Shenyang Military Region
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Hanyu Pinyin | Shěnyáng Jūnqū |
The
The Shenyang Military Region was left with unchanged boundaries since the late 1960s. It is bordered internally by the Beijing Military Region to the west. Externally, it is bordered by North Korea to the south east and the Russian Far East to the north.
Prior to the Cultural Revolution, military region commanders tended to remain in post for long periods. As the PLA took a stronger role in politics, this began to be seen as something of a threat to party (or, at least, civilian) control of the military. Two commanders served for long periods in the Shenyang MR, Chen Xilian, from 1959 to 1973, and Li Desheng from 1974 to 1985.
As of 15 March 1967, the
The Shenyang Region adjoins the Russian
Air and ground forces
The International Institute for Strategic Studies listed the formation in 2006 with an estimated 250,000 personnel, three group armies, and two armoured, one mechanised, four motorised, and one artillery division.[3] It also lists two armoured, five motorised, three artillery, four anti-aircraft and one anti-tank brigades as part of the region.
Known formations and units in 2006 included the
Two units directly subordinate to the MR headquarters were the 68th Motorized Infantry Brigade, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang (from 23rd Group Army), and the 69th Motorized Infantry Division, Harbin, Heilongjiang (from 23rd Group Army).[5]
The Shenyang Military Region Air Force was created in 1955, and the Shenyang MR Air Defence Force was merged into it in 1957. The 1st Air Corps and the Dalian Base (formerly the 3rd Air Corps) were both active within the region in 2001–02. active in the region as of November 2010 (p. 234). Scramble.nl writes that 30 September 1992 22nd Division merged with 11th Division, and in 1998 39th Fighter Division was merged into 21st Fighter Division.
List of commanders
- Deng Hua
- Chen Xilian
- Li Desheng
- Liu Jingsong
- Wang Ke
- Li Xinliang
- Liang Guanglie, 1997−99
- Qian Guoliang, 1999−2004
- Chang Wanquan, 2004−07
- Zhang Youxia, 2007−12
- Wang Jiaocheng, 2012−2016 (when the Shenyang Military Region was disestablished and absorbed into the Northern Theater Command)
Nickname
Organizations affiliated with the Shenyang Military Region often used the nickname "forward" (Chinese: 前进; pinyin: qiánjìn; lit. 'front advance'), including the Forward Performance Troupe (Chinese: 前进文工团) and the Forward Newspaper (Chinese: 前进报).
References
Citations
- ^ Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Estimate No. 13-3-67 Communist China's Military Policy and its General Purpose and Air Defense Forces, 6 April 1967 Archived 28 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, page 28 of 34
- IISSMilitary Balance 2007
- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance 2006, p.266.
- ^ Blasko, 2006, 75-76
- ^ Blasko, 2006, 76
- ^ Appendix G, "Origins of PLAAF MRAFs, Air Corps, Command Posts, Bases, Air Divisions, and Independent Regiments," Ken Allen, Chapter 9, "PLA Air Force Organization", The PLA as Organization, ed. James C. Mulvenon and Andrew N.D. Yang (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002), 443, and Defense Intelligence Agency/Ken Allen, People's Republic of China People's Liberation Army Air Force (May 1991, DIC-1300-445-91).
Sources
- Chapter 8, PLA Ground Forces, by Dennis J Blasko, in The People's Liberation Army as Organisation, RAND, CF182.
- Blasko, Dennis J. (2006). The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century. London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-77002-5.