After the Anhui Incident, the New Fourth Army established a new military headquarters in Yancheng, Chen Yi was appointed acting commander, reorganized the New Fourth Army, and the New Fourth Army was reorganized into 7 divisions.
Commander of the 1st Division, Su Yu; Zhang Yunyi, commander of the 2nd Division; Huang Kecheng, commander of the 3rd Division; Peng Xuefeng, commander of the Fourth Division; Commander of the 5th Division, Li Xiannian; Commander of the 6th Division, Tan Zhenlin; Zhang Dingcheng, commander of the 7th Division;
Later, due to changes in the situation, three division commanders were promoted: Zhang Yunyi, commander of the 2nd Division, returned to the military headquarters as a full-time deputy commander, and Luo Binghui was promoted to commander of the 2nd Division; The commander of the 4th Division, Peng Xuefeng, was sacrificed, and Zhang Aiping was promoted to the commander of the 4th Division; The commander of the 1st Division, Su Yuxia, went down to Jiangnan, and Ye Fei was promoted to the commander of the 1st Division.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were 6 of the 36 military leaders: they were: Su Yu, Zhang Yunyi, Huang Kecheng, Peng Xuefeng, Li Xiannian, Luo Binghui and other 6 division commanders. Among them Su Yu, Zhang Yunyi, Huang Kecheng were awarded the Title of General of the Street in 1955.
Tan Zhenlin, Li Xiannian, Zhang Aiping were former vice premiers.
Su Yu, Tan Zhenlin, Zhang Dingcheng and Ye Fei were former vice chairmen of the National People's Congress.
Li Xiannian was the president of the people's republic of China.