What happened to the four field armies of the PLA?

Introduction to the Four Field Army of the People's Liberation Army The First Field Army was one of the main forces of the China People's Liberation Army during the War of Liberation. It was gradually developed on the basis of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Suiyuan joint defense army in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission on organizing field armies,1April, 946, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Suiyuan border defense forces were reorganized into five field brigades, with Wang Shitai as the commander; The Jinsui Military Region consists of four field brigades, with He Long as commander and Li Jingquan as political commissar. 1 in March, 947, the above two units established the Northwest Corps, and in July of the same year, they were named the Northwest Field Army, with Peng as commander and political commissar, under the jurisdiction of1,the second and third columns, and the fourth brigade and the teaching brigade were newly compiled. By June of the same year 10, the 4th and 6th columns were reorganized. 1July, 948, the 7th and 8th columns were established one after another. 1 in February, 949, the Northwest Field Army was organized as the first field army, with Peng as the commander and political commissar, and its subordinate columns were successively reorganized into1,2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 armies. In April of the same year, the Central Military Commission decided to assign the 18 Corps (the 60th, 6th162nd Corps) and the 19 Corps (the 63rd, 64th and 65th Corps) to the First Field Army. In June 5438+10, the first field army reorganized the original six armies into two corps: 1 corps (under its jurisdiction 1, 2, 7 corps); The second corps (under the jurisdiction of the third, fourth and sixth corps). 1in March, 947, 230,000 Kuomintang troops attacked the northwest area where the Northwest Field Army was stationed. The Northwest Field Army fought bravely under very difficult conditions, and successively won the battles and battles of Qinghuabian, Yangmahe, Panlong and Shajiadian. 1948 February, successively won the battles of Yichuan and Shaanxi, and recovered Yan 'an in April. From August to165438+1October, the battles of Hecheng and Bailey and the winter offensive were carried out successively; 1July, 1949 to1February, 1999, moved to Fuzhou (Fengmei), Lanzhou and Ningxia, marched into Xinjiang, and liberated the whole northwest. At the same time, some troops cooperated with the Second Field Army in the southwest campaign and then marched into Tibet. After two and a half years of hard fighting, the First Field Army wiped out more than 5 10000 Kuomintang troops and captured 197 generals. In the battle, the officers and men of the First Field Army died18,000 people, including 50 cadres at or above the regiment level. The First Field Army has made great contributions to the cause of people's liberation in China. During the Second Field Army Liberation War, it was one of the main forces of China People's Liberation Army. It was gradually developed on the basis of the Eighth Route Army and local troops in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan border region during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission on organizing field armies, in the winter of 1945, the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region was reorganized into the field army in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, with Liu Bocheng as the commander and Deng Xiaoping as the political commissar, with the second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh columns under its jurisdiction. 1946 At the end of June, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army was composed of the 3rd, 6th and 7th columns of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region Field Army and the main force of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. 1May, 948, renamed Zhongyuan Field Army, with Liu Bocheng as commander and Deng Xiaoping as political commissar. 1February, 949, the Central Plains Field Army was reorganized into the Second Field Army, with the 3rd, 4th and 5th Corps under its jurisdiction. The 3rd Corps governs 10, 1 1, 12; 4 Corps governs 13, 14, 15 Army; The 5th Corps is under the jurisdiction of 16, 17 and 18 armies. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, the field army of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region won the Shangdang Campaign and the Handan Campaign from September to October of 1945. From July 1946 to May 1947, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army won the battles of Longhai Road, Dingtao, Juancheng, Jinnan and Yubei. From June 30th, 1947 to June 30th, 1947, 1948 and 10, he won the battle of southern Shandong, then marched into Dabie Mountain and western Henan, and cooperated closely with the field army in North China, galloping in the vast areas between the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Yellow River and Hanshui River, annihilating a large number of Kuomintang troops. 194811~19491Together with the East China Field Army, it won a great victory in the Huaihai Campaign and basically liberated East China and the Central Plains north of the Yangtze River. 1In April, 949, the Second Field Army, together with the Third Field Army and the Fourth Field Army, launched a campaign to cross the river, starting from Hukou in the west and Jiangyin in the east, breaking through the Kuomintang Yangtze River defense line and liberating Nanchang and other cities and vast areas of Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian. 1949165438+10 ~ 1950 April, with the cooperation of the first and fourth field armies, it moved to the southwest and liberated Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Xikang. Subsequently, some of the main forces were transferred to Tibet to promote the peaceful liberation of Tibet. During the War of Liberation, the Second Field Army annihilated more than 2 million Kuomintang troops, including more than 65,438 defectors and more than 600,000 prisoners. In the battle, the officers and men of the Second Field Army sacrificed more than 37,000 people, including 200 cadres at or above the regiment level. He has made great contributions to the liberation of the people of China. During the Liberation War, the Third Field Army was one of the main forces of China People's Liberation Army. It was gradually developed on the basis of the majority of the New Fourth Army in Central China and the First Eighth Route Army in Shandong during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission of China on organizing field troops, in June of 5438+0945, 10/0, the front field army of Jinpu was composed of the main force of the New Fourth Army who entered Shandong and the main force of the Eighth Route Army who stayed in Shandong. 1946 1 month, renamed Shandong Field Army, with Chen Yi as the commander and Li Yu as the political commissar, with jurisdiction over 1, the 2nd column and the 7th and 8th divisions; 1945165438+10, the New Fourth Army left behind in Central China Liberated Area formed the Central China Field Army, with Su Yu as the commander and Tan Zhenlin as the political commissar, with the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th columns under its jurisdiction. At the beginning of 1947, Shandong Field Army and Central China Field Army were co-edited as East China Field Army, with Chen Yi as commander and political commissar, and under the jurisdiction of 1, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10,16544. 1949 15 years 10, the East China Field Army was renamed the Third Field Army, and Chen Yi was appointed as the commander and political commissar, with the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10 Corps 1: The 7th Corps had the 2nd/kloc-0 Corps. The 8th Corps governs the 24th, 25th, 26th and 34th Army; The 9th Corps governs the 20th, 27th, 30th and 33rd Army; 10 Corps governs 28, 29 and 3 1 Corps. In addition 1 special forces column. After June 1946, the East China Field Army won the battles in Soviet area, northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, Laiwu and Menglianggu. 1August, 947, the main force marched into southwestern Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, and cooperated closely with the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, galloping in the vast areas between the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Yellow River and Hanshui River, annihilating a large number of Kuomintang troops; During this period, the internal combat troops also won the battles in Jiaodong, Weixian and Yanzhou. 1September, 948, the main forces successively won major victories in Jinan Campaign and Huaihai Campaign, basically liberating East China and the Central Plains area north of the Yangtze River. 1In April, 949, he launched the battle of crossing the river side by side with the Second Field Army, starting from Hukou in the west and Jiangyin in the east, breaking through the Kuomintang Yangtze River defense line and liberating Nanjing, Shanghai and other big cities. Then, March into Fujian. By June 1949 and 10, the East China mainland and most of its coastal islands were completely liberated. During the War of Liberation, the Third Field Army annihilated more than 2.45 million Kuomintang troops. In the battle, more than 1 10000 people were killed, including cadres at or above the regimental level 195 people. He has made great contributions to the liberation of the people of China. During the War of Liberation, the Fourth Field Army was one of the main forces of China People's Liberation Army. It was gradually developed on the basis of the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition after War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's counter-offensive. After the Japanese surrender, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China put forward the strategic policy of "developing to the north and defending to the south" on September 1945, and 20,000 cadres led by the central government entered the Northeast in large numbers to set up the Northeast Bureau. Then the Shandong Military Region and its 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 divisions had about 50,000 people, and the Third Division of the New Fourth Army commanded more than 30,000 people in four brigades, plus 654.38+10,000 troops in the liberated areas such as Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Jidong, and advanced to the northeast. On June 3 1 day of the same year, the Northeast People's Autonomous Army was established. 1946 1 month, changed to northeast democratic coalition, with Lin Biao as commander and political commissar; By June of the same year 10, the troops were reorganized into four independent divisions (brigades) of columns 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, and the 10 artillery regiment and special forces such as chariots and anti-aircraft artillery brigades were established. 1June, 948, the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces was renamed the Northeast People's Liberation Army, and the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10,1,12 columns were newly established. According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission on organizing the field army, in August of the same year, the Northeast People's Liberation Army was reorganized into the Northeast Field Army, with 1 2 Corps under its jurisdiction. /kloc-in the spring of 0/949, the Northeast Field Army was reorganized into the Fourth Field Army, with Lin Biao as the commander and Luo Ronghuan as the political commissar. Under the jurisdiction of 12, 13, 14, 15 Corps: under the jurisdiction of the 40th and 45th Corps. 13 Corps governs the 38th, 47th and 49th Army; 14 Corps governs 39, 4 1 42 Corps; 15 corps governs the 43 rd, 44 th and 48 th armies and the Guangdong-Guangxi column; 1 special forces headquarters (artillery, armored forces, engineering units and 1 railway corps columns). From 1946 to 10 ~ 1947 to 10, the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces fought battles such as Xinkailing and Linjiang. 1After May, 947, the successive victories of summer offensive, autumn offensive and winter offensive forced the Kuomintang troops in Northeast China to shrink in Changchun, Shenyang and Jinzhou. 1September, 948 to1September, 65438+10/October, the Northeast Field Army won a great victory in the Liaoshen Campaign and liberated the whole Northeast. Then he entered Shanhaiguan, and together with the North China Field Army, he won the great victory in the Battle of Pingjin from February 1948 to February 1949, and liberated cities such as Pingjin. 1949 In May, the Fourth Field Army crossed the Yangtze River from Tuanfeng to Wuxue, east of Wuhan, and liberated Wuhan. After June of the same year, with the cooperation of the Second Field Army, campaigns in Hengyang, Guangdong and Guangxi were launched. By the end of 65438+February of the same year, the central and southern continents were completely liberated to cooperate with the southwest campaign. 1 950 May1liberated Hainan Island. During the War of Liberation, the Fourth Field Army annihilated more than 65,438 Kuomintang troops+800,000 troops. In the battle, the officers and men of the Fourth Field Army sacrificed 60,000 people, including cadres at or above the regiment level 178. He has made great contributions to the liberation of the people of China.