In February 1941, the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, which was reorganized on the basis of the 5th Column of the Eighth Route Army, was one of the 7 main divisions of the New Fourth Army after the reconstruction of the military headquarters during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Huang Kecheng, former commander of the Fifth Column of the Eighth Route Army and political commissar, served as division commander and political commissar.
Group photo of some cadres of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army
The Fifth Column was one of the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, and after being reorganized into the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, it had more than 20,000 people under its jurisdiction, including the 7th, 8th and 9th Brigades. In the four years from the establishment of the 3rd Division to the northeast in 1945, the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army created the anti-Japanese base area in northern Jiangsu and made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
In 1955, Huang Kecheng, commander of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, was awarded the rank of General of the 3rd rank among the top ten generals, and the two deputy division commanders, Liu Zhen and Hong Xuezhi, were both awarded the rank of general. So, do you know what ranks the first political commissars of the three brigades under the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army were awarded?
Political Commissar of the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army: Zhu Dixin
Zhu Dixin is a native of Yangxin County, Hubei Province, born on December 11, 1910. He joined the Communist Youth League in March 1929, joined the Red Army in 1930, and joined the Communist Party in May of the same year.
Zhu Dixin Political Commissar
Zhu Dixin was born in a poor peasant family, studied in private school for 3 years, and worked as an apprentice. In his early years, he actively participated in the peasant movement, joined the local peasant associations and the Red Guards, and fought against the evil forces such as the landlords and the old money.
Zhu Dixin became a party member two months after joining the Red Army and was appointed secretary of the party branch of the 2nd Brigade of the 5th Column of the Red 5th Army. In May 1932, Zhu Dixin entered the training class of the State Political Protection Bureau, and after graduation, he served as a special commissioner of the Red 3 Corps regiment and a special commissioner of the division, and participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" and long marches in the Central Soviet Region.
After the establishment of the Eighth Route Army, Zhu Di was newly appointed as the director of the 115th Division's Political Department and participated in battles such as Pingxingguan. After that, Zhu Dixin also served as the political commissar of the Suluyu Detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the political commissar of the First Detachment of the Fifth Column, and the Political Commissar of the First Brigade of the 115th Division.
After the Fifth Column of the Eighth Route Army went south to support the New Fourth Army, Zhu Di was newly appointed as the political commissar of the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, led his troops to participate in the battles of Huangqiao and Yancheng, and participated in and led the struggle to open up anti-Japanese base areas in northeast Anhui and northern Jiangsu.
The first on the left is Zhu Dixin, the new political commissar
After the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army advanced into the northeast, Zhu Dixin successively served as political commissar of the Reliao Column, deputy political commissar of the Reliao Military Region, acting commander of the Nenjiang Military Region of the Northeast Military Region, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Nenjiang Military Region, commander and political commissar of the Nenjiang Military Region, and deputy commander of the Wuhan Garrison District.
After the founding of New China, Zhu Dixin successively served as director of the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau, director of the Social Department of the Wuhan Municipal CPC Committee, chief procurator of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, chief procurator of the Wuhan People's Procuratorate, vice mayor of Wuhan, vice minister of the Central and Southern Public Security Department, vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial People's Government, director of the Hubei Provincial Public Security Department, and deputy director of the Second, First, and Third Machinery Industry Department. When the title was awarded in 1955, Zhu Dixin had already worked in the local area, so he did not participate in the award.
Political Commissar of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army: Wu Xinquan
Wu Xinquan is a native of Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, born on March 26, 1912. He joined the Red Army in 1930 and joined the Communist Party in the same year.
General Wu Xinquan
After Joining the Red Army, Wu Xinquan participated in the first to fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations and the Long March in the Central Soviet Region. After the arrival of the Central Red Army in northern Shaanxi, Wu Xinquan was appointed as a special commissioner of the 75th Division of the Red 15th Army, and later promoted to the director of the political department of the division.
After the establishment of the Eighth Route Army, Wu Xinquan served as the director of the political office of the 688 regiment of the 344th brigade of the 115th division, and soon after served as the political commissar of the 687th regiment, he led his troops to participate in the anti-"nine-road siege" in southeastern Jin. In 1940, the 344th Brigade entered the Luyu Border Region of Hebei in the east and served as the political commissar of the newly organized 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Column of the Eighth Route Army.
In May 1940, Wu Xinquan led his troops south to central China to support the New Fourth Army, became the political commissar of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, and successively led his troops to participate in the battles of Yangkou, Funing, and Lianghuai in Gaogou.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wu Xinquan led his troops into the northeast, and successively served as brigade commander and political commissar of the Independent Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, commander and political commissar of the 6th Division of the 2nd Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, deputy commander and chief of staff of the 2nd Column, political commissar of the 39th Army of the Fourth Field Army, and other positions.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, Wu Xinquan led his troops to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and successively served as the commander of the 39th Army of the Volunteer Army and the deputy commander of the West Coast Defense Command.
General Wu Xinquan and his wife took a group photo
In the first battle, Wu Xinquan led his troops in the Battle of Yunshan, severely damaged the US ace unit, the 1st Cavalry Division, and annihilated more than 1840 American troops. This battle was the record of the first confrontation between the Chinese and American armies in modern history; the second first was to become the first unit of the volunteer army to enter Pyongyang; the third first was to lead the troops to first invade Seoul and occupy the presidential palace in South Korea; the fourth first was that in the fourth battle, Wu Xinquan led his troops to bravely penetrate the eastern front, annihilating more than 3,300 enemy troops and capturing more than 800 American troops, setting a record for the largest number of American troops captured by the volunteers.
After The class returned to China, Wu Xinquan successively served as deputy chief of staff of the Northeast Military Region, chief of staff of the Shenyang Military Region, and deputy commander of the ARTILLERY corps of the People's Liberation Army. When he was awarded the rank in 1955, Wu Xinquan was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Political Commissar of the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army: Wei Guoqing
Wei Guoqing was a native of Donglan County, Guangxi, born on September 2, 1913. He joined the Communist Youth League in 1929 and joined the Communist Party in February 1931.
General Wei Guoqing
Wei Guoqing was born into a poor Zhuang family, and was influenced by the ideas of democratic revolution in his early years and actively participated in the peasant movement. In the summer of 1928, he joined the Peasants' Self-Defense Army and participated in the attack on donglan county. In December 1929, he participated in the Baise Uprising with the Self-Defense Army and became a soldier of the Red 7th Army.
Wei Guoqing was an excellent senior commander and fighter who grew up in the Red 7th Army, and he served as the commander of the special branch battalion of the Central Red Army Cadre Regiment during the Long March, and after the Successful meeting between the Red Army and the Red Fourth Front army in Maogong, Sichuan, he became the acting head of the special branch regiment of the Red Army University.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wei Guoqing served as the principal of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters Camp School, and in the harsh environment at that time, he led all the teachers and students of the school to the shanxi front to run the school, making great contributions to the training of outstanding anti-Japanese cadres.
After the Anhui Incident, Wei Guoqing successively served as the political commissar and brigade commander of the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the 1st Subdistrict of the Huaibei Military Region, the chief of staff of the Military Region, and the deputy commander of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wei Guoqing successively served as deputy commander of the 2nd Column of the New Fourth Army, commander of the 2nd Column of the Shandong Field Army, commander and political commissar of the 2nd Column of the East China Field Army, commander of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, and political commissar of the 10th Corps of the Third Field Army.
In 1950, Wei Guoqing, as the head of the military advisory group, led the advisory group to Vietnam to help the Vietnamese People's Army carry out the War of Resistance against France, and proposed to initiate and participate in the command of the Border Campaign and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, so that the Vietnamese Army gradually grasped the initiative on the battlefield and won a turning victory for the Vietnamese People's War of Resistance against France.
General Wei Guoqing
After the founding of New China, Wei Guoqing successively served as deputy commander of the Public Security Army, governor of Guangxi Province, chairman of the Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, first political commissar of Guangxi Military Region, first secretary of the Guangdong Provincial CPC Committee, and director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army. When he was awarded the rank in 1955, Wei Guoqing was awarded the rank of general.
epilogue:
Political commissars are referred to as political commissars, leading cadres of our army who are responsible for party work and political work in units at and above the regimental level and equivalent to units at and above the regimental level. The political commissar and the military commander at the same level are the heads of the troops. Political commissars are also established in battalions and battalion-equivalent units that carry out their tasks independently as required. In political work, obey the political commissars and political organs at higher levels; in military work, obey the military commanders, political commissars and military organs at higher levels.
Among the political commissars of the three brigades under the jurisdiction of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, Zhu Dixin, the political commissar of the 7th Brigade, was no longer working in the army and did not participate in the awarding of the title; Wu Xinquan, the political commissar of the 8th Brigade, became a founding lieutenant general; and Wei Guoqing, the political commissar of the 9th Brigade, was the most accomplished of the three political achievements, and he became the founding general.