In 1982, the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held, and 25 members of the Politburo were elected, including 8 founding generals, plus 3 veteran generals, a total of 11 founding generals, accounting for 44% of the Politburo members, which should be the most founding generals among the previous Politburo members.
(Yu Qiuli, Yang Shangkun, Wang Zhen and Xu Xiangqian)
The three veterans are Ye Jianying, Xu Xiangqian and Nie Rongzhen. Especially Ye Jianying, who was still responsible for the party and the country at that time, and his position was quite important. Xu Xiangqian and Nie Rongzhen are also vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission.
So who are the eight founding generals? They are widely distributed and representative, and they come from four field armies.
There were two from the 1st Field Army. One is the founding general Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen, known as Wang Huzi, is a representative general of the First Field Army and Peng Dehuai's favorite general. In today's film and television dramas, when Peng Dehuai is mentioned, Wang Zhen is often indispensable.
It is a pity that Wang Zhen, who is also the commander of the corps, was only awarded the general, while Xu Guangda was awarded the general. In terms of qualifications and prestige, Wang Zhen should be awarded a general more than Xu Guangda. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Zhen's achievements were greater than Xu Guangda, he was the commander of the railway troops and the vice premier of the State Council. In 1988, Wang Zhen was elected vice president of the People's Republic of China and continued to shoulder heavy responsibilities.
The other is the founding lieutenant general Yu Qiuli. Yu Qiuli is a one-armed lieutenant general and a political general. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the Minister of Petroleum Industry, made a name for himself, and was deeply relied on by Chairman Mao, and in 1982, Yu Qiuli served as the director of the General Political Department.
There is one from the Third Field Army, and he is the founding general Wei Guoqing. Wei Guoqing is the political commissar of the 10th Corps, and Ye Fei together led the army to liberate Fujian, he is one of the representative generals of Sanye, both civil and military, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the first leader of Guangxi, and the official reached the deputy national level.
(Wei Guoqing, Deng Xiaoping, etc.)
From the 10th, to the 11th, and then to the 12th, Wei Guoqing was re-elected as a member of the Politburo for three consecutive terms, and his achievements were relatively large. Among the generals from the Third Field Army, I am afraid that only Xu Shiyou can compete with him.
There were three from the 2nd Field Army. The first is the founding major general Li Desheng, Li Desheng is Wang Jinshan's favorite general, is a young Zhuang faction, during his work in Anhui, attracted the attention of Chairman Mao, was quickly promoted, and his status rose rapidly, until he became the vice chairman of the party, and the official reached the national level.
In 1982, Li Desheng had left the center of power and was serving as the commander of the Shenyang Military Region, guarding the northeast for the country, and still held heavy responsibilities.
The second is Zhang Tingfa, the founding major general of the People's Republic of China, who was the chief of staff of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army Headquarters, and his reputation was not very obvious. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Tingfa entered the air force system, and in 1977 he became the commander of the air force and also entered the Politburo.
The third is the founding general Song Renqiang, who participated in the old revolution of the Autumn Harvest Uprising. During the Liberation War, the Fourth Corps led by Chen Geng was established, and there was a lack of a political commissar, so the superiors sent Song Renqiang to partner with Chen Geng.
(Chen Geng, Song Renqiang)
Chen Geng and Song Renqiang led the troops together to liberate Yunnan. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Song Renqiang's achievements were relatively large, and he became the head of the Central Organization Department in 1978, so he also entered the Politburo.
One from the North China Military Region, he is the founding general Yang Dezhi, who succeeded Deng Xiaoping as chief of the general staff in 1980. is both a member of the Politburo and the chief of the General Staff, which is the political pinnacle of the life of veteran Yang Dezhi Rongma.
There are two in the first field, three in the second field, one in the third field, and one in the North China Military Region. The surviving four field generals Huang Kecheng, Xiao Jinguang and Tan Zheng have all taken a back seat.
The four wild tiger generals of Megatron, Liu Yalou and Li Tianyou, have died of illness, and the experiences of Han Xianchu, Deng Hua, Liu Zhen, and Huang Yongsheng are different. Only Hong Xuezhi still has a heavy responsibility, but he failed to enter the Politburo.
At the beginning of the article, it was said that there were a total of 8 founding generals, and there was one less, and he was Ulanfu, who was an outstanding leader of the people of Inner Mongolia and was re-elected as a member of the Politburo for two consecutive terms.
There is a saying that during the years of the Revolutionary War, the Inner Mongolian cavalry led by Ulanfu was also under the command of the Fourth Field Army, but it was not subordinate to the Fourth Field Army in terms of establishment, so to be precise, Ulanfu could not represent the Fourth Field Army.