Menglianggu Campaign - Commanders

Commanders

Commanders from Nationalist side included:

• Supreme Commander: Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (Stationed in Nanjing)
  • Frontline Commander-in-chief: Gu Zhutong (Stationed in Xuzhou)
    • Corps Commander-in-chief: Tang Enbo
      • Hu Lian (胡琏): Commander of the 11th Reorganized Division
      • Huang Baitao (黄伯韬): Commander of the 25th Reorganized Division
      • Zhang Lingfu: Commander of the 74th Reorganized Division
      • Li Tianxia: Commander of the 83rd Reorganized Division

Commanders from Communist side included:

• Chen Yi (陈毅): Commander-in-chief and Commissar of the East China Field Army
  • Su Yu: Deputy Commander-in-chief of the East China Field Army, the actual architect of the campaign
  • Tan Zhenlin (谭震林): Deputy Commissar of the East China Field Army
    • Wang Bicheng (王必成): commander-in-chief of the 6th Column (army) of the East China Field Army