In the course of the Hunan peace movement, Jiang and Bai went to great lengths to plot sabotage. They terrorized and suppressed the people at the lower levels, while they threatened to lure and sow discord against Cheng, Chen, and their subordinates. After Bai Chongxi retired to Hunan, he reorganized the Hunan Provincial Government, replaced the original personnel, and then reorganized the Hunan Security Brigade, deprived Cheng Qian of his military powers, and finally dismissed him from his two posts, forcing General Cheng Qian to leave Shaoyang alone on four horses, and handing over all the military and political power in Hunan to Chen Mingren. When the People's Liberation Army approached Changsha by several lines, and Bai Chongxi fled to Hengyang, he promised to pay for 80 cannons and 200,000 current oceans, and asked General Chen Mingren to hold Changsha. On August 1, Deng Wenyi and Huang Jie both flew from Guangzhou to Changsha, nominally to sneak in as the nominal examination dean, but in fact to win chen Mingren over. Interestingly, at this time, Bai Chongxi also said in Guangzhou that there will be good news in the Xianggan battlefield within 10 days. Indeed, within a week, the astonishing good news of the uprising of Generals Cheng and Chen and the peaceful liberation of Hunan spread throughout the country.
Chinese the Fourth Field Army of the People's Liberation Army and the rebel forces reached an agreement and with the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the rebel troops reorganized the regular troops, security forces, gendarmerie corps, marine police corps, and provincial government guard brigades of the uprising into the 1st Corps of the Chinese Kuomintang People's Liberation Army in Liuyang County, Hunan Province, with Chen Mingren as its commander. Among them, the 63rd Division of the Kuomintang Army, the Xiangdong Column, and the Changsha Appeasement Office Garrison Brigade were reorganized into the 2nd Army, with commander Fu Zhengmo (concurrently), deputy commanders Tang Jinan, He Guangqian, and Dai Wen, and chief of staff He Guangqian (concurrently). The army consisted of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Divisions (the 6th Division had only one empty shelf and was owed to the 16th, 17th, and 18th Regiments). The former 63rd Division and the Xiangdong Column were organized into the 4th Division, with division commander Tang Jinan (concurrently), deputy division commanders Long Qiguang and Chen Qixin, and chief of staff Peng Zhijing. The 2nd Battalion of the former 10th Gendarmerie Regiment, the Changsha SuiJue Guard Brigade, the Hunan Provincial Government Guard Brigade, the Security Headquarters Guard Brigade, the Changsha Guard Squadron, the Security Command 1st Guard Brigade, and the Hunan Provisional Column Headquarters Supplementary Regiment were organized into the 5th Division, with division commanders Jiang Heying, deputy division commanders Chen Limo and Liu Mingqiu, and chief of staff Meng Wenkai. Commander of the 6th Division, Dai Wen (concurrently).
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Hunan Provincial Security Divisions were reorganized into the 3rd Army, with commander Peng Jieru, deputy commanders Zhang Jitai, Cai Qicai, and Cheng Bangchang, chief of staff Liao Bingji, and deputy chief of staff Li Tiexiao. The army was under the jurisdiction of the 7th Division, the 8th Division, and the 9th Division, which was organized into the 7th Division with the former Hunan 1st Security Division, with division commander He Yuankai and deputy division commander Qi Qiyu. The 8th Division was formed from the 4th Regiment, 6th Regiment and 12th Regiment of the 4th Division of the former Hunan Security Division, with Division Commander Zhou Dugong, Deputy Division Commander Huang Yugu, and Chief of Staff Gui Cilian. The 9th Division was formed with the former Hunan 3rd Security Division, the Security Headquarters Security Regiment, and the Xiangxi Column, with division commander Zhang Jitai, deputy division commanders Tang Rigao and Li Qian, and chief of staff Xiong Pengnian. There was also the 10th Division (empty shelf), division commander Xiang Chengcheng, and the 11th Division (empty shelf), division commander Chen Guangzhong. After the formation of the troops, there were actually 36,681 people. The remaining personnel were sent to the military academy for training, and some were transferred to other jobs and demobilized and resettled, and the work was carried out smoothly.
At the invitation of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao, Cheng Qian, Chen Mingren, and others arrived in Beiping in early September and were cordially received by Chairman Mao, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, Vice Chairman Zhou Enlai, and other leaders. Chairman Mao also instructed the departments concerned: Song Gong has been in the military and political circles for a long time, and there are many old subordinates, and there may still be people who ask him for money or if he wants to send some money to his old friends and subordinates, he must think for him, so as not to embarrass him. Now that the country has just been established and there are still many difficulties, it is decided that the government will allocate him a special fee of 50,000 catties of rice on a monthly basis, let him spend it, and do not make any restrictions. After the implementation of the salary system, General Cheng Qian enjoyed the salary of senior cadres at the 3rd level, and received a special fee of 5,000 yuan per month as usual. This funding did not end until the death of General Cheng Qian. After General Cheng Qian became vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, Chairman Mao instructed again: "Song Gong is an elderly man, and it is inevitable that he will stay in his hometown, he has a house in Changsha, and we have prepared a house for him in Beijing." He can live in Changsha or in Beijing, as long as he attends some important meetings, manages major events, does not engage in specific work, and lets him live a good old age!
Chen Mingren also met with Chairman Mao twice, and Chairman Mao said to him: You have successfully passed the war barrier, and it is good to come here, and asked him what his plans are for the future. Chen Mingren said: "I am a soldier, and I still want to do my best for the country militarily. Chairman Mao said, "You still take the troops with you, and you are still the commander." Chen Mingren was extremely excited and relieved by this.
On September 20, Cheng and Chen happily attended the first session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. On October 1, Chen Mingren, together with Cheng Qian and other rebel generals and famous patriotic democrats, ascended the Tiananmen Tower and the Viewing Platform to celebrate the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China.
After Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren surrendered to the people, they received solemn courtesy in Beijing. Since then, he has been highly trusted and valued by the Communist Party and the people, and has held many important positions. Cheng Qian was designated as a state-level cadre and "sat on an equal footing" with Chairman Mao. Cheng Qian served as vice chairman of the Political Committee of the Central And Southern Army, chairman of Hunan Province, governor of Hunan Province, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and other leading positions. He died in Beijing on April 19, 1968, at the age of 86.
Chen Mingren was designated as a national level 5 cadre, comparable to the "Ten Generals". He served as the commander of the 21st Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, a member of the Central and Southern Military and Political Committee, a member of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a commander of the 55th Army, and was awarded the rank of general, and was also elected as a deputy to the National People's Congress and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He died in Beijing in 1974 at the age of 71.
On September 5, 1949, the Siye 12th Corps and Hunan Military Region accepted Chen Mingren's several requests to send cadres to help reorganize the troops, and 10 cadres were dispatched to form a working group to assist the insurgent troops in the reorganization and training work. Yang Wenmo took a cadre to the 2nd Army, and Zhong Mingbiao took a cadre to the 3rd Army. Commander Chen Mingren felt that the number of people was too small, and it was difficult to transform the troops into a real people's army, and it was difficult to rely on these few people to do ideological work. Therefore, he personally wrote a letter to Comrade Xiao Jinguang, commander of the 12th Corps and commander of the Hunan Military Region, asking for more staff. Since then, Shino has successively dispatched 531 cadres at all levels, from company to division, to undertake the task of reorganizing the troops, and another 82 supply cadres have been transferred.
After the working group was stationed in the troops, in accordance with the spirit of the instructions on doing a good job in the ideological education of the insurrectionary troops and turning the troops into a truly strong people's armed force, it first conducted a comprehensive inspection of the 2nd and 3rd Armies. It was found that the atmosphere of study in the troops was relatively strong, and the enthusiasm for demanding progress was very high. Study has become a conscious action of officers and soldiers, and some soldiers squeeze money out of their living expenses to buy paper and make them into study books. Study competition activities have been carried out, and a system of two hours of study per day for cadres has been established. The 2nd and 3rd Armies also held short-term training classes, and the backbone companies of training and counseling and study also held study posters to guide study activities. As a result of the general study activities carried out by the troops and the education of officers and men in a revolutionary spirit, the work style of the troops has changed greatly compared with before. Most of the 2nd and 3rd Armies were formed by security forces, which had never fought in battle, had many officers, many dependents, few soldiers, weak combat effectiveness, and poor equipment. But the most prominent problem is that there is no democracy, and the lower cadres and most of the fighters are afraid to speak.
In view of the temporary doubts of the officers and men of the insurrectionary forces about the party's policies, the idea that the future of the troops is wavering, and other vague ideas, all officers and men of the division and regiment are taken as units to make speeches, cadre forums and soldiers' forums are held, cadres at and above the platoon level (sometimes squad leaders and soldiers are involved) are concentrated to give big classes, and short-term rotational training classes for cadres are held to conduct propaganda and education. He repeatedly preached the significance, purpose, and steps and methods of the rectification training, talked about the victorious situation in the national war, talked about the program of the CPPCC and the nature and future of New China, introduced the history and glorious traditions of the struggle of the People's Liberation Army, the system of democratic life within our army, especially the relations between officers and soldiers and between the military and the people, and pointed out the essential differences between the People's Liberation Army and the Kuomintang army. It is necessary to unify the thinking and understanding of the troops, and then carry out the democratic movement throughout the troops, hold mass meetings in general, analyze the current situation, lay out existing problems, and put forward suggestions for improvement. It has initially dispelled the ideological concerns of officers and men and aroused the enthusiasm for participating in the rectification and training work.
Through the reorganization and training, 2,500 cadres at all levels were sent to the Corps Cadre School, the Hunan Branch of the Central South Military and Political University, and the Hunan Military Region of the People's Liberation Army and the Cadre Teaching Regiment of the 12th Corps to study according to the specific conditions of the surplus cadres and their respective requirements. There are 3,885 family members of cadres, and some of the family members who are willing to return to their hometowns will be resettled by the troops; for others who are homeless, they are arranged to work in factories so that they can get what they want.
Through one month of propaganda and education and patient and meticulous ideological and political work, the political consciousness of the vast number of officers and men has gradually increased. Initially realizing that we are in the embrace of the people, we must sever our relations with the Kuomintang. Many officers and soldiers of the uprising felt ashamed that they still wore the symbol of the word "Kuomintang" after the uprising. The vast number of officers and men have demanded one after another that the troops be reorganized into the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
On November 1, according to the orders of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Committee and the Fourth Field Army, the 1st Corps of the Chinese Nationalist People's Liberation Army was reorganized into the 21st Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Chen Mingren was appointed commander and Tang Tianji was appointed political commissar. With the 3rd Army as the main force, the 2nd Army and the 3rd Army of the Chinese Kuomintang People's Liberation Army were merged and reorganized into the 53rd Army under the jurisdiction of the 21st Corps, with Peng Jieru as the commander, Wang Zhenqian as the political commissar, Wang Zhenxiang as the deputy commander, Yang Wenmo as the chief of staff, and Zhang Taisheng as the director of the political department. It administers the 217th Division, with Jiang Heying as the division commander, Duan Lianghui as the political commissar, Lü Ziming as the deputy political commissar and director of the political department; the 218th Division, He Yuankai as the division commander, and Xiao Deming as the political commissar; the 219th Division, Zhou Dugong as the division commander, and Wang Gen as the political commissar.
On December 2, the grand inaugural meeting of the 21st Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was held in Liuyang County. The meeting was presided over by Commander Chen Mingren and read out the orders of the Chinese Revolutionary Military Commission. In his speech, Comrade Tao Zhu emphatically pointed out that the significance of the establishment of the 21st Corps is very great, "It announces to the whole world and the people of the whole Chinese that all comrades of the 21st Corps, under the leadership of Director Cheng and Commander Chen, are taking the correct and glorious path." He exhorted commanders and fighters to "study better, thoroughly transform themselves, add progress to progress, and truly become loyal defenders of the people's state." Later, on behalf of the Central Military Commission, Tao Zhu awarded the August 1st Army flag and seal to the troops. After the commanders at all levels received the military flag and seal, all the commanders and fighters of the 21st Corps, including the 53rd Army, raised their hands and swore an oath:
"We have since become the sons and daughters of the Chinese people, and we must always be under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, Chairman Mao, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu, resolutely carry out orders, obey commands, implement government decrees, abide by mass discipline, cherish the interests of the people, unite internally, oppose imperialism, overthrow bureaucratic capital, eliminate feudal forces, loyally be the defenders of the People's Republic of China, and strive to the end for building a new democratic new China." If they violate it, they are willing to be punished by revolutionary discipline and reprimanded by comrades.