194165438+1October 20th, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) issued an order to rebuild the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army. He was ordered to rebuild the headquarters of the New Fourth Army on the basis of the Central China General Command. Chen Yi was appointed as the acting commander of the New Fourth Army, political commissar, deputy commander Zhang, chief of staff Lai Chuanzhu and director of the political department Deng Zihui.

According to the order of the central government, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, which are active in the south of Longhai Road, will be unified and reorganized into seven divisions, 1 independent brigade: Su Yu, commander of the first division, Zhang (concurrently), Zhang, Huang Kecheng, commander and political commissar of the third division, Peng Xuefeng, Li Xiannian, Tan Zhenlin and Zhang Dingcheng, and political commissar of the seventh division. The Eighth Route Army taught the Fifth Brigade to be reorganized into an independent brigade.