The eight characters of the corps commander
1949, 14 In June, the First Corps of the China People's Liberation Army was established in Huxian County, Shaanxi Province, serving as the commander and Zhang Ziyi as the political commissar (Zhang is absent and concurrently serves as the political commissar). The First Corps governs the First Army (former first column), the Second Army (former second column) and the Seventh Army (former seventh column). It was established by the First Field Army. The First Corps of the First Field Army is referred to as "One Corps per Field" for short.
1949165438+10, the seventh army of the first corps was changed to the second corps, and the sixth army of the second corps was changed to the first corps. (The First Army is under the direct command of the First Field Army. )
1949 65438+February 17. The Xinjiang Military Region was established on the basis of the First Corps, that is, the organs of the First Corps are also organs of the Xinjiang Military Region.
1May, 950, the designation of the First Corps was revoked.
Battle history
1 June, 949,1After the establishment of the Corps, it participated in the Battle of Fuzhuan, Longdong, Qin Long and Lanzhou successively.
On September 10, the Corps led the 2nd Army (1 Army stayed in Qinghai, and the 7th Army stayed in Longnan after the liberation of Tianshui) from Xining to the north, crossed Qilian Mountain, advanced into Gansu Hexi Corridor, and participated in the Hexi Campaign. 2 1 day, joined forces with the Second Corps in Zhangye County. In late September, after the Kuomintang army announced the uprising in Xinjiang, in June 10, Wang Zhen led 1 Corps, the 2nd Corps, and the 6th Corps. From Jiuquan, Yumen and Anxi in Gansu, they marched into Xinjiang by plane, car and foot respectively.
1October 6, 165438+ Corps arrived in Dihua (now Urumqi) and became the organ of Xinjiang Military Region in late February. All the troops overcame many difficulties on the way and arrived in Hami, Dihua, Yining, Yanzhe, Aksu, Kashgar, Hotan and other places with the help of Xinjiang National Army in March 1950. Later, personnel were deployed to eliminate the remnants of bandits and station troops to defend the border.
1 April, 1950, the serial number of1Corps was revoked, and the armies were directly under the Northwest Military Region.
army
65438+June 0949-165438+1October: First Army, Second Army and Seventh Army.
First Army: 1 Division, Division 2, Division 3.
Second Army: Fourth Division, Fifth Division and Sixth Division.
Seventh Army: 19 Division, 20 Division, 2 1 Division.
1949165438+10-1950 may: the first army, the second army and the sixth army.
Sixth Army: 16 Division, 17 Division, 18 Division.
Legion leader
Commander: Wang Zhen.
Political Committee members: Zhang Ziyi (absent), (before September) and Xu (after September).
Chief of Staff: Zhang Xiqin (first chief of staff) and Zeng Zhenwu (second chief of staff, after September)
Director of Political Department: Zeng Di, Deputy Director of Sun Zhiyuan (transferred)
Minister of Logistics Department: Pan, political commissar of Xia Yaotang.
Brief history of each unit
First army
1 Army was adapted from the first column of the former Northwest Field Army. 1945 10 10 in late October, the 358th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army 120 Division, the only brigade of the Jinbei Field Army and the leading organs formed the first column, with Zhang Zongxun, the commander, the political commissar, He, the deputy commander, Wang Shaonan, the chief of staff, and the director of the political department. 1September, 947, the independent seventh brigade of the jinsui military region was incorporated into the first column. 1February, 949, the first column of the Northwest Field Army was changed to the first army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Commander He, political commissar, deputy commander, the first deputy political commissar and director of the political department, and the second deputy political commissar Yu, chief of staff Chen Waiou, are in charge of the first, second and third divisions.
Second army
The second army consists of the second column of the former Northwest Field Army. 1946165438+1October, the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army 12O Division crossed the Yellow River eastward, joined with four brigades formed in Luliang area, and formed the second column of the Jinsui Military Region, serving as commander and political commissar, Peng as deputy commander, Luo Guibo as deputy political commissar and Tang Jian. 1February, 949, the second column was changed to the second army of China People's Liberation Army, with Wang Zhen as commander and political commissar, Guo Peng and Dunxingyun as deputy commanders, Wang Enmao as deputy political commissar, Zhang Xiqin as chief of staff and in charge of the fourth, fifth and sixth divisions. 1949 After the establishment of the Corps in June, Wang Zhen was transferred as the commander of the Corps. The commander of the Second Army is Guo Peng, the political commissar Wang Enmao, the deputy commander is Deng Xingyun, the chief of staff is Zhang Xiqin, and the political department director is Zuo Qi.
Seventh army
The 7th Army was formed by the 7th column of the former Northwest Field Army. 1July, 948, the 7th column was co-edited by 10 and 12 independent brigades of the Jinsui Military Region, with Peng as commander, acting political commissar (political commissar) and Chen Gang as chief of staff. 1February 949 officially changed to the seventh army, in charge of the 19th and 20th divisions. When the Corps was established in June of the same year, Peng, commander of the Seventh Army, Luo Guibo, political commissar, He, chief of staff, and Hou, director of the political department, were in charge of the 19th, 20th and 21st divisions.