TheSecond Field Army (第二野战军), initially known as theCentral Plains Field Army (中原野战军) or theLiu-Deng Army, was a majormilitary formation of theChinese Communist Party during the last stages of theChinese Civil War.
The Second Field Army took control ofPLA troops in central China, withLiu Bocheng as commander andDeng Xiaoping as commissar.[1] It comprised three armies: the 3rd Army (10th,11th Corps, and12th Corps) 4th Army (13th, 14th, and15th Corps), and 5th Army (16th,17th Corps and 18th Corps), plus a special technical column, and totalled 128,000 men. After 1949, the Second Field Army was stationed insouthwest China and controlled five provinces -Yunnan,Guizhou,Sichuan,Xikang, andTibet.
The 15th Army ("Corps") was transferred to the Second Field Army in 1950.[2]
| Field Armies -野战军 (1949–50) | |
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| Army Groups -兵团 (1948–55) | |
| Corps -军 (1948–52) Infantry Corps -步兵军 (1952–60) Army Corps -陆军军 (1960-85) |
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| Group armies -陆军集团军 (1985–2017) | |
| Group Armies -陆军集团军 (2017–) | |
| Air Force Corps -空军军 (1957-) | |
| Air Defense Force Corps -防空军军 (1955-57) | |
| Railway Corps -铁道兵军 (1956-58) | |
