The Fourth Field Army is referred to as Fourth Field Army. It is one of the most powerful field army in the War of Liberation. At its peak, it reached 1.5 million troops, far ahead of the three major field armies of the First Field, Second Field and Third Field.
The Fourth Field Army was established in October 1945. It was composed of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. At that time, its name was "Northeast People's Autonomous Army" and its troops were about 130,000. Afterwards, the Northeast People's Autonomous Army changed its name four times.
was first renamed in November 1945. The "Northeast People's Autonomous Army" was renamed "Northeast Democratic Alliance Army ". During this period, its total force had reached 270,000, and it had four second-level military regions, including east, west, south, and north.
The second name change occurred in January 1948, and was renamed "Northeast Democratic Alliance" and "Northeast People's Liberation Army ". During this period, its troops were about 600,000 and it had 12 columns under its jurisdiction.
The third rename occurred in August 1948, renamed " Northeast Field Army ". From then on, it began to break away from the local system and become an independent field army, with two corps headquarters under its jurisdiction, with a total force of 1.03 million.
The fourth rename occurred in March 1949, renamed the "Northeast Field Army" from the "Fourth Field Army". During this period, its military strength had certainly exceeded one million, and it was under its jurisdiction, the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th regiments.
With the replacement of the army's names and organizational adjustments, the leaders of the Fourth Field Army were also constantly changing. Of course, the commanders were never replaced. From the beginning of its establishment to the revocation of the number, Marshal Lin Biao was replaced, but its chief of staff changed three times one after another.
The Fourth Field Army has a total of 4 Chiefs of Staff (First Chief of Staff).
The first chief of staff is Xiao Jinguang.
Xiao Jinguang, a native of Changsha, Hunan, has a high revolutionary qualification. As early as the Northern Expedition, he served as the Party representative of the 6th Division of the 2nd Army of the National Revolutionary Army as early as the Northern Expedition, nd Army. During the Red Army and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Xiao Jinguang's qualifications were barely enough to be at the rank of marshal. He served as the political commissar of the Red Fifth Army and the commander of the Left-behind Corps of the Eighth Route Army.
In October 11945, the Northeast People's Autonomous Army was established, and Xiao Jinguang served as deputy commander and chief of staff. After the Northeast People's Autonomous Army was renamed the Northeast Democratic Alliance, Xiao Jinguang still served as deputy commander and chief of staff.
The second chief of staff is Liu Yalou.
Liu Yalou, from Wuping, Fujian, has a high revolutionary qualification and was once the commander of the Red 1st Division of the Red Army ace unit. During the Red Army period, his position even surpassed Xiao Jinguang for a time.
11935, in order to reduce the purpose of narrowing down and to facilitate the northward travel, the Central Red Army Column and the main force of the First Red Army were reorganized into the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. The commander of of the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment is Mr. Peng, who has three columns under his jurisdiction. Among them, the deputy commander of the 2nd Column is Liu Yalou, and Xiao Jinguang is only the chief of staff of the 2nd Column.
11948, the "Northeast Democratic Alliance" was renamed the "Northeast People's Liberation Army". Xiao Jinguang still served as deputy commander, but no longer served as the Chief of Staff, and Liu Yalou was the Chief of Staff.
The third chief of staff is Xiao Ke.
Xiao Ke, a native of Jiahe, Hunan, has a higher qualification during his period during the Red Army than Xiao Jinguang and Liu Yalou. He was the commander of the Red Sixth Army and the deputy commander-in-chief of the nd Front Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xiao Ke successively partnered with two marshals, first with General He (the commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army at that time), and served as deputy commander of the 120th Division; later with Marshal Nie Rongzhen (the commander of the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region at that time), and served as deputy commander of the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region.
11949, the Northeast Field Army was renamed the Fourth Field Army, and Xiao Ke was appointed Chief of Staff of the Fourth Field Army. This position is actually a bit low for him.
The fourth chief of staff is Zhao Erlu.
Zhao Erlu, a native of Han County, Shanxi Province, participated in the Nanchang Uprising . During the Red Army, he served as the Minister of the Supply Department of the Red Army's Forefront Command, and during the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the Deputy Minister of the General Supply Department of the Eighth Route Army.
Zhao Erlu has served as the logistics leadership position of our army for a long time and can be called a military logistics expert. But in fact, he has also served as the military chief officer for a long time.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhao Erlu served as commander of the 2nd Division of the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region and commander of the Hebei-Shenzhen Military Region. He once led his troops to Yanmen Pass and initiated the Yanbei Battle , successfully breaking the three blockade lines of the Japanese and puppet troops and expanding the Yanbei Liberated Area.
1950, Zhao Erlu replaced Xiao Ke as Chief of Staff of the Fourth Field Army, and during this period he participated in command of the Hainan Island Battle.
The 4 chiefs of staff of the Fourth Field Army have been awarded senior military ranks after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and 1 general and 3 generals were born, of which Xiao Jinguang was the general.
It is worth mentioning that if Liu Yalou stayed in China during the Anti-Japanese War, he would probably be awarded the rank of general based on his qualifications and his post after the founding of the People's Republic of China (the first commander of the Air Force).
As the strongest field army, the fourth field army's footprints can be said to have traveled to most of China, liberated from the Northeast to Hainan, and made great contributions to the liberation of the New China. In 1955, the number of the Fourth Field Army was officially revoked, leaving a brilliant chapter in our military history.
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