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2nd Army

The 2nd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the first division of Xiangdong Independence during the Agrarian Revolutionary War. The Red Army was the 6th Corps of the Red Second Army during the Long March. During the Anti-Japanese War, it was the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army and the 2nd Column of the Northwest Field Army during the Liberation War.

In September 1930, on the eve of the first anti-“encirclement and suppression” of the Central Red Army, the first division of Xiangdong, composed of the guerrillas of the counties such as Lotus, Wan Zai, Liuyang, Chaling, Fuling and Pingxiang, was in the Xianglu Soviet Area (Jinggangshan Revolution). Base area) Da'anli, Pingxiang County was born, with a total of more than 800 people. Liupei Yun any commanders, Tansi Cong any political governance committee.

November 1932, the first independent city in eastern Hunan, Jiangxi Yongxin included Red Army 8 sequence, designation as Zhong Guo Red Army 8th Army 22 division. June 15, 1933, Red Army 8 adapted to Yongxin County, Jiangxi Lenin games for the Red Army 17th Division, under the jurisdiction of the 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd regiment. In June, the Fengzhong Military Commission ordered the Red Army of the Xiang and Su District to form the Red 6 Corps. On August 12th, the Red 6 Corps was formally established in Guidong County, Hunan Province. Ren Bishi was 6 Chairman of the Military and Military Committee, Xiao Ke was the head of the army, Wang Zhen was the political commissar, Li Da was the chief of staff, and Zhang Ziyi was the director of the political department.

On October 24, 1934, the Red 6 Corps won the victory of the Muhuang and Red 3 Army in Yinjiang County, eastern Yunnan. The division, Red 2 Red 3 Army Corps recovery designation, He Long of any Army chief, when it was appointed political commissar, Guan Ying, deputy political commissar, and red 2 Corps headquarters of unified leadership and command of Red Army and Red 2 6 army regiment. On July 5, 1936, the Red 2, Red 6 Army and Red 32 Army formed the Red Second Army.

In August 1937, the Red Second Army was reorganized into the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the Red 6 Army and the Red 32 Army were reorganized into the 359th Brigade. Chen Bohu was the brigade commander, Wang Zhen was the deputy brigade commander, Liu Ziqi was the chief of staff, and Yuan Renyuan was the director of the political department. Under the jurisdiction of the 717th, 718th regiment. September 3, 359 to 718 Brigade group stay Shaanxi Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, the first brigade of 717 groups starting from stream music town, marched northwest Shanxi anti-Japanese front. In August 1939, the 359th Brigade was ordered to return to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. As a garrison of river defense, defending the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border area.

Since 1940, the 359th Brigade had carried out the famous South Mud Bay production campaign. In July 1944, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to organize the South Army Corps (referred to as the South Branch) by the 359th Brigade, about 5,000 people. Wang Zhen was transferred from the irons as the commander, Wang Shoudao was the political commissar, Wang Enmao. As a deputy political commissar, Zhu Zaoguan served as chief of staff, and Liu was appointed as director of the political department. From November 9, 1944 to October 5, 1945, which lasted a year, Postscript involving more than 15,000 li, fought in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other 7 provinces, Henan, Anhui back solution Put the zone into the 2nd column of the Central Plains Military Region.

On June 27, 1946, the 359th brigade broke out from the Central Plains with the main force of the Central Plains Military Region and moved to the four provinces of Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu. Crossing the Pinghan and Longhai railways, entering the Qinling and Liupanshan, and rushing through the rivers of Tanghe, Baihe, Danhe, Weihe and Weihe, wading more than 5,000 miles and going through more than 90 battles. In November, in Lishi Shanxi Province, the district authorities, independent of the Jinsui military brigades 4 second vertical team, Wang Zhen, commander and political commissar Peng Shaohui, Mapei Xun deputy commander, deputy political Luo Guibo

The governing committee member, Zhang Xiqin was the chief of staff, and Wang Enmao was the director of the political department, with a total of more than 8,600 people. After the establishment of the column, the Chen Xie (Fuzhi) column was used to carry out the campaign of the southwestern Shanxi and the battle of filial piety, liberating the county towns of Yonghe, Daning, Jixian, Zhongyang, Shilou, Xiaoyi and Wenshui.

In mid-March 1947, the 2nd column was carried out by Jinzhong Jingyong and Guanxi crossing the Yellow River to carry out the combat mission of defending the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia liberation area. By the end of July, it had participated in the battles of Qinghua, Yangmahe, Xiaolong, Trilateral, and Yulin, and annihilated more than 5,400 Kuomintang troops and recovered three sides. On July 31, it was incorporated into the Northwest Field Army. In late August, participated in the Battle of Shajiadian, and together with the 1st and 3rd columns, annihilated the Kuomintang Army 36th Division.

Then chasing the Kuomintang army that was withdrawn from the south along the Xianyu Highway, and captured the strongholds such as Jiulishan, Camel, and Laoshan. At the beginning of October, attacking Huanglong Mountain District, together with the 4th column, conquered Shibao (now Huanglong), Hancheng, Yichuan, and the captain of the Captain Yichuan River. In the second half of the year, Dongdu Yellow River to Jinnan, Jieji County, and then went to Hejin, Wenxi area to rest. In mid-December, with the first part of the 359 Brigade cadres and the Department team expansion of the Bohai Sea in Shandong Province to teach trip back to Shanxi Province, was placed under the second column, renamed Independent 6 brigade. In the second half of the year, the 2nd column would be the 3rd brigade of the 8th column and the 3rd column of the Jinyu Luyu Military Region, liberating Yuncheng and Anzhen.

At the beginning of 1948, in the Quwo area of Shanxi Province, a new-style army movement with complaints (reporting the old society and the reactionaries to the working people) and three investigations (investigating the class, checking the work, and checking the fighting spirit) was launched. In late February, the Yellow River was again crossed by the Yumenkou to participate in the Battle of Yichuan. Weibei advance, recovering shipu, Whitewater, Seoul, and once overcome ¦ Yang (now Heyang), Cheng city. In mid-April, it attacked Xifu and captured Fufeng and Lushan. On the 26th, it collaborated with the 1st column to capture Baoji. After the transfer in the northwest of Fengxiang, the KMT reinforcements were fought, and the main force was turned to the north. Then it moved to Jidong, and in the towns of Xiaozhen and Xiaojin, it countered the counterattack of the Kuomintang army and shielded the main force from turning eastward. From August to November, it participated in the battles of Cheng ¦, Yubei, and winter, and captured the 76th Army commander Li Riji and the 20th and 24th division division commanders.

On February 1, 1949, according to the Central Military Commission's order to unify the preparation of the whole army and the number of troops, the 2nd column was renamed the 2nd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, under the first field army system, and Wang Zhen was the commander and commander. Political Committee, Guo Peng, Dun Xingyun as deputy commander, Wang Enmao as deputy political commissar, Zhang Xiqin as chief of staff, Zuo Qi as director of the political department, and Gan Zuchang as the head of the logistics department. Independent 4th Brigade was renamed 4th Division, Yang Xiushan Jiang Shichang and Political Committee; 359th Brigade was renamed 5th Division, Xu Guoxian was appointed as Teacher, Li Wei was Political Committee; Independent 6th Brigade was renamed 6th Division, Zhang Zhongyi was appointed as Teacher, and Zeng Di was appointed as Politician Member.

The army had a total of more than 34,000 people. Immediately participated in the spring campaign and the Shaanxi-Chinese campaign, liberating Xianyang, Wugong, Fufeng, Fengxiang, Meixian, Zhouzhi and other counties. In mid-June, the Kuomintang army Hu Zongnan and Ma Bufang and Ma Hongjun jointly attacked Xi'an, and the 2nd Army fought in the Jinqu Town area, smashing more than 2,200 of them. On June 17, it was incorporated into the 1st Corps. In July, it participated in the Battle of Emei, and joined the 1st Army, the 90th Army of the Kuomintang Army, and the 36th from the Iron Army. In late, to Gansu, Qinghai march, have been the liberation of water, Gangu, Wushan, and political, temporary summer and other counties, and later by the Xunhua, Yongjing forced the Yellow River, September 10 arrived in Xining joined forces with the 1st Army. Then it entered the Gansu Hexi Corridor and captured the county towns such as folk music, Zhangye and Jiuquan.

In mid-October, Xinjiang entered Xinjiang, and in March 1950, it successively entered the Kashgar, Shusuke, Aksu, and Anhui regions in southern Xinjiang. The 2nd Army and the Kashgar Military Region have four military divisions including Kashgar and Aksu. In May, the troops were deployed to form a cavalry division. Since then, the 2nd Army responsible for the defense of national defense, to consolidate law and order, participating in student production of construction and other tasks. In March 1952, the cavalry division was withdrawn.

In March 1953, the 2nd Army was revoked, the military was reorganized into the South Xinjiang Military Region; the 4th Division was reorganized as the 4th Division of the Infantry; the 5th and 6th Divisions were reorganized as the 1st and 2nd Division of Xinjiang Agricultural Construction.

During the War of Liberation, the 2nd Army fought in the vast areas of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other provinces and fought more than 200 times. Heroic model figures such as Du Lihai, Fan Shaotong, Chen Caide, Zhang Fuxiang, Yang Wenzan, Guo Yangsen and Du Genzhao emerged.