78th Group Army
78th Group Army | |
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Đệ thất thập bát tập đoàn quân | |
Active | 1949–present |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party |
Branch | People's Liberation Army Ground Force |
Type | Group army |
Part of | Northern Theater Command |
Garrison/HQ | Harbin,Heilongjiang |
Engagements | World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Major General Zhang Fan |
Political Commissar | Major General Zhang Xiao |
Notable commanders | Yang Dezhi Yang Yong Su Zhenhua |
Insignia | |
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The78th Group Army(Chinese:Đệ thất thập bát tập đoàn quân;pinyin:Dì Qīshíbā Jítuánjūn),Unit31669, formerly the16th Group Army,is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 78th Group Army is one of thirteen totalgroup armiesof the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in thePeople's Republic of China,and one of three assigned to the nation'sNorthern Theater Command.[1]
History
[edit]The origins of this army go back toNanchang Uprising.After People's Republic of China was established, it belonged to the 62nd Group Army for a while.
On February 19, 1949, column 1 of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region in Henan Shenqiu area became the 16th Army of the People's Liberation Army, was placed under the 5th Corps of the PLASecond Field Army.Yin Xianbing( doãn tiên bỉnh ) was appointed army commander.
Organization
[edit]It was composed of the69th,46th,48th,[2]and 4th Armored Divisions, the 68th brigade and an artillery brigade.
In 2006 the formation consisted of the:
- Headquarters, Changchun, Jilin
- 46th Motorized Infantry Division, Changchun, Jilin
- 48th Motorized Infantry Brigade, Tonghua, Jilin
- 4th Armored Division, Meihekou, Jilin
- Artillery Brigade, Yantian, Jilin
- AA Brigade, Changchun, Jilin
(Source Blasko 2006, 76)
In 2013, the formation consisted of the:
- Headquarters, Changchun, Jilin
- 46th Motorized Infantry Division(theRed Army Division), Changchun, Jilin
- 69th Motorized Infantry Division,Harbin,Heilongjiang
- 48th Motorized Infantry Brigade,Tonghua, Jilin
- 68th Motorized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China),Qiqihar,Heilongjiang
- 4th Armored Division,Meihekou, Jilin
- Artillery Brigade, Yanbian, Jilin
- AA Brigade, Changchun, Jilin
Note Blasko 2013, lists the 4th Armored Division as a division, not as a brigade.
(Source Blasko, Tradition and Transformation of the PLA, 2013, 89)
In 2017, the formation consisted of the:
- Headquarters, Harbin, Heilongjiang[3][4]
- 8th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade(Trọng hình hợp thành đệ 8 lữ)
- 48th Light Combined Arms Brigade (Khinh hình hợp thành đệ 48 lữ)
- 68th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade (Trọng hình hợp thành đệ 68 lữ)
- 115th Medium Combined Arms Brigade(Trung hình hợp thành đệ 115 lữ)
- 202nd Heavy Combined Arms Brigade (Trọng hình hợp thành đệ 202 lữ)
- 204th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade (Trọng hình hợp thành đệ 204 lữ)
- 78th Special Operation Brigade (Đặc chiến đệ 78 lữ) (formerly the 67th Brigade)[5]
- 78th Army Aviation Brigade (Lục hàng đệ 78 lữ)
- 78th Artillery Brigade (Pháo binh đệ 78 lữ)[6][7]
- 78th Air-Defense Brigade (Phòng không đệ 78 lữ)[8]
- 78th Engineering and Chemical Defense Brigade (Công hóa đệ 78 lữ)[9]
- 78th Service Support Brigade (Cần vụ chi viện đệ 78 lữ)
Notable members
[edit]GeneralXu Caihou,former vice-chairman of theCentral Military Commission(CMC) who was detained as part of a high-profile anti-corruption campaign, was a former member of the 78th Group Army.[10]
References
[edit]- ^Burke, Edmund J. (February 4, 2019)."Coming to a (New) Theater Near You: Command, Control, and Forces"(PDF).National Defense University Press.
- ^"Trung quốc nhân dân giải phóng quân lục quân tập đoàn quân giản sử".www.163.com.March 27, 2007.
- ^"Hắc long giang đảng chính lĩnh đạo hội kiến 78 tập đoàn quân cao tằng: Tương toàn lực chi trì tập đoàn quân kiến thiết".Sohu.
- ^"Quân cải chi hậu, tân điều chỉnh tổ kiến đích 13 cá tập đoàn quân dĩ hữu 7 cá phi lộ trú địa".Bành phái tân văn. August 16, 2017.
- ^"Đệ 78 tập đoàn quân mỗ lữ: Đặc chiến bỉ võ siêu việt cực hạn cường hóa ý chí lực".Nhân dân võng. May 15, 2017.
- ^"Đổng tồn thụy sinh tiền sở tại bộ đội dĩ lệ chúc đệ 78 tập đoàn quân".Bành phái tân văn. May 25, 2017.
- ^"Vĩnh viễn hòa anh hùng tại nhất khởi".Nhân dân võng. September 29, 2015.
- ^"Na ta niên, ngã môn đích noãn nam ban trường hòa noãn tâm bài trường".Sưu hồ. May 23, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Nguyên 16 quân phó quân trường ngô á nam thiếu tương thăng nhậm 78 quân quân trường".Tài tân võng(in Chinese). May 19, 2017.
- ^Zhiyue, Bo."The Rise and Fall of Xu Caihou, China's Corrupt General".thediplomat.com.RetrievedFebruary 23,2023.