Marshal Ten: Why is the final list the most reasonable result?
Ten Marshals
Zhu De ranked first should be said to have no problems, he joined the revolution very early, the important leader of the Nanchang uprising, the commander-in-chief of the Red Army, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army and the commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army, the title of "Zhu Mao" can reflect his relationship with Mao Zedong very well, moreover, Zhu De is one of the "five secretaries", belongs to the party's leading figures, and his rank is obviously different from others.
Zhu De's role in the Nanchang uprising was obviously underestimated, people only saw what he did in Nanchang, but his real contribution was that after the failure of the uprising, when the team was about to collapse, he and Chen Yizhen called out and took the remnants of the rebel army to Jinggangshan and Mao Zedong to meet the division, if it were not for Zhu De, the significance of the Nanchang uprising would be completely different.
As one of the founders of the people's armed forces, one of the three giants of Jinggangshan, the father of the Red Army, and the first collaborator of Mao Zedong in the military, Zhu De's ranking as the first marshal should be unconvincing.
Marshal Zhu De and his wife Kang Keqing
Peng Dehuai ranked second among the ten marshals, which is also well deserved.
Although the historical status of the Pingjiang Uprising led by Peng Dehuai is not as great as that of the "three major uprisings", it is of great significance, and the Fifth Red Army was born out of the Pingjiang Uprising. Subsequently, Peng Dehuai led his troops to Jinggangshan and "brought capital into the shares", which was of great significance, and then the establishment of the Central Soviet District was directly related to Peng Dehuai's efforts.
During the Red Army period, Mr. Peng was a backbone general and the commander of the Red Third Army, the absolute main force of the Red Army. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and from then on, he laid the position of one person in the army below ten thousand people, second only to the commander-in-chief Zhu De. This relationship continued until the period of the People's Liberation Army, when he was not only the deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army, but also the commander of the Northwest Field Army (Ichino).
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Peng Dehuai made a miraculous contribution to New China, led his army north to Korea, broke the wrist with the world's most powerful US army, and beat the "United Nations Army" headed by the US army back to the "38th Line."
Peng Dehuai was jealous and hateful, sex was like fire, no one in the army was not afraid, and it was only natural that he would become the second-ranked marshal.
Zhu De and Peng Dehuai played chess, and the onlookers stood by Deng Xiaoping
Lin Biao's qualifications are shallow, but the merit is too great, and he is known as the God of War, so the third marshal also has considerable reason.
Besides, Lin Biao was a cadre promoted by Mao Zedong himself. After participating in the Nanchang Uprising, he accompanied Zhu De and Chen Yi to Jinggangshan and Mao Zedong to meet the division, and from then on his military talents were gradually appreciated by Mao Zedong and Zhu De, and he rose all the way, and by the time of the Long March, Lin Biao was already a backbone general of the Central Red Army and served as the commander of the Red First Army, the absolute main force of the Red Army.
During the Eighth Route Army, Lin Biao's only dazzling achievement was to fight the "Ping-type Guan Dajie", and then he missed most of the War of Resistance Against Japan because he was mistakenly injured by friendly forces. The Liberation War was Lin Biao's highlight moment, he commanded two of the three major battles, and the northeast and north China were all liberated by him, so Lin Biao was placed in the third place as a marshal, because his record was too hardcore.
Lin Biao and the Founding Fathers
In terms of seniority, Liu Bocheng was an old revolutionary, the military god of Sichuan, who was the commander of the army at the time of the Nanchang Uprising, and the chief of the general staff of the Central Red Army, which was enough to crush most of the senior generals.
In terms of military merit, he was the commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, a long-term partner with Deng Xiaoping, established the far-reaching Jin-Hebei Luyu Liberated Area, and was also the commander of the Central Plains Field Army (Erye), who cooperated with Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and Su Yu to jointly command the mighty Battle of Huaihai, annihilating 550,000 enemies in the first world war, which is unprecedented; in the subsequent Battle of crossing the river, he overthrew the Chiang family dynasty that had occupied Jinling for 22 years in one fell swoop, and this record is probably quite dazzling among the marshals.
Therefore, ranking Liu Bocheng fourth among the marshals is also in line with historical reality.
Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng
He Long's seniority is too deep, the commander-in-chief of the Nanchang Uprising, the most representative of the three uprisings, the commander-in-chief of the Red Second Front, and the commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, these three heavyweight positions are the most powerful guarantee for He Long to rank fifth as marshals.
In the Liberation War, Mr. He served as the commander of the Jinsui Military Region, and if Peng Dehuai's liberation of the Great Northwest was the biggest hero, He Long was the biggest behind-the-scenes hero. But in any case, He Long did not become the leader of the field army alone in the Liberation War, which was more or less a pity, and from the perspective of purely from the perspective of battle results, he was even inferior to Nie Rongzhen.
But He Long is undoubtedly a marshal, not only because of his deep qualifications, but also because he is also the representative of the Red Second Front and the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, in addition to him, only Xiao Ke is competent, but Xiao Ke's magnitude can be rated as a general at most, and He Long is incomparable.
Nie Rongzhen, Zhou Enlai, Ye Jianying, Cai Shufan, He Long, and Xiao Ke
Chen Yi was also an old qualification, and as early as the French period, revolutionary friendships were established among leading figures such as Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Deng Xiaoping.
Chen Yi was one of the greatest heroes of the Nanchang Uprising, and he and Zhu Deli led the troops to Jinggangshan and Mao Zedong to meet the division was a major contribution of his, and he was also one of the three giants of Jinggangshan, who once replaced Mao Zedong as the secretary of the Central Military Commission, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi Military Region of the Central Soviet Region, and the representative figure of the three-year guerrilla war in the eight southern provinces.
As a former commander of the New Fourth Army, Chen Yi later served as the commander of the Shandong Military Region and the commander of the East China Field Army, but this position was somewhat awkward, with Rao Shushi in the middle of the dispatch, and Su Yu playing a fairy-like role, Chen Yi played the role of resource coordination.
Compared with He Long, Chen Yi should be said to have worse qualifications, but his battle achievements were higher. However, Chen Yi's New Fourth Army forces formed later than He Long's forces, so his ranking was one place lower than He Long's, which was also acceptable.
Chen Yi and Mao Zedong
As the "first responsible person" for the implementation of Mao Zedong Thought in the army, Luo Ronghuan can be said to have made great contributions, from the Autumn Harvest Uprising to the Reorganization of the Three Bays to Jinggangshan, Luo Ronghuan has deeply grasped the essence of Mao Zedong's army's political work, and in this regard, no one among the ten marshals can match. Therefore, after he ranked Chen Yi and before Xu Xiangqian, he was also a suitable seat.
However, Luo Ronghuan was not only a marshal of political work; the Shandong base area he founded during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had the largest number of troops, the largest territory, and the best foundation. Subsequently, he served as the political commissar of Dongye, and Lin Biao's military achievements were at least half of Luo Ronghuan's.
Mao Zedong admired Luo Ronghuan very much, and when Luo Ronghuan died, Mao Zedong's "Seven Laws, Hanging Comrade Luo Ronghuan" was the only eulogy poem he wrote to the top level of the party, and the most essential sentence was the last sentence: Jun Jin's unfortunate death, the state has difficult questions to ask anyone!
Mao Zedong and Luo Ronghuan
Xu Xiangqian was the most underrated senior general in the army, and there was no one.
The Red Army period was Xu Xiangqian's highlight moment, and if anyone is the Red Army god of war, it is Xu Xiangqian. However, Xu Xiangqian was not very lucky, he was the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front, and to some extent, he was also affected; when the Red Fourth Front was reorganized into the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, xu Xiangqian, the former commander-in-chief, became the deputy commander of the 129th Division.
The Liberation War was another highlight moment for Xu Xiangqian, because of his physical reasons, he was absent from work in the Liberation War, but even so, he still single-handedly defeated Hundreds of Thousands of Yan Xishan's army. Although he was only the deputy commander of the North China Military Region, he actually played a strategic role in a large military region.
Xu Xiangqian ranked eighth and third from the bottom among the ten marshals, feeling a little low, but looking at his former boss Nie Rongzhen, who was only the ninth marshal, it was not easy to say anything.
Xu Xiangqian and Deng Xiaoping
As a marshal, Nie Rongzhen has three characteristics: the first is that he is an old man with qualifications, the second is that he has certain military merits, and the third is a master of base area construction. These three characteristics determine that even if his military command attainment is not very high, he is still enough to become a marshal.
Nie Rongzhen is said to be old because he was a military general at the time of the Nanchang Uprising; the reason for his military merit is that since the red army period, he has always led his troops to rush to the front, is the political commissar of the Red First Army, the absolute main force of the Red Army, and is Lin Biao's partner; in the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was the deputy commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the division commander was Lin Biao; in the War of Liberation, he fought the Pingjin Campaign as commander of the North China Military Region.
Nie Rongzhen's greatest achievement was that as the deputy commander of the 115th Division, he led his troops to open up the Jin-Cha-Ji base area centered on Mount Wutai, which later directly evolved into the North China Military Region. Nie Rongzhen was not good at fighting regular battles in the Grand Army, but he was a master of base construction among the marshals.
Nie Rongzhen and Chen Yun
As the last of the ten marshals, although Ye Jianying had almost never independently commanded a large army, his military and political career was still remarkable.
First of all, Ye Jianying participated in almost all the major historical moments in China's modern history, almost never absent; second, he was the representative of the staff officers in the marshals, from the Red Army period to the Eighth Route Army period to the People's Liberation Army period, all of which were the same; third, and most importantly, Ye Jianying repeatedly played a key role in critical moments, turning the tide of the tide.
Mao Zedong was very appreciative of Ye Jianying, commenting that "Zhuge was only cautious in his life, and Lü Duan was not confused about major matters."
Therefore, Ye Jianying was finally able to rank among the top ten marshals, and the characteristics of coming forward at a critical moment were staged again after more than twenty years of being a marshal.
Ye Jianying at the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee