During the Liberation War, among the generals under Liu Deng, Chen Geng was a very famous commander, and even had a high prestige in the whole army.
It's not just that he's old, but he's got a high record and a lot of humor.
In Erye, there was a general who was later awarded the title of general, who was once higher than Chen Geng in his position.
This person is Song Renqian.
Among the founding generals, Song Renqian's seniority in the party is not low. As early as 1926, he joined the Communist Party, one year before He Long, Peng Dehuai, Luo Ronghuan, Xu Xiangqian and other veteran marshals joined the party.
During the agrarian revolution, he held political work positions for a long time. During the Long March of the Red Army, he served as the political commissar of the cadre regiment, and the regimental commander was Chen Geng, which was the first partner of the two men.
After the Arrival of the Red Army in Northern Shaanxi in 1936, Song Renqiang was transferred to the Northern Shaanxi Red 28th Army as a military political commissar, and the commander was Liu Zhidan. After Liu Zhidan's death, he became a military commander.
When the Western Route Army was defeated, the Central Committee formed a western army to aid the west, and he was appointed director of the Organization Department and director of the Political Department of the Political Department.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he first worked in the headquarters of the 129th Division, and then was sent to southern Hebei to open up a base area and began to act independently. He was reappointed as a political commissar from commander of the Ji'nan Military Region, and also served as deputy director and director of the Ji'nan Administrative Office, responsible for military and local affairs.
At the beginning of the Liberation War, he served as the political commissar of the 2nd Column reorganized by the Ji'nan Military Region, and followed Liu Deng to the south to fight in the Dabie Mountains.
In 1948, his position was adjusted and he was transferred to the political commissar of the Yuwan Soviet Military Region and the third deputy political commissar of the East China Field Army. At that time, Su Yu concurrently served as the commander of the Yuwan Soviet Military Region. It can be said that from this time, Song Renqian's position was higher than that of Chen Geng, although Chen Geng was the head of Chen Xie's clique at that time, the actual position was still the commander of the column.
In 1949, Nakano was reorganized into the Second Field Army, with Song Renqiang as the deputy political commissar of the field army and Chen Geng as the commander of the corps.
Although Song Renqian served as the deputy political commissar of Erye, the specific work was in the local area, and he was also the secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, organizing migrant workers to prepare for the battle of crossing the river.
After the founding of New China, Song Renqian once again partnered with Chen Geng and served as the political commissar of the Fourth Corps. However, the cooperation between the two was not long, and only for a few months, Chen Geng participated in the aid of the Vietnamese Resistance against the Law and the War to Resist the United States and Aid Korea.
In 1955, when the founding of the People's Republic of China was awarded the title, Chen Geng was awarded the title of general, and Song Renqian, who was not lowly qualified, was awarded the title of general.
From the perspective of battle results, Song Renqian has been responsible for rear work for a long time, and rarely fights in combat units. In contrast, Chen Geng began with the Anti-Japanese Resistance, leading the 386th Brigade to fight the military prestige of the Eighth Route Army, and became famous in the Taihang and Taiyue areas. During the Liberation War, Chen Xie's army led by him fought independently under the command of the Central Military Commission and formed a three-legged stand with Liu Deng and Chen Su's army.
Since the Battle of crossing the River, Chen Geng's corps has pursued the enemy army across several provinces, annihilated more than 100,000 enemy troops in one fell swoop, won major victories, and completed tasks that were difficult for others to complete.