Former Site of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission

　　The Central Revolutionary Military Commission was the highest military command body in the Soviet Area. In May 1933, it moved back from the front lines to Ruijin and was stationed at the private Yang family ancestral hall in Wushilong. At that time, the Commission included institutions such as the General Staff Department, the General Mobilization and Armed Forces Department, the General Supply Department, the General Transport Department, the General Health Department, the Political Security Branch, and the Relief Committee.

　　In November 1931, the First National Congress of the Chinese Soviet Republic was held in Ruijin, establishing the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic. According to the resolutions of the Congress and the orders of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the Chinese Soviet Republic (abbreviated as CRMC) was formed, with [Name] serving as chairman and Wang Jiaxiang and Peng Dehuai as vice chairmen. As the highest leadership and command organ of the Red Army nationwide, the CRMC was formally incorporated into the political system for the first time, but it remained under the political leadership of the Party Central Committee and its local bureaus. In January 1933, the Provisional Central Committee of the Party moved into the Central Soviet Area, unifying its command under the CRMC. In May, the Provisional Central Committee decided to relocate the CRMC, which had previously been based at the front, to Ruijin, where the Provisional Central Committee was located. Bo Gu and Xiang Ying were added as members of the CRMC. When the CRMC chairman [Name] was commanding operations at the front, Xiang Ying would act on his behalf. Thereafter, the work of the CRMC was effectively overseen by Bo Gu, Xiang Ying, and others. From late January to early February 1934, the Second National Congress of the Chinese Soviet Republic was held, electing [Name] as chairman of the CRMC and [Name] and Wang Jiaxiang as vice chairmen. In September, Wang Jiaxiang fell ill, and Xiang Ying acted as vice chairman. After the German military advisor Otto Braun arrived in the Central Soviet Area in September 1933 with the support of Bo Gu, the top leader of the Party Central Committee, he took control of the CRMC’s command. He implemented erroneous military strategies, leading to the failure of the Fifth Encirclement Campaign against the Central Soviet Area. The main forces of the Central Red Army and other bases in southern China subsequently embarked on the Long March.

　　During the Long March, the Politburo of the Party Central Committee held an expanded meeting in Zunyi in January 1935. The meeting added Mao Zedong as a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo, revoked the supreme military command authority of Bo Gu and Otto Braun, and decided that [Name], the principal leader, along with [Name], would continue to command the military, with [Name] being the one entrusted by the Party to make final decisions on military command. In March, a three-person military group (also known as the Three-Man Military Leadership Group or Three-Man Military Command Group), consisting of Mao Zedong, [Name], and Wang Jiaxiang, was established. This group effectively became the highest military leadership body of the Party Central Committee. In June, Mao Zedong, Chairman of the CRMC, and [Name], Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army, joined forces with the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army in Maogong, Sichuan (now Xiaojin), and the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Party Central Committee decided to add Zhang Guotao as vice chairman of the CRMC. After Zhang Guotao openly opposed the Party and the Red Army, the Politburo of the Party Central Committee held an expanded meeting in Liujie, Gansu Province, on September 12, deciding to form a "Five-Person Group" consisting of Mao Zedong, [Name], Peng Dehuai, [Name], and Wang Jiaxiang to lead military operations (at the time, [Name] was operating with the Fourth Front Army).

　　In October 1935, the central organs of the Party and the main force of the Central Red Army arrived in Wuqi Town, northern Shaanxi, marking the end of the 25,000-li Long March. On November 3, the Politburo of the Party Central Committee decided to establish the Northwest Revolutionary Military Commission, with Mao Zedong as chairman and [Name] and Peng Dehuai as vice chairmen. In October 1936, the First, Second, and Fourth Front Armies of the Red Army met in the Huining and Jiangtai (now part of Xiji, Ningxia) regions of Gansu, successfully completing the Long March. The Party Central Committee decided to form a presidium of the CRMC, consisting of Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai, Wang Jiaxiang, [Name], Zhang Guotao, and Chen Changhao (with [Name] temporarily not participating due to preparations to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek). On December 7, the CRMC Presidium forwarded a directive from the Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic to expand the CRMC organization, forming a 23-member CRMC. A seven-member Presidium, including Mao Zedong, [Name], [Name], Zhang Guotao, Peng Dehuai, Ren Bishi, and He Long, was formed, with Mao Zedong as chairman and [Name] and Zhang Guotao as vice chairmen.

　　In July 1937, after the outbreak of the nationwide War of Resistance against Japan, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. In late August, the Politburo of the Party Central Committee held an expanded meeting in Luochuan, northern Shaanxi, deciding to establish the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Party Central Committee. The commission consisted of 11 members: Mao Zedong, [Name], [Name], Peng Dehuai, Ren Bishi, [Name], [Name], He Long, [Name], Zhang Hao, and [Name], with Mao Zedong as secretary (chairman) and [Name] and [Name] as deputy secretaries (vice chairmen). From then on, the commission reverted from the political system to the Party system. To strengthen direct guidance over the army, the Party Front Committee of the Eighth Route Army in North China (later renamed the North China Military Commission Sub-committee, with [Name] and Peng Dehuai as secretary and deputy secretary, respectively) was established. In the New Fourth Army in Central China, the Party Sub-committee of the New Fourth Army (with Xiang Ying and Chen Yi as secretary and deputy secretary, respectively), the Central China Bureau and New Fourth Army Military Commission Sub-committee (also known as the Central China Military Commission Sub-committee, with [Name] as secretary) were successively formed. In November 1938, Wang Jiaxiang was added as vice chairman of the Party Central Committee Military Commission. In March 1943, [Name] was added as vice chairman. From April to June 1945, the Communist Party of China held its Seventh National Congress in Yan'an. On August 23, the expanded meeting of the Politburo of the Party Central Committee decided to form a new Central Military Commission consisting of 12 members: Mao Zedong, [Name], [Name], [Name], Peng Dehuai, Chen Yi, Nie Rongzhen, He Long, [Name], [Name], [Name], and [Name], with Mao Zedong as chairman, [Name], [Name], [Name], and Peng Dehuai as vice chairmen, and [Name] as secretary general.

　　During the Liberation War, the structure of the Party Central Committee Military Commission remained largely unchanged. In April and May 1948, Mao Zedong, [Name], and Ren Bishi led the Party Central Committee and the Military Commission to Xibaipo in Pingshan County (now Pingshan County), Hebei Province, where they joined the Central Work Committee led by [Name] and [Name], who had arrived earlier. In November, the Party Central Committee decided that [Name] would use the title "Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission" when issuing public orders. In late March 1949, the Party Central Committee and the Military Commission leadership organs moved from Xibaipo to Beiping (now Beijing).