His father, Liu Naiyan, and his comrades-in-arms followed the footprints of the 26th Army in the Jiaodong area for decades, which is a majestic and magnificent landscape that shines brightly. "The Story of a Father in the Age of Peace" shows the significant contributions made by the predecessors of the 26th Army to defend the country and build the country.
16. A unit with glorious traditions
The 33rd Division, which originally belonged to the 11th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 97th Infantry Regiment, 98th Regiment, 99th Regiment, Tank Regiment, and Artillery Regiment), returned from North Korea and was transferred to the 26th Army in September 1954.
The 33rd Division is a unit with a good fighting style and glorious traditions. Its predecessor was several backbone armed forces of the Taihang Military Region during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and participated in the anti-Japanese guerrilla war against "sweeping" and "encroachment", and participated in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, the Battle of Baijin, the Anti-Nine-Way Siege, the Battle of Panlong, the Battle of Ink River, the Night Attack on Guantai Town, and the Battle of Linnan. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the 13th Regiment of the 6th Army Division and the 31st Regiment of the 1st Army Division formed the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Field Army (the 13th Regiment was changed to the 25th Regiment and the 31st Regiment was changed to the 26th Regiment), and the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Column of the Shanxi Decisive Death was temporarily commanded. At the beginning of 1948, the brigade led two regiments to fight in the Central Plains battlefield, and in order to cooperate with the Kaifeng Campaign and the Shounian Corps in the enemy area, they attacked Xiping three times and participated in the Huaihai Campaign. In February 1949, the whole army was unified in the establishment sequence, and the 9th Brigade was changed to the 33rd Division, which was subordinate to the 11th Army of the 3rd Corps of the 2nd Field Army. The 25th Regiment and the 26th Regiment were changed to the 97th Regiment and the 98th Regiment in turn. In April of the same year, he participated in the battle of crossing the river. In June, the 99th Regiment was expanded on the basis of the divisional special service battalion. After that, he marched into the southwest and participated in the battles outside Chongqing and Chengdu. In March 1951, the 33rd Division went abroad to resist US aggression and aid Korea, leaving the 99th Regiment in the Eastern Sichuan Military Region, and at the same time, the 108th Regiment of the 12th Army was transferred to the division and reorganized into the 99th Regiment. In September 1951, the 33rd Division was reorganized and reorganized in Anci County, Hebei Province, and the Shishan Artillery Battalion was reorganized into an artillery regiment, and a new tank self-propelled artillery regiment was built. In November 1952, the whole division (the tank regiment) entered the DPRK, and in May 1953, it participated in the summer counterattack operation.
In the middle is Liu Naiyan
17. Work in the 33rd Regiment of the 98th Division
My father recalled: In April 1955, after I returned from the task of handing over the tank regiment in Nanjing, I served as the political commissar of the 98th Regiment of the 33rd Division of the 26th Army and worked in this regiment for 8 years.
The 33rd Division was stationed in Wendeng at that time, at the eastern end of the Jiaodong Peninsula.
I came to the 33rd Regiment of the 98th Division, which was a unit from the land of Yanzhao, and what I saw was a completely unfamiliar face. It takes time, patience, and mind to be completely integrated with these troops who came to Shandong from Hebei. However, I believe that we are all people's troops under the leadership of the Communist Party, and no matter which unit they are, their ideals and beliefs are the same, and their traditional work styles are the same, and I will certainly be able to unite well with the cadres and fighters of the 98th Regiment and jointly accomplish the task of defending the eastern gate of the motherland.
During my work in the 98th Regiment, due to strict demands on myself, serious study, hard work, mutual respect and mutual cooperation, I won everyone's trust, and everyone supported and cooperated with my work, and I worked very happily and smoothly in the 98th Regiment.
In 1962, my father went to the 33rd Division as the deputy director of the Political Department, and he formed a deep friendship with his comrades-in-arms of the 33rd Division and has maintained constant contact. When I was a soldier in Laiyang in the 90s, Hao Tingxiao, deputy chief of staff of the 26th Army, often asked me to go to his house for dinner. He and Jiu Tongwen were in the same 98th regiment as his father, and when He Guangming was the deputy head of the regiment, he took me to Wendeng from Yantai several times. He Guangming and the descendants of Jiu Tongwen and I are small. In 1971, I went to the 3rd Garrison Division to carry out a mission, and the division commander Jiu Tongwen invited me to eat dumplings at home. This is a continuation of the friendship between my father and the 33rd Division, and the voices and smiles of the three seniors are still in my memory.
The 18th and 26th armies belonged to the Jinan Military Region
In February 1955, the State Council decided to adjust the division of military regions across the country, and reclassified the six major military regions into 12 military regions. Accordingly, the former East China Military Region was abolished and the Jinan Military Region was established. In May, the 26th Army was officially subordinate to the leadership of the Jinan Military Region. In September, the 26 th Military Office was successively moved from Laiyang to Yantai City, and the military headquarters was located in Yuhuangding, Yantai.
19. Set up Yantai and Weihai garrison areas
In December 1955, the 26th Army was located in the Huangwu area of Yantai, based on the 4 battalions and 10 companies of the 2nd Recruit Training Regiment of the East China Military Region, and transferred 5 redundant companies and 380 redundant personnel of the 76th Division, 2 redundant companies and 190 redundant personnel of the 77th Division, and 230 redundant personnel of the 33rd Division to form the Yantai Garrison Area.
At the same time, the 26th Army was based on the headquarters of the 7th Regiment of the East China Military Region's recruit training and 3 battalions returned from North Korea, and transferred 80 surplus personnel from the 33rd Division and 3 companies from the 77th Division to form the Weihai Garrison Area.
The two garrison areas were managed by the 26th Army, each with 4 battalions (3 infantry companies and 1 artillery company per battalion) and 1 police company, which were stationed in Yantai and Weihai at the end of 1955 to undertake the task of coastal defense.
The 26th Army also set up the 152 cannon howitzer regiment and the 85 antiaircraft artillery regiment in Laiyang, based on the army artillery training battalion, and transferred six companies from the 33rd Division, one company from each of the 76th and 77th divisions, and 244 technical backbones.
20. Participated in the first award
On January 23, 1955, the Central Military Commission issued the "Instructions on the Assessment of Military Ranks". On February 8 of the same year, the Sixth Session of the First NPC Standing Committee passed the Regulations on the Service of Officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Our army decided to implement a military rank system, changing the volunteer military service system to a compulsory military service system, changing the supply system to a salary system for officers, and at the same time awarding medals and medals.
My father recalled: In 1955, Zhang Gongxiu, He Zhiyuan, and Chen Zhongmei of our army were awarded major generals, 8 colonels, 11 colonels, 43 lieutenant colonels, and 112 majors. I was awarded the rank of major, with the rank of lieutenant.
At the end of December 1955, he was awarded the rank of colonel and above to the Jinan Military Region. Our army and division respectively held a ceremony to confer titles on colonels and lieutenants, and I went to the army to attend the ceremony.
At the same time, comrades who enlisted in the Red Army, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the War of Liberation were awarded the "August 1 Medal," the "Medal for Freedom and Independence," and the "Liberation Medal."
Liu Naiyan Medal of Independence and Freedom, Third Degree
I received the "Medal of Freedom and Independence" and the "Medal of Liberation".
Liu Naiyan Liberation Medal of the Third Class
Every time I see these medals, the picture of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation will emerge, during the war years I was wounded and hospitalized five times, and each time I recovered from my injuries and continued to return to the front-line troops to fight. My comrades-in-arms don't know how many people sacrificed, and when I was an instructor, sometimes after a battle, there were only ten or eight people alive. I can see with my own eyes the establishment of New China, the five-star red flag fluttering in the wind, feel that the blood of my comrades-in-arms and I has not been shed in vain, and I can also comfort those comrades-in-arms who sacrificed their lives. The party, the state, and the people have not forgotten us, and they have awarded us military ranks and medals, which is a great affirmation and encouragement.
Before conferring the title, the director of the military political department talked to me and said that in terms of seniority and position, I should be designated as a lieutenant colonel, but due to the quota limit, the lieutenant colonel should be given to a regimental-level leader with more seniority. My reply to the army commander was that compared with my comrades-in-arms who sacrificed their lives during the war years, I was a lucky one, and no matter what rank was conferred on me by the organization, I would obey unconditionally, and I would never carry ideological baggage or affect my work. As a result of hard work, before the abolition of military ranks in 1965, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1958, the rank of colonel in 1962, and the rank of regiment in 1960.
21. The Second Party Congress of the Army was held
From March 23 to 29, 1956, the 26th Army held its second party congress in Yantai. He Zhiyuan, political commissar of the army, made a work report. The congress elected 73 delegates to the first party congress of the Jinan Military Region; The Second Party Committee of the Army, composed of 14 people, was elected, and the First Plenary Session of the Second National People's Congress elected five Standing Committee members: He Zhiyuan, Zhang Gongxiu, Chen Zhongmei, Cao Punan, and Mu Zhengshen, He Zhiyuan was appointed secretary, and Zhang Gongxiu was appointed deputy secretary. The General Assembly elected the Military Supervision Commission.
According to the military history of the 26th Group Army, at the beginning of 1956, the 26th Army added the first batch of conscripts, a total of 10,555. In that year, 12,743 soldiers were demobilized and 922 cadres were demobilized.
Liu Weiping
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