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Today, we are talking for you about the story of the eighth army in history.
In the history of the People's Liberation Army, the history of the Existence of the Eighth Army, the Seventy Army and the Sixty-ninth Army (specifically the First Sixty-ninth Army) is relatively short, and the Eighth Army has revoked the unit number because of the change in the revolutionary situation.
The predecessor of the Eighth Army was the Eighth Column of the Jin-Sui Combined Defense Army, which was originally active in the Northern Jin Dynasty and suiyuan and Chahar regions, and at that time this unit had two brigades and a cavalry brigade. After its establishment, the unit participated in the battle to liberate Taolin, Jining and other places, and liberated some towns in northern Jin, Suiyuan, and Chahar.
Lieutenant General Yao Zhe
In March 1949, in the context of the great reorganization of the whole army, the original Eighth Column was renamed the Eighth Army and belonged to the battle sequence of the First Field Army. With Yao Zhe as the commander, Wang Changjiang, a native of Hebei Province, as deputy commander and chief of staff, and Pei Zhouyu of the old Red Army as director of the political department.
Wang Changjiang during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
The original 11th and 14th brigades were renamed the 22nd and 23rd Divisions, and a regiment of the Jinsui Military Region and two detachments of the Yanbei and Suimeng Military Sub-districts were merged into the new 24th Division. The original cavalry brigade no longer belonged to the battle sequence of the Eighth Army, but still belonged to the command of the Eighth Army.
In May, after the peaceful liberation of Datong, the Eighth Army was stationed in the Jining area. By the end of May 1949, the Eighth Army was abolished.
Major General Pei Zhouyu
In April 1949, after the End of the Battle of Taiyuan, in order to liberate the Great Northwest, the 18th and 19th Corps, which were closely related to Hebei, were assigned to the First Field Army. These two corps, together with the original two corps and six corps, were strong enough to liberate the cities of the Great Northwest. In this context, North China needs to set aside some troops.
Therefore, in order to maintain order and the necessity of production and construction in North China, the Eighth Army remained in the Suiyuan area. Moreover, at this time, in the context of the peaceful liberation of Peiping, Dong Qiwu's troops in Suiyuan also had plans to revolt, and it was necessary to retain part of the troops to facilitate the need for peaceful liberation in the future. As a result, the Eighth Army merged with the original Suimeng Military Region to form the Suiyuan Military Region, and the eighth army's name was revoked.
Admiral Dong Qiwu
Yao Zhe, nicknamed "Yao Yi Dao", received the rank of lieutenant general after the founding of New China, and Pei Zhouyu became the founding major general. The experience of Wang Changjiang, a Native of Hebei Province, is very special. In his early years, he studied at the Baoding Military Academy and married Bian Zhangwu and He Jifeng as brothers with different surnames. In his early years, Wang Changjiang participated in the warlord melee and the Great Wall War of Resistance, and was awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun for his merits.
He Jifeng
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Changjiang was a general of the Hebei Nationalist Army, and he was reluctant to participate in the friction with the Eighth Route Army, and finally led his troops to join the Eighth Route Army, and since then he has embarked on the revolutionary road. Wang Changjiang was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955. Later, he left early due to illness and missed the later promotion of the military rank. He died in Jinan in November 1978 at the age of 79. Admiral Li Da, Lü Zhengcao, and others sent telegrams of condolences to mourn this old comrade-in-arms.
Admiral Li Da
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