In the combat history of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, there is a heroic division that was as famous as the four major field armies. Together with the four major field armies, it constitutes the five main field forces of our army.This heroic division is the only strategic mobile unit of our army directly under the leadership of the Central Military Commission-the North China Military Region Field Army. The field army of the North China Military Region was reorganized from the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Jinchaji Military Region and a part of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region's troops during the Anti-Japanese War.In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, according to the agreement between the KMT and the Communist Party, the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army was ordered to be reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, with three divisions under its jurisdiction, the 115th, 120th, and 129th divisions. world.

With the development of the Anti-Japanese War situation, the Kuomintang suffered a major defeat on the frontal battlefield, the Japanese army marched straight in, and a large number of vacuums appeared in the areas occupied by the Japanese and puppet enemies.In order to attack the enemy's rear and develop and strengthen himself, Mao Zedong took a long-term view and ordered the Eighth Route Army to go deep into the enemy-occupied areas and extensively open up the battlefield behind the enemy.The 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army was divided into two groups, one of which, led by Nie Rongzhen, the political commissar of the division, advanced into Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province. Based on this, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Area was established. tough contest.

During the eight-year war of resistance, Nie Rongzhen commanded the army and civilians of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and was active in the vast battlefield behind enemy lines. On the battlefield of a hundred regiments, Huangtuling wiped out more than a thousand Japanese troops, and killed Lieutenant General Kihide Abe, the "Flower of a Famous General".In military history, they have left a string of brilliant records.They not only eliminated the enemy, but also developed and strengthened themselves.The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Area was praised as a "model base area" by Mao Zedong and the Central Military Commission.The more far-reaching impact is that the unprecedented development of the anti-Japanese armed forces of the Jinchaji Military Region has laid a solid foundation for the development of the field troops of the North China Military Region.The iron armies of the 19th and 20th Corps, which will dominate the North China battlefield in the future, are the historical extension of the Jinchaji Anti-Japanese Armed Forces.From the Red Front Army to the 115th Division, from the 115th Division to the Jinchaji Military Region, and from the Jinchaji Military Region to the North China Military Region, different historical stages have given this main division different historical missions.The difficult and tortuous history of development and growth constitutes a microcosm of the development history of our army.

A main force, a heroic predecessor, this is the characteristic of our army's main force. Every main force has a series of brilliant victories, which is also a characteristic of the main force. In the North China Military Region, there is another important branch, which is the first part of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region under the command of the 129th Division of Liu Deng.During the Anti-Japanese War, the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region followed the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army to defend the Taihang Mountains, supported each other and actively coordinated with the Jinchaji Military Region, and successfully completed the strategic tasks assigned by the Central Military Commission.Looking through the battle history of the predecessors of the 18th Corps, the victorious record of that string of doormen is also amazing.Many famous generals of our army have also left their marks in this heroic army.During the War of Liberation, the Eighteenth Corps conquered Taiyuan, fought in Pingjin, conquered the Northwest, conquered the Southwest, and made a splash on the Korean battlefield. They were invincible and invincible all the way.

They are also the backbone of the field army of the North China Military Region. They are also the trump cards of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From the beginning of the War of Liberation until the regular reorganization of the whole army in 1949, although the designation and organization of the field army of the North China Military Region were adjusted and changed several times, even dazzling, the basic strength of the army was basically the same. Only the form changes.Hopefully this limited text will allow the reader to understand the ins and outs of this heroic army. Times create heroes.War is a life-and-death contest between people. In this sense, any heroic army will inevitably suffer.But war is also fertile ground for heroes, and exhilarating achievement follows hardship.

During the three-year liberation war, the field army of the North China Military Region, like our brother troops, also experienced various twists and turns, bloodshed and sacrifices, but more often than not, they overcame the difficulties, walked over with their heads held high, and finally grew stronger.During the three-year liberation war, the unit achieved a brilliant victory of annihilating more than 1,013,000 enemies at the cost of nearly 240,000 casualties.By the time the entire army was reorganized in February 1949, the field army of the North China Military Region had more than 272,000 members, governing three field corps and eleven armies.In addition, there are 210,000 local troops in the military region, which can be described as strong and strong, and it is a mobile force that undertakes important strategic tasks.

This heroic force is also a force full of talents.Nie Rongzhen, Xu Xiangqian, Luo Ruiqing, Xiao Ke, Yang Dezhi, Yang Yong, Yang Chengwu, Geng Biao, Hu Yaobang... All the famous generals who are famous at home and abroad come from this heroic army. This army of heroes is also an army of heroes.In just three years of the Liberation War, thousands of advanced individuals like "Super Hero Li Guoying, who won the title of Battle Hero eight times in a row", and "Fan Baoku, a battle hero who has won many battles" emerged in the army.What is even more striking is that famous hero groups such as the "Linfen Brigade" and "Taiyuan Company" also came from this unit.They are the soul of the army and the backbone of the army's combat effectiveness.

When we followed the footsteps of this heroic army and stepped into the flames of the War of Liberation and the Korean battlefield, we could see the flesh and blood and heroic troops one by one. Looking back on history is not only looking back at the past, but also looking forward to the future. It is necessary for the world to fully understand the special heroic troops produced in this special historical period.