In January 1949, in order to adapt to the new situation, the central government decided to unify the organizational sequence of the entire army, and the middle field was changed to the second field. Regarding Chen Zaidao's qualifications, why did he not serve as commander of the

In January 1949, in order to adapt to the new situation, the central government decided to unify the organizational sequence of the entire army, and the middle field was changed to the second field. According to the instructions, the second field organized corps and equipped cadres.

The second field was under the jurisdiction of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Corps. Chen Zaidao was transferred to the commander of the Henan Military Region. This made him confused mentally, mainly because he was unwilling to leave the field army.

Regarding Chen Zaidao's qualifications, why did he not serve as commander of the corps, but instead took charge of work in the local military region?

First of all, let’s take a look at who the cadres at the corps level are. Commander Chen Xilian of the 3rd Corps, political commissar Xie Fuzhi, deputy commanders Wang Jinshan and Du Yide; commander of the 4th Corps Chen Geng, deputy commander Guo Tianmin; commander of the 5th Corps Yang Yong, political commissar Su Zhenhua, deputy political commissar of Zhang Linzhi.

What level was the Henan Military Region at that time?

If you look at it from today's perspective, the Henan Military Region is a provincial military region, equivalent to a military-level unit. But in 1949, the Henan Military Region and the Corps were at the same level. Why do you say this?

After the Crossing the River campaign , the Huaye troops marched towards Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Fujian. After the liberation of these places, the commander of the Fujian Military Region was concurrently served by Ye Fei of the 10th Corps, and the commander of the Zhejiang Military Region was concurrently served by Wang Jian'an of the 7th Corps. , the Shanghai Garrison Command was concurrently held by the political commissar of the 9th Corps, Guo Huaruo, and the commander of the Shandong Military Region at that time was Xu Shiyou.

Not only that, after the two camps successively liberated Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, Chen Geng concurrently served as the commander of the Yunnan Military Region, and Yang Yong concurrently served as the commander of the Guizhou Military Region.

However, this status quo did not last long. With the founding of the People's Republic of China, the army moved toward formalization, and changes were also made to local military regions and field armies. The field army revoked the corps designation, and the military region, which was once on the same level as the corps, was downgraded to a provincial military region, with a full military level.

As for why Chen Zaidao was transferred to the commander of the Henan Military Region, he once served as the commander of the Hebei Military Region in 1940. He was familiar with local work, capable of military work, and could also be responsible for local work. There were not many such generals.

The Henan Military Region was in the rear area at that time, transporting food and grass to the frontline troops, and was responsible for the heavy task of supporting the front line. Moreover, some places in Henan have not yet been liberated, such as Anyang, Xinxiang, Xinyang and other places. There are still bandits that need to be suppressed, and the responsibilities are heavy.

In this way, Chen Zaidao left the field army and started local work. He was responsible for grasping the general in the military region, and other people were responsible for the suppression of bandits. In more than half a year, 100,000 bandits were suppressed. After victory, he began to develop and implement land reform and other tasks.