On April 27, 2017, with the ministry of national defense spokesman Yang Yujun announced that the army will be reorganized into 13 group armies. At this point Chinese the 70 armies of the People's Liberation Army (missing the 56th, 57th and 59th Armies, replaced by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Armies of the Northwest Independent Army) have all fulfilled their historical missions. In its place were the glorious course of battle belonging to the past, everything from scratch, and a total of 13 heavily armored army groups from the 71st to 83rd Armies.
Major General He Jinnian, commander of the 48th Army
Lieutenant General Chen Renlin, political commissar of the 48th Army
48th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (1949.3-1952.3)
On February 1, 1949, in accordance with the order of the Central Military Commission of November 1, 1948 on the unification of the organization and number of the whole army, the 11th Column of the Northeast Field Army was renamed the 47th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and was subordinate to the Fourth Field Army. In March 1952, the 47th Army was abolished and the headquarters was changed to the 21st Corps Corps. The army has a glorious combat history of 3 years.
(In no particular order of service, in order of position)
Major General He Jinnian: Former commander (later deputy commander of the armored corps)
Lieutenant General Liu Zhuanlian: Former commander (formerly deputy commander. Later deputy commander of Shenyang Military Region)
Lieutenant General Chen Renlin: Former political commissar (later director of the Political Department of the Guangzhou Military Region, political commissar of the Artillery Corps, and second political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region)
Major General Xie Bozhong: Former political commissar (previously political commissar of the 142nd Division, director of the Political Department, deputy political commissar. Later, he served as director of the Political Department of the Wuhan Military Region)
Vice Admiral Zhou Renjie: Former Deputy Commander and Commander of the 144th Division (later Commander of the Navy's East China Sea Fleet and Commander of the Navy's South China Sea Fleet)
Major General Gao Tiqian: Former Chief of Staff (later Vice President of the Academy of Military Sciences)
Major General Li Xin: Former director of the Political Department (later deputy political commissar of artillery)
Major General Li Bo: Served as deputy director of the Political Department (later served as political commissar of the Air Force of the Jinan Military Region, director of the Political Department of the Jinan Military Region, and deputy political commissar of the Jinan Military Region)
Major General Ou Fufu: Former commander of the 142nd Division (later deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region)
Major General Zhou Mingguo: Served as deputy commander of the 142nd Division
Major General Li Guanghui: Former commander of the 143rd Division
Major General Liu Luchang: Served as the political commissar of the 143rd Division
Major General Zeng Wei: Served as deputy commander of the 143rd Division
Major General Zhang Shuxiang: Former commander of the 144th Division (previously deputy commander of the 143rd Division)
Major General Zhong Wenfa: Served as political commissar of the 144th Division (formerly deputy director of the Political Department. Later, he served as director of the Political Department of the Wuhan Military Region and deputy political commissar of the Wuhan Military Region)
(In 1955, a total of 15 senior generals served in the 48th Army, including 3 lieutenant generals and 12 major generals.)