On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out. Soon after, the Chinese People's Volunteers, led by Commander Peng Dehuai, crossed the Yalu River in a majestic and high-spirited manner and entered the DPRK to fight.
As many as 2.4 million volunteers have been sent to Korea, and of course, we have adopted the method of rotational warfare, so that not only the troops participating in the war can rest and recuperate, but also other units in the country will also have the opportunity to temper.
In order to give the troops participating in the battle a rest and recuperate, and also to give other units in the country a chance to exercise, our army has adopted the method of rotational warfare, and has successively invested 2.4 million troops, including 6 corps, 27 corps, and other independent arms units, logistics units, and so on.
The 27 armies were roughly divided into four time periods
The first stage of entry into the DPRK: October ~ November 1950
38th Army: Commander Liang Xingchu, subordinate to the 13th Corps;
39th Army: Army Commander Wu Xinquan, subordinate to the 13th Corps;
40th Army: Army Commander Wen Yucheng, subordinate to the 13th Corps;
42nd Army: Army Commander Wu Ruilin, assigned to the 13th Corps;
66th Army: Army Commander Xiao Xinhuai, assigned to the 13th Corps;
50th Army: Commander Zeng Zesheng, assigned to the 13th Corps;
20th Army: Commander Zhang Yixiang, subordinate to the Ninth Corps;
27th Army: Commander Peng Deqing, subordinate to the Ninth Corps;
26th Army: Army Commander Zhang Renchu, assigned to the Ninth Corps;
The second stage of entering the DPRK: February ~ September 1951
64th Army: Commander Zeng Siyu, subordinate to the 19th Corps;
63rd Army: Commander Fu Chongbi, subordinate to the 19th Corps;
65th Army: Commander Xiao Yingtang, subordinate to the 19th Corps;
60th Army: Commander Wei Jie, assigned to the Third Corps;
12th Army: Commander Zeng Shaoshan, subordinate to the Third Corps;
15th Army: Army Commander Qin Jiwei, assigned to the Third Corps;
47th Army: Commander Cao Lihuai, directly under the Volunteer Army Headquarters;
67th Army: Commander Li Xiang, subordinate to the 20th Corps;
68th Army: Commander Chen Fangren, subordinate to the 20th Corps;
36th Army: Army Commander Wang Jianye, subordinate to the 23rd Corps;
37th Army: Commander Zhang Shizhen, subordinate to the 23rd Corps;
The third stage of entry into the DPRK: September ~ December 1952
23rd Army: Army Commander Zhong Guochu, assigned to the Ninth Corps;
24th Army: Commander Pi Dingjun, assigned to the Ninth Corps;
46th Army: Commander Xiao Quanfu, assigned to the 19th Corps;
16th Army: Army Commander Yin Xianbing, directly under the Volunteer Army Headquarters;
The fourth stage of entry into the DPRK: January ~ March 1953
1st Army: Army Commander Huang Xinting, assigned to the 19th Corps;
54th Army: Commander Ding Sheng, assigned to the 20th Corps;
21st Army: Army Commander Wu Yongxiang, assigned to the 20th Corps;
Awards:
Sacrifice: Li Xiang, commander of the 67th Army, died on July 8, 1952;
Lieutenant Generals: Liang Xingchu, Wu Xinquan, Wu Ruilin, Wen Yucheng, Xiao Xinhuai, Zeng Zesheng, Zhang Yixiang, Zeng Siyu, Zhang Renchu, Wei Jie, Zeng Shaoshan, Qin Jiwei, Cao Lihuai, Pi Dingjun, Huang Xinting;
Major Generals: Peng Deqing, Fu Chongbi, Xiao Yingtang, Chen Fangren, Zhang Shizhen, Zhong Guochu, Xiao Quanfu, Ding Sheng, Wu Yongxiang;
Colonel: Yin Xianbing;
Untitled: Wang Jianye.
6 were former commanders of large military districts:
Liang Xingchu: Commander of Chengdu Military Region;
Zeng Siyu: Commander of Wuhan Military Region and Commander of Jinan Military Region;
Qin Jiwei: Commander of the Chengdu Military Region, Commander of the Beijing Military Region;
Pi Dingjun: Commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, Commander of the Fuzhou Military Region;
Ding Sheng: Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, Commander of the Nanjing Military Region;
Xiao Quanfu: Commander of the Urumqi Military Region.