In 1949, the Central Plains Military Region was reorganized into Erye, under the jurisdiction of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Corps.
The commander of the 5th Corps is Yang Yong, political commissar Su Zhenhua, deputy political commissar Zhang Linzhi, director of the Political Department Gan Weihan, and deputy director Shi Xin'an. From the perspective of the leadership of the Corps, it is not sound, the junior deputy commander, the chief of staff and others.
Not only that, although the director of the Political Department was Gan Weihan, in fact he did not take up his post, and the deputy political commissar of the 18th Army was transferred by his superiors to serve as the acting director. Where did Gan Weihan go, and who is the acting director?
At that time, Gan Weihan served in the North China Military Region and served as the political commissar of the 70 Army.
Gan Weihan is a veteran who joined the party in 1927, joined the guerrillas and was incorporated into the Red 5th Army, serving as a squad leader, platoon leader, and company commander in the Red 5th Army. After the establishment of the 3rd Red Army, he was changed to a political work position and served as a company instructor, organization section chief, and regimental political commissar. Later, he was transferred to the 8th Army Corps of the Red Army and served as the head of the organization department, the director of the division political department, the director of the army political department, and the military political commissar.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he first served as the regimental political commissar in the left-behind corps, and then went to the 129th Brigade of the 385th Division on the front line as the brigade deputy political commissar and political commissar. At that time, there were two 385 brigades, one was the front-line troops led by Chen Xilian and Xie Fuzhi, and the other was defending Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo in Longdong. That is, although in the 385 brigade is actually still in the rear.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he was transferred to the director of the Political Department of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region successively came out of the 1st and 7th columns. Later, it was merged into the new 1st Column, and he was still in charge of rear work in the military region, and was promoted from director of the political department to deputy political commissar.
In May 1948, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region merged to form the North China Military Region, and the four second-level military regions of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan were transferred to the North China Military Region. In addition, field columns were formed in various military regions, and the 14th column was established, with him as political commissar and Wei Jie as commander. However, Wei Jie was transferred to the commander of the 13th Column a few months later, so the 14th Army has always lacked a military commander, with Deputy Commander Shi Zhiben as deputy commander, Gan Sihe as deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department, and Gao Houliang as chief of staff.
Later, the 14th Column was reorganized into the 70th Army, with two brigades and 11,000 people. In terms of troops, it is less than half of other armies. The 70th Army actually took part in not many battles either. Perhaps because there is a shortage of military cadres in the troops, if the political commissar is transferred, how can the military and political chief officer of the army be absent.
Therefore, although the 5th Corps was established, he served as the director of the Political Department, but in fact did not arrive due to work needs. The higher authorities did not give the deputy director to the deputy, but transferred Wang Youping, deputy political commissar of the 18th Army, to the deputy. In terms of position, the promotion of deputy military rank to corps-level leader is a promotion beyond the ranks.
Wang Youping was born as a student, and after joining the army, he first joined the Northwest Army of Feng Yuxiang, and then joined the Communist Party, until the Ningdu Uprising, he revolted with the army and held a position in the Red 5th Army. After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, he was transferred to the northwest of Shandong to engage in underground work and develop anti-Japanese armed forces, and was later incorporated into the combat sequence of the 129th Division, serving as the director of the brigade political department, deputy political commissar, and acting political commissar. Ji Luyu served as director of the Political Department a few years ago.
In the War of Liberation, he was transferred to the director of the Political Department of the Henan-Anhui Soviet Military Region, and after the main force of the military region formed the 18th Army, he served as deputy political commissar. When the director of the Political Department of the 5 Corps needed specific work, he was promoted by skipping the ranks.
After the founding of New China, the higher authorities wanted to transfer a number of corps-level cadres from the army to the diplomatic front, and he was among them. After that, he held a diplomatic post for several decades.