The other eight founding generals who served as deputy chiefs of staff are: Zhang Zongxun, Wang Zhen, Li Kenong, Deng Hua, Yang Chengwu, Zhang Aiping, Han Xianchu and Xu Shiyou.
These eight deputy chiefs of staff, except for the agent General Li Kenong, had become corps-level generals in the late period of the Liberation War. For example, Han Xianchu had relatively low qualifications, but in April 1949, he also served as deputy commander of the 12th Corps of the Fourth Field Army.
However, Peng Shaohui was just a commander in the late stage of the Liberation War. So, why was a commander in the late stage of the Liberation War able to serve as the deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army at the beginning of the founding of the People's Liberation Army?
Peng Shaohui, from Shaoshan, Hunan, is a fellow villager with Chairman Mao, and his hometown is very close to Mao’s family, less than 10 kilometers. Peng Shaohui was born in a farmer-employed family. Because of his poor family, he only studied in a private school for two and a half years. After dropping out of school, he herded cattle for the landlord. He started working as a long-term worker at the age of 16 and suffered all the hardships.
1926, with hatred for the old society, 20-year-old Peng Shaohui participated in the hometown peasants association and participated in the Peasant Red Guards .
Speaking of this, everyone must be very curious. Peng Shaohui and Chairman Mao are fellow villagers. So, did the two meet in their early years? Has Peng Shaohui participated in the revolution been influenced by Chairman Mao?
The answer is yes. In early 1927, Chairman Mao returned to Shaoshan to inspect the peasant movement. At that time, it was Peng Shaohui who introduced the situation of the peasant movement in his hometown to Chairman Mao.
In May 1927, after the "Maritime Incident", Peng Shaohui participated in the struggle of 100,000 peasant troops besieging Changsha. After the failure of the struggle, the first thing Peng Shaohui thought of was Chairman Mao, so he decided to leave his hometown and join Chairman Mao. Unfortunately, he was not found. Later, due to life, he entered the 12th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the National Revolutionary Army to serve as a soldier.
In 1928, the 1st Division was reorganized into the 5th Independent Division of the Hunan Army. The 5th Division had a famous regiment commander, who was later founding marshal Peng. Under the influence of General Peng, Peng Shaohui participated in the Pingjiang Uprising and followed General Peng to Jinggangshan, and finally met Chairman Mao.
After participating in Red Army , Peng Shaohui was very brave in fighting, dared to fight hard battles, was good at fighting tough battles, and had a very tenacious fighting will.
1929, in a breakthrough battle, Peng Shaohui took the initiative to cover the transfer of the main force and led the troops to stubbornly block it. After the battle began, he led the way, moving forward, seriously injured, but his heroic spirit remained undiminished.
1933, in the fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression", Peng Shaohui, who was the commander of the 1st Division of the Red 5th Army at the time, led his troops to take over the main offensive task of Caotaigang, seized Pili Mountain, and effectively blocked the enemy, so as to ensure that the main force of the army and the front army annihilate the enemy.
In order to win time, Peng Shaohui led his troops to the foot of Pili Mountain at night, but he never expected that the enemy had taken the lead in occupying the main peak and the two hills below the main peak, controlling the favorable terrain.
The battle situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to Peng Shaohui. When General Peng learned the situation, he gave Peng Shaohui a death order: "I can't take down Pili Mountain, I'm asking you!"
This is a very difficult task, but Peng Shaohui did not complain at all. After receiving the order, he immediately led his troops to attack the enemy's 11th Division. After a bloody battle, the Red Army finally captured the enemy's main position and seriously injured the enemy's division commander Xiao Qian, winning the key battle to win the fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression".
However, this victory also cost Peng Shaohui a lot, and he lost his left arm from then on.
In the battle, Peng Shaohui took the lead in charge and his left arm was unfortunately hit by two bombs in a row. His arm bone was shattered. Although his injuries were serious, he still couldn't stand down from the front line and continued to command the battle. After the battle ended, Peng Shaohui underwent three surgeries, but the medical conditions were limited at that time, and none of the three surgeries were successful, so he had to saw off his left arm.
How big a blow would it be to a general who commands troops to fight? But Peng Shaohui did not give up on himself. With amazing perseverance, he learned military actions such as leggings and riding horses, and quickly adapted to fighting life and became a famous one-armed general.
In September 1933, Peng Shaohui was discharged from the hospital and was injured again in the battle.
In the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" Guangmingshan blocking battle, his jaw was broken by a bullet.
Although he was injured many times, Peng Shaohui was never afraid. He was not only brave and good at fighting, but also had extremely strict military discipline. He often said to his subordinates: "The Red Army has three most shameful things. One is that it is most shameful to be afraid of death in war, the other is that it is most shameful to be away, and the third is that it is most shameful to violate mass discipline."
In February 1949, the Northwest Field Army was renamed the 4th Army of the First Field Army, and Peng Shaohui was appointed as the commander of the 7th Army of the First Field Corps.
In 1954, Peng Shaohui was appointed as the deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army and deputy director of the Training General Department. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general.
As the commander of the late Liberation War, the reason why Peng Shaohui was able to serve as the deputy chief of staff and was awarded the title of general was related to his early qualifications and his post at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Although he was only a commander in the late period of the Liberation War, Peng Shaohui's qualifications were not low. As early as the Red Army period, he had served as the chief of staff of the Red Sixth Army. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Peng Shaohui's position was also very high, and he served as the commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the newly formed 358th Brigade.
At the beginning of the founding of New China, Peng Shaohui was transferred to the position of Chief of Staff of the Northwest Military Region for his outstanding military achievements. The Northwest Military Region is one of the sixth military regions on the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the commander is General He. Peng Shaohui not only served as Chief of Staff of the Northwest Military Region, but soon was promoted to Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Military Region.
Therefore, whether he served as the deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army or was awarded the rank of general, General Peng Shaohui was fully deserved.
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