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PLA 32nd Army

The 32nd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was developed by the Jiaodong Military Region subordinate to the Shandong Military Region and some of its troops.

In March 1948, in order to meet the needs of the development of the Liberation War, the East China Military Region formed a separate division from the Binbei and East Navy divisions of the Shandong Military Region, and the Jiaodong Military Region Special Mission to form the 5th Division. In May, an independent regiment in the South China Sea, West China Sea and North Navy divisions of the Jiaodong Military Region was formed into the 6th Division. After the establishment of the 5th and 6th divisions, they were all under the command of the Jiaodong Front Command. The 5th Division immediately participated in the Battle of Weixian, and together with the 13th Column, blocked the Kuomintang's Western aid in the Guhe area of the Eastern Front. After October, in response to the Huaihai Campaign, the 5th and 6th Divisions blocked and monitored the Kuomintang troops in the Qing (Island) and Jimo regions.

In December, the Kuomintang troops who committed crimes from Qingdao and Jimo counterattacked and wiped out a large group of the regiment. In February 1949, under the order of the Central Military Commission. The front headquarters of the Jiaodong Military Region was reorganized into the 32nd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Under the Shandong Military Region. Tan Xilin served as the military commander, Peng Lin served as the political commissar and director of the political department, Liu Yong served as the deputy military commander, and Zhao Yiping served as the chief of staff. The 6th Division was renamed the 94th Division, Xiong Fei was the political commissar, Wu Lanting was the deputy division chief; the 5th Division was renamed the 95th division, Chen Qi was the division chief, and Que Zhong was the political division.

The army had a total of 21,000 people. In late April, at the same time as the Battle of Yudu River, with the cooperation of the 100th Brigade of the Jiaodong Military Region, an attack was launched against the Kuomintang troops in Qingdao and Jimo. Compression and siege combined with detour tactics, they successively captured Jimo and Qingdao, and destroyed more than 2,200 defenders. Next, it served as a security guard in Qingdao.

In January 1950, the 96th Division was formed on the basis of the 4th, 5th, and 2nd and 3rd Regiments of the Shandong Police. At this time, Liu Yong served as military commander, Peng Lin served as political commissar, Zhou Changsheng served as deputy military commander and chief of staff, and Zhong Xidong served as deputy political commissar and director of the political department. There were more than 32,000 people in the army. In February, it was transferred to the 10th Corps and commanded by Qingdao to go south to Fujian to perform coastal defense, security, and combat missions, mainly with criminals. From April to December, there were more than 380 large and small battles and more than 8,000 robbers. They effectively cooperated with the land reform and gangster struggle in Fujian.

At the same time, the 94th Division under the command of the 31st Army, together with the 91st Division, liberated Dongshan Island on May 11. In November, the 32nd Army was revoked, and most of the military organs were enriched and reconstructed by the 8th Corps. The 94th Division (cancelled in 1951) was transferred to the 27th Army; the 95th Division was transferred to the Air Force of the Military Commission, forming the 14th Air Division; the 96th Division was transferred to the Fujian Military Region, and was integrated in February 1952 with the 86th Division as a railway soldier 7th Division.