The military reform in the past few years has undergone a very obvious change. The five theaters replaced the seven military regions that have existed for many years. The once famous Beijing Military Region, Nanjing Military Region , Chengdu Military Region , Guangzhou Military Region , all withdraw from the historical stage and replaced by the five new theaters: Eastern Theater Command, Western Theater Command , Southern Theater Command, Northern Theater Command , and Central Theater Command .
In addition, the army's leadership organs were also established. In the past, although our army was established for a long time, the four branches of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Second Artillery were jointly established, the Navy, Air Force and Second Artillery all had their own leadership organs. On the contrary, the army had the largest number of people and the largest scale: the army, and did not establish a leadership organ. In the era of , the four headquarters of the People's Liberation Army, the relevant management functions of the army were actually exercised separately by the four headquarters, which is also a reflection of " Continental Army ".
Taking advantage of this military reform, the Army also has its own leadership organ, namely the Army Headquarters. There is no need to be the headquarters of the Military Commission to manage the army, this is a very good direction. In addition, the 18 army groups of the army were adapted into 13 and distributed in five theaters. The specific management functions are under the responsibility of the theater army. So the question is, what is the relationship between the Army Headquarters, the theater army and the army.
Army Headquarters is the leading body of the Army and is a theater-level unit that is coexisted with other branches of the Army. The leading bodies of the Army Headquarters include the Army Staff Department, the Army Political Work Department, the Army Logistics Department, the Army Equipment Department and the Army Discipline Inspection Commission. The Army Headquarters governs field forces (i.e. 13 armies), as well as Army Academy and Beijing Garrison District, Xinjiang Military Region and Tibet Military Region. It is mainly responsible for the top-level design of the entire army, not just for the army. Of course, in the army, the army group is the core main part of the army and its status is particularly important.
Army Headquarters is a newly established army leadership organization, in charge of all military units in the army sequence. The units referred to here are not only group army, but also border and coastal defense, military academies, scientific research institutes and other units, which are mainly responsible for the top-level design of the entire army. At the same time, we are focusing on building a new type of army and exploring joint combat tactics of the navy, air force and other services.
The Army Headquarters cannot directly mobilize or command the Army. They are mainly responsible for formulating the Army's military training plan, military exercise arrangements, administrative party affairs, property management, personnel management, logistics support, weapons and equipment management, etc. In other words, the Army Headquarters will not directly contact the Army, but will hand over the specific functions to the War Zone Army.
Theater Army is a deputy theater-level unit, the commander and political commissar of the theater army, and will serve as the deputy commander and deputy political commissar of the theater respectively. The theater army has the jurisdiction of the army group belonging to the theater, and it can also be said that the direct superior of the army is the theater army, not the army headquarters. All five theaters have 2 or 3 armies under their jurisdiction. These armies are managed and commanded by the theater army. Each theater has a theater army, which is responsible for managing the army stationed in the theater.
Theater Army is mainly responsible for training the group army well and training it into a force that can win battles. The training plan for the army group was formulated by the Army Headquarters. The theater army will also organize the army to carry out military exercises, which are also carried out under the guidance of the Army Headquarters. In a word, the Army Headquarters are responsible for decision-making and the theater Army is responsible for execution.
In a word, the management of the army's group army needs to be implemented by the theater army. However, the Army Headquarters will not deal directly with the army group, and the theater army plays a role in the middle. The Army Headquarters are the superiors of the theater army, and the theater army is the superiors of the army. There is probably such a two-layer relationship.
In fact, in addition to the superior of the Army Headquarters, the theater army also has the superior of the theater. Therefore, the theater army accepts dual leadership from the Army Headquarters and the theater headquarters. The army, naval and air forces under the theater are in charge of the theater, and the army specifically means the theater army. Usually, the theater army will train and manage the group army well to ensure that the troops can win battles at any time.After the war broke out, the troops were handed over to the theater headquarters for unified command.
In addition to the army, the navy and air force under the war zone are actually the same. They train the troops in peacetime and hand over the troops to the war zone during wartime. The war zone is uniformly responsible for the coordinated operations of the land, sea and air forces. Under normal circumstances, the theater generally does not interfere with the management of the troops by the theater army (navy, air force).
From the perspective of administrative level, the Army headquarters belongs to the main theater-level unit, the theater army belongs to the deputy theater-level unit, and the group army belongs to the main army-level unit. In short, agencies of different levels are accelerating their pace to build a new type of army at their respective levels.
