not to mention whether you can dig a tunnel in a place like the Taihang Mountains, if you dig a tunnel, won't the Japanese throw grenades at your position first? Are japanese really NPCs? The real situation is actually that during the Battle of Guanjia'an, Chen Geng also proposed the idea of digging a tunnel to attack the top of the mountain, but this idea was just proposed, and Chen Geng himself immediately denied it, so it can be seen that this method is not feasible.
Therefore, although Liangjian is a good TV series and explodes most of the anti-Japanese dramas, in some details, there is still a shadow of the divine drama.