1 9 4 5 ). ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁post - war ▁re organ ization , ▁the ▁New ▁Four th ▁Army ▁was ▁merged ▁into ▁the ▁East ▁China ▁Field ▁Army ▁and , ▁later , ▁the ▁Third ▁Field ▁Army . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 , ▁P eng ▁served ▁as ▁deput y ▁political ▁comm iss ar ▁for ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁Division , ▁under ▁R ao ▁Sh ush i . ▁ ▁Post - 1 9 4 9 ▁P eng ▁Ch ong ▁emer ged ▁from ▁the ▁civil ▁war ▁as ▁provincial ▁government ▁deput y ▁secretary ▁general , ▁and ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁F uj ian ▁Province ▁C CP ▁United ▁Front ▁Department ▁( U FD ), ▁and ▁deput y ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁East ▁China ’ s ▁Bureau ▁U FD . ▁The ▁latter ▁work ▁put ▁him ▁in ▁close ▁contact ▁with ▁over se as ▁Chinese ▁groups , ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁and ▁Taiwan ese ▁communities ▁outside ▁Taiwan . ▁P eng ’ s ▁work ▁in ▁F uj ian ▁put ▁him ▁in ▁close ▁contact ▁with ▁future ▁leaders ▁such ▁as ▁Ye ▁Fe i , ▁F ang ▁Y i ▁and ▁X u ▁J iat un . ▁ ▁After ▁working ▁in ▁F uj ian ▁reconst ruction ▁for ▁several ▁years , ▁P eng ▁served ▁briefly ▁in ▁the ▁party ’ s ▁East ▁China ▁Bureau ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁and ▁then ▁was ▁named ▁Mayor ▁and ▁C CP ▁Deput y ▁Secretary ▁of ▁Nan j ing , ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁he ▁took ▁over