When it comes to the five major field armies, all road military history enthusiasts are all like a number of family treasures, how to have the strongest combat effectiveness of so-and-so, and the occurrence frequency of the three and four fields is the highest. In contrast, Nino's combat effectiveness is also very strong. How strong is it?
Based on the facts, the author will see the real chapter from the subtleties, and tell you about the unit directly under the Central Military Commission during the Liberation War: the Chen Geng Corps. Perhaps, you can intuitively feel the strength of the two wild combat strength.
Figure | Chen Geng (middle)
The direct predecessor of Chen Geng's regiment was the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and further up it can be traced back to the 31st Army of the Red Fourth Front. These were veteran units that had been tested in the war for a long time, laying the foundation for the rise of Chen Geng's corps.
In July 1947, when Liu Deng's army advanced into Dabie Mountain, the Central Military Commission duly established the Chen Geng Corps, which administered the 4th and 9th Columns and the 38th Army of the Northwest Democratic Coalition Army. At the beginning of its establishment, the Chen Geng Corps carried out strategic tasks alone and became a strategic reserve under the direct command of the Central Military Commission.
The achievements of the units under the command of the Central Military Commission need not be repeated. In February 1949, the Central Plains Field Army was officially renamed the Second Field Army, and the Chen Geng Corps was also renamed
Fourth Corps
, the battle sequence is shown in the following figure:
Figure | the battle sequence of the 4th Corps of Nino
However, people still used to refer to the Erye Fourth Corps as the Chen Geng Corps. On April 21, Chen Geng's corps participated in the Battle of Dujiang and was subordinate to the Dujiangxi Group. Generally speaking, military history is much easier to write about the Battle of Crossing the River, and the autumn wind can sweep away the fallen leaves in one stroke, while the Chen Geng Corps is different.
On May 15, the Siye Advance Corps broke through bai Chongxi's defense line in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and approached Wuhan. On May 16, the Chen Geng Corps carried out a special mission to cooperate with the brother troops:
Blocked the retreat route of the enemy of Wuhan fleeing south to Jiangxi.
To this end, Chen Gengdian ordered the 37th Division of the Vanguard Division of the 13th Army to "rush across the Fu river and liberate Nanchang." On May 22, the 13th Army liberated the city of Nanchang.
Figure | liberation of Nanchang
On August 1, 1927, Chen Geng participated in the Nanchang Uprising and witnessed the birth of the people's army. 22 years later, Chen Geng returned to Nanchang City, how could he not be excited in his heart? Chen Geng wrote excitedly in his diary:
Today I braved the rain to Nanchang, which is the fourth time in my history... Without the first three times, there is no glory for the people of today. Special Zhizhi, to ji this trip.
The victory belonged to the Chen Geng Corps, and the glory lay in the 13th Army. The liberation of Nanchang City was only a small episode after the Battle of crossing the river by Chen Geng's corps. Subsequently, Chen Geng's army marched south, and Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan all left Chen Geng's name.
In April 1950, Chen Geng Corps and Yunnan Military Region. In May, the fourth corps was abolished, and the 13th, 14th, and 15th armies were directly subordinated to the Second Field Army and the Southwest Military Region. Chen Geng's corps became history, but the history of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Armies continued.
Figure | Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
In May 1955, the Kunming Military Region was established, under the jurisdiction of the 13th and 14th Armies. You may be wondering, where did the 15th Army go? As early as March 1951, the 15th Army participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
The 15th Army performed well in the Fifth Campaign, the Consolidation Of Positions in the Spring and Summer of 1952, the Tactical Counterattack in the Autumn of 1952, and the Battle of Shangganling.
In particular, in the Battle of Shangganling, the 15th Army played the prestige of the "Chitose Army" in the first battle, which was comparable to the 38th Army of the "Banzai Army", and the scenery was indistinguishable for a while.
In April 1954, the 15th Army returned to China, which was later reorganized into the Airborne 15th Army, and went on a very different development path from that of its brother troops.
Pictured| Dong Zhanlin
In 1968, the 13th Army and the 54th Army exchanged defensive areas.
As a result, the 13th Army was transferred to the Chengdu Military Region.
In October 1969, the 54th Army moved north to Xinxiang, Henan, and was transferred to the Wuhan Military Region.
At the same time, the Central Military Commission rebuilt the 11th Army, replaced the 54th Army Defense Zone, and Dong Zhanlin, then deputy commander of the 54th Army, became the commander of the 11th Army.
In February 1979, the 11th and 14th Armies of the Kunming Military Region participated in the counterattack against Vietnam, playing the fine tradition of the old troops of the Chen Geng Corps.
Pictured| Liao Xilong
In April 1985, the 11th and 14th Armies participated in the Retake of The Two Hills Campaign. The 11th Army achieved brilliant results and walked out of Liao Xilong and He Qizong, two proud sons of the military circles.
In June 1985, the Central Military Commission reorganized the Eleventh Military Region into seven military regions, the Kunming Military Region was assigned to the Chengdu Military Region, and the 11th Army was withdrawn and assigned to fraternal units.
The brothers of the 14th Army and the 13th Army reunited. What was different from the past was that the 13th and 14th Armies were reorganized into the 13th and 14th Group Armies, which became the two major tigers guarding the southwest of the town.
Pictured| the armband of the Chengdu Military Region
In other words, the two group armies under the jurisdiction of the Chengdu Military Region are all Chen Geng Corps, which was born out of Erye, and can be called the ace main force in the southwest of zhenshou. Needless to say, the weight of the Chengdu Military Region is under its jurisdiction:
Tibet (excluding Ali region), Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou and other 5 provinces (autonomous regions, cities).
The area under the jurisdiction of the Chengdu Military Region is comparable to that of the Lanzhou Military Region, accounting for about 24.1% of the national area.
The area under the jurisdiction of the Chengdu Military Region is so large, and most of them are complex terrain such as mountains, jungles, and plateaus, but only the 13th and 14th Group Armies are deployed. It can be seen from this that the strong combat effectiveness of the 13th and 14th Group Armies also reflects how good The combat effectiveness of Erye is from the side.
Picture | five major war zones
In February 2016, five major theaters replaced seven military regions. Chengdu Military Region (
Yunnan and Guizhou were assigned to the Southern Theater
), Lanzhou Military Region (
Shaanxi was assigned to the Central Theater
) was incorporated into the Western Theater.
In April 2017, the 14th Army was withdrawn and assigned to the brother units. The 13th Group Army was discontinued, and the new number of the 77th Group Army was activated, which belonged to the Western Continent, and continued to write the legend of the Erno Chen Geng Corps...