The 177 founding lieutenant generals of New China have all experienced hundreds of battles during the years of the war, and they are senior generals of the army who have grown up in the flames of war.
Looking through their post-founding experiences, you will be surprised to find many unique records. This is not only a testimony to a period of history, but also adds a lot of legend to the history of the founding generals.
Which of the founding generals are unique? Consider taking stock:
Zhang Zhen, the only founding lieutenant general who has ever been a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, was honored
Zhang Zhen served as chief of staff of the Third Field Army during the war years. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as director of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, acting commander and political commissar of the 24th Army of the Volunteer Army, vice president and dean of the Nanjing Military Academy of the People's Liberation Army, deputy commander of the Wuhan Military Region and political commissar of the Gezhouba Water Conservancy Hub Engineering Headquarters, deputy director and director of the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army, and president and political commissar of the National Defense University. He was awarded the rank of general in September 1988 and stepped into the leadership position of vice chairman of the Central Military Commission in 1992.
The only founding lieutenant general yu Qiuli to be appointed vice premier of the State Council
Yu Qiuli was a famous one-armed general who was well known inside and outside the military, especially on the Chinese oil front.
In 1936, Yu Qiuli served as the political commissar of the 18th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Red Second Army, and was wounded in a battle in the left arm. With strong perseverance, he simply bandaged and then continued to fight. Unexpectedly, the already injured left arm was again hit by enemy bullets. The 22-year-old Yu Qiuli dragged a wounded arm, completed the Long March before performing amputation surgery, and became a one-armed general.
During the Liberation War, Yu Qiuli served as the political commissar of the 1st Army of Yiye, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as the director of the Logistics Department of the Southwest Military Region and the director of the General Finance Department of the Liberation Army. In 1957, he was appointed political commissar of the General Logistics Department, and a year later, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou transferred him to the Ministry of Petroleum as minister.
In order to reverse the plight of oil shortage in New China, Yu Qiuli ate and slept in the deserts of the northwest and northeast, and searched for oil fields with engineers and technicians on the oil front. He served as the minister of petroleum for 7 years, and discovered and built several high-yield oilfields such as Daqing Oilfield, Shengli Oilfield, Dagang Oilfield, Liaohe Oilfield, etc., which reversed the backward situation of oil exploitation in New China in one fell swoop.
After that, Yu Qiuli served as the first deputy director and secretary general of the State Planning Commission. In 1966, with Chairman Mao's consent, he and Gu Mu began to assist Premier Zhou Enlai in economic work.
In 1975, Yu Qiuli was appointed vice premier of the State Council.
According to the inventory, there are 13 founding generals who have served as vice premiers of the State Council, including 6 marshals, 1 general, and 5 generals. Only one founding lieutenant general held this post, Yu Qiuli.
Qin Jiwei, the only founding lieutenant general who served as defense minister
Qin Jiwei is one of the famous generals in the army, and his military career is rich and colorful, leaving many legendary stories.
The Battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea commanded the Battle of Shangganling, which made him even more famous in the world. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as commander of the Kunming Military Region, commander of the Chengdu Military Region, and first political commissar and commander of the Beijing Military Region.
In 1981, under the instructions of the Central Military Commission, he successfully organized the famous North China Live-Fire Campaign Exercise. On the 35th anniversary of the National Day, he also served as the commander-in-chief of the Tiananmen Square military parade.
In 1988, Qin Jiwei was appointed State Councilor and Minister of National Defense, and was awarded the rank of general. He is a member of the 11th to 13th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, an alternate member of the 12th Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, a member of the 13th Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission. Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress.
Xu Liqing, the only general of the founding lieutenant generals, was the rank of a regular corps
People are familiar with the story of General Xu Guangda's several concessions to Chairman Mao when the founding of the People's Republic of China was awarded the title in 1955. In fact, the initiative to give up the title was also general Xu Liqing, who had been initially evaluated as a general.
Among the 177 founding lieutenant generals, Xu Liqing served as the political commissar of the First Corps of the People's Liberation Army and was the only lieutenant general of the rank of the main corps.
According to historical records, when the People's Liberation Army first conferred the rank of general, there were 36 generals of the rank of zhengbing regiment, of which Wang Shusheng and Xu Guangda were awarded the rank of general, 33 people such as Xiao Ke and Wang Zhen were awarded the rank of general, and only Xu Liqing became the only special case among the lieutenant generals.
At that time, Xu Liqing served as the deputy director of the General Cadre Management Department of the People's Liberation Army, assisting Marshal Luo Ronghuan and other leaders in charge of the appraisal work. By rank, it is not controversial that he was awarded the rank of general. However, in order to alleviate the pressure of the organization, Xu Liqing repeatedly applied to reduce his rank, and was finally agreed, becoming a model for the high wind and bright festival among the generals, and for this reason, Xu Liqing was known as the first founding lieutenant general.
To this end, Marshal Luo Ronghuan praised Xu Liqing many times at the small meeting of the congress, calling him a "model of leading by example and an example for comrades to learn from."
Xu Liqing's initiative to give up his title also touched Premier Zhou Enlai. The day before the award ceremony, Premier Zhou made a special phone call to invite Xu Liqing to meet. Premier Zhou said to him: "The chairman said that Xu Guangda is a mirror, a mirror for the communists themselves, and I said that you Xu Liqing is also a mirror, a rare good comrade." After that, Premier Zhou called the photographer and took a group photo with Xu Liqing in his study to show his condolences and encouragement.
Xu Liqing was born in Jinzhai, Anhui Province, and joined the revolution in 1927. He successively served as director of the Political Department of the Fourth Army of the Red Fourth Front, political commissar of the General Health Department of the Red Fourth Front, director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, political commissar of the newly organized Fourth Brigade of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Jinsui United Defense Army, director of the Political Department of the Northwest Field Army, and political commissar of the 6th Army of the First Field Army. In October 1949, he led his troops into Xinjiang and served as the political commissar of the 1st Corps of Ichino and the deputy secretary of the Xinjiang Branch of the Communist Party of China. In December 1960, Xu Liqing was appointed deputy director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army. After 1973, he successively served as the political commissar of the Jinan Military Region, the deputy director of the General Political Department, and the first political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region.
Liang Xingchu, the only founding lieutenant general who created the reputation of "Long Live the Army"
During the Red Army period, Liang Xingchu was brave and good at war, and served as a cavalry company commander, battalion commander and red army regiment commander of the Red Army. In the Liaoshen Campaign, he led his troops to defeat the Montenegro Blockade and successfully blocked the Kuomintang Liao Yaoxiang Corps out of the Jinzhou Gate. Later, Liang Xingchu made many military achievements in the pursuit and annihilation of the four wilds southward, and was praised by Marshal Luo Ronghuan as a tiger general.
In the second campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Liang Xingchu led the 38th Army to a major battle. He sent an advance force deep behind the enemy's back, boldly interspersed and preempted the occupation of Sanshouli and Longyuanli, preventing the enemy from fleeing south to aid from the north, killing and wounding more than 7,000 enemy troops and capturing more than 3,000 enemy troops.
The 38th Army made great contributions in the second campaign, not only successfully completing the task of breaking through from the left flank and opening the gap in the campaign given by the headquarters of the Volunteer Army, but also boldly interspersing and bravely blocking the enemy's retreat, ensuring the victory of the entire western front operation, and playing an important role in the victory of the entire campaign. As a result, the 38th Army won the reputation of "Long Live the Army".
After returning to China, Liang Xingchu served as commander of the Hainan Military Region, deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, and commander of the Chengdu Military Region.
Wang Zheng, the only founding lieutenant general who was praised by Chairman Mao as "the founding father of the PLA's communications work."
A native of Wujin County, Jiangsu Province, Wang joined the Red Army in 1930. During the revolutionary war years, he was responsible for the leadership of radio communications in the General Headquarters of the Red Army and the organs of the Central Military Commission. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as the director of the Third Bureau of the Central Military Commission, the vice minister of the State Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the director of the Communications Department of the Central Military Commission and the director of the Telecommunications Industry Bureau, the director of the Communication Corps Department of the People's Liberation Army and the president of the Military Electronics Research Institute, the vice president of the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense, the minister of the Fourth National Machinery Industry Department, and the deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army and the director of the Fourth General Staff Department.
Wang Zheng is known as the founder of our military's radio communications industry, the pioneer and outstanding leader of the new Chinese electronics industry. Chairman Mao once praised: "Comrade Wang Zheng is meritorious and he is the founding father of our army's communications work." Li Xiannian's evaluation of Wang Zheng was: "Half of the radio started and fought for the people all his life."
Wu Kehua, the only founding lieutenant general with the most commanderships
The famous "Tashan Blockade Battle" in the Liaoshen Campaign made Wu Kehua, commander of the Fourth Column of the Northeast Field Army, famous inside and outside the army. A native of Yiyang County, Jiangxi Province, he joined the Red Army in 1929 and grew into a senior general in the army in the smoke of war.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as deputy commander of the 15th Corps of Siye, chief of staff of the South China Military Region, commander of the Hainan Military Region, first deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region, commander of the artillery of the People's Liberation Army, commander of the Railway Corps, and commander of the Chengdu Military Region, Urumqi Military Region, and Guangzhou Military Region. If you count his tenure during the war years, he served as commander 16 times, becoming the only founding lieutenant general to hold the most positions as commander. Marshal Ye Jianying once called him "the best of the People's Liberation Army."
Ni Zhiliang, the only Beijing lieutenant general among the founding lieutenant generals, served as the mainland's ambassador to North Korea, the chief of education of the PLA Logistics College, and the deputy director of the Armed Forces Supervision Department. There was Pi Dingjun, the only founding lieutenant general who was martyred in a plane crash during a military exercise, and he was the commander of the Fuzhou Military Region at the time; There was Tan Furen, the only founding lieutenant general who was assassinated and killed on the job, who was then the first political commissar of the Kunming Military Region and the director of the Yunnan Provincial Revolutionary Committee.
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