13th Group Army

People's Liberation Army 13th Group Army
Country  People's Republic of China
Branch 37th Infantry Division
149th Division
17th Armoured Brigade
Artillery Brigade
Air Defence Brigade
2nd Helicopter Regiment
Special Operations Group
Part of Chengdu Military Region
Garrison/HQ ChinaChongqing
March Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army
Engagements Long March
Second Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Sino-Indian War
Sino-Vietnamese War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Chen Geng
Xie Fuzhi
Zhou Xihan
Liu Youguang
Lin Biao

The 13th Group Army was established in 1985 after the disbandment of the 50th Army. It incorporated the 149th Division, which had been part of the 50th Army.[1]

During the Sino-Vietnamese War, the Kunming Military Region took responsibility for Chinese operations during the Battle of Lào Cai, which involved the 11th and 13th Armies from the Kunming Military Region itself, and the 14th Army from the Chengdu Military Region, totalling about 125,000 troops.[2] The three armies was followed by the reserve 149th Division of the 50th Army, as well as many support units.[3] The invasion comprised three prongs of advances: while the 11th Army was assigned to attack Phong Thổ before hooking up to Sapa and Lào Cai from the west, the 14th Army was ordered to take Mường Khương and move against Lào Cai from the east; the central thrust was undertaken by the 13th Army, targeting Lào Cai itself, as well as the township of Cam Đường to the south.[4]

Officers

Commanders

Political commissars

References

  1. ↑ 中国人民解放军陆军第13集团军
  2. ↑ O'Dowd, p. 61-62.
  3. ↑ Zhang, p. 100.
  4. ↑ O'Dowd, p. 62.
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