On November 1, 1948, the PLA units were reorganized in a unified manner, and the whole army was planned to be organized into 20 corps, but in fact it was only organized into 16 corps, and the 6th, 11th, 16th, and 17th corps were missing. Since the rebel forces were organized into three corps, the 21st Corps, the 22nd Corps, and the 23rd Corps, the PLA had a total of 19 corps.
1st Field Army
The First Field Army has two corps, the 1st Corps and the 2nd Corps, and the 22nd Corps belongs to the Rebel Corps
1st Corps: Commander: Wang Zhen, Political Commissar: Wang Zhen (concurrently)
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), a native of Liuyang, Hunan, successively served as: commander of the Red 6th Army, deputy commander of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division, commander and political commissar of the 1st Corps, and political commissar of the commander of the Railway Corps, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
2nd Corps: Commander: Xu Guangda, Political Commissar: Wang Shitai
Xu Guangda (1908-1969), a native of Changsha, Hunan, successively served as: commander of the 17th Division of the 2nd Red Army Corps, commander of the 120th Independent Brigade of the 2nd Division, commander of the 2nd Corps, commander and political commissar of the armored corps, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Wang Shitai (1910-2008), a native of Luochuan, Shaanxi Province, successively served as: Commander of the Red 3rd Regiment of the 42nd Division of the Red 26th Army, Deputy Commander of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Security Command, Political Commissar of the 2nd Corps, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Railways, and no military rank was awarded for local work
22nd Corps: Commander: Tao Zhiyue, Political Commissar: Wang Zhen (concurrently)
Tao Zhiyue (1892-1988), Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, uprising general, before the uprising: commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang 37th Group Army, awarded the rank of general in 55
2nd Field Army
The Second Field Army has three corps, the 3rd Corps, the 4th Corps, the 5th Corps, and the 6th Corps, which belong to the Second Field Army.
3rd Corps: Commander: Chen Xilian, Political Commissar: Xie Fuzhi
Chen Xilian (1915-1999), a native of Huang'an, Hubei, successively served as: political commissar of the 11th Division of the Red Fourth Army, commander of the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division, commander of the 3rd Corps, commander of artillery, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Xie Fuzhi (1909-1972), a native of Huang'an, Hubei, successively served as: Director of the Organization Department of the General Political Department of the Red Fourth Front Army, Director of the Political Department of the 772nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade, Political Commissar of the 3rd Corps, Commander and Political Commissar of the Yunnan Military Region, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
4th Corps: Commander: Chen Geng, Political Commissar: Chen Geng (concurrently)
Chen Geng (1915-1999), Xiangxiang, Hunan, successively: Chief of Staff of the Red Fourth Front Army/Commander of the Red 1st Division of the Red 1st Army, Commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division, Commander and Political Commissar of the 4th Corps, Dean and Political Commissar of the Harbin Military Engineering College, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
5th Corps: Commander: Yang Yong, Political Commissar: Su Zhenhua
Yang Yong (1913-1983), a native of Liuyang County, Hunan, successively served as: Political Commissar of the Red 1st Division of the Red 1st Army, Deputy Commander of the 686th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, Commander of the 5th Corps, Principal of the Second Senior Infantry School, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Su Zhenhua (1912-1979), Yueyang City, Hunan Province, successively served as: Political Commissar of the Red 4th Division of the Red 3rd Army, Political Commissar of the 3rd Brigade of the 115th Division, Political Commissar of the 5th Corps, Deputy Political Commissar of the Navy, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
3rd Field Army
The Second Field Army has four corps, the 7th Corps, the 8th Corps, the 9th Corps, the 10th Corps, and the 11th Corps.
7th Corps: Commander: Wang Jian'an, Political Commissar: Tan Qilong
Wang Jian'an (1908-1980) was a native of Huang'an, Hubei. , successively: political commissar of the Red Fourth Army, deputy commander of the Shandong Column and commander of the 1st Brigade, commander of the 7th Corps, commander and political commissar of the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army, awarded the rank of general in 56
Tan Qilong (1913-2003), a native of Yongxin, Jiangxi, successively served as: Director of the Political Department of the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Military Region, Political Commissar of the Eastern Zhejiang Guerrilla Column of the New Fourth Army, Political Commissar of the 7th Corps, First Secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, and Military Rank by the Local Work Commission
8th Corps: Commander: Chen Shiyu, Political Commissar: Yuan Zhongxian
Chen Shiyu (1909-1995), a native of Jingmen City, Hubei Province, successively served as: Chief of Staff of the Red 30th Army, Chief of Staff of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, Commander of the 8th Corps, Commander of the Engineering Corps, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Yuan Zhongxian (1904-1957), a native of Changsha, Hunan, successively served as: Secretary of the Xiangjiang Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, Commander of the Plain Column of the Eighth Route Army, Political Commissar of the 8th Corps, Ambassador to India, and no military rank in local work
9th Corps: Commander: Song Shilun, Political Commissar: Guo Huaruo
Song Shilun (1907-1991), a native of Liling, Hunan, successively served as: Commander of the Red 28th Army, Commander of the 716th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division, Commander of the 9th Corps, Principal and Political Commissar of the General Senior Infantry School, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Guo Huaruo (1904-1995), Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, successively served as the chief of education of the Kang Da Infantry School, the first director of the General Staff of the Military Commission, the political commissar of the 9th Corps, the first deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 55
10th Corps: Commander: Ye Fei, Political Commissar: Wei Guoqing
Ye Fei (1914-1999), Nan'an City, Fujian Province, successively served as: Political Commissar of the Mindong Independent Division, Commander of the Sixth Regiment of the Third Detachment of the New Fourth Army, Commander of the 10th Corps, Commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Wei Guoqing (1913-1989), a native of Donglan County, Guangxi, successively served as: Commander of the Red Army Instructor Special Science Regiment, Political Commissar of the 9th Brigade of the New Fourth Army, Political Commissar of the 10th Corps, Deputy Commander of the Public Security Army, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Fourth Field Army
The Second Field Army has four corps, the 12th Corps, the 13th Corps, the 14th Corps, the 15th Corps, the 16th Corps and the 17th Corps. The 21st Corps was an insurrectionary corps
12th Corps: Commander: Xiao Jinguang, Political Commissar: Xiao Jinguang (concurrently)
Xiao Jinguang (1903-1989), a native of Changsha, Hunan, successively served as: Political Commissar of the Red 5th Army, Commander of the Eighth Route Army, Political Commissar of the 12th Corps, Commander of the Navy, and was awarded the rank of General in 55
13th Corps: Commander: Cheng Zihua, Political Commissar: Xiao Hua
Cheng Zihua (1905-1991), a native of Yuncheng, Shanxi, successively served as: Political Commissar of the Red 15th Army Corps, Political Commissar of the Jizhong Military Region, Commander of the 13th Corps, Director of the National Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, and no military rank for local work
Xiao Hua (1916-1985), Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, successively served as: Political Commissar of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, Deputy Director of the Political Department of the 115th Division, Political Commissar of the 13th Corps, Deputy Director of the General Political Department, and was awarded the rank of General in 55
14th Corps: Commander: Liu Yalou, Political Commissar: Mo Wenhua
Liu Yalou (1910-1965), Wuping County, Fujian Province, successively served as: Political Commissar of the 2nd Division of the 1st Red Army Corps, Chief of Education of Kang University, Commander of the 14th Corps, Commander of the Air Force, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Mo Wenhua (1910-2000), a native of Nanning, Guangxi, successively served as: Director of the Propaganda Department of the Red Eighth Army Corps, Director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army Left-behind Corps, Political Commissar of the 14th Corps, Director of the Political Department of the Northeast Military Region, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 55
15th Corps: Commander: Deng Hua, Political Commissar: Lai Chuanzhu
Deng Hua (1910-1980), a native of Chenxian County, Hunan, successively served as: Political Commissar of the 1st Division of the 1st Red Army, Director of the Political Office of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division, Commander of the 15th Corps, Commander and Political Commissar of the Volunteer Army, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Lai Chuanzhu (1910-1965), a native of Ganxian County, Jiangxi Province, successively served as: Political Commissar of the Red First Division of the Red First Army, Chief of Staff of the New Fourth Army, Political Commissar of the 15th Corps, First Deputy Minister of the General Cadre Department, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
21st Corps: Commander: Chen Mingren, Political Commissar: Tang Tianji
Chen Mingren (1903-1974), a native of Chenxian County, Hunan, was a general of the uprising, and before the uprising, he was the commander of the 1st Corps of the Kuomintang, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Tang Tianji (1904-1989), a native of Anren County, Hunan Province, successively served as: Director of the Political Department of the Red 3rd Division of the Red 5th Army, Commander of the Guerrilla Detachment of the Shanxi-Henan Border Region, Political Commissar of the 21st Corps, First Deputy Minister of the General Finance Department, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 55
North China Field Army
The North China Field Army has three corps, the 18th Corps, the 19th Corps, the 20th Corps, and the 23rd Corps are the Insurrectionary Corps, and later the 19th Corps and the 20th Corps are included in the First Field Army
18th Corps: Commander: Xu Xiangqian, Political Commissar: Xu Xiangqian (concurrently)
Xu Xiangqian (1901-1990), Wutai County, Shanxi Province, successively served as: Commander-in-Chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, Deputy Commander of the 129th Division, Commander and Political Commissar of the 18th Corps, Chief of General Staff, and was awarded the rank of Marshal in 55
19th Corps: Commander: Yang Dezhi, Political Commissar: Luo Ruiqing
Yang Dezhi (1911-1994) Liling, Hunan Province, successively: commander of the Red 2nd Division of the 1st Red Army, commander of the 685th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, commander of the 19th Corps, director of the Campaign Department of the Military Academy, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Luo Ruiqing (1906-1978), a native of Nanchong, Sichuan, successively served as: Director of the Political Security Bureau of the Red First Army, Director of the Field Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, Political Commissar of the 19th Corps, Commander and Political Commissar of the Public Security Army, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
20th Corps: Commander: Yang Chengwu, Political Commissar: Li Jingquan
Yang Chengwu (1914-2004) was a native of Changting County, Fujian Province, and successively served as: political commissar of the Red 1st Division of the Red First Army, head of the 115th Independent Regiment of the 115th Division, commander of the 20th Corps, commander of the Beijing-Tianjin Garrison, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Li Jingquan (1909-1989), a native of Linchuan, Jiangxi, successively served as: political commissar of the 4th Division of the 2nd Red Army, deputy brigade commander of the 120th Brigade of the 358th Division, political commissar of the 20th Corps, first secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, and no military rank was awarded for local work
23rd Corps: Commander: Dong Qiwu, Political Commissar: Gao Kelin
Dong Qiwu (1899-1989), a native of Hejin, Shanxi, was a general of the uprising, and before the uprising, he was the director of the Political Department of the 12th Theater of the Kuomintang, and was awarded the rank of general in 55
Gao Kelin (1907-2001), a native of Weinan, Shaanxi, successively served as: Secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chief of the Organization Section of the Party Committee of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Special Administrative Region, Commander of the 23rd Corps, Secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, and was not awarded the rank of local work
The first commanders and political commissars of the 19 corps of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) have been awarded the rank of general or above in 55 years, and those who have not been awarded the rank of secretary of the local provincial party committee have all been awarded in local work. As for Mo Wenhua, the political commissar of the 14th Corps, and Guo Huaruo, the political commissar of the 9th Corps, the title of lieutenant general is a special reason.