On June 29, 1948, the Xuzhou Command Headquarters of

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reorganized as General Suppression Headquarters of Xuzhou Garrison (hereinafter referred to GHQ Xuzhou Garrison). Liu Zhi headed as the commander in chief,

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, Li Yannian,

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, Sun Zhen as Deputy Commanders in Chief, and Li Su-Cheng served as the Chief of Staff. In the beginning of the Hsuchow-Bengbu Campaign, the GHQ Xuzhou Garrison commanded, with six armies and three pacification zones under its operational jurisdiction, a total of about 800,000 ground troops. Xuzhou Garrison also owned a considerable number of elements of

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s stationed in

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, and

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: either under the direct command of GHQ Xuzhou Garrison, or controlled straight through the mobilization of the Air Force Command authority. *The 2nd Army (commander:

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) *The 6th Army (commander: Li Yannian) *The 7th Army (commander:

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) *The 13th Army (commander: Li Mi, deputy commander: Chen Bing) *The 16th Army (commander:

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) *The 12th Army (commander:

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, deputy commander:

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) *First pacification zone (commander:

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, deputy commander:

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) *Third pacification zone (commander:

, deputy commander:

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) *Fourth pacification zone and The Eighth Army (commander:

, deputy commander:

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, Mi Wen-Ho, and

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) *Hsuchow Garrison Command (commander: Li Yannian) January 19, 1949, because of a devastated defeat of the nationalist forces resulted in "

-Bengbu Campaign" ( Huaihai Campaign), Suppression General Headquarters of Xuzhou Garrison was indefinitely deactivated.

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