Of the 4 armies and 4 military political commissars in Jiaodong who went out, 3 were awarded lieutenant generals and 1 was awarded major generals.
32nd Army Penglin
He was born in June 1914 in Juzhou Village, Guantian Township, Luling (now Ji'an) County, Jiangxi Province.
Ji'an is ranked 5th among the top ten general counties. A total of 46 founding generals came out. Among them, there are 13 lieutenant generals and 33 major generals.
In the list of first-class generals who fought in Korea in the first batch of troops to resist US aggression and aid Korea, Ji'an nationality was the most, including the famous Liang Xingchu, and Liang Xingchu's hometown village produced Liang Xingchu Lieutenant General, Lieutenant General Liang Biye, and Major General Liang Renji 3 founding generals, which were very good.
Penglin was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955. His hometown of Juzhou Village produced two lieutenant generals, the other being Peng Jiaqing, who was the director of the political department of the Jiaodong Military Region.
Both men fought in Jiaodong, but when Vice Admiral Peng Lin came to Jiaodong in 1947 as commander of the East Naval Subdistrict, Vice Admiral Peng Jiaqing had already crossed north to the northeast in October 1945 and later served as political commissar of the 41st Army. Peng Lin was the political commissar of the 32nd Army, and Jiaodong went out to 4 armies, and there were two military political commissars in this village, which is also a beautiful period.
Penglin joined the Red Army in 1930 and participated in the Long March. In 1936, he was already the political commissar of the division.
During the Anti-Japanese War, he was sent to Shanghai, but later left Shanghai due to changes in the war situation.
For a long time after that, Peng Lin independently developed the anti-Japanese armed forces in Zhejiang and persisted in the struggle against the enemy for a long time. The department gradually developed and later became the Jinxiao detachment, with Peng Lin as its leader.
In October 1945, he was appointed political commissar of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Column of the New Fourth Army.
In February 1947, he was appointed commander of the Eastern Naval Sub-district of the Jiaodong Military Region. In February 1949, the 32nd Army was established, and he was the political commissar of the 32nd Army.
Lieutenant General Peng Lin's post after the founding of the People's Republic of China was very interesting, and in 1951 he served as the first political commissar of the railway public security force. In May 1955, Penglin was appointed political commissar of the Navy Lushun Base. In August 1960, he was appointed political commissar of the Department of Naval Aviation.
On July 24, 2002, he died in Qingdao, which he led his troops to liberate.
31st Army Chen Huatang
Chen Huatang is a native of Tianmen, Hubei Province, born in 1911.
Tianmen is not outstanding in Hubei, where generals gather, but it also produces 13 founding major generals.
Chen Huatang joined the Red Army in 1931 and served as chief of staff of the 51st Regiment of the 17th Division of the 6th Red Army during the Long March in 1936.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, in 1942, he was appointed deputy commander of the 3rd Military Region of the Jiaodong Military Region.
From the establishment of the Jiaodong Military Region to a period of time after the founding of the People's Republic of China, most of the subordinate military sub-districts were named after various seas, such as the East China Sea, the West Sea, the South China Sea, the North Sea, and for a short time the Central Naval District.
Two periods were named numerically, with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Military Subdivisions for a short period from July 1942 to February 1943.
In February 1943, the 3rd Military Subdistrict was renamed the West Naval Subdistrict, and Chen Huatang succeeded Zhao Yiping as commander.
In 1947, Jiaodong formed the 5th and 6th divisions for the third time, and on April 8, the 6th division was established in Pingdu Zhifang, with Chen Huatang as the division commander.
In August 1947, when the 13th Column was established, Chen Huatang served as deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department.
In February 1949, the 13th Column was reorganized into the 31st Army, with Chen Huatang as the political commissar and Zhou Zhijian as the commander.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Huatang was transferred to the Air Force and served as the commander of the Air Force of the Nanjing Military Region and the Fuzhou Military Region.
He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and died in Beijing on November 5, 1983.
27th Army Liu Haotian
He was born in November 1912 in Gaotian Village, Huangpi Town, Ningdu County, Jiangxi Province.
A total of 13 founding generals came out of Ningdu, Liu Haotian was the only lieutenant general, and the rest were major generals.
Liu Haotian began his revolutionary career at the age of 15, joined the Red Army in 1933, and became a battalion instructor after the Long March reached northern Shaanxi.
In 1942, he served as deputy director of the Political Department of the 2nd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
In February 1943, the 3rd Branch of the 1st Kang Da Branch (Jiaodong Kang Da) was reorganized into the 2nd Teaching Regiment of the Jiaodong Military Region, with Liu Haotian as the political commissar and Cai Zhengguo as the regiment leader.
In November 1943, he was appointed political commissar of the Northern Naval Sub-Division, and was then the commander Sun Duanfu.
In the spring of 1944, he succeeded Wang Yili as the secretary of the CPC North Haiti Committee.
In September 1945, Jiaodong established the 5th and 6th Divisions for the first time, with Liu Haotian as the director of the Political Department, Wu Kehua, then division commander, and Peng Jiaqing, political commissar.
In February 1947, the 9th Column was established in Pingdumen Village, and in October, Liu Haotian succeeded Lin Hao as political commissar, and the then commander Nie Fengzhi. At the same time, he also served as the political commissar of the 25th Division. The deputy division commander at the time, Huang Jingchen, was Liu Hao's fellow villager in Tianningdu and a founding major general.
In February 1949, the 27th Army was established, with Liu Haotian as political commissar and military commander Nie Fengzhi.
He led the 27th Army to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. After returning to China, he was responsible for the establishment of the Advanced Infantry School, and later served as the political commissar of the General Advanced Infantry School, the political commissar of the Military Academy, and the commander of the East China Sea Fleet.
In 1955 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. He died in Shanghai on January 9, 1984.
41st Army Mo Wenhua
Mo Wenhua was born in 1910 in Tingzi Village, Yongning County, Guangxi.
Graduated from the First Branch of the Central Military and Political School. In 1929, Mo Wenhua participated in the Baise Uprising in Guangxi with Zhang Yunyi.
During the Long March, he served as the political commissar of the higher-level cadre troops. In April 1935, he was transferred to the post of director of the political department of the Red Cadre Regiment, and the regiment commander and political commissar were Chen Geng and Song Renqiong, respectively.
He was the director of the Political Department of the Red Army University and the deputy director of the Political Department of the Kang Da.
In December 1937, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the director of the political department of the left-behind corps, and the commander and political commissar was Xiao Jinguang.
After the Seventh National Congress, Mo Wenhua served as the deputy political commissar of the third detachment of the Eighth Route Army and accompanied the army south to Guangzhou.
In 1945, he came to Northeast China and served as deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Southern Manchurian Military Region. In May 1948, Mo Wenhua was appointed political commissar of the 4th Column.
On November 17, 1948, the 4th Column was reorganized into the 41st Army, with Mo Wenhua as political commissar and Wu Kehua as its commander.
Later, he served as political commissar of the 13th and 14th Corps. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as director of the Political Department of the Northeast Military Region, director of the Political Academy of the People's Liberation Army, deputy political commissar of the Fuzhou Military Region, and political commissar of the armored troops of the People's Liberation Army. In 1955 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. He is the only lieutenant general among the political commissars of the 4 field corps.
Lieutenant General Mo Wenhua recorded in his memoirs that because he offended Gao Gang, the main corps was demoted to deputy corps in 1952, so he lost the opportunity to be promoted to general.
He died in Beijing on May 31, 2000.