Welcome to read the 3270th issue of Shiyuan History Column. On September 9, 1976, the great leader Chairman Mao passed away due to illness. His designated "successor" was Comrade Hua Guofeng. With the support of old comrades such as Ye Jianying, Hua Guofeng stabilized the national and social situation and successfully achieved the transition of leadership power. At the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee on October 7, 1976, Comrade Hua Guofeng became the Chairman of the Central Military Commission and ratified it at the Plenary Session of the Second Year. , and under Hua Guofeng, a total of 5 vice chairmen of the Military Commission were set up. Who are they?
The first place is Marshal Ye Jianying. This candidate is undisputed. Before that, he had presided over the work of the Central Military Commission to stabilize the overall situation of the military and played a role in turning the tide in the mid-to-late 1970s. In fact, among the top ten marshals, Ye Jianying ranked last and was the marshal who had less actual experience in leading troops. However, Marshal Ye is known for his superb political strategy and decision-making vision. He has repeatedly saved the party and the revolution in adversity in history, including the support of Chairman Mao during the Long March 6 period and opposing Zhang Guotao's wrong line. He is a person who has made great contributions to the country. Comrade Hua Guofeng also respects and trusts Marshal Ye very much.
The second position is Deng Gong. As an older generation revolutionary with excellent military and political integrity, Deng Gong not only participated in leading the Baise Uprising in his early years, but also served as the political commissar of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the Central Plains Field Army in the early days of the War of Resistance and Liberation. He was a leading cadre at the front-level army level. After Mr. Deng came back to work, it was reasonable to be the vice chairman of the Military Commission. In addition, Duke Deng also served as the Chief of Staff of the entire army and had a great influence in the army. In 1981, Mr. Deng became the Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
The third place is Marshal Liu Bocheng, who was an old partner of Deng Gong in the war years and jointly led the "Liu and Deng Army". Liu Bocheng's situation is quite special. Although the marshal was very old and lived to the age of 94, Liu Shuai was almost blind in the last decade, unable to take care of himself, and unable to participate in actual leadership work. His ability to rank among the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission is a respect and affirmation of his revolutionary contributions and military theory. As an older generation of revolutionaries and the fourth-ranked founding marshal, it is reasonable to serve as vice chairman of the Military Commission and can stabilize the morale of the army.
The fourth place is Marshal Xu Xiangqian. During the Red Army period, Xu Shuai was the best senior commander of our army's military's record, and made outstanding contributions to commanding the Red Fourth Front Army . In addition, like Liu Shuai, he has outstanding military theoretical abilities and is good at military research. A large number of generals of our army learned and adopted the classic tactics of Xu's encirclement and attacking aid and tightening positions during the War of Resistance, Liberation, and even the War of Resistance and Aiding Korea. What Xu Shuai regrets is that he is in poor health and rarely holds actual positions after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the 1950s, he served as the chief of staff of the entire army, but he basically never worked due to illness and was very humble and low-key.
The last one is Marshal Nie Rongzhen. Marshal Nie ranks 9th among the 10 founding marshals, but after the founding of the country, he made significant contributions to the military industry and scientific research fields. The "two bombs and one satellite" project cannot be separated from Marshal Nie's efforts. If General Peng and Marshal Ye made outstanding achievements in the military and political fields after the founding of the People's Republic of China, then Marshal Nie's achievements in national defense science and technology would be better than other Marshals' .
From the list of vice chairman of the Military Commission at this time, it can be seen that all were old revolutionaries at the marshal level, escorting Chairman Hua Guofeng. Although Mr. Deng was not a marshal, he appeared on the list of title awards in 1955. He once ranked 7th among the marshals, but in the end he was not awarded due to subjective and objective factors. Among the top ten marshals, the four people who were still alive in 1977 were Marshal Ye, Shuai Liu, Shuai Xu and Shuai Nie, all of whom were vice chairman of the Military Commission.
In the 1970s, Hua Guofeng was still a "rise" and was the successor designated by Chairman Mao. He was not the first generation of leaders trained in the war. He had no rich qualifications in the military, and could even be said to be relatively scarce. Therefore, during this period, it was very necessary for to serve as vice chairman of the Military Commission with experienced and outstanding military achievements to assist in military leadership. In June 1981, Comrade Hua Guofeng no longer served as Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
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