His subordinates are 7 generals, and 1 general is a general, but he is just a general. Why?
Whampoa Military Academy The fourth period has produced many powerful generals, such as founding marshal Lin Biao, founding general Xiao Ke, and Liu Zhidan. According to Liu Zhidan's qualifications and contributions, at least he was a founding general and it was possible to be appointed as a marshal.
Today we will talk about General Xiao Ke. He is the founding general, but 7 of his subordinates are also founding generals, and there is even a founding general, who has a higher status than him. What's going on?
Xiao Ke is from Hunan and his family is very poor, but his parents provided him with a good education. He saw the corruption in the old society and decided to serve the country. He abandoned his articles and joined the army. In early 1926, he was admitted to the Military Police Coaching Office of the Military Commission of the National Government, and later merged into the Whampoa Military Academy, and he became a student of the fourth period.
His grades were very excellent. After graduation, he participated in Northern Expedition Army . In 1927, he served as company instructor and company commander in 11th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the commander was the famous Ye Ting.
1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup, Xiao Ke joined the Communist Party of China, and in August, he followed Ye Ting to participate in the August 1 Nanchang Uprising , and in January 1928, he participated in the Hunan Uprising led by Zhu De and Chen Yi . During the period of the Red Army, he served as the commander of the 8th Army, the commander of the 6th Army, the deputy commander-in-chief of the 31st Army. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was the deputy commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander was General He.
During the War of Liberation, he served as the vice president of North China Military and Political University and the first chief of staff of Central China Military Region. It is very reasonable to be awarded the founding general. Xu Guangda, He Bingyan, Wang Zhen, Gan Siqi, Li Da, Chen Bojun, Zhou Shidi and Zhang Zongxun were once subordinates of Xiao Ke. Xu Guangda was a founding general, and the other seven were founding generals.
Xu Guangda's military achievements were not dazzling, but he made an important contribution, which was his "defending the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China" when he served as the commander of the Third Column of the Northwest Field Army.
Xiao Ke is the first general, Li Da is the second general, Zhang Zongxun is the third general, Wang Zhen is the fifth, Gan Siqi is the first 18th, Zhou Shi is the second 22nd, Chen Bojun is the third 35th, and He Bingyan is the fourth 47th.
Why is Xiao Ke's military rank the same high as many subordinates, and why isn't Xu Guangda like Xu? This is because by the period of the Liberation War, Xiao Ke's position was not high. He was only the deputy commander of the North China Military Region and was transferred to the position of Chief of Staff of the Fourth Field Army in 1949.
Deputy Commander of the Military Region corresponds to the deputy commander of the field army, and the chief of staff is one level lower than the deputy commander. Looking at the four chiefs of staff of the People's Liberation Army's four field troops, two are founding generals, namely Xiao Ke and Li Da, and the remaining two are founding lieutenant generals, namely Yan Kuiyao and Zhang Zhen.
And after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiao Ke was the deputy minister of the Ministry of National Defense, the president of the Military and Political University, and the dean of the Military Academy, and the position was a bit low, so he could only be awarded the founding general in the end. Xiao Ke was qualified to be awarded to the general with his qualifications before the War of Liberation,
