From 1971 to 1998, this army corps belonged to the Beijing Military Region and was based in Shanxi Province, initially in Houma and then in Datong.

[2] At the outset of the Chinese Civil War in February 1947, these two divisions became the 10th Column of the East China Field Army, with 116,000 troops, under the command of General Song Shilun.

[1] The 10th Column then covered the advance of the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Field Army into the Dabie Mountains in June and spent the fall fighting along the Longhai Railway.

[1] In April 1949, the 28th Army crossed the Yangtze River at Jiangyin and captured Taicang and Jiading in the Shanghai Campaign.

[1] The invasion of Kinmen Island ended in failure and the 28th Army lost all 9,086 troops contributed to the mission.

[4] After the outbreak of Sino-Soviet Border clashes in 1969, the 28th Army was relocated from Putian north to Houma, Shanxi in 1971.

[5] Like other PLA units trying to enforce martial law, the 28th Army's advance into the city was blocked by students and residents.

[5] The residents told the soldiers of the killings from earlier in the morning and showed blood stained shirts of victims.

[8] Chief of Staff Qiu Jinkai was demoted to the Guizhou Military District, but was re-elevated in 1993 to become the deputy commander of the 27th Army.