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PLA 45th Army

The predecessor of the 45th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the 8th Column of the Northeast Field Army. The 8th Column of the Northeast Field Army was developed on the basis of some troops that entered the Northeast during the Jire Liao Military Region and the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region during the Anti-Japanese War.

In July 1938, the Special Committee of Jire Liao and the Special Committee of JD.com, with the cooperation of the Fourth Column of the Eighth Route Army, held an anti-Japanese armed uprising of 200,000 people. Since then, the Jidong anti-Japanese base had been gradually established, and the Jidong military division had been established. In February 1942, the Jidong Army Division was changed to the 13th Army Division. On September 19, 1944, the Jidong (13) military division was expanded into the Jireliao Military Region, and Li Yunchang served as commander and political commissar. In June 1945, Jire Liao troops advanced towards the central Rehe and Liaoxi areas.

From October to November 1945, in accordance with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's strategy of developing to the northeast and striving to control the northeast, the Eighth Route Army Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Guard Regiment 1st Brigade (owing 3 regiments), Shaanxi-Gansu Ning Border Area Teaching 2nd Brigade The 1st Regiment, the 31st Regiment of the Jizhong Military Region, etc., were ordered to expand into Jinzhou, Chaoyang, Liaoning and other regions, under the leadership of the Northeast People's Autonomous Army.

In 1946, based on the above-mentioned troops, it was reorganized into the 13th, 16th, and 27th Brigade of Jire Liao Military Region. In May 1947, the cadres were transferred from the Jire Liao Military Region to form the Jire Liao Military Region Forward Command Post. In August, the above three independent brigades and former fingers were reorganized as the 8th column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition in the Chifeng area. Huang Yongsheng was the commander of the column, Liu Daosheng was the political commissar, Zhang Tianyun was the deputy commander, Qiu Huizuo was the deputy political commissar and director of the political department, and Huang Huxian was the chief of staff. The independent 13th, 16th, and 18th brigades were successively adapted to the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th Divisions.

There were more than 35,000 people in the whole column. After the establishment of the column, they participated in the offensive in autumn and winter in the Northeast. In January 1948, it was renamed the 8th Column of the Northeast People's Liberation Army and was under the leadership of the Northeast Field Army. From April to August, a new army consolidation campaign and military training were conducted. From September to November, it participated in the Liaoshen Campaign. Together with his siblings, it first captured Jinzhou and then inserted it between Dahu Mountain and Tai'an to block the Kuomintang Liao Yaoxiang Corps' southward escape route, creating conditions for the victory of the campaign.

In November 1948, according to the order of the Central Military Commission, the 8th Column of the Northeast People's Liberation Army was renamed the 45th Army of the People's Liberation Army in Liaoyang, Haicheng, and other regions in Liaoning, and the affiliation remained unchanged. Huang Yongsheng served as the military commander, Qiu Hui served as the political commissar, Zhang Tianyun served as the deputy military commander, Huang Huxian served as the chief of staff, and Duan Dezhang served as the director of the political department. The 22nd Division was renamed the 133rd Division, Wu Lie was the division head, and Xie Ming was the political commissar; the 23rd Division was renamed the 134th division, Zhong Mingbiao was the division chief, and Xie Jiaxiang was the political commissar; the 24th division was renamed the 135th division, Ding Sheng was division, and Wei Zuzhen was appointed Political Commissioner; the newly transferred 4th Division of Jireliao Independence was renamed the 158th Division, Li Daozhi served as the division chief, and Wang Xiaosheng served as the political commissioner.

There were more than 56,000 troops in the army. From December to January 1949, it participated in the Battle of Pingjin, and jointly shouldered the task of assaulting westwards from the civil rights of Tianjin East with the 44th Army, quickly broke through the Kuomintang army fortifications, and captured Jintangqiao (now Jiefang Bridge). In March, the 45th Army was incorporated into the 12th Corps of the Fourth Field Army. In April, Tianjin marched towards Central and Southern China. In July, it entered Jiangxi Province to participate in the siege of the Kuomintang army in Jiangxi. In September and October, in the battle of Hengbao, it was responsible for the frontal attack of the Middle Route Army.

The 135th Division of the army wedge into the defense of the Bai Chongxi Group to the south of Hengbao Highway. In November and December, participated in the Battle of Guangxi, chased down more than 16,000 people of the Kuomintang Army, captured his deputy commander of the 3rd Corps and the commander of the Central Military Region Wang Jingsong, and the commander of the Xianggui Guizhou Road Guard Lieutenant General Mo Dehong Fifteen general officers. In late December, it entered the 100,000 mountains in southwestern Guizhou, 60,000 mountains in southern Guizhou and Darongshan and other areas.

In February 1950, with the 134th Division in the Ping'erguan area, all the fighters fled the country and returned to the border of the Kuomintang Army, the 17th Corps, the 100th Army, the 19th and the 197th Divisions of the 6700th Division. The rest of the people, nine generals including general commander Liu Jiashu, commander of the Captive Regiment. In April, the 158th Division was transferred to the establishment of the Guangzhou Public Security Command. By February 1951, the army had basically eliminated the bandits in southwest and southeast Guangxi. In March, moved to Huaxian, Qingyuan, and Foshan, Guangdong Province, where they were tasked with guarding the Pearl River Estuary and mobile operations. In July, the 134th Division was transferred to Zhanjiang, Haikang and other regions to perform the task of defending coastal defense.

In April 1950, the 158th Division was transferred to the establishment of the Guangzhou Public Security Command. In March 1951, 45 troops moved to Huaxian, Qingyuan and Foshan in Guangdong Province. In July, the 134th Division was transferred to Zhanjiang, Haikang and other regions. In August 1952, under the orders of the Central South Military Region, the 133rd Division transferred the 46th Army. In October, the 45th Army Headquarters and the 134th Division (owing a regiment), the 135th Division, and the 44th Army 130th Division and The regiment, co-edited as the 54th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, was under the leadership of the Central South Military Region. The 134th Division, changed to the 161st Division in 1969, was withdrawn in 1985. The 135th Division was changed to the 162nd Division in 1969.