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PLA 46th Army

The predecessor of the 46th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the 9th column of the Northeast Field Army. The column was formed at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, based on the part of the fighting forces that the Communist Party of China led and retained in the Jidong riots.

In July 1938, the Special Committee of the CPC’s Jire Border, in cooperation with the Fourth Column of the Eighth Route Army, launched and led the anti-Japanese riots of 200,000 workers and peasants in Jidong and established an anti-Japanese armed force. Since then, the Communist Party of China had successively sent many Red Army cadres to this anti-Japanese armed force as leaders at all levels. In October, its main force was withdrawn to the Pingxi Anti-Japanese Base Area for training, and the three guerrilla detachments that remained in Jidong became the main armed forces of the Jidong Anti-Japanese Guerrilla War.

In July 1940, this armed force was divided into the 13th Army Division of the Jinchaji Military Region. Li Yunchang served as commander and Li Chu left as a political commissar. He administers the 12th and 13th regiments.

In November 1942, the 13th Army Division transferred the 12th and 13th Regiments to their respective county brigades and basic teams to form 7 local regional teams. In the "unmanned areas" made by the Japanese troops inside and outside the Great Wall, they insisted on the hard anti-Japanese guerrillas. War, and gradually develop and grow in the struggle.

In January 1945, on the order of the Jinchaji Military Region, the 13th Military Division was changed to the Jireliao Military Region, which governed the 14th to 18th Military Divisions and was under the Jinchaji Military Region. After the formation of the Jire Liao Military Region, it invested in the offensive operations and strategic counterattacks of the War of Resistance Against Japan, exiting the Great Wall to the north, and entering the hot (He) south and Liao (Ning) west.

After the strategic counterattack in 1945, the main force of the Jire Liao Military Region was composed of Zhan Caifang and Huang Yongsheng. In October of the same year, the Jire Liao Military Region was placed under the Northeast, and was transferred back to the Jinchaji Military Region in November. At the same time, in accordance with the order of the unified reorganization of troops in the Jinchaji Military Region, the Jire Liao Military Region was reorganized into the Jidong Military Region, and its affiliated troops were organized into the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Brigade of the Jidong Military Region.

After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, this unit immediately engaged in the struggle against the Kuomintang troops supported by US imperialism, successively defending Chengde, the Xianghe, and the Anping operations to repel the direct incursions of the US troops, and defended the liberated area of East Hebei. From June to August 1946, the field troops of the East Hebei Military Region were reorganized, and the 11th Military Region was first reorganized under the Northeast Democratic Coalition. In August, the 10th, 11th, and 9th Brigade were organized into the 9th column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition in Zunhua, Hebei. Commander Zhan Caifang, political commissar and director of the Political Department Li Zhongquan, chief of staff Peng Shousheng. Each brigade was renamed 25th, 26th, and 27th in turn. There were more than 23,000 people in the column. Soon, the troops entered the Northeast region successively and participated in the offensive in the fall and in the winter.

In January 1948, the Northeast Democratic Alliance was renamed the Northeast People's Liberation Army. In March, it was also renamed the Northeast Field Army. The number of the 9th column remained unchanged. In September 1948, the 9th Column in the battle of Liaoshen first won a major victory in the battle of Jinbei, then served as a breakthrough mission in the south of Jinzhou, quickly opened the breakthrough, and then developed in depth, annihilated the enemy 15,000, and captured the Kuomintang army northeast. " "Lieutenant General" Vice Admiral Fan Hanjie and Corps Admiral Lu Tanquan. After the liberation of Jinzhou, it took part in the Liaoxi battle, and went straight from Jinzhou to Yingkou to chase and evade the enemy, preventing most of the enemy from escaping from the sea and liberating Yingkou.

In November 1948, in accordance with the Central Military Commission’s order to unify the army’s establishment and troop designation, the 9th Column was reorganized into the 46th Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, which was still organized by the Northeast Field Army. Zhan Caifang served as military commander, Li Zhongquan served as political commissar, Yang Meisheng served as deputy military commander, Yuan Yuan served as chief of staff, and Wang Yiqun served as director of the political department. The 25th Division was renamed the 136th Division, Zeng Yongya was the division head, and Xu Guanghua was the political commissar; the 26th Division was renamed the 137th Division, Xiao Quanfu was the division chief, and Li Zhensheng was the political commissar; the 27th Division was renamed the 138th Division, Ren Changhui was the division chief, and Wang Wenren Political Commissioner; The 7th Independent Division of the Jire Liao Military Region was transferred to the army's organizational system, renamed the 159th Division, and Chen Zongkun served as the division chief. After the adaptation, there were more than 47,000 people in the whole army.

From December 1948 to January 1949, the 46th Army participated in the Battle of Pingjin. It was first inserted between Tianjin and Tanggu, cutting off the enemy's maritime retreat and completing the siege of the Tianjin Kuomintang with the comrades. In the Tianjin battle, it was responsible for assault missions from south to north, annihilating more than 15,000 enemies. Afterwards, it transferred to Ba County, Hebei Province, and was ordered to reorganize the 121st Division and 273rd Division of the Fu Zuoyi Uprising Army, and it recruited more than 3,600 soldiers into the troops.

At the beginning of April 1949, the army was incorporated into the 12th Corps of the Fourth Field Army and entered into Central China and South China. In early July, crossing the Yangtze River and approaching Changsha City promoted the peaceful liberation of Changsha. Thereafter, the 159th Division was transferred to the Hunan Military Region; the 138th Division served as the Changsha Security Task; the 136th and 137th Divisions participated in the Heng (Yang) Bao (Qing) Campaign. Following this, they have successively carried out the mission of banditry in southern Hunan and western Hunan.

In January 1951, the army was ordered to station in eastern Guangdong to perform the task of defending the coastal defense of eastern Guangdong. In September 1952, the 46th Army participated in the Chinese People's Volunteer Army to fight in the DPRK. At this time, military commander Xiao Quanfu and political commissar Wu Baoshan. Prior to this, the 133rd Division was transferred in, and the 138th Division under the original jurisdiction was transferred out. On the North Korean battlefield, the 46th Army had participated in three battles against Ma Ta Li, and later served as a defense mission on the west coast and a defense mission on the north bank of the Linjin River on the "March 8" line. In October 1955, it returned from North Korea.

On October 21, 1955, 46 troops entered Jilin. In July 1975, the 46th Army was transferred to Xuzhou, Jiangsu, and later transferred to Linyi, Shandong. 46 troops were withdrawn in 1985. The 136th Division (merged with the Kaifeng Army Reserve Division in 1998 and changed to the Henan Province Army Reserve Reserve 136th Division) was converted to the 26th Army. The 137th Division was withdrawn.