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PLA 9th Army

Ninth Army's first commander was Zhao Xiguang, political commissar Zhang Zhonghan. Chinese People's Liberation Army 9th, from Xinjiang uprising Kuomintang army reorganized 42 division.

September 1949, the First Field Army Liberation People's Liberation Army in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other provinces, the Xinjiang coercion. Xinjiang garrison commander Tao Zhiyue the KMT, KMT Chairman of the Xinjiang provincial government Bao Farhan accept the eight peace terms proposed by the CPC Central Committee, on September 25 uprising energized, peaceful solution Xinjiang release. KMT deputy commander of the garrison in Xinjiang, southern garrison commander and reorganized 42 division Zhao Xiguang with Tao Zhi Yue rate his troops uprising.

On December 29th, the 42nd Division of the reorganization was reorganized as the 9th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, under the 22nd Corps. Zhao Xiguang any of the first 22 Corps deputy commander of the Ninth Army commander, Zhang Zhong Han political commissar, Wang root monk first deputy commander, deputy commander of the Second Law Chen, Li Zutang (after the mutiny) chief of staff, Liude Jing Ren Houqin Minister. Under the jurisdiction of the 25th Division, Liu Zhenshi any commanders, He Zhen newly appointed political commissar; 26th Division, Luo Ru being any commanders, Wang Jilong appointed political commissar; 27th Division, Chen Chun as commander, Lung Ping newly appointed political commissar.

After the adaptation, the troops were engaged in the production and training of the farmland. In order to completely reform the old ideas, old styles, and old systems of the uprising forces, and establish new ideas, new styles, and new systems, the leaders of the First Field Army in accordance with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission on the policy of uniting, educating, striving, and transforming the uprising forces, from the second, sixth army deployed cadres 1170, 153 soldiers backbone and more than 600 students to join the army mutinous troops work, strengthen the leadership of the uprising forces, quickly established party committees at all levels, political and revolutionary military committee work system to make it a new type.

The People's Army. April 1952, the 9th Army Army Corps and the 22nd Corps were consolidated by the 22nd Corps Corps and the Ministry of the 9th Army military. In November, the 9th Army was revoked. In May 1953, the former 9th Army and 3 divisions were successively reorganized into the 7th, 8th and 9th divisions of the Xinjiang Agricultural Construction Corps. They became an organized and trained industrial army, which made an important contribution to defending Xinjiang and building Xinjiang.