Lieutenant General Tan Jian: The first commander of Huaihai Military Region.

Tan Jian, Zhuang nationality. Formerly known as Qin Xiuhua. 19 1 1 was born in Banpo Township, donglan City, Guangxi Province (now Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) in April. 193 1 * * Joined China. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period of the whole nation, he served as the head of the fifth regiment of the second detachment of the fourth column of the Eighth Route Army, the head of the 23rd regiment of the eighth brigade of the third division of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the Huaihai Military Region, the tenth brigade of the third division of the New Fourth Army and the deputy brigade commander of the Huaihai Military Region, the deputy commander of the Huaihai Military Division of the Subei Military Region, and the brigade commander and political commissar of the independent brigade of the third division of the New Fourth Army. During the War of Liberation, he served as commander of the Sixth (Huaihai) Army Division of Central China Military Region, brigade commander of Huaihai Independent Brigade, deputy commander of the 12th column of East China Field Army, chief of staff of Subei Corps, and chief of staff of the 9th Corps of the Third Field Army. 1955 was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. Won the first-class August 1st Medal, the second-class Medal of Independence and Freedom and the first-class Medal of Liberation. 1959 July 15 died in Beijing. During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, General Tan Jian led his troops to fight and live in Suqian for a long time. 1940 In September, Tan Jian, head of the fifth regiment of the second detachment of the fifth column of the Eighth Route Army, led his troops to Yanfu District. After the Southern Anhui Incident in June+the following year 10, 5438, the Fifth Regiment of the Second Detachment was reorganized into the 23rd Regiment of the Eighth Brigade of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, with Qin Jian as the head. In March, Tan Jian received a new appointment and went to Huaihai District to form Huaihai Military Region with Jin Ming and Zhang Kexin. Since then, he has worked hard in Suqian for a long time. After arriving in Huaihai District, Tan Jian was busy with his work and made nervous preparations, so that the Huaihai Military Region was formally established in Zhangwei, Shuyang County that month, with Qin Jian as the commander, Jin Ming, secretary of the Party Committee of Huaihai District and political commissar of the military region, Zhang Ke's new chief of staff, and Gao Nongfu as the director of the political department. During the war of resistance and liberation of the whole nation, Tan Jian's position was adjusted many times, but he spent most of his time fighting and living in Suqian. After the establishment of the Huaihai Military Region, Tan Jian immediately set out to set up the Military Command, Political Department, Supply Department, Ministry of Health and other organs, and also set up hospitals directly under the Military Region, bullet factories, mechanical repair stations and security forces to reorganize and train the original troops under the jurisdiction of Huaihai District. At this time, the local main force in Huaihai area is Huaihe Brigade, and other counties also have some small-scale anti-Japanese local armed forces. With the support of local party organizations, Tan Jian seriously reorganized the armed forces of Huaihe Brigade and counties, paid attention to study and training, and especially paid close attention to the training of grassroots cadres, so that the armed forces in the whole region were gradually strengthened. In September of the same year, the Tenth Brigade of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army was reorganized into the Tenth Brigade of the Third Division, and it was transferred from the west of Jinpu Road to Huaihai area. The military headquarters of the New Fourth Army decided to change the brigade headquarters of the Tenth Brigade and the Huaihai Military Region, with Liu Zhen as the brigade commander of the Tenth Brigade and Qin Jian as the deputy brigade commander and deputy brigade commander of the Tenth Brigade. Tan Jian assisted Brigadier General Liu Zhen to localize the main force, and the county brigade made up a battalion and a company respectively. The Tenth Brigade also transferred more than 400 cadres to the local armed forces department, and some directly went down to the backbone of the militia in the district and township. Soon, under the direct command of the military region, local troops such as Huaihe Brigade, Shuhe Brigade, Binhai Brigade, yi river Brigade, Lianshui Guerrilla Brigade, County Corps and Independent Regiment were formed, and the armed forces in Huaihai District were greatly enhanced. 1942165438+10, the 10th Brigade of the 3rd Division and the Huaihai Military Region were changed to the Huaihai Military Region, with Brigadier General Liu Zhen as the commander of the military region and Qin Jian as the deputy commander of the Huaihai Military Region. Just in the middle of this month, the Japanese Puppet Army dispatched more than 8,000 people in eight routes to "mop up" Huaihai District from Huaiyin, Lianshui and Xin 'an in an attempt to destroy the local and military leading organs in Huaihai District. Tan Jian actively assisted Brigadier General Liu Zhen and political commissar Jin Ming, calmly commanded the organs, troops and militia, stopped the enemy's attack, flexibly avoided the enemy's edge, organized more than 3,000 organs and troops, highlighted the enemy's encirclement, and preserved the effective strength. After the joint attack by the party, government and military organs in Huaihai District, the Japanese puppet troops still refused to give up, and the soldiers conducted a close search on the activity center of the military sub-district. Tan Jian commanded troops and militia, and used favorable terrain to wage guerrilla warfare with the enemy. They ambushed and attacked the enemy everywhere. When they saw it, they hit it and left. They concentrated their fire and destroyed some enemy strongholds. The militia was also mobilized to lead the masses in a road attack. More than 20,000 people were scattered in various road sections, digging and blowing up the roads that the enemy had just repaired, making it difficult for the mechanized Japanese army to move. After a week of tenacious fighting, the Huaihai Military Division finally changed from passive to active, and the Japanese puppet troops were forced to withdraw to their strongholds. In February, 65438, in order to adapt to the struggle situation that Huaihai District was divided into several large blocks by Japanese and puppet troops, the 10th Brigade and Huaihai Army Division were reorganized into four teams, and Huaihai Army Division was further divided into four teams. At that time, he was the detachment leader of the third detachment of Huaihai Military Division, and Zhang, secretary of the Third Central County Party Committee, served as the political commissar of the third detachment, leading the seventh, eighth and ninth corps to Tongyang. 1in the spring of 943, considering that Su Tong sea area is far away from Huaihai military sub-division, and the command and communication are inconvenient, the superior decided to set up a navy division, with Zhang as the political commissar of the sub-division. After presiding over the naval division in Shu Tong, Tan Jian attached great importance to the training of troops, and set up a training base in Houhetou, Toarey Yang. A group of backbone and formed companies were transferred from various regiments to carry out basic training first, and then the training results were tested in a tournament. These backbones and companies played the role of "seeds" and played a positive role in promoting the training of the entire Tongsu Marine Division. 1in the summer of 943, the Japanese army set up many strongholds around Yangtongcheng in an attempt to block the Su Hai anti-Japanese base area. Qin led troops to attack Sangxu, Wanpi and other strongholds and beat them. At that time, due to the poor equipment of the troops, it was difficult to capture the high-wall stronghold built by the Japanese and puppet troops. It was July and August, and the weather was quite hot. Someone in the army came up with a way to spread out the "dead dog array" and force the enemy to withdraw from the stronghold. Anti-Japanese * * * mobilized the masses to beat dogs and send troops. Put it around the wall of the enemy stronghold after killing it, and it will stink in two days. The enemy is in the stronghold, afraid to sleep at night, for fear of guerrilla attacks at night; During the day, when they smelled dead dogs, they couldn't eat any food, and the enemies in several strongholds were forced to evacuate. In February, 1945, troops of Huaihai Army Division captured Ye Wei stronghold. Tan Jian, the deputy commander, also commanded the third detachment to conquer Zhou Miao and other strongholds in northern Toarey Yang and began a partial counterattack. At the beginning of April, Tan Jian was ordered to form an independent brigade of the third division of the New Fourth Army to carry out the task of supporting the anti-Japanese base areas in Wanjiang. 1941March, Huaihai Military Region was established in Zhang Xu, Shuyang. Tan Jian (right), commander of Huaihai Military Region, took a group photo with Jin Ming, secretary of Huaihai District Party Committee and political commissar of Huaihai Military Region. After the victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's struggle in northern Jiangsu, the independent brigade went to the northeast with the main force of the third division of the New Fourth Army. Being familiar with the local situation, Tan Jian was ordered to stay as commander of Huaihai Military Division (the 6th Division of Central China). At this time, the troops in Huaihai District were basically independent regiments and county brigades organized by counties during the Great Counter-offensive. Although there are many people, they are poorly equipped, lack of training and have poor combat effectiveness. Tan Jian concentrated its forces on marshalling, and concentrated county brigades and independent regiments in various counties to form three regular regiments. 1945 At the end of the year, Huaihai Military Division established a new independent brigade according to the instructions of its superiors, with Qin Jian as brigade commander and Xie Zhenhua as brigade political commissar. The timely formation of this unit played an important role in countering the attack of the * * * army and consolidating the Huaihai Liberated Area. 1946 In late June, Chiang Kai-shek launched a full-scale civil war. The 1st Division of Huaihai Army led by Tan Jian and the Independent Brigade went north to cover the main force of Central China Field Army, and evacuated to Shandong Liberated Area with the main force. After that, he was ordered to return to the enemy lines in northern Jiangsu to persist in the struggle. With the assistance of local armed forces and the support of the people, the independent brigade gradually destroyed the enemy strongholds in Huaihai area with active combat actions, cut off the traffic lines of the * * * army entering the rear in the north, and effectively cooperated with the main force of the field army in the combat operations in Shandong battlefield. In order to attack the * * * army more effectively and defend the liberated areas in northern Jiangsu, the East China Bureau of the Central Committee and the East China Military Region decided to merge the two military regions of Yanfu and Huaihai to form the Northern Jiangsu Military Region. Qin Jian served as deputy commander of Subei Military Region, commander of Huaihai Military Division and brigade commander of Huaihai Independent Brigade. Tan Jian commanded Huaihai Independent Brigade to persist in the struggle in northern Jiangsu, deployed two regiments on the eastern front to prepare for the enemy's invasion from Lianyungang, and arranged a regiment as a mobile unit in Xin 'an Town on the western front, and at the same time shouldered the vigilance against the enemy's invasion from Xuzhou. He traveled back and forth from the eastern front and back and forth from the western front, so as to keep abreast of the situation, revise the battle plan in time and take the initiative in the struggle against the enemy. 65438+In mid-February, Shandong Field Army and Central China Field Army launched the Northern Jiangsu Campaign. After accepting the combat task personally arranged by Commander Su Yu, Tan Jian led his troops to deploy on the Huaiyin-Shuyang line to block the enemy's attack with sports defense tactics, thus ensuring the realization of the strategic policy of "frontal blocking, two wings flanking" in the northern Jiangsu campaign. 1947 65438+1At the end of October, the Shandong Field Army and the Central China Field Army merged to form the East China Field Army, in which the troops of the Subei Military Region were organized into the 12th column, the independent brigade of Huaihai Army Division was reorganized into the 35th brigade of the 12th column, and Tan Jian and Chang Yuqing were appointed as the deputy commanders of the 12th column. In February, the * * * Army concentrated seven brigades, focusing on the Huaihai area, and successively carried out "mopping up" and "mopping up". Command troops to fight back, even the Donggou, Daxing Ji and other strongholds, body count more than 2000 people. In April and May, the 12 vertical main force repelled the * * * army twice and conquered the strongholds of Ji Hu, Qian Ji and Liu Xu, thus connecting Yanfu and Huaihai and stabilizing the situation in northern Jiangsu. In August, the Central Military Commission ordered the establishment of a temporary headquarters behind enemy lines in Central China, with the second deputy commander as the commander and Chen Pixian as the political commissar to lead an attack on the enemies in Huaihai and Yanfu areas. 1At the beginning of March, 948, Wei Guoqing led the second column of the East China Field Army to the south by Shandong Yuelonghai Railway, and established the Subei Corps on the basis of the temporary headquarters behind enemy lines in Yuan Hua. On March 16, Subei Corps launched the Yilin Campaign. Tan Jian was ordered to lead the 35th Brigade, the Secret Service Corps and the army sub-division troops to build fortifications at the southwest of Yilin 10 km to prevent the enemy from reinforcing the enemy in Yilin City. Enemy reinforcements, under the cover of planes and artillery, bombarded the positions of the 35th Brigade in an attempt to break through the blockade. Tan Jian is fearless and calm in the face of crisis, risking his life to know the situation at the forefront. Under his command, the troops repelled the enemy's repeated attacks, prevented the enemy from reinforcing outside Yilin City, and ensured the victory of Yilin Campaign. In June, Tan Jian was promoted to Chief of Staff of Subei Corps. He actively assisted Wei Guoqing, commander of the Corps, and Chen Pixian, political commissar, in making decisions, and directed the Northern Jiangsu Corps to move to the battlefield in Central China. It was not until1February, 949 that he was appointed as the chief of staff of the No.9 Corps of Sanye, and together with the commander Song and the political commissar Guo Huaruo, he organized various units of the Corps to prepare for the battle of crossing the river before leaving the northern Jiangsu area where he had been fighting and living for many years. (edited by Zhao Lianjun) Editor-in-Chief Wang Licheng