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PLA 17th Army

The predecessor of the 17th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the 11th Column of the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Field Army formed on August 1, 1947 by the former finger of the Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region and three independent brigades.

On March 1, 1949, it was co-edited with the troops of the Jiluyu Military Region as the 17th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Jurisdiction over the 49th, 50th and 51st divisions.

Withdrawn on March 17, 1952, the three divisions were reorganized into the Xingren Army Division, Zhenyuan Army Division, and Dushan Army Division. On August 26, 1968, the 17th Army was reconstructed by the Wuhan Military Region, and the 49th, 50th, and 51st Divisions were under its jurisdiction. It was revoked again on February 9, 1973.

In January 1946, the troops belonging to the Jiluyu Military Region were reorganized. The 29th Regiment, the 2nd Division Independent Regiment, the 1st Division 2nd and the 6th Regiment formed the 1st Brigade. In June 1947, each of the 3rd, 5th and 7th Army divisions and each of the 4th, 6th and 8th Army divisions were formed as independent 2nd and 3rd Brigade together with the original Jiluyu Military Region Independent 1st Brigade, transferred to the command of the Jinji, Luyu, and Field Army. At the beginning of July, it participated in the Battle of Southwest Shandong. Several other regiments were included in the independent second and third brigades.

In August 1947, in order to strengthen the field troops and adapt to the needs of the Great Counterattack in the Liberation War, the Jiluyu Military Region was ordered to reorganize and form the Jinjiluyu Field Army in the Juancheng area of Henan Province with the independent first, second, and third brigades 11 columns. Column commander Wang Bingzhang, political commissar Zhang Linzhi, chief of staff Liu Xing, and director of the political department Pei Zhigeng. The 1st Independent Brigade was converted into the 31st Brigade, the 2nd Independent Brigade was converted into the 32nd Brigade, and the 3rd Independent Brigade was converted into the 33rd Brigade.

At the same time, in order to continue to adhere to the local armed struggle, in August of the same year, the Central Plains Jiluyu Military Region Muslim Brigade, the 2nd Division Primary 5th Regiment, and the 6th Division River Defense Regiment formed the new Jiluyu Military Region Independent 1st Brigade. In March 1948, the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Division, the 14th Regiment of the 5th Division, and the 11th Regiment of the 6th Division formed the new Independent 3rd Brigade of the Hebei-Luyu Military Region.

After the formation of the 11th Column of the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Field Army, in order to cover Liu Deng’s army and advance into the Dabie Mountains, to cooperate with the Chen (Yi) Su (Yu) Field Army in the struggle in the southwest of Shandong, from January to December 1947, it participated in Longhai and Pingping. Battle of Han. In January 1948, the 11th column carried out land reform education and the new "Three Investigations and Three Integrals" movement in the Chengwu area. In mid-February, the 11th column and the 10th column entered the Henan-Wansu-Su area together. In late April, it went to Taikang area for military training. In May 1948, the 11th column of the Jinji Luyu Field Army was renamed the 11th column of the Central Plains Field Army.

The end of May to early July, participated in the launch of Yudong Sui, Qi County area surround and annihilate the KMT district Shou Corps battle. The eleventh column, with the cooperation of the comrades, attacked Jiangangji and Chen Xiaolou, and completely wiped out the new Brigade of the Kuomintang Army. Subsequently, the 11th Column blocked the Kuomintang Army reinforcements Huang Baitao Corps in the Luogang and Dongdian areas in the northeast of Suixian County.

They fought for two days and nights, ensuring that the East China Field Army's main force completely wiped out the 75th Division of the Kuomintang Army. At the beginning of November of the same year, the 11th column participated in the battle of Huaihai. In mid-November, together with the siblings, in the Chenqiao area of southeast Xuzhou, they completely wiped out the 261st Division of the 107th Army of the Kuomintang Army. From late November to mid-December, the 11th Column first captured the enemy's core position in the battle of the 12th Regiment of the Kuomintang Army. The outer positions of the two piles were Zhang Weizi, Yang Simazi, Yang Laowu and Yang Ziquan. Other troops played an important role in annihilating the double-stacked enemies.

In late January 1949, the 11th column was instructed to go to Xiangcheng area of Henan province for training and prepare to cross the river. In February, according to the order of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China concerning the unification of the whole army and the designation of the troops, the 11th column and the 1st Army of the Hebei-Luyu Army were formed in the Xiangcheng area of Henan Province to form the 17th Army of the People’s Liberation Army. Wang Bingzhang served as the commander of the army and Zhao Jianmin served Political commissar, Xiao Yuanli, deputy political commissar, Liu Xing, chief of staff, Pei Zhigeng, director of the political department, and Wang Yaohua, minister of logistics. The former 31st Brigade was renamed the 49th Division, Wang Jiadao was the division head, and Kuang Yuchun was the political commissar.

The 32nd Brigade was renamed the 50th Division, Hu Huaju was the division chief, and Qing Zhengxing was the division political commissar; 3rd brigade detachment eds and independent division composed of 51, Min Sheng learn any commander, Cui Ziming political commissar of any division. The army had a total of more than 24,000 people, which was returned to the 5th Corps of the Second Field Army. In late April, the 17th Army crossed the Yangtze River in the area of Jiangzui, west of Anqing, Anhui Province, and advanced into Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, chasing and destroying more than 8,000 deserters of the 55th and 96th Army of the Kuomintang Army.

In mid-May, the 17th Army entered the northern Fujian area to assist the local people in establishing the people's government. June to August, training in Guixi, Jiangxi. In early September, it was ordered to march southwest. At the beginning of November, the 149th Division of the 49th Army of the Kuomintang Army was annihilated in Qiannan. In late December, the 17th Army was instructed to form a forward command post, led the 49th Division and other departments to advance into eastern Yunnan, to support the announced Luthan of the Kuomintang Army Yunnan Provincial Government Chairman, and wiped out more than 6000 members of the 8th Army of the Kuomintang Army.

In January 1950, the 17th Army entered Yunnan and returned to Guizhou. At the beginning of March, in accordance with the instructions of the Central Military Commission, in order to strengthen local work, the 17th Army Headquarters was ordered to serve as the Anshun Army Division of the Guizhou Military Region, the 49th Division and Xingren Army Division, the 50th Division and Zhenyuan Army Division, the 51st Division and Independence Mountain Army Division. On March 17, 1952, the 17th Army was revoked. In the Liberation War of the 17th Army, there were 32 towns above the liberation county, and a total of 1932 commanders and soldiers sacrificed heroically for the liberation of the motherland.

Approved by the Central Military Commission on August 26, 1968: The Wuhan Military Region formed the 17th Army (Codename: 8170 Army) in Xiaogan City, Xiaochang, Huayuan Town, Hubei Province, and the military headquarters was stationed in Hubei, Xiaochang County, Huayuan Town. Zhang Zhiyin served as the army chief, and Zhang Zhaojian served as the political commissar.

On November 24, 1972, the Military Commission reinstated the Wuhan Military Region and agreed to cancel the 17th Army formation. (Due to the September 13th Incident in 1971 ) On February 9, 1973, the 17th Army of the Army was formally withdrawn, and other units of the army were deployed.

49th Division: Changed to an independent division under the direct control of the Wuhan Military Region (codename: 34560 troops tuned to Hubei. Wuhan). In June 1976, the 49th Division moved to Gansu. Wuwei and the 56th Division of the 19th Army of the Army were called 56th Division; 1985 9 In July, transferred to the 56th Division of the 47th Army of the Army. In October 1998, the 56th Division was downsized to the 56th Plateau Mobu Brigade of the Army's 47th Army (codename: 68303).

50th Division: Restored to be an independent division of the Henan Military Region (codename: 34110 troops tuned to Henan. Xinzheng) 51st Division: Restored as an independent division of the Hubei Military Region (codename: 34310 troops were still stationed in Hubei. Xiangfan. Xiangyang County. Huangji Town, disbanded and withdrawn in April 1976, direct division troops and various regiments deploy other troops)