洪学智差点成不了中国人民解放军第四十三军首任军长,因为,东北野战军第六纵改称四十三军的前几天,他还在上干大队当大队长。洪学智是一位传奇式人物,他不但当上了四十三军首任军长,还成了中国人民解放军队伍中两次被授予上将军衔的第一人。 Hong Xuezhi almost could not become the first commander of the 43rd Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army because a few days before he was reorganized as the 43th Army of the Northeast Field Army, he was still working as a captain of the dry-gun brigade. Hung Hsueh-chih, a legendary figure, not only became the first commander of the 43 Corps, but also became the first man in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to be twice awarded the rank of general.