In the last century, the new Chinese army held two grand ceremonies for awarding titles, the first in 1955, which also established the standardization of the military rank system of our army, and the second time was in 1988, which represented the restoration of the rank system of our army.
The second ceremony was after the "Million Dollar Disarmament", two of which were in a special situation, and in general, the commander usually held a higher position than that of the political commissar, but these two military regions were exceptions.
The commanders of these two major military regions, the Beijing Military Region and the Chengdu Military Region, were awarded the rank of lieutenant general, but the political commissar was a general.
< H1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the Beijing Military Region</h1>
The predecessor of the Beijing Military Region is the North China Military Region, and if you go back further, then the history is very long.
In 1955, the State Council decided to redivide the scope of the military region, and according to this decision, the North China Military Region was also officially renamed the Beijing Military Region, and this military region also had an important role, that is, to garrison the Beijing and Tianjin areas.
The first commander of the Beijing Military Region was the famous General Yang Chengwu.
With the development of many years, the construction of china's army has become more and more perfect, and by 1985, all the armies in the military district were reorganized into army group armies.
At the 1988 ceremony, Zhou Yibing served as commander-in-chief of the Beijing Military Region.
Zhou Yibing joined the revolution during the anti-Japanese period, and joined the Communist Party in that year, experiencing the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, and came up step by step.
However, there were many heroes in that era, many of whom began to struggle from the period of the Great Revolution, compared with them, Zhou Yibing's resume was slightly thin, and he served as a deputy staff officer of the military sub-district before the founding of the Country.
After the founding of New China, Zhou Yibing actively worked hard and took part in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, from brigade chief of staff to division chief of staff, and later to the post of chief of staff and deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region, thus becoming a senior general of our army.
In 1985, the "million-dollar disarmament" had a great impact on the army, many of which were abolished, and some old leaders left the army and were on the second line.
At this time, Zhou Yibing was promoted to deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region, and became the commander of the Beijing Military Region in 1987.
The next year, it coincided with the ceremony of conferring titles, and if you look at the position simply, Zhou Yibing can be awarded the rank of general as "commander of the Beijing Military Region".
However, the criteria for assessing ranks are not determined by a single position, but also take into account the qualifications and military merits of the person being evaluated, especially the rank in 1955.
Because after that, there were few wars in China, so many generals were "useless".
In 1955, Zhou Yibing's military rank was not high, and his seniority was not very deep, so in 1988, Zhou Yibing was only awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Interestingly, Zhou Yibing is a lieutenant general, while his political commissar Liu Zhenhua is a general.
This is because General Liu Zhenhua has a deep seniority, and this general has participated in the revolution since the early days of the Anti-Japanese Resistance.
During the anti-Japanese period, Liu Zhenhua had already served as the secretary of the branch of the 4 detachments and 2 battalions of the Shandong Provincial Column, and in the battle against Laiwu, he led his famous "Steel Eighth Company" to open the way for the whole battalion to advance, eliminating hundreds of ghosts and puppet troops.
After this battle, Liu Zhenhua's reputation was completely resounded, and later he also commanded many battles brilliantly, so he won the elegant title of "political work cadre who can fight".
In the Liberation War, general Liu Zhenhua appeared in the Liaoshen Campaign and the Pingjin Campaign.
In the entire liberation war, the most prominent battle for Liu Zhenhua was the liberation of Hainan Island.
At the beginning of the campaign, Liu Zhenhua's troops took on the heavy responsibility of "vanguard troops" and landed first, laying the foundation for victory in the entire war.
Shortly after the liberation of Hainan Island, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began again, and Liu Zhenhua's 118th Division became the vanguard unit again, and from the first campaign to the fifth campaign, Liu Zhenhua did not fall behind, always fighting the vanguard and rushing to the forefront.
Liu Zhenhua himself crossed the "38th Line" three times and annihilated two of Rhee's Eighth Divisions.
Liu Zhenhua was not only a military general, but also a civilian official, and our country spent a lot of efforts to support Albania, and Liu Zhenhua also served as China's ambassador to Albania during this period.
During his diplomatic service, Liu Zhenhua also served as a representative to negotiate the establishment of diplomatic relations with Greece, and it was not until 1976 that he was finally ordered to return to China to take charge of the political and logistical work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Three years later, Liu Zhenhua returned to the army, because the previous resume was too wonderful, his promotion road was also very smooth, first as deputy political commissar and political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region, and later in 1987 he was transferred to the Beijing Military Region as a political commissar, and with him was commander Zhou Yibing.
In 1988, when the title was awarded, the organization took into account Liu Zhenhua's outstanding military achievements, and he had already been awarded the rank of major general in 1964, and finally rated him as a general.
Subsequently, the elderly Liu Zhenhua began a retirement life, and the rank of general was a special honor for him.
The reason why Liu Zhenhua is still a civilian official is that he also wrote a memoir called "Liberation of Hainan Island" after his retirement, which was later adapted into a TV series.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Chengdu Military Region</h1>
The Chengdu Military Region is also a very important military region in China, in charge of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet and other places.
The 13th Group Army to which the military region belongs is also the only military-level unit that has never had uninterrupted military operations from the 1950s to the 21st century, whether it is in the early strategic operations to liberate southwest China or in the peacekeeping missions in China, the Chengdu Military Region has always been constantly fighting.
The Chengdu Military Region was also established in 1955 and reorganized on the basis of the Sichuan Military Region, with the first commander being the famous He Bingyan and the political commissar at that time being Li Jingquan.
In addition to dealing with the war, the military region has many tasks to fight floods and provide disaster relief, among which the figure of the people's children and soldiers of the Chengdu Military Region, which occurred in 1981, was deeply touched.
This military region, which has developed all the way, has always played an important role no matter what era it is.
By 1988, Fu Quanyou, the commander of the Chengdu Military Region, was the commander.
Fu Quanyou threw himself into the revolution during the Liberation War and joined the Communist Party, but at this time his qualifications and rank were not very high, his age was relatively young, and there were still infinite possibilities in the future.
Subsequently, he came out step by step, especially after the founding of the People's Republic of China, from the post of company commander to the commander of the army.
The disarmament also had a great impact on Fu Quan, and many young cadres came to the forefront to carry out political work in the army building in connection with the general policy of reform and opening up, and he was also promoted to commander of the Chengdu Military Region in 1985.
At the 1988 ceremony, he was also awarded the rank of lieutenant general only for reasons of seniority.
However, the story of Fu Quanyou's struggle did not end here, he walked very steadily every step, and later took the position of chief of the general staff, and was promoted to general in 1993.
At that time, the political commissar Wan Haifeng had very deep qualifications.
He joined the Red Army in July 1933, and during the agrarian revolution he took part in the struggle to defend the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Zone, and also participated in three years of guerrilla warfare, and was the squad leader at the time.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the organization had given Wan Haifeng full trust and made him a guard for the headquarters of the four detachments.
Later, he entered the Southern Anhui Teaching Corps to study, and after graduation, he successively went to the Jiangnan and Northern Jiangsu headquarters of the New Fourth Army to serve as a staff officer.
He also participated in major military struggles such as the Decisive Battle of Huangqiao and the Soviet-Chinese anti-"mopping-up."
During the Liberation War, he served as the chief of the operations section of the headquarters of the Sixth Column, and later became the commander of the 216th Regiment of the 72nd Division of the 24th Army of the Sanye, leading the troops to participate in the "Seven Battles and Seven Victories" in central Jiangsu.
In other words, the battlefield is the best teacher, and Wan Haifeng's teacher is Su Yu.
Subsequently, he followed the troops to participate in many battles such as Laiwu, Menglianggu, Eastern Henan, Huaihai, and Crossing the River.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea after the founding of New China, Wan Haifeng led his troops to Korea, served as the director of the artillery division of the Twenty-fourth Army, and began to command the summer counterattack operations of the volunteer army.
In this process, Wan Haifeng's military thinking was fully reflected, and the command artillery adopted the mode of "swimming artillery group", which is to put it bluntly a kind of raid, which can usually make the enemy dizzy in an instant.
If after the enemy reacts, he immediately begins to fight "guerrilla warfare", this strategy has also gained great results on the Korean battlefield.
In a battle to attack the nameless heights of the US army, this mode of operation was once again used by Wan Haifeng, who suddenly launched a 15-minute attack, effectively suppressing the enemy's firepower, and the next day, after the enemy army gathered in 30 vehicles, Wan Haifeng once again commanded the artillery to launch a 3-minute attack, and the enemy's large troops were instantly annihilated in a sea of fire.
Wan Haifeng on the Korean battlefield has absorbed the essence of Su Yu's military thought, which has also made full preparations for the subsequent promotion road.
After returning to China, he went to the Nanjing Military Academy for further study, and then gradually embarked on a senior leadership position.
In 1972, he began to serve as the deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region, and three years later, in 1975, he became the deputy political commissar of the Beijing Military Region.
At that time, the primary task proposed by Wan Haifeng was to do everything possible to rescue survivors and race against time, so that they would be responsible for the broad masses of the people, and at a time when the Chinese nation was plunged into new suffering, as a cadre who had come out of the people, he must stand up.
When the soldiers waded through the mountains and waters to reach the downtown area of Tangshan, it was already the early morning of July 29, and all the soldiers were hungry, but the cooking class of the troops led by Wan Haifeng cooked porridge, first distributed it to the local children, and then distributed it to the masses, the third pot was not yet cooked, and the soldiers had no time to eat, and ran to the front line to rescue the wounded.
All these fully embody the fine traditions of Wan Haifeng's troops.
In addition to earthquake relief and disaster relief, the rescue work after the Tangshan earthquake also has an important task of epidemic prevention, and with the efforts of the vast number of people's children and soldiers, no major epidemic diseases have occurred in tangshan after reconstruction, and Wan Haifeng is also very pleased.
By 1982, Wan Haifeng began serving as political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region, and in 1988 he was awarded the rank of general.
At this point, the commander and political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region have compared their seniority, and the problems of lieutenant generals and generals can be figured out immediately.
In 1998, because of his advanced age, General Wan Haifeng left for retirement.
It is worth mentioning that the old man Wan Haifeng, who is over 100 years old, is still in good spirits, and he is still watching the growth of new China.