In the Huaihai Campaign, the two major field armies of our army joined forces to annihilate 550,000 main forces of the Kuomintang army, including the Fifth Army, the Eighteenth Army, and Huang Baitao's Twenty-fifth Army, and other aces of the Nationalist army. The joint operation of the two major field armies of Huaye and Nakano is also a classic case that history lovers and military fans are talking about. In order to achieve coordinated operations, the General Front Committee for the Huaihai Campaign was established under the instructions of the central authorities before the war. There were five leaders of the General Front Committee, and one of them was somewhat surprising, and this person was Tan Zhenlin.
The former secretary of the General Committee of the Huaihai Campaign was Deng Political Commissar deng of Erye, which was not surprising. Liu Shuai, commander of the Central Plains Field Army, was unyielding and an important member of the General Front Committee. At this time, Mr. Chen was also the first deputy commander of the Central Plains Field Army, and at the same time the commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army. Of course, at this time, he was no longer in Huaye's office, and Huaye's work was presided over by the acting commander Su Zong. It is precisely for this reason that Both Mr. Chen and Mr. Su are members of the General Front Committee. In this way, four places were occupied, and the last person was Tan Zhenlin of the East China Field Army. Friends who are not familiar with history may feel that Tan Zhenlin cannot be compared with the above four prominent figures, is this really the case?
Tan Zhenlin was a military-level cadre from the Red Army period, served as the political commissar of the 12th Army, and later participated in leading the three-year guerrilla war. Although after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he transferred to the government department and did not participate in the awarding of titles, if he was evaluated, he could not only be at the rank of general, but probably on a par with Su Zong. Most of the founding generals were division-level cadres in the Red Army, and relatively few reached the military rank. Moreover, Tan Zhenlin was the political commissar of the Central China Field Army in the early days of the Liberation War, and after merging with the Shandong troops, he became the first deputy political commissar of the East China Field Army. After Mr. Chen was transferred to Nakano, his position in the field army was second only to that of acting commander Su Zong, and in 1948 he could be regarded as the de facto number two person in the field army.
Although the positions were slightly lower than those of the other four chiefs, it was natural for Tan Zhenlin to enter the General Front Committee. In fact, looking at the composition of the General Front Committee can explain this problem. Both Commissar Deng and Liu Shuai were the heads of the Central Plains Field Army, and Elder Chen was finally "half a", because he was in both Nakano and Huaye. There are a total of five people in the General Front Committee, so it is obvious that in addition to these three people, the East China Field Army must have at least two chiefs to achieve the balance of numbers and the equality of status, which is equivalent to huaye and nakano accounting for two and a half each. Su Zong, who actually commanded the army, naturally had to be shortlisted, so the next thing in Huaye was Tan Zhenlin.
If there were only four people in the General Front Committee, there might not be anything to do with Tan Zhenlin. Five people, will definitely add him. Tan Zhenlin has both military and political qualifications, and can be said to be a very comprehensive and rare talent. Moreover, he dared to tell the truth as a person, and even when he commanded the god-like General Su to lead Hua Ye to defeat the battle, he also dared to stand up and criticize the problems in the military command of Commander Su, and his work style was very impressive. Tan Zhenlin has both ability and qualification, and it is not surprising that he has a quota in the case of five people in the General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign. Moreover, this is said in the case of equal quotas between Huaye and Nakano, in fact, Huaye participated in the battle of more than 400,000 troops, the strength is far stronger than the Central Plains Field Army at that time, the impact on the war situation and the right to speak is higher.
As far as the status of these five people after the founding of the People's Republic of China is concerned, Tan Zhenlin is not inferior. Although he did not have a military rank, his personal development was no less than that of some marshals and generals, and he became a vice-state-level cadre (vice premier of the State Council) in 1956, more than 20 years before Su Zong became vice chairman of the National People's Congress. Tan Zhenlin's promotion speed after the founding of the People's Republic of China was very fast, and he and Mr. Chen and Liu Shuai were cadres at the same level.