In 1955, the country's military regions were redivided, and in this year, the East China Military Region was changed to the Nanjing Military Region, and at the same time, the Nanjing Military Region was also one of the major military regions at that time. After the establishment of the Nanjing Military Region, Xu Shiyou served as the first commander, and after that, he served as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region for a long time, and it was not until 1973 that the commanders of the eight major military regions were transferred, and Xu Shiyou was transferred to the Guangzhou Military Region and served as the new commander of the Guangzhou Military Region.
Speaking of the transfer of commanders of the eight military regions, we must start with a meeting on December 12, 1973, on which Chairman Mao presided over a meeting, and the meeting was held in Chairman Mao's study and reception room. During the meeting, Chairman Mao proposed: "To discuss a military issue, the commanders of the major military regions across the country should be transferred to each other. ”
Before this, Chairman Mao had discussed this topic with Ye Shuai, the prime minister and Wang Hongwen, and they all agreed, so the chairman took this topic to the meeting for discussion. After speaking, the chairman proposed that the participants sing the song "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions" together, and after singing, the chairman continued: "It's not okay to be alone in one place for a long time." It's been a long time! ”
Chairman Mao's remarks are very reasonable, for example, the Nanjing Military Region we mentioned earlier, from its formal establishment in 1955 to the time of the meeting in 1973, Xu Shiyou has been the commander of this military region for 18 years. The Chair attached great importance to this matter and he believed that if a person was in one place for a long time, there would be negative elements. In order to avoid negative factors, this meeting was created.
During the meeting, Chairman Mao also talked about other topics, such as he proposed the "Children's League" and earnestly advised everyone not to look down on the "Children's League". At that time, Wang Hongwen was in the limelight and was also very young, compared with Xu Shiyou and other old revolutionaries, Wang Hongwen belonged to the "children's group......
At the same time, the meeting also decided to convene a meeting on 20 December for the transfer of commanders of the eight major military regions, at which Chairman Mao met with the senior generals attending the meeting on the spot, and officially issued an order on 22 December for the transfer of commanders of the eight major military regions.
On December 22, at the scene of the transfer meeting, Chairman Mao announced the transfer order of the commanders of the eight military regions. Before the announcement, Chairman Mao wanted to give Wang Hongwen a chance and deliberately asked him to take the roster for roll call. Wang Hongwen didn't shirk anything, he directly picked up the roster and read it: "Xu Shiyou! ”
No one agreed at the scene, Wang Hongwen looked down and found that Xu Shiyou was sitting below, looking at the ceiling with a blue face, ignoring Wang Hongwen. Wang Hongwen thought that Xu Shiyou didn't hear clearly, so he clicked again: "Xu Shiyou!" This time, Xu Shiyou was so angry that he slammed the teacup on the coffee table and made a "bang" sound.
Wang Hongwen saw that Xu Shiyou did not agree, so he could only look at the chairman helplessly. At this time, the prime minister came out to the rescue, and he took the roster from Wang Hongwen's hand, starting with the names of Ding Sheng, Li Desheng and other major generals. After the roll call, the prime minister announced: "Please the chairman announce the order of the commanders of the eight military regions to be transferred!" ”
The chairman announced on the spot the specific situation of the transfer of commanders of the eight military regions: Li Desheng, who served as commander of the Beijing Military Region, was transferred to the post of commander of the Shenyang Military Region; Chen Xilian, commander of the Shenyang Military Region, was transferred to the post of commander of the Beijing Military Region; Yang Dezhi, commander of the Jinan Military Region, and Zeng Siyu, commander of the Wuhan Military Region, were transferred; Xu Shiyou, commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and Ding Sheng, commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, were transferred; Han Xianchu, commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, and Pi Dingjun, commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, were transferred.
After that, Xu Shiyou went to the Guangzhou Military Region and served as the new commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, after which he also commanded the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and continued to fight for the country in his later years, safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and reproducing the demeanor of a generation of generals.