After the founding of New China, the tiger generals who had fought bravely and skillfully on the battlefield of liberation threw themselves into the construction of the people's army and became the backbone of national defense construction. There are also many fierce generals who have become commanders of large military regions.
Friends who are familiar with modern history must know that in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the mainland first implemented the system of six major military regions, and the commanders at that time were all generals at the level of marshals. In 1955, the system of the six military regions was completely ended, and then evolved into 12 military regions, and in 1956 another one was added, making a total of 13 military regions.
The 13 major military regions must all be guarded by tiger generals, like Han Xianchu, a well-known general in the history of our army's war, who served as the commander of the military region for 23 years, making him a leader in the Fourth Field Army.
You must know that tiger generals such as Deng Hua, Huang Yongsheng, who have strong military ability, as well as Liang Xingchu, Li Tianyou, Liu Zhen and other tiger generals, have not served as commanders of the large military region as long as Han Xianchu.
Yang Dezhi and Xu Shiyou, two famous generals, served as commanders of the Grand Military Region from 1955 to 1980, and their tenures reached 25 years, which was even more bullish than Han Xianchu, who served for 23 years.
Yang Dezhi was the first commander of the Jinan Military Region, serving as commander of the Wuhan Military Region in 1973 and Kunming Military Region in 1979, and participated in and commanded the famous self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
Xu Shiyou was the first commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and in 1973 he became the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, during which he participated in and commanded the famous self-defense counterattack.
Judging from the tenure of the two veterans to the time of retirement, they have been commanders of large military regions for 25 years. But in fact, Xu Shiyou has been the commander of the Grand Military Region for the longest time.
During his tenure as commander of the Jinan Military Region, Yang Dezhi was sent by his superiors to study at the Nanjing Military Academy. In this way, General Wang Xinting temporarily assumed the post of commander of the Jinan Military Region for two years, while Xu Shiyou was different, and he had really been the commander of the large military region for 25 years. Therefore, he also became the founding general who served as the commander of the Grand Military Region for the longest time.
However, there is another tiger general who surpassed Xu Shiyou in his tenure in the Grand Military Region.
This person is the founding lieutenant general Qin Jiwei.
Xu Shiyou and Qin Jiwei both came from the Red Fourth Front Army during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, and both of them were brave generals in the history of our army's war, and they were also the main generals in the elimination of the reactionary military group.
During the Red Army period, both of them belonged to the Red Fourth Front Army, and Xu Shiyou was the main general of the Fourth Front Army.
In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Shiyou was the deputy commander of the 386 Brigade and served as General Chen Geng's deputy. But it didn't take long for Xu Shiyou to be entrusted with an important task by his superiors and sent him to the Jiaodong area to open up an anti-Japanese base area, and later served as the commander of the Jiaodong Military Region.
In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Qin Jiwei served as the commander of the guerrilla detachment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army. After the expansion of the ranks of the Eighth Route Army, the positions of all generals changed, and Qin Jiwei was also promoted, serving as the deputy commander of the newly formed 11th Brigade and the commander of the First Army Division of the Taihang Military Region.
During the Liberation War, Qin Jiwei was the commander of the ninth column of Chen Xie's corps, while Xu Shiyou was the commander of the ninth column on the Shandong battlefield. Isn't it a coincidence? The numbers of the troops commanded by the two fierce generals are the same, and not only that, but these two units are also the trump cards in the history of our army's war.
In 1949, when the whole army was reorganized, the Ninth Column under the command of General Qin Jiwei was reorganized into the 15th Army. This unit was the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army, which later played the national and military prestige during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.
The Ninth Column under the command of General Xu Shiyou was reorganized into the 27th Army. This unit was not only the number one force on the battlefield in East China during the liberation period, but also the heroic unit that smashed the American emperor's ace in the Battle of Changjin Lake during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.
In 1955, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Qin Jiwei was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. Xu Shiyou received the rank of general and served as commander of the Nanjing Military Region, while Qin Jiwei served as commander of the Kunming Military Region in 1957, two years later than Xu Shiyou.
Qin Jiwei, who served in the Kunming Military Region for 14 years. In 1973, he served as the commander of the Chengdu Military Region. However, his tenure in this large military region was not very long, only two years.
As a professional military general, Qin Jiwei served as the political commissar of the Beijing Military Region from 1975 to 1980, and his term of office was five years.
Although Qin Jiwei was not the commander of the military region at this time, the rights of the political commissar of the military region and the commander of the military region were the same, but their respective division of labor was different, but they were both important posts in managing a military region.
Qin Jiwei, who served as political commissar of the Beijing Military Region for five years, was later reappointed commander of the Beijing Military Region until he stepped down in 1987.
That is to say: in Qin Jiwei's military career, he has been in charge of the large military region for 28 years. Is it beyond Xu Shiyou, who has been in charge of the military region for 25 years?