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PLA 10th Army

The PLA 10th Army predecessor was the Central Plains Field Army 2nd column. The column was Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong and Henan Military District, part of your Jinan Jun troops evolved. The Weinan Military Region was first established in April 1938. It consists of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the 1st to 5th Military Divisions. The jurisdiction was between Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, Dezhou, Liaocheng, and Anyang, Henan. In December, the Dongjin column was separated from the Weinan Military Region. In June 1940, were reorganized Jinan Jun District, the jurisdiction of New 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th Brigade and the 1st to the 5th Military, Addendum 6th, 7th Military. In the second half of the same year, the troops belonging to the Weinan Military Region participated in the "Hundred Regiments Battle."

Since 1941, military forces carried out against "mopping up" against "encroachment" against "cleaning up" the struggle. In 1942, the new 7th, 8th, and 9th brigades were merged into the 6th, 3rd, and 4th military divisions, and the respective units were led by the various military divisions. In October 1943, the military region was directly under the command of the Eighth Route Army headquarters. May 1944, Jinan Jun District and Shandong and Henan Military merged into the new Shandong and Henan Military, but still retains Jinan Jun District designation. June 1945, the establishment of Jinan headquarters. In order to participate in the Battle of Northern Henan, the Weinan Command had compiled some of its units into Pinghan Column. On September 7, the Pinghan column was changed to the Weinan column and was ordered to participate in the Battle of the Party. Chen Zaidao was the commander and Du Yide was the deputy commander. October 1945, the official resumption of Jinan Jun District, the jurisdiction of the 7th to the 11th army division area and a separate 4th Brigade.

To cope with the Kuomintang army offensive against the liberated areas in the Southern Military Region, the main force (Ching-te) Qin (Jiwei) detachment, Ray (Shao Kahn) Kou (Qing Yan) detachment, Du (Ede) The detachment was compiled into the South Branch. In November, according to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the formation of thelocality was positive. The instructions of the Regulations Corps compiled the South Column as the 2nd column of the Jinyu Luyu Military Region, Chen Zaidao as the commander, Song Ren as the political commissar.

The 4th, 5th, 6th brigades and independent groups had a total of 14,000 troops. In July 1946, the 2nd column merged with the Weinan Military Region, and the 2nd column was retained. Chen Zaidao commander, Wang Congwu appointed political commissar, deputy commander Wang Guanghua, Liu Zhijian, deputy political commissar Ma Guorui, Wang Yun Rui chief of staff, Zhong Hanhua any political department. From August 1946 to May 1947, they crushed the Kuomintang army full-scale attack on the liberated areas, the inside of the second column as fighting in Shandong and Henan area, had participated in dingtao campaign, Juan Battle, Battle Hua County, in North The battle, etc., enemies more than 16,000 people. In 1947 at end of June, second column to separate Jinan Jun District, owned by the Shanxi Field Army establishment, with Liu and Deng main force to participate in the Battle of the Southwest, south along the Longhai Road, march to the Dabie Mountains. August 28, do not enter Tai Shan Mountains.

At the beginning of March 1948, the Beidu Huaihe River turned to the southwest of Henan for outside operations. May 9, 1948, the Shanxi Military Region Central Plains Field Army was renamed the second column of the second column, the Secretary to make members of Chen Zaidao, political commissar Wang Weigang, deputy commander Fanzhao Li, deputy political commissar Zhong Hanhua, staff long Wang Yunrui, political director Xu Mengxia. Under the jurisdiction of the 4th and 6th brigade. The 5th brigade was established in the Hubei-Henan Military Region. They participated in the Battle of Wanxi and Wandong. Participated in the Huaihai Campaign from November to December.

February 1949, according to the CPC Central Military Commission decided on the harmonization of military preparation and unit designation, the second column adapted for the 10th Chinese People's Liberation Army, under the Second Field Army 3rd Corps formed by the Corps deputy commander and chief of Du Yide 10 Military commander, Wang Weigang as political commissar, Fan Chaoli as deputy commander,Gao Houliang was the chief of staff, Xu Mengxia was the director of the political department, and Zhang Jishi was the minister of supply, with a total of more than 19,500 people. The 4th brigade was renamed the 28th division, Chen Zhongmin was the division commander, Yao Keyou was appointed as the political commissar; the 6th brigade was renamed the 29th division, Zhou Fatian was the division commander, and Yu Xiaohong was appointed as the political commissar. April 21, the 10th Army participated in the Battle of the crossing, responsible for the blockade, maintained along the Yangtze River transportation, insurance certificate crossing the main combat mission. In June, based on the independent division of Yubei, the 30th division was formed and included in the 10th military establishment system. Ma Zhongquan was the commander, and the deputy director of the military political department, Lu Dadong, was the political commissar of the dynasty.

At this time, the 10th army had more than 35,000 troops. After the battle of crossing the river, the rest, replenish, in late August, starting from the 10th Army Anqing, after It south, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou to Sichuan advance, to participate in the liberation war of the Southwest. In early October from Hunan departure staging area west of Taoyuan, with the Nationalist allies break through the defense eastern Guizhou, northern Guizhou captured the city of Zunyi. Following the hit in southern Sichuan, force a crossing of the Yangtze River, Minjiang River crossing west, Chengdu to participate in the Battle of Hu Tsung-nan surround and annihilate the group, the liberation of Sichuan and Guizhou provinces Phoenix, Zigong, Neijiang and other 29 county. In February 1950, the 10th Army to all Dachuan South, and Southern Military Region, under the jurisdiction of Neijiang, Yibin, Leshan, Luzhou and Zigong County, four subdistricts Guard Division Order Ministry. Du Yide Ren Chuannan military commander, Li Zhang, Peng Tao, Wang Weigang appointed political commissar, Xu Meng Xia, director of the Political Department, 28th Military Division and Yibin, 29 and Neijiang Military Division, the 30th Division and Leshan Military.

After the establishment of the Southern Sichuan Military Region, the construction of the government and the regime was carried out. In February 1951, the 10th Army was separated from the South Sichuan Military Region, and the 29th Division was transferred to the 15th Army. The 62nd Army's 184th Division was transferred to the 10th Army. On April 25, 1952, the 10th Army and the 30th Division were transferred to the Navy, the 28th Division was transferred to the 23rd Corps, and the 184th Division was transferred to the Armored Corps and the North China Military Region.