First of all, let's talk about the history of General Peng Xuefeng. In 1907, Peng Xuefeng was born into an ordinary peasant family in Zhenping County, Nanyang City, Henan Province. Because his family was poor, he used to work as a cow herder for several years. But Peng Xuefeng never gave up studying, and later in his uncle Peng Yanqing's private school class, he accompanied the children of those rich families. As a result, the academic performance is much better than that of the children of the rich family. In 1921, the year the party was founded, 14-year-old Peng Xuefeng was admitted to Tianjin Nankai Middle School with excellent results.
During his studies in Tianjin, the young Peng Xuefeng read a large number of progressive books. In 1925, at the age of 18, Peng Xuefeng joined the youth league. In 1926, he joined the Party with honor. After 1929, the young Peng Xuefeng began to organize peasant movements everywhere. And entered the Ruijin Soviet District, began to participate in the Red Army, the progress is very fast. In 1930, at the age of 23, Peng Xuefeng had grown into deputy political commissar of the 1st Column of the 8th Army of the Red 3rd Army.
In the era of the Red Army, the young Peng Xuefeng participated in the third, fourth, and fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaigns, and gradually grew into a general who could stand alone. Due to the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the main force of the Red Army began a difficult long march. In the course of the Long March, Peng Xuefeng led the troops and undertook the task of opening the way. Along the way, they captured Loushan Pass, took Zunyi City directly, crossed the Jinsha River, flew over the Dadu River, marched into Tianquan City, and passed through the steppe, which was deeply appreciated by Chairman Mao.
In 1936, after the main force of the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi. In the process of reorganizing the Red Army troops, Chairman Mao gladly accepted the opinions peng Xuefeng reacted to, and he specifically talked to Peng Xuefeng, saying: "What you said is very reasonable, let me think about it carefully, you should go back first, work with peace of mind, and bring the team well." Subsequently, Peng Xuefeng entered the Anti-Japanese University of the Red Army for further study.
After the reorganization of the Red Army troops, Peng Xuefeng served as the commander of the second column of the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment. At that time, a series of generals gathered in this column. They were: General Xiao Jinguang, chief of staff, General Luo Ruiqing, director of the Political Department, General Chen Geng, commander of the 13th Brigade, General Liu Yalou, deputy commander, General Li Tianyou, commander of the 10th Brigade, General Yang Yong, political commissar of the 10th Brigade, General Wang Ping, political commissar of the 11th Brigade, General Su Zhenhua, political commissar of the 12th Brigade, General Li Zhimin, political commissar of the Ministry of Health, and General Zhang Aiping, political commissar of the 13th Brigade.
This shows how high the status of General Peng Xuefeng is. In 1937, after the Japanese army launched the Lugou Bridge Incident, in order to unite all forces to resist the war, the Red Army troops in various regions began to accept reorganization. The Red Army in the north was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and the Red Army in the south was reorganized into the New Fourth Army. At that time, Peng Xuefeng was the chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the director of the office in Jin.
Later, Peng Xuefeng rushed to the south and successively served as the commander of the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army, the commander and political commissar of the 6th detachment of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the 4th Column of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army. With the development of the New Fourth Army, the unit expanded to 7 divisions. Let's look at the commanders of the other 6 divisions, General Su Yu, commander of the 1st Division, General Zhang Yunyi, commander of the 2nd Division, General Huang Kecheng, commander of the 3rd Division, Li Xiannian, commander of the 5th Division, Tan Zhenlin, commander of the 6th Division, and Zhang Dingcheng, commander of the 7th Division.
It can be seen from this that the commanders of the first 3 divisions were all generals. The commander of the last 3 divisions, although not awarded a rank. But then the rank and position, everyone knows. During the period of leading the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army, General Peng Xuefeng made great achievements in battle and formed the first cavalry regiment of the New Fourth Army. Later, in a series of battles, this cavalry unit played a large role.
In August 1944, Peng Xuefeng led the 4th Division to the west, and in more than a month, more than 3,000 large and small battles were fought, recovering eight counties. On September 11, 1944, while commanding troops to surround and annihilate the enemy forces in Balizhuang, General Peng Xuefeng was hit by stray bullets and died heroically at the age of 37.
When Chairman Mao heard the bad news, he said with a long sigh: "A balizhuang so small actually damaged one of my generals." On February 7, 1945, Yan'an held a solemn memorial meeting for General Peng Xuefeng. At the memorial service, Chairman Mao wrote down the longest link in his life: twenty years of arduous undertakings, about to be completely completed, to endure the glory of merit, to be named forever, and to be loyal to the first... Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are broken, waiting to be cleaned up from scratch, blood and flowers are splashing, sacrificing for the country, full of sorrow and indignation.
It can be seen from this that the chairman is very sad about Peng Xuefeng's sacrifice. As the commander of the New Fourth Army, Marshal Chen Yi commented on General Peng Xuefeng: "Our party is in the world, and it is also a jun and a handsome talent. General Peng's lover, Lin Ying, endured grief and gave birth to the child in his womb, taking the name Peng Xiaofeng. Peng Xiaofeng inherited his father's legacy under the education of his mother, and his progress was very fast.
In 1955, with the basic end of the war, our country entered the stage of post-war reconstruction and economic development. At the same time, the PLA troops began a series of regularization construction and began to use military ranks. The famous Ten Marshals and Ten Generals appeared. A question arises, if in 1955, General Peng Xuefeng was still alive, what rank would he be awarded?
Let's look at the criteria for awarding the rank of great general in 1955: during the Red Army period as a division commander, during the Eighth Route Army as a division and brigade commander, at the level of the New Fourth Army division, and equivalent positions. During the Liberation War, he served as a commander at the corps level or deputy field army level, and finally served as a commander at the military region level or service level after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
During the Red Army era, Peng Xuefeng served as the political commissar of the Red Second Division and the Red Fourth Division. In the era of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he successively served as the commander of the sixth detachment of the New Fourth Army, the division commander and political commissar of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army, equivalent to the brigade level of the Eighth Route Army. Judging from the qualifications of General Peng Xuefeng, it is very much in line with the criteria for awarding the rank of great general. However, because General Peng Xuefeng was killed in 1944, many problems cannot be speculated.
Seriously, if General Peng Xuefeng had not sacrificed. In the War of Liberation, he would definitely serve as the commander of a certain corps in Huaye or the deputy commander of the East China Field Army. According to this criterion, in 1955, when the title was awarded, General Peng Xuefeng was most likely awarded the rank of general. The lowest is also the rank of general, and it ranks very high. Admirals, admirals, there are great possibilities.
Here, pay tribute to the martyrs of the past, such as Lu Deming, Wu Zhonghao, Huang Gongluo, Cai Shenxi, Duan Dechang, Zeng Zhongsheng, Guan Xiangying, Cai Jishen, Wang Erzhuo, Xun Huaizhou, Fang Zhimin, Liu Zhidan, Liu Yuxi, Wu Huanxian, Ye Chenghuan, Gao Jingting, Yang Jingyu, Zhao Shangzhi, Zuo Quan, Luo Binghui... Wait a minute.
In 2006, General Peng Xiaofeng, the son of General Peng Xuefeng, was promoted to the rank of general, which can also be regarded as a consolation to the spirit of his father Peng Xuefeng in heaven.
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