Among our founding generals, the two most famous ones are Commander Su and Chen Geng. If you only talk about military achievements and consider them from the perspective of military generals, these two people are indeed the most outstanding in their abilities and achievements. If it weren't for history and military enthusiasts, some friends even mistakenly thought that Su and Chen were both marshals, and their presence was indeed stronger than the other eight founding generals. But why is Commander Su able to rank first among the generals, but Chen Geng is only fourth among the generals, ranking lower than Xu Haidong and Huang Kecheng?
Chen Geng joined the party in 1922, which was earlier than most marshals. Moreover, he graduated from the first phase of Huangpu , and he also engaged in important intelligence work in Central Special Science and Technology , and his qualifications are extremely outstanding among the senior generals of our army. However, the most important thing about the military rank is to judge the qualifications of the military. The work of agent and the time of joining the party are not the biggest considerations. In this regard, Xu Haidong and Huang Kecheng were slightly better than Chen Geng, so the general ranked before him. The continued military qualifications and early position advantages made up for the shortcomings of the two men's military achievements.
During the Red Army period, Chen Geng's highest position was only the division commander, because he was injured and captured many times, and he also left the team to work as a special agent, which had a certain impact on the promotion speed of military positions. If Chen Geng had been in the army, his resume would not be worse than the other two. On the other hand, Xu Haidong served as the commander and political commissar of the Red 25th Army during the Red Army, which was obviously higher than Chen Geng's level. The Red 25th Army is an independent combat force, and can even be on par with the three main forces, Front Army, for a certain period and to a certain extent. Among the three qualifications of the Red Army, the War of Resistance and the War of Liberation, the qualifications of the Red Army were the most important when evaluating the title. Xu Haidong had too much advantage in this regard.
There is another key reason: in 1935, the 25th Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi before the Red Army, and made great contributions to the development and consolidation of the base area and gaining a foothold for the central government. Moreover, during the most difficult period of the Central Red Army's funding, General Xu Haidong allocated 5,000 yuan from the funds of the 25th Red Army to help the central government. This selfless practice moved the Chairman and always praised Xu Haidong for his great contributions. The Chairman's words played an important role in the future rating process and determined Xu Haidong's ranking of generals. To be honest, without the contribution of Xu Haidong and the 25th Red Army, the prospects of the Central Red Army might be affected. Although Xu Haidong missed a large number of wars in the later period due to injuries, he still followed Commander Su during the rating, ranking second among the ten founding generals. Chen Geng can't compare with him in the contributions of some special nodes.
As for General Huang Kecheng, he also has his advantages. During many historical periods of our army, Huang Kecheng's position was slightly higher than that of Chen Geng. During the Red Army, Huang Kecheng served as the director of the political department of the Red Third Army and assisted General Peng for a long time. The Red Third Army is one of the two strongest main corpses of the Central Red Army, and its combat effectiveness is comparable to the Red First Army. As the director of the political department of the large army, he obviously has a higher position than Chen Geng's division commander and has a higher status in the army. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Huang Kecheng served as the political commissar of the 344th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the 4th Division of the 344th Division of the New Fourth Army. He was the same position as Chen Geng's 386th Brigade, and both were on the same level.
However, during the War of Liberation, Huang Kecheng's position was higher than Chen Geng: he served as deputy commander of Northeast Democratic Alliance (the predecessor of Fourth Field ), and Chen Geng was only the commander of the 4th Corps of the Second Field Army when he was at the highest position, and there was a slight difference in positions between the two. Although Chen Geng's specific military achievements and command examples are more prominent, Huang Kecheng has the upper hand in terms of overall qualifications and positions. Based on this alone, Huang Kecheng should be ahead of Chen Geng when evaluating the title.
And Huang Kecheng, like Xu Haidong, has made special contributions to the impact of military construction and the national war situation. In 1945, Huang Kecheng proposed to the central government to actively manage the Northeast, and quickly drove the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army with more than 30,000 people to South Manchuria, becoming one of the backbone forces of the Fourth Field Army in the later period.This can be said to be a strategic action, which has been highly praised by the central government and has also established Huang Kecheng's historical status. Without the rapid formation and growth of the Fourth Field Army, the most critical step in the War of Liberation could not be taken, and it would be impossible to fight from outside the pass to inside the pass and until the liberation of the whole country. Huang Kecheng's huge contribution was self-evident. It is reasonable and well-founded to rank third among the founding generals in 1955.
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