Why is "Dongye No. 3" Liu Yalou a general, while Xiao Jinguang and Tan Zheng are generals?

Many people actually awarded the rank of general to Liu Yalou as the "Dongye No. 3" and the commander of the Air Force, but Xiao Jinguang, the commander of the Navy, and the director of the Political Department of the Northeast Field Army were "dissatisfied" with the rank of general, believing that Liu Yalou should be awarded the rank of general.

In fact, everyone misunderstood that Liu Yalou was only the "Dongye No. 3" because Lin Biao liked Liu Yalou, a "clever ghost", and thus tolerated Liu Yalou to put himself before Tan Zheng and others when the Northeast Field Army Headquarters issued orders. Liu Yalou's historical status is actually inferior to Xiao Jinguang and Tan Zheng.

Xiao Jinguang participated in the shouling after Lenin's illness and death in 1924, served as a party representative of the 6th Division of the 2nd Army of the National Revolutionary Army in 1925 and participated in the Northern Expedition, studied in the Soviet Union in 1927 at the Leningrad Military and Political Academy, returned to China in 1930 as chief of staff of the Military Commission of the Fujian-Guangdong-Gansu Special Administrative Region, served as the political commissar of the Red 5Th army in 1931, and succeeded Deng Ping, who died in 1935, as the chief of staff of the Red 3rd Army, which was already at the level of regimental chief and deputy chief After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, he served as the commander of the Eighth Route Army's Left Guard Corps; in 1942, Xiao Jinguang's unit and the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army were merged into the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Jinsui United Defense Army, and Xiao Jinguang served as the deputy commander of the Joint Defense Army, which was the deputy chief of the Strategic Region of the Eighth Route Army; in 1945, Xiao Jinguang served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Shandong Military Region, and after the main force of the Shandong Military Region entered the northeast, Xiao Jinguang served as the deputy commander-in-chief and chief of staff of the Northeast Democratic United Army, which was also the level of deputy chief of the Strategic Region of the People's Liberation Army. In 1948, Xiao Jinguang was appointed deputy commander of the Northeast People's Liberation Army and commander of the 1st Forward Command Post (renamed the 1st Corps Headquarters), which was already the main general of the independent side, and Liu Yalou was only the chief of staff. After the People's Liberation Army unified the whole army, Xiao Jinguang's unit was reorganized into the 12th Corps. From the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the War of Liberation, Xiao Jinguang was at the level of deputy chief of the strategic region, and when he served as chief of staff, he was also deputy commander and chief of staff. The so-called "Lin Luo Liu", that is also Xiao Jinguang and other deputy commanders are relatively low-key.

Tan Zheng participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927, in 1929 he was appointed secretary of the 3rd Column Committee of the Red 4 army (party representative Luo Ronghuan), in 1930 he was appointed director of the political department of the expanded Red 12 Army and political commissar of the teaching brigade, in 1933 he was appointed director of the political department of the 1st Division of the Red 1 Army, and in 1935 he was transferred to the organization director of the political department of the Red 1 Army. In 1937, Tan Zheng was appointed deputy director of the General Political Department of the Central Military Commission, and in 1942, he was appointed deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Jinsui Joint Defense Headquarters, which was already the level of deputy head of the Strategic Region of the Eighth Route Army. In 1946, Tan Zheng served as the director of the Political Department of the Northeast Democratic United Army, in 1948 he became the director of the Political Department of the Northeast Field Army, and in 1949 he served as the deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Fourth Field Army, which is still the level of deputy chief of the strategic area.

Liu Yalou joined the Red Army in 1929, a few years later than Xiao Jinguang and Tan Zheng. In 1935, Liu Yalou served as the commander of the Red 1st Division, and in just 4 years he went from soldier to division commander (the Red Army abolished the army in 1933), which was not easy. In 1939, Liu Yalou studied at the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, and returned to China in 1945 to have no actual position in the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army Headquarters. Later, because Xiao Jinguang, the first chief of staff of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, and Wu Xiuquan, the second chief of staff, were busy with front-line warfare, Liu Yalou was recommended by Luo Ronghuan as chief of staff in 1947. After all, Liu Yalou's rank is not as good as That of Xiao Jinguang and Tan Zheng, the deputy chiefs of the two strategic regions; after all, the deputy commander and deputy political commissar are still better than the chief of staff, not to mention that Xiao Jinguang was once deputy commander and chief of staff, Tan Zheng was deputy political commissar and director of the political department, and Liu Yalou was not deputy commander and chief of staff.

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On October 31, 1945, the Northeast People's Autonomous Army was formed, with Lin Biao as commander-in-chief, Peng Zhen as the first political commissar, Luo Ronghuan as the second political commissar, Lü Zhengcao as the first deputy commander-in-chief, Li Yunchang as the second deputy commander-in-chief, Xiao Jinguang as the third deputy commander-in-chief and chief of staff, and Cheng Zihua as the deputy political commissar. On November 2, Zhou Baozhong was appointed as the third deputy commander-in-chief, Xiao Jinguang was reappointed as the fourth deputy commander-in-chief and chief of staff, Wu Xiuquan was appointed as the second chief of staff, and Chen Zhengren was appointed as the director of the political department.

On January 4, 1946, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China decided that the Northeast People's Autonomous Army would be renamed the Northeast Democratic United Army, with Lin Biao as commander-in-chief, Peng Zhen as the first political commissar, Luo Ronghuan as the second political commissar, Lü Zhengcao, Zhou Baozhong, and Xiao Jinguang as deputy commanders-in-chief, Cheng Zihua as deputy political commissars, Xiao Jinguang as first chief of staff, Wu Xiuquan as second chief of staff, and Chen Zhengren as director of the political department.

In June 1946, the Central Military Commission decided to readjust the leaders of the Northeast Democratic United Army, with Lin Biao as commander-in-chief and political commissar, Zhou Baozhong, Lü Zhengcao, and Xiao Jinguang as deputy commanders-in-chief, Peng Zhen, Luo Ronghuan, Gao Gang, and Chen Yun as deputy political commissars, Xiao Jinguang as first chief of staff, Wu Xiuquan as second chief of staff, Nie Heting as chief of staff, and Tan Zheng as director of the political department.

On November 25, 1947, the Northeast Democratic United Army was renamed the Northeast People's Liberation Army, with Lin Biao as commander and political commissar, Lü Zhengcao, Zhou Baozhong, and Xiao Jinguang as deputy commanders, Luo Ronghuan, Gao Gang, Chen Yun, and Li Fuchun as deputy political commissars, Liu Yalou as chief of staff, and Tan Zheng as director of the political department.

On August 14, 1948, the Northeast People's Liberation Army established the leading organ of the Northeast Field Army, consisting of Lin Biao as commander, Luo Ronghuan as political commissar, Liu Yalou and chief of staff, and Tan Zheng as director of the political department. The former 1st Forward Command Post was changed to the 1st Corps Headquarters of the Northeast Field Army, with Xiao Jinguang as commander and Xiao Hua as political commissar; the former 2nd Forward Command Post was changed to the 2nd Corps Headquarters of the Northeast Field Army, with Cheng Zihua as commander and Huang Kecheng as political commissar.

On March 11, 1949, the Northeast People's Field Army was renamed the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with Lin Biao as commander, Luo Ronghuan as political commissar, Xiao Ke as chief of staff, and Tan Zheng as deputy political commissar and director of the political department. There were 4 corps under its jurisdiction, the 12th Corps, with Xiao Jinguang as commander and political commissar, the 13th Corps, Cheng Zihua as commander, and Xiao Hua as the political commissar; the 14th Corps, with Liu Yalou as the commander and Mo Wenhua as the political commissar; the 15th Corps, with Deng Hua as the commander and Lai Chuanzhu as the political commissar.