In addition to Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu, who else are the people who have commanded more than one million troops in the CCP?
According to statistics, there are only four so far.
Who are the four exactly? Many people may not know, especially a general.
First of all, the time when the regular army led by the CCP exceeded 1 million troops was the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan in August 1945. On April 25, 1945, Mr. Zhu announced at the Seventh National Congress that the total strength of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and the South China Anti-Japanese Column was 910,000. Three months later, the total strength of the CCP's regular army officially exceeded one million. In other words, since then, Zhu Mao has entered a period of leading more than one million soldiers.
In addition to the two commanders, the PLA also has four generals who command more than one million troops, namely Lin Zong, Luo Ronghuan, Peng Dehuai, and Deng Hua, the first three are marshals, and Deng Hua is General.
After three years of the War of Liberation, according to statistics, by January 1950, the total strength of the four field armies had reached about 1.5 million, which was the first of the total strength of the four major field armies of the People's Liberation Army, and the total strength of several other field armies did not exceed one million. That is: Lin Luo became the first two generals to command a million-strong army since Chairman Mao and Zhu Lao.
In October 1950, Peng Dehuai led the Volunteer Army into North Korea to fight, starting with only four armies, and in November two more armies were added, with a total strength of 300,000. However, three months later. By the spring of 1951, the total strength of the Volunteer Army exceeded 770,000, reaching 1.1 million in October. As a result, Peng Dehuai became the third CCP general to command an army of more than 1 million to fight.
In April 1952, Peng Dehuai returned to China due to illness. On June 11, Deng Hua, deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, acted as commander-in-chief and political commissar, becoming the fourth general of the People's Liberation Army to command more than 1 million troops to fight. By the end of 1952, the total strength of the volunteer army in Korea reached 1.35 million.
In July 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, officially ending the war. At this time, the total strength of the Volunteer Army in Korea was 1.3 million. Since December, China has withdrawn the 40th, 60th, 63rd, 64th, and 65th armies. In 1954, the 12th, 15th, 47th, 67th and 33rd Divisions of the Volunteer Army returned to China successively. In September 1954, Deng Hua served as the commander of the Volunteer Army and concurrently served as the political commissar. In October, Deng Hua returned to China, and the Party Central Committee appointed Yang Dezhi as the commander of the Volunteer Army.
At this time, the strength of the Volunteer Army in Korea was less than 1 million.
Therefore, in the history of our army, in addition to commanders Mao Zedong and Zhu De, there were three marshals Lin Luo, Mr. Peng, and General Deng Hua who commanded more than one million troops to fight. In addition, our army also has two super battles such as the Huaihai Campaign, and even have the title of "military gods", namely Liu Bocheng and Su Yu, but unfortunately, they are not on the list because the number of troops is less than one million.
The book "The Ten Marshals of the Liberation of the Chinese People's Republic of China: The Little-Known History of the Ten Commanders of the People's Liberation Army" written by Chen Guanren and published by the CPC History Publishing House recounted this incident. The book is the society's annual bestseller, and once ranked first on the best-selling list of China's military bestsellers (pictured).