The Southern Jiangsu Military Region of the Second and Third Grades of the Liberation War was 33

The Southern Jiangsu Military Region is one of the second-level military regions under the East China Military Region

Southern Jiangsu Military Region

On April 1, 1949, according to the orders of the Central Military Commission and the East China Military Region, the preparatory organs of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region were established in Tangtou Town, Taizhou. It is composed of one-half of the personnel of the organs of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region and one cadre unit of The South-East Of Shandong. Originally under the 6th, 7th and 8th Brigades of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region and 2 special service regiments, 1 teaching regiment was established in the Southern Jiangsu Che District, with a total strength of about 39,000 people. In the middle of the same month, in Nantong Pingzhen and other groups of Songjiang Military Sub-district organs. During the preparatory work of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region, short-term rectification training and material preparations were carried out in the Zhoujialing area of Taizhou.

On April 20, the Kuomintang Nanjing government rejected the Internal Peace Agreement proposed by the Chinese communist delegation. On the 21st, Mao Zedong and Zhu De issued the "Order to March to the Whole Country." Beginning at midnight on the 20th, the Million Heroes Division of the People's Liberation Army began a river crossing operation on the thousand-mile front from Hukou in the west to Jiangyin in the east. Undertaking the task of crossing the river in Jiangsu is the 350,000-strong army of the Eastern Group composed of the Eighth and Tenth Corps of the Third Field Army. After the preparatory organ crossed the river with the large army, on the 27th, the Southern Jiangsu Military Region was formally established in Wuxi City. After the liberation of southern Jiangsu, considering that southern Jiangsu is a newly liberated area and Nanjing is the capital of the Kuomintang government, and its working environment and conditions are different from those of the old liberated areas in northern Jiangsu, the central authorities decided to implement a small province system in Jiangsu, and in addition to the administrative regions that have been established in northern Jiangsu, the southern Jiangsu administrative region and the nanjing municipality directly under the central government will be established in the area south of the Yangtze River in the former Jiangsu Province. On April 26 and 27, the Southern Jiangsu Administration, the Southern Jiangsu Military Region and the leading institutions of the Nanjing Municipality were established one after another. The Southern Jiangsu District Committee of the Communist Party of China is headed by Chen Pixian, and the Southern Jiangsu Bureau is headed by Guan Wenwei. Southern Jiangsu Administrative Region administers four administrative divisions of Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou and Songjiang, as well as wuxi municipalities and 27 counties (cities), with a total population of about 12.59 million. The Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China was appointed secretary by Liu Bocheng. Liu Bocheng also served as the director of the Military Control Commission as the mayor of Nanjing. The total population of Nanjing is about 1.03 million. At the same time, Wuxi, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou and other cities have successively set up leading institutions for the party, government and army.

At the end of May, the three garrison brigades were abolished, and the brigade parts were changed to Changzhou, Zhenjiang, and Suzhou military sub-districts. The 18th, 19th, 23rd and 24th Regiments of the Garrison were retained and organized into 4 military sub-districts. The 2nd Regiment of Special Agents of the Military Region was dispersed and more than 2,000 guerrillas from all over southern Jiangsu were mobilized to form 27 county headquarters and 209 district squadrons.

In June, the Teaching Brigade was formed.

In 1950, the first reorganization was carried out, and the Southern Jiangsu Military Region abolished the teaching brigade and established the 10th East China Garrison Brigade. (In October, it was transferred to the Songhu Police Command.) ）

July, each county. The headquarters was renamed the county brigade, the district teams were abolished, and the drama evaluation team and the Invalids School of the Cultural and Labor Troupe were transferred to the Southern Jiangsu Bureau. In August, the Platon Army Officers' Teaching Corps of the Scattered Military Region was sold.

In October, the 1st Regiment of Special Agents of the Military Region was disbanded. The region was reduced from more than 56,000 to 38,000.

According to the order of the East China Military Region in January 1951, the Southern Jiangsu Military Region formed the 86th Infantry Division on August 1. In March, the teaching regiment of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region was reorganized into a school with the camp. In June 1952, the second reorganization was completed. 4 garrison regiments and 27 independent battalions (renamed the county brigade) were abolished, and the 86th Infantry Division and the 96th Infantry Division of the Fuzhou Military Region were merged into the 7th Railway Engineering Division.

In December 1952, the Southern Jiangsu Military Region merged with the Northern Jiangsu Military Region to form the Jiangsu Military Region. The first department of the organs of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region was merged with the organs of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region to form the organs of the Jiangsu Military Region, and the other department was transferred from the east to form the Shanghai National Defense Construction Engineering Headquarters of the East China Military Region (in June 1954, the Shanghai National Defense Construction Engineering Headquarters and the Engineering Department of the East China Military Region were merged to form the Engineering Department of the East China Military Region).

6th East China Garrison Brigade

In mid-March 1949, it was formed by the 1st Military Sub-district of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region. Brigade Commander Zhang Kexin, Political Commissar Chen Zhizhai. It has jurisdiction over the 16th, 17th and 18th regiments. The brigade headquarters consisted of one-half of the personnel of the military sub-district organs and a directly subordinate mountain artillery company. The 1st Special Agent Regiment of the 1st Military Sub-district was reorganized into the 16th Regiment, the 4th Special Agent Regiment was reorganized into the 17th Regiment, and the 3rd Special Agent Regiment was reorganized into the 18th Regiment. On April 1, the 6th Garrison Brigade was placed under the leadership of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. In the second half of the month, he led the troops to changzhou city. In May, the brigade number was abolished, the brigade organs were reorganized into changzhou military sub-districts, the 18th regiment was reorganized into the military sub-district garrison regiment, the 17th regimental headquarters was reorganized into the regimental headquarters of the artillery regiment of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region, and the 16th regiment was dismantled and reorganized to form the armed forces of the counties and districts

7th East China Garrison Brigade

In mid-March 1949, it was formed by the 2nd Sub-district of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region. Brigade Commander Wu Guangming, Political Commissar Wei Yongyi. It has jurisdiction over the 19th, 20th and 21st regiments. The brigade headquarters consisted of one-half of the personnel of the military sub-district organs and a directly subordinate mountain artillery company. The 4th Regiment of the 2nd Military Sub-district (in November 1947, the local armed forces were drawn from Xinghua Huangzhuang to form the 6th Regiment, renamed the 4th Regiment in January 1949) was reorganized into the 19th Regiment, the 5th Regiment (in January 1949, the Qintong and Jiangdu County Independent Regiments were merged into the 20th Regiment), and the Gaoyou, Xinghua County Independent Regiments and the local armed forces of Baoying County were merged into the 21st Regiment. In April, the 7th Garrison Brigade was assigned to the establishment of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. In the second half of the year, he led the troops to enter Zhenjiang City and concurrently served as the Zhenjiang Garrison Headquarters. In May, the brigade was abolished and the brigade office was reorganized into the Zhenjiang Military Subdistrict. The 19th Regiment was reorganized into the Military Sub-district Garrison Regiment, and the 20th and 21st Regiments were dismantled and reorganized into the counties and districts.

8th East China Garrison Brigade

In mid-March 1949, it was established by the First Military Subdistrict of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region. Deputy Brigade Commander Wang Zhiping, Deputy Political Commissar Liu Tieshan. It has jurisdiction over the 22nd, 23rd and 24th regiments. The brigade headquarters consisted of one-half of the personnel of the military sub-district organs and a directly subordinate mountain artillery company. The 22nd Regiment was reorganized from the 7th Regiment of the 9th Military Sub-district, the 23rd Regiment was reorganized from the 8th Regiment of the 9th Military Sub-district, and the 24th Regiment was reorganized from the 9th Regiment of the 9th Military Sub-district. In April, the 8th Brigade was placed under the leadership of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. In the second half of the year, he led the troops to enter Suzhou City and concurrently served as the Suzhou Garrison Headquarters. In May, the brigade number was abolished, and the brigade headquarters was reorganized into the Suzhou Military Sub-district. The 23rd Regiment was reorganized into the Military Subdistrict Garrison Regiment, the 24th Regiment was reorganized into the Songjiang Military Sub-district Garrison Regiment, and the 22nd Regiment was dismantled and reorganized, and the counties were transferred to form county and district armed forces.

10th East China Garrison Brigade

Formed in January 1950. Brigade Commander Zhu Chuanbao. It has jurisdiction over the 1st, 2nd and 3rd regiments. The brigade headquarters was expanded by the Southern Jiangsu Military Region's instruction brigade machine gun regiment headquarters and 2 companies each of machine gun and artillery regiments. The 1st Regiment was reorganized from the Changzhou Military Subdistrict Garrison Regiment, the 2nd Regimental Headquarters was reorganized from the 22nd Regimental Headquarters of the former 8th Garrison Brigade, and the armed forces of the counties of the Suzhou Military Subdistrict were drawn, and the 3rd Regiment was composed of the armed forces drawn from the counties of the Zhenjiang Military Subdistrict. On 24 February, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Regiments were renamed the 28th, 29th and 30th Garrison Regiments. In October, the 10th East China Police Brigade was transferred to the Songhu Police Headquarters and reorganized into the 17th East China Public Security Division.

Teaching Brigade

In May 1949, the Southern Jiangsu Military Region concentrated the machine gun companies and machine gun companies of the three abolished garrison brigades to form the Machine Gun Regiment of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. In late June, the machine gun regiment was divided into artillery and machine gun regiments. At the same time, the Southern Jiangsu Military Region set up a teaching brigade and stationed in Changzhou. It has jurisdiction over machine gun regiments, artillery regiments and instruction regiments. The brigade was composed of personnel drawn from the machine gun regimental headquarters, and the regimental headquarters of the artillery regiment was reorganized from the 17th regimental headquarters of the garrison. In January 1950, the Southern Jiangsu Military Region dispatched the machine gun regiment headquarters of the teaching brigade and the machine gun and artillery regiments to form the 10th East China Garrison Brigade. In February, the artillery regiment and the remainder of the machine gun regiment were merged into a machine gun regiment. On May 15, the machine gun regiment was abolished, and the regimental headquarters and direct subordinate units were transferred to Jiaxing Air Station, the 1st Battalion was transferred to the 10th Brigade, the 2nd Battalion (owed to the 5th Company) was transferred to the Changzhou Military Subdistrict, the 3rd Battalion (owed to the 7th Company) was transferred to the Special Service Regiment of the Military Region, and the 4th Battalion was transferred to the Songjiang Military Subdistrict. On June 2, the Teaching Brigade was abolished, and most of the brigade headquarters and direct subordinate units were added to the organs and direct subordinate units of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. The teaching regiment under the jurisdiction of the brigade is directly under the leadership of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region.

86th Infantry Division

It was officially established on August 1, 1951. Political Commissar Cheng Glory. He had jurisdiction over the 256th, 257th and 258th Infantry Regiments. Divisional organs and directly subordinate units are composed of one personnel each from each military subdistrict, the land reform brigade of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region, and the Logistics Department of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. The 256th Infantry Regiment was formed on the basis of 2 battalions led by the 1st Regimental Headquarters of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region, the 257th Infantry Regiment was formed on the basis of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions led by the 2nd Regimental Headquarters of the 2nd Regiment of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region, and the 258th Infantry Regiment was formed on the basis of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 3rd Regiment of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region and the 1st Company of the Guard Battalion of the Military Region. In May 1952, the 86th Infantry Division was merged with the 96th Infantry Division of the Fujian Military Region and reorganized into the 7th Railway Engineering Division (the 3 regiments of the 85th Division were combined into the 21st Regiment of the 7th Division), which went to the Yak-style Tuli River area of Xing'anling in Inner Mongolia and was transferred to the Railway Corps of the Central Military Commission.

1st Special Agent Regiment

It was originally under the establishment of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region. In April 1949, it was assigned to the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. In October 1950, the 1st Regiment of Secret Agents was reorganized into the Wuxi Municipal Public Security Force, and the rest was allocated to the logistics and guard detachments of various military sub-districts and military regions.

2nd Special Agent Regiment

It was originally under the establishment of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region. In November 1948, the 9th Military Sub-district formed the 7th Regiment on the basis of the Rudong Guard Regiment. In December, it was promoted to the 2nd Regiment of Special Agents of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region. In April of the following year, it was transferred to the southern Jiangsu Military Region. In May, the 2nd Secret Service Regiment was disbanded. The troops were transferred to the Songjiang Military Sub-district to form the armed forces of various counties and districts.

Teaching Corps

In March 1949, a section was set aside from the Teaching Regiment of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region to form the Teaching Regiment of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. In April, it was transferred to the southern Jiangsu Military Region. In June, it was assigned to the leadership of the Teaching Brigade of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. It has jurisdiction over 4 brigades: 3 squadrons of the 1st Brigade are Yu Units, 7 squadrons of the 2nd and 3rd Brigades train new recruits, and the 4th Brigade is reorganized from the former Changzhou Military Sub-district Teaching Team. In June 1950, the Teaching Brigade was abolished. The teaching regiment is directly under the leadership of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. In March 1951, the teaching regiment was reorganized into a battalion school of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. At the beginning of 1952, it was re-established as the Teaching Regiment of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region. In early June, it was reorganized into the Cultural Remedial School of the Southern Jiangsu Military Region and accepted the remaining cadres. In November, the Cultural Remedial School and the Cultural Accelerated Primary School of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region were merged into the Jiangsu Military Region Cultural Accelerated Middle School and the Accelerated Primary School.