Red Sixth Army is one of the two main corpses under the Red Second Front Army . In 1936, it was organized into the Red Second Front Army with Red Second Army and the Red 32nd Army. Looking at the history of the Red Sixth Army, we will find that many famous founding generals have worked in the Red Sixth Army. In this article, I will count the famous generals from the Red Sixth Army with you.
1, Introduction to the Red Sixth Army
As early as June 1933, the Red 8th Army, Red 16th Army and Red 18th Army of the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet Area met successfully and were adapted into three divisions to operate in a unified manner, but no formal corps leadership organ was established. In July 1934, the Central Military Commission formally ordered the establishment of the Red Sixth Army and went west to the Hunan-Hubei-Western Soviet Area. In August of that year, the corps organs were officially established and leaders at all levels of the corps were appointed.
Red Sixth Army Leadership Crowd
In October 1934, the Red Sixth Army and the Red Second Army met in Yinjiang, Guizhou to act in a unified manner. In July 1936, the Red Sixth Army, the Red Second Army and the Red 32nd Army were combined into the Red Second Front Army, while the Red Sixth Army was reorganized into the Red 6th Army. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, the main force of the Red Sixth Army and the main force of the Red 32nd Army were reorganized into the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. The title of the Red Sixth Army, which had existed for three years, officially disappeared in history. The above is the simple history of the Red Sixth Army. Next, let’s talk about the generals of the Red Sixth Army in various periods.
2, the first three divisions
The first three divisions did not have a unified legion leadership organ, but they acted in a unified manner, so I will introduce it. At that time, the main leaders of the three divisions were:
Commander of the 16th Division, Gao Yongsheng, Political Commissar Wen Jinhui, and Chief of Staff Li E;
Commander of the 17th Division Xiao Ke , Political Commissar Cai Huiwen , Chief of Staff Li Da, Director of the Political Department Wang Zhen ;
Commander of the 18th Division Yantuge , Political Commissar Xu Hong, Chief of Staff Tan Jiashu , Director of the Political Department Yuan Renyuan .
16th Division Commander Gao Yongsheng In his early years, he participated in the Pingjiang Uprising led by General Peng. He was later sent to the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Soviet Area to fight. He served as the commander of the 9th Division of the Red 16th Army. He served as the commander of the Red 16th Division in June 1933. In May 1934, Gao Yongsheng suffered major losses while covering the retreat of the provincial party committee. In order to avoid the enemy, he broke through the dark night and unfortunately fell off the cliff and died heroically. He was 26 years old at the time.
17 Division Commander Xiao Ke, Chief of Staff Li Da and Director of the Political Department Wang Zhen later introduced that when the political commissar Cai Huiwen was hit by several bullets when he was fighting against the enemy in 1936, he was brutally killed by the enemy at the age of 28.
Lieutenant General Tan Jiashu
18 Division Commander Yan Tuge died of illness in the Golden Cave of Pingjiang, Hunan in 1936; political commissar Xu Hong died heroically while fighting the enemy in May 1935 at the age of 31; chief of staff Tan Jiashu entered the Soviet Union's Fulongzhi Military Academy during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and after returning to China in 1945, he mainly engaged in military education. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955 and died of illness in 1987 at the age of 78. Yuan Renyuan, director of the Political Department, served as the director of the Political Department of the 359th Brigade during the War of Resistance Against Japan. After the founding of New China, he served as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the governor of Qinghai Province. He died in Beijing in 1986 at the age of 88.
2. When the Red Sixth Army was established
In August 1934, the Red Sixth Army was officially established. Military and Political Committee Chairman Ren Bishi , Corps Commander Xiao Ke, Political Commissar Wang Zhen, Chief of Staff Li Da, Director of the Political Department Zhang Ziyi, with two divisions under its jurisdiction,
The 17th Division: Commander Xiao Ke is also the political commissar Wang Zhen, and Director of the Political Department Zhang Ziyi;
The 18th Division: Commander Long Yun, Political Commissar Gan Siqi , Deputy Commander Peng Huimeng, Chief of Staff Tan Jiashu, and Director of the Political Department Fang Liming.
Chairman of the Military and Political Committee Ren Bishi served as the director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army and the Secretary-General of the CPC Central Committee during the War of Resistance Against Japan. In 1945, he was elected as the Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee at the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China and became one of the five secretaries. During the War of Liberation, Ren Bishi moved to northern Shaanxi with Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, and assisted Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou in commanding the national war.However, due to long-term illness work, Ren Bishi finally fell ill and died of illness in Beijing in October 1950 at the age of 46.
ren Bishi
corps commander Xiao Ke later served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Second Army, deputy commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, deputy commander of the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region, and first chief of staff. After the founding of New China, Xiao Ke served as deputy director and minister of the Training General Department, deputy director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation, president of the Military and Political University of the People's Liberation Army of China, deputy director of the Ministry of National Defense, and dean of the Military Academy of . He was awarded the rank of general in 1955 and died in Beijing in 2008 at the age of 102.
General Xiao Ke
Political Commissar Wang Zhen During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served as deputy brigade commander, brigade commander and political commissar, Deputy Commander of the Central Plains Military Region , commander and political commissar of the Second Column of the Northwest Field Army, commander and political commissar of the First Corps. After the founding of New China, Wang Zhen successively served as commander of the Railway Soldier, Minister of Agricultural Reclamation, Vice Premier of the State Council, President of the Central Party School, and Vice President of the State. He was awarded the rank of general in 1955 and died in Guangzhou in 1993 at the age of 85.
General Wang Zhen
Chief of Staff Li Da Later, he served as Chief of Staff of the Second Front Army, Chief of Staff of the Western Army, Director of the Staff of the 129th Division, Chief of Staff of the Shanxi Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, Chief of Staff of the Central Plains Field Army (Second Field Army). After the founding of New China, he served as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of National Defense, Deputy Minister of the Training General Office and Director of Planning, Supervision Department, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Member of the Advisory Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1955, Li Da was awarded the rank of general and died in Beijing in 1993 at the age of 88.
General Li Da
Director of the Political Department Zhang Ziyi During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he studied at the Moscow Oriental University in the Soviet Union. After returning to China, he served as deputy secretary and propaganda minister of the Jinsui Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Jinsui Military Region. After the founding of New China, Zhang Ziyi served as deputy director of the Political Department of the Southwest Military Region, deputy director of the Southwest Regional Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, and deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department. He died of illness in 1981 at the age of 77.
Zhang Ziyi
18 Division Commander Long Yun was captured while fighting the enemy in October 1934. He was killed by the Kuomintang authorities in 1936 at the age of 33. Political Commissar Gan Siqi later served as director of the Political Department of the Jinsui Military Region, director of the Political Department of the Northwest Field Army and former member of the Committee, director of the Political Department of the Iron Field Department, and deputy director of the General Political Department of . He was awarded the rank of general in 1955. He died of a sudden heart disease in 1964 at the age of 60.
Gan Siqi Admiral
3, when the Red Second Front Army was established
1936, when the Red Second Front Army was established, the Red Sixth Army was reorganized into the Red 6th Army, with four divisions under its jurisdiction. The heads of each level were:
Commander Xiao Ke, political commissar Wang Zhen, deputy political commissar Luo Zhimin , chief of staff Tan Jiashu, and director of the political department Zhang Ziyi
16th Division; division commander Zhang Hui, political commissar Yan Fusheng ;
17th Division: division commander He Qingji , political commissar Tang Xiangfeng;
3330 17th Division: division commander18th Division: Division Commander Zhang Zhengkun , political commissar Luo Zhimin (concurrently);
Model Division: Division Commander Liu Zhuanlian , political commissar Peng Dongcai;
He Qingji General
Zhang Hui unfortunately died heroically while fighting the enemy in October 1936 at the age of 25; political commissar Yan Fusheng served as the political commissar of the 717th Regiment, the political commissar of the 359th Brigade, the deputy commander of the 47th Army, and the deputy political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955 and died in Guangzhou in 1984 at the age of 80. He Qingji , the commander of the 17th Division of the 718th Division, served as the commander of the 718th Regiment, the chief of staff of the 717th Regiment, the chief of staff of the 385th Brigade of the Left-behind Corps, the commander of the 28th Division of the 10th Column of the East Field Army, and the commander of the 139th Division of the 47th Army. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and died in Shenyang in 1998 at the age of 89; political commissar Tang Xiangfeng later defected and defected to the Kuomintang's troops of He Zhuguo.
Zhang Zhengkun, commander of the 18th Division, later served as deputy commander of the First Regiment of the First Detachment of the New Fourth Army and commander of the Second Regiment. He was injured and captured during the Southern Anhui Incident in 1941. He died heroically after jumping off a cliff while escaping from prison. He was 43 years old at the time; political commissar Peng Dongcai fought against Japan in Zhejiang and Shandong during the War of Resistance and Liberation. After the founding of New China, he served as the political commissar of the Ministry of Railways Public Security and the political commissar of the Naval Aviation Corps. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955 and died in Qingdao in 2002 at the age of 89.
Summary:
Although the Red Sixth Army has not existed for a long time, the generals who appeared in the Red Sixth Army are still of relatively high value. Ren Bishi, chairman of the Military and Political Committee, is one of the five major secretaries. Xiao Ke, Li Da and Wang Zhen were ranked first, second and fifth respectively when they were awarded ranks in 1955.
Of course, there are many generals who died in the Red Sixth Army. They sacrificed their lives for the revolution and deserve the respect of our future generations.
