The 10th General of the Republic
In September 1955, the State Council issued an order to award Su Yu, Xu Haidong, Huang Kecheng, Chen Geng, Tan Zheng, Xiao Jinguang, Zhang Yunyi, Luo Ruiqing, Wang Shusheng , and Xu Guangda the ranks of 10 generals. From the perspective of native place, 6 of the 10 generals belong to Hunan Province, 2 of the Hubei Province, 1 of the other 2 was born in Sichuan and 1 was born in Hainan Island. Among these 10 generals, Xiao Jinguang has the longest life span, 86 years old. The following were Huang Kecheng, Zhang Yunyi, Tan Zheng, etc.; and the shortest life span was General Chen Geng, who died in 1961 at the age of 58.
NO1 Li Yu
01 Li Yu
Su Yu, a fellow member of Hunan, participated in the Nanchang Uprising and Hunan Uprising , and followed Zhu De to Jinggangshan. Participated in and witnessed the entire process of the creation of the Central Soviet Area. After the Central Red Army began the Long March of , it was ordered to stay in the base area and follow Xiang Ying and Chen Yi to persist in the three-year guerrilla war in the south. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, his troops were reorganized into the New Fourth Army and served as deputy commander of the Second Detachment, deputy commander of the Jiangnan Command and northern Jiangsu Command. After the Southern Anhui Incident, the central government decided to rebuild the New Fourth Army and serve as the commander of the First Division, and later served as the commander of the Sixth Division. During the Liberation War, he served as the commander of the Central China Field Army, the deputy commander of the East China Field Army, acting commander and acting political commissar, and commander of a series of important battles. He played with his level, his momentum, and his own majesty. After the founding of New China, he served as Chief of General Staff, member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission, and vice chairman of the National People's Congress.
Su Yu is flexible in using troops and is unconventional. Chen Yi called it "the more strange it becomes, the more wonderful it becomes, the more wonderful it becomes." Mao Zedong once commented in 1949: "Su Yu made the first contribution to the Huaihai Battle."
02 Xu Haidong
02 Xu Haidong
Xu Haidong: Although he was absent from the second half of the Anti-Japanese War due to illness, and although he was recuperating during the entire Liberation War, he was still awarded the rank of general when the military rank system was first implemented in 1955 and ranked second. It fully shows that he has a very high status within the party and the army, and his military achievements and personality have been highly recognized by the Republic.
Xu Haidong was originally from Huangpi County, Hubei Province. His former residence is now under Xincheng Town, Dawu County, Hubei Province. It is one of the local military experts emerging in the Dabie Mountains. He participated in the Northern Expedition in his early years and later returned to his hometown to lead the peasant uprising. He participated in the Huangma Uprising and gradually grew from the district peasant self-defense team leader to the independent division commander and the commander of the Red 25 Army.
In November 1934, he led the Red 25th Army to start the Long March with Cheng Zihua, Wu Huanxian, Zheng Weisan, Dai Jiying and others. Among the several troops holding the Long March, the Red Army troops set out the latest but arrived in northern Shaanxi first. Moreover, the number of people increased instead of decreasing, and it was the only force that created a revolutionary base on the way.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the brigade commander of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. After the Gao Jingting incident, he was transferred to the position of deputy commander of the Jiangbei Command of the New Fourth Army and commander of the Fourth Detachment. Later, he resigned due to illness and was in a state of long-term recuperation. American journalist Edgar Snow wrote in "Red Stars Shine China": "Among the military leaders of the Communist Party of China, I'm afraid no one can be more famous than Xu Haidong, and definitely no one can be more mysterious than him." Deng Xiaoping commented that he "has a red heart for the party." Mao Zedong repeatedly praised him as "a person who made great contributions to the Chinese revolution."
03 Huang Kecheng
03 Huang Kecheng
Huang Kecheng: from Yongxing County, Hunan Province. In the spring of 1928, Zhu De led the uprising in southern Hunan, and Huang Kecheng participated in and led the Yongxing New Year riot in his hometown. Later, he followed Zhu De and Chen Yi to Jinggangshan, participated in the creation of the Central Soviet Area throughout the process, and gradually grew into the director of the Army's Political Department, the acting director of the Political Department of the Red Third Army, etc. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he first served as the Organization Department of the General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, and later transferred to the Political Commissar of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division, and began to partner with Xu Haidong. Later, his troops entered the New Fourth Army sequence and were appointed as the commander and political commissar of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army. During the Liberation War, he was ordered to lead his troops into the Northeast and established the Ximan base. Later, he served as deputy commander and political commissar of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army , and political commissar of the Second Corps of the Northeast Field Army. After the founding of New China, he served as the first secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee.Unfortunately, at the Lushan Conference in 1959, he was mistakenly identified as an "anti-party group" with Peng Dehuai and others, and was later rehabilitated.
04 Chen Geng
04 Chen Geng
Chen Geng: Born in a famous family in Xiangxiang County, Hunan Province, his grandfather was a general of the Hunan Army. He graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and his life was full of mystery. During the Northern Expedition, he saved Chiang Kai-shek's life and went to the Soviet Union to study. After returning to China, he participated in the Nanchang Uprising and later worked in the Special Section of the CPC Central Committee. He had a very close relationship with Gu Shunzhang. Later, he was sent to the Dabie Mountains to serve as the commander of the Red 12th Division. He was seriously injured during the four anti-"encirclement and suppression".
After the Red Fourth Front Army began the Western Expedition, due to difficulties in operation, he disguised himself as a team before the Xinji Campaign and transferred to Shanghai for medical treatment. After being arrested, he was rescued by the organization and ordered to enter the Central Soviet Area. During the Long March, he served as the leader of the Central Column Cadre Regiment. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and once again fought with the vast number of commanders and fighters from the Dabie Mountains. During the Liberation War, he served as commander of the Fourth Column of the Central Field Army and commander of the Fourth Corps of the Second Field Army. He is the first chairman of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government after the founding of New China. In July 1950, he went to Vietnam to guide the War of Resistance Against France. One year later, he embarked on the battlefield of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea. He once served as the volunteer army in , and was later ordered to form the Harbin Military Industry. He died in Shanghai in March 1961 at the age of 58.
05 Tan Zheng
05 Tan Zheng
Tan Zheng: from Xiangxiang, Hunan. He participated in the Northern Expedition and participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising with Mao Zedong in 1927. After Zhu and Mao met, the two troops were reorganized into the Red 4th Army and were ordered to serve as Mao Zedong's secretary. Under the education and guidance of great men, he grew up to be the Director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Red 12th Army. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as director of the rear political department of the Eighth Route Army, deputy director of the General Political Department of , deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shenzhen-Sui Sui Joint Defense Forces. During the War of Liberation, he was ordered to enter the Northeast. He served as the director of the Political Department of the Northeast Democratic Alliance, the Northeast Military Region and the Northeast Field Army. Later, he served as the deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Fourth Field Army. After the founding of New China, he served as Deputy Minister of National Defense and Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission. He died in Beijing in November 1988 at the age of 82.
06 Xiao Jinguang
06 Xiao Jinguang
Xiao Jinguang: from Zhaozhou, Changsha, Hunan. As early as the spring of 1921, he went to the Soviet Union with Liu Shaoqi, Ren Bishi and others, studied at the Moscow Oriental Workers Communist University, and joined the Communist Party in 1922. After returning to China, he was first sent to Anyuan Road Mine to engage in the workers' movement; he was later sent to participate in the Northern Expedition, and soon he went to the Soviet Union to study again in 1927.
After returning to China in 1930, he was sent to the western Fujian Soviet Area and served as Chief of Staff of the Red 12th Army and Principal of the Central Military and Political School. Ningdu Uprising broke out. In order to adapt the uprising troops, he was transferred to the position of political commissar of the Red 5 Legion Political Commissar. Later, he was transferred to the position of political commissar of the Red 11th Army and political commissar of the Red 7th Army. After participating in the 25,000-mile Long March, he arrived in northern Shaanxi with his troops and served as Minister of the Military Department of the Shaanxi-Gansu Provincial Party Committee and Commander of the Red 29th Army.
During the Anti-Japanese War, he mainly worked in the rear, and served as director of the Left-behind Department of the Eighth Route Army, commander of the Left-behind Corps, and deputy commander of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shenzhen-Sui Sui Joint Defense Forces. During the War of Liberation, he entered the Northeast and served as deputy commander-in-chief and chief of staff of the Northeast People's Autonomous Army, commanding the "Four Protects of Linjiang" operations. He successively led his troops to participate in battles such as Shenyang, besieging Beiping, and Vietnam, crossing the Yangtze River, occupying Wuhan, and advancing Changsha, and made many military achievements. After the founding of New China, he served as commander of the Navy, deputy minister of the Ministry of National Defense, and deputy chairman of the Standing Committee of the people's congress. He died of illness in Beijing in March 1989 at the age of 86.
07 Zhang Yunyi
07 Zhang Yunyi
was originally from Wenchang County, Guangdong Province. His former residence is now under Wenchang County, Hainan Province. He is one of the few generals of the People's Liberation Army who has participated in the Revolution of 1911 . In his early years, he participated in Sun Yat-sen's Chinese Tongmenghui , successively participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising, the Xinhai Revolution, the National Protection War, and later also participated in the Northern Expedition. After joining the Communist Party in 1926, he began to follow the party unswervingly. He was one of the leaders of the Guangxi Zuojiang Uprising in 1929 and served as the commander of the Red 7th Army.Later, he led his troops into the Central Soviet Area and served as deputy chief of staff of the Central Military Commission, commander of the Guangdong-Jiangxi Military Region, deputy chief of staff of the Red Army General Command and the First Red Army Command. He participated in the Long March in October 1934.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was transferred to the position of Chief of Staff of the New Fourth Army, and later served as commander of the Jiangbei Command of the New Fourth Army, deputy commander of the New Fourth Army and commander of the 2nd Division. During the War of Liberation, he served as deputy commander of the East China Military Region, commander of the Shandong Military Region, president of the East China Military and Political University, secretary of the East China Rear Working Committee of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Central China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and member of the East China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. He is the first secretary of the Guangxi Provincial Party Committee after the founding of New China. He died of illness in Beijing in November 1974.
08 Luo Ruiqing
08 Luo Ruiqing
was born in Shuangnushi Village, Wufeng Township, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. Graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, he participated in the fight against Xia Douyin's rebels' attack on Wuhan in May 1927. In late July, he was preparing to go to Nanchang to participate in the uprising, but when he arrived at Jiujiang , he learned that the uprising troops had evacuated, so he returned to Wuhan. Soon he went to Shanghai to engage in secret work in the Military Commission. In 1929, he was ordered to enter , the western Fujian base area of , and participated in the battles of opening up the western Fujian Soviet area and Longyan, Baisha and other battles. In October 1930, he was appointed as the political commissar of the 11th Division of the Red 4th Army. Later he was transferred to the position of director of the Political Security Bureau of the Red 1st Legion. He participated in the Long March and participated in the battles such as commanding the crossing the Dadu River, the crossing the Wujiang River, the crossing the Zunyi. When the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, he served as the director of the Political Security Bureau of the First Front Army of Hong Kong and participated in the Zhiluo Town Battle .
Since June 1936, he has served as the Education Director and Vice President of China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army University. Later, he assisted Zhou Enlai in handling the Xi'an Incident . In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he continued to run schools and later transferred to the position of director of the Field Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, and moved to the Taihang Mountains, participating in commanding the 100th Regiment War and leading the anti-Japanese guerrilla war in North China. In the early days of the Liberation War, he served as deputy secretary of the Central Bureau of Jin-Cha-Hebei, deputy political commissar and director of the political department of the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region. Participate in commanding the battles of Datong Jining, Zhangjiakou , Yiman, Baonan, Zhengtai, Qingcang, Baobei, Daqing Hebei and other battles. In May 1948, he served as director of the Political Department of the North China Military Region and the First Political Commissar of the 2nd Corps. He led his troops to attack Hebei Recha, restrained the Kuomintang army in North China, and strongly cooperated with the Northeast Field Army. He then participated in the Pingjin Battle , commanding the troops to annihilate most of the 35th Army of the Kuomintang Army to Xinbaoan, and won the first victory of the Pingjin Battle. In March 1949, he led the 19th Corps to Shanxi to participate in the Taiyuan Battle .
is the first minister of public security after the founding of New China. Later, he served as deputy prime minister, secretary-general of the Military Commission, chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army, and once served as secretary of the Central Secretariat. He died of illness in August 1978 at the age of 72.
09 Wang Shusheng
09 Wang Shusheng
Wang Shusheng: Born in 1905 in Xiangjiachong, Chengmagang, Macheng City, Hubei Province. The famous Red Army generals emerged in the Dabie Mountains. Originally the principal of the junior primary school in the township, he was influenced by his cousin Wang You'an (the first Communist Party member in Macheng), and began to accept advanced concepts. He joined the Communist Party in 1926 and participated in the creation of the first peasant armed forces in Macheng. He participated in the revolutionary process of Huangma Uprising, Mulan Mountain Guerrilla War, and the founding of Chaishan Bao, and gradually grew into a famous Red Army general. The commander-in-chief of the military parade when it was established in November 1931, and was the commander of the Red 11th Division at that time. After the fourth anti-epidemic and suppression failed, the Red Fourth Front Army fought from Dabie Mountain to Daba Mountain and served as the commander of the Red 73rd Division at that time. In July 1933, the Fourth Red Army expanded into four armies based on the original four divisions in the Sichuan-Shaanxi base. Wang Shusheng began to be promoted to commander of the Red 31st Army and deputy commander-in-chief of the Front Army. His cousin Wang Hongkun was appointed commander of the Red 4th Army at that time. Later, he was incorporated into the Western Route Army and moved to , Hexi Corridor , and served as deputy commander-in-chief and commander of the 9th Army.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Hebei Military Region and deputy commander of the Taihang Military Region. Later, he entered the battlefield in western Henan to create the Henan Military Region. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he led his troops to join Li Xiannian's 5th Division of the New Fourth Army to form the Central Plains Military Region, serving as deputy commander and commander of the First Column. Soon after, he participated in the breakout of the Central Plains of , and then returned to Dabie Mountains with Liu and Deng's army and served as commander of the Hubei-Henan Military Region.At the beginning of the founding of New China, he served as deputy commander of the Hubei Military Region, organized and commanded the Dabie Mountains to suppress bandits in the Dabie Mountains, and soon served as commander of the Hubei Military Region. Later he served as Deputy Minister of National Defense. In 1974, he died of illness in Beijing at the age of 69.
10 Xu Guangda
10 Xu Guangda
Xu Guangda: Born in November 1908 in Guihua Village, Huangxing Town, Changsha County, Hunan Province. He graduated from the 5th period of the Whampoa Military Academy and participated in the Northern Expedition. Although I missed the Nanchang Uprising, I was devoted to the party and still caught up with the uprising troops in Ningdu, Jiangxi. Soon he was injured in the battle in Sanheba and lost contact with the troops. Later, he went to Shou County, Anhui to engage in military transportation. There was an accident in the middle. Later, he contacted the organization and was sent to the revolutionary base in western Hunan and Hubei led by He Long. In February 1930, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Red 6th Army and was soon promoted to commander of the 17th Division of the Red 2nd Army. Later, he was seriously injured in the battle and was sent to the Soviet Union for treatment and entered the Moscow Lenin Academy to study. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to China and first taught at the Anti-Japanese University and engaged in management work. Later, he served as Minister of the General Staff of the Central Military Commission and Commander of Yan'an Transportation, Commander of Air Defense , and Commander of Garrison. In the spring of 1942, he entered the front line of the War of Resistance and served as the commander of the 2nd Independent Brigade of the 120th Division, and carried out extensive struggles against Japan.
served as the commander of the 3rd Column of the Jinsui Field Army during the Liberation War, and led his troops to fight in , Jinzhong, and northern Shanxi to defend the Jinsui Liberated Area. Later, he led his troops to cross the west of the Yellow River and switched to the Northwest Field Army. In February 1949, he was appointed commander of the 3rd Army of the First Field Army and participated in the Lanzhou Battle . After the founding of New China, he served as the commander and political commissar of the armored corps, founded the first tank school, and later served as deputy minister of the Ministry of National Defense. He died in June 1969 at the age of 61. Zhou Enlai once commented: "Xu Guangda made an indelible contribution to the Wulongpu battle to defend Yan'an!"
