In the 80s after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the commander of the country's large military regions was led by the generals of the Second Field Army.
Among them were Qin Jiwei, commander of the Beijing Military Region, Xiang Shouzhi, commander of the Nanjing Military Region, Li Desheng, commander of the Shenyang Military Region, You Taizhong, commander of the Chengdu Military Region, and Du Yide, commander of the Lanzhou Military Region.
There are very few founding generals from the four fields who can still serve as commanders of the large military regions, and even Han Xianchu, the commander of the whirlwind, has already retired from the leadership post of the commander of the large military region. There are only two founding generals from Siye who are still commanders of large military regions.
One is the founding lieutenant general Wu Kehua. At that time, he was the commander of the fourth column of the Northeast Field Army and a famous general who defended the Tashan position. Wu Kehua was able to fight, but his military rank was not high, and he was only awarded a lieutenant general. Of the commanders of the first four columns of the Northeast Field Army, only Wu Kehua was a lieutenant general, and the other three were all generals.
Wu Kehua suffered a little in terms of military rank, but his military rank after the founding of the People's Republic of China was quite high, which made up for the lack of low military rank to a certain extent. In the 50s, Wu Kehua served in the Jinan Military Region and was the first deputy commander of the Military Region and Yang Dezhi's deputy.
In 1963, at the suggestion of the old chief Lin Biao, Wu Kehua served as the commander of the artillery. is about to change careers, Wu Kehua is a little uncomfortable and wants to continue to serve in the army. But Lin Biao said that if he didn't understand, he could learn, that is, he wanted to find an unfamiliar person to manage the artillery.
In the sixties and seventies, Wu Kehua suffered some hardships and was unable to work, and it was not until 1975 that he returned to serve as the commander of the railway corps. Four years later, he was reappointed as the commander of the Urumqi Military Region, and in 1980, Wu Kehua came to southern Xinjiang and served as the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region.
(Wu Kehua and Deng Xiaoping shake hands)
The former commander of the Guangzhou Military Region was Xu Shiyou, and Wu Kehua, as Xu Shiyou's old subordinate and old comrade-in-arms, succeeded Xu Shiyou in leading the Guangzhou Military Region. He served until 1982, when Wu Kehua was nearly seventy years old.
is old and his health is not too good, so he takes a back seat. Five years later, Wu Kehua passed away at the age of 74. After Wu Kehua, You Taizhong, the general of the Second Field, took over as the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region.
The other is the founding major general Jiang Yonghui. Many people may not know Jiang Yonghui's name, but they must know Liang Xingchu, Jiang Yonghui is Liang Xingchu's Jiangxi fellow and Liang Xingchu's old subordinate. They were all generals of the Central Red Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, they all fought in Shandong, and they all went to the Northeast after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and they were all veterans of the 38th Army. When the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, Liang Xingchu led the 38th Army into Korea to fight, and Jiang Yonghui was the deputy commander of the 38th Army and Liang Xingchu's deputy at that time.
(Liang Xingchu on the left, Jiang Yonghui in the middle)
The two old comrades-in-arms experienced the glory and disgrace of the 38th Army together. When Liang Xingchu was scolded, Jiang Yonghui said that he was the one who should be scolded and he was responsible. Shame and courage. Jiang Yonghui assisted Liang Xingchu in fighting the second battle and won the honorary title of Long Live Army for the 38th Army.
The commander of the 38th Army after Liang Xingchu was Jiang Yonghui. After returning from Korea, Liang Xingchu went to the southernmost tip of the motherland and served as commander of the Hainan Military Region, while Jiang Yonghui went to the north and served as deputy chief of staff of the Shenyang Military Region.
He worked diligently in the Shenyang Military Region for more than 20 years, and finally became the deputy commander of the military region and became a good assistant to Commander Li Desheng. It's a pity that it didn't turn positive. Because Li Desheng is also a young Zhuang faction, he is only 1 year older than Jiang Yonghui.
What's more, Li Desheng is a general from the Second Field Army and a very important favorite general of Deng Xiaoping. In October 1983, Jiang Yonghui was parachuted into the Fuzhou Military Region as commander. He was honored to be the last commander of the Fuzhou Military Region.
Because two years later, Chairman Deng Xiaoping proposed a million-dollar disarmament, and the Fuzhou Military Region was abolished and became history. Jiang Yonghui left his job to recuperate, and died suddenly in 1991 due to an infusion reaction at the age of 74.
These two founding generals from Siye only served as commanders of the large military region for just two years in the 80s, which is the last afterglow of the founding generals of Siye in the history of the large military region.