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PLA 5th Army

The predecessor of the 5th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the Xinjiang National Army. September 2, 1944, in northern Xinjiang Nilka County WuLaSiTai people of the region for the struggle against the Kuomintang counter-move rule and gain political democracy, national equality, held an armed insurrection. Soon, the riots developed into the Ili, Tacheng, and Altay regions, also known as the "Three District Revolution." On April 8, 1945, the Xinjiang National Army was established on the basis of the guerrilla headquarters composed of riot troops in Yining. Under the jurisdiction of eight groups and 4 camps, the formation totalled more than 15,000 people. In July, the national army mainly marched into the Tacheng and Altay areas, and then advanced into the hinterland of Junggar. In late September, it entered the west bank of the Manas River and confronted the Kuomintang army across the river, threatening Dihua (now Urumqi).

At this time, the national army developed to more than 30,000 people in 13 regiments. June 1946, according to the National Army for three districts interim government and the KMT peaceful means to resolve government negotiators signed the terms of armed conflict (ie, "11 peace clause") into line Reorganized, the troops were reduced to 6 groups with a total of more than 13,000 people. In 1947, the Kuomintang government tore up the agreement and armed the attack on the Altay and Manas areas. The National Army fought and defended the three districts. Since 1948, the National Army had educated the troops with reference to the political work principles of the People's Liberation Army, and the relationship between officers and soldiers and military-civilian relations had improved. In October 1949, the National Army entered the Xinjiang People's Liberation Army and entered the East and South Xinjiang from the west of the Manas River. In early December, one arrived in Dihua and joined the 1st Corps of the First Field Army.

According to orders of the CMC, January 10, 1950, National Army in Yining adapted for the Chinese People's Fang Army V Corps jurisdiction. In order to strengthen the leadership of this national army, the leaders of the first field army decided to transfer a group of outstanding communists from the 1st Corps to the work of the 5th Army to quickly establish the party organization and political work system. Make this national army a people's army under the absolute leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. National Day in 1950, the PLA headquarters of the 5th Army organized tours invited to Beijing to attend the National Day ceremony in Beijing by the central leadership of Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai met. And then again in Beijing, Tianjin, study tours and other places, the visiting group members broaden the horizons, feel the warmth of the motherland, by strong confidence to defend the frontier, the frontier of the construction.

After the formation of the 5th Army, which take "Wu labor combined, Tuen Ken frontiers" glorious mission, military commanders and soldiers with enthusiasm put into large-scale production campaign and was a force with the Sixth Army please destroy armed bandits. March 1952, the 2nd, 6th Army Group deployed troops built 15th Division, Pingzu Wu any commanders, He Jinnan political commissar. May 13th, by the 13th Division The Kashgar military division was formed, and the 14th and 15th divisions were reorganized into the 3rd and 4th divisions of the agricultural construction. In October 1954, the 5th Army Department was reorganized into the Xinjiang Kazakh Autonomous Region Military Region (later renamed the Ili Military Region), and the 5th Army's number was revoked.

5th Army in the creation and development process, adhere to the armed struggle against the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, led system of the Kuomintang military forces in Xinjiang. Emerging from Hennaella. The Norf and Abu Dhabifu Ku were transferred from the heroic model of the Internet Erbannov, and contributed to the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang and the construction of the frontier.