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PLA 62nd Army

The predecessor of the 62nd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the 15th Column of the North China Military Region. The column was part of the armed forces belonging to the Taiyue Military Region during the Anti-Japanese War. In June 1940, the Taiyue Military Region was established by the 386th Brigade and the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

In August 1941, the newly established Eighth Route Army Taiyue Column and Taiyue Military Region. In March 1943, the Jinyu Joint Defense Area was merged into the Taiyue Military Region. The military forces participated in the Qinyuan Siege War, the Battle of Jiyuan, and the Battle of Northern Henan. In August 1945, the military forces participated in the strategic counterattack. In May 1948, the North China Military Region was established. The troops of the Taiyue Military Region, which belonged to the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region, were placed under the direct control of the North China Military Region. From May to July, the troops of the Taiyue Military Region were reorganized into the 15th column and included in the formation of the 1st Corps. Liu Zhong served as commander, Yuan Ziqin served as political commissar, Fang Shengpu served as deputy commander, and Xiong Kui served as chief of staff. The 18th, 19th, and 20th Army divisions under their jurisdiction were successively reorganized into the 43rd, 44th, and 45th Brigade. From October to April of the following year, it participated in the Taiyuan Battle.

On March 1, 1949, the 15th Column was reorganized as the 62nd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in accordance with the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China's order concerning the unification of the entire army and the number of troops. Formed by the 18th Corps. Liu Zhong served as military commander, Yuan Ziqin served as political commissar, Fang Shengpu served as deputy military commander, Xiong Kui served as chief of staff, and Gao Dexi served as director of the political department. The 43rd Brigade was renamed the 184th Division, Lin Bin was appointed as the commander, Liang Wenying was the political commissar, the 44th Brigade was renamed as the 185th Division, Tu Zesheng was the commander, and Kong Junbiao was the political commissar;, Hu Lisheng served as political commissar.

In April, after the officials of the Taiyuan Campaign, the Goose 62 Army Corps was transferred to the First Field Army (renamed by the Northwest Field Army) to perform the task of liberating the Northwest. On May 16, Yuan Ziqin was transferred out, and Lu Ruilin took over as military political commissar. In June, the troops moved west from Tongyuan along Tongpu Road and arrived in Xi'an in the middle. In July, participated in the battle of Fumei. From August to September, it was instructed as the 1st Field Army Reserve, transferred back to the command of the 1st Corps of the Field Army, participated in the battles of Gan (Su) and Qing (Hai), and hunted down Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui to Qinghai.

On September 23, it moved to Minxian and Zhangxian areas and returned to the 18th Corps. In October, the 137th Division of the Kuomintang Army Uprising was reorganized as the 1st Division of the Northwest Independence, under the command of the army. In November, three divisions belonging to the 62nd Army and a new independent division (adapted from Zhou Xiangchu's Uprising) were transferred to the Second Field Army and the Southwest Military Region under the regiment to perform the task of liberating Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan. At the beginning of December, the military ministries went south by two routes from the station, crossed the Qinling Mountains, over Minshan Mountain, and liberated Wudu, Linjiang, Guanghan, Pixian, Guanxian and other counties along the way.

On February 8, 1950, the 62nd Army was instructed to form the Xikang Military Region and Xichang, Ya'an, Kangding, Changdu and other military divisions. Xikang Military Region was commanded by Liu Zhong, Liao Zhigao as political commissioner, Fang Shengpu as deputy commander, Lu Ruilin as deputy political commissioner, Xiong Kui as chief of staff, and Gao Dexi as director of the political department. The army belongs to the 184th Division and Xichang Army Division, the 185th Division and Ya'an Army Division, the 186th Division and Kangding and Changdu Army Divisions. From February to March, various military departments marched to Xikang, liberating Ya'an and Kangding successively, cooperating with the 14th and 15th Army to launch the Xichang campaign, liberating the whole province of Xikang (now part of Sichuan Province). Since then, under the unified leadership of the local party committees in this region, the work of banditry and construction of Xikang had been launched on the spot.

Beginning in July 1950, the troops were reorganized. The 556th, 557th and 554th Regiments of the 186th Division were transferred to the Guizhou Military Region to form the regime. In August, the Independent Military Division was reorganized as the 1st Independent Division of the Southwest Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, under the leadership of the Western Sichuan Military Region. In February 1951, the 550th Regiment, 551th Regiment and 553th Regiment of the 185th Division were transferred to the 10th Army. ] In May 952, the 552th Regiment of the 184th Division was reorganized into the 21st Regiment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the 555th Regiment of the 185th Division and the 558th Regiment of the 186th Division were independently reorganized into the 7th and 8th Regiments of the Southwest Military Region.

In July 1952, the 62nd Army was reorganized into the Xikang Military Region, and the 62nd Army was revoked.