The 6 Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers (in order of entry into the DPRK):
The 13th Corps of the Volunteers: On October 8, 1950, it was renamed from the 13th Corps of the Northeast Frontier Guard. Deng Hua served as commander and political commissar. It has jurisdiction over the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 42nd Corps and its artillery divisions 1, 2 and 8 with a total of approximately 250,000 people. On October 19, they went to the and battlefields in North Korea. They were the first group of volunteers to join the war in North Korea. On October 25, the corps leadership was reorganized into the headquarters of the Chinese People’s Volunteers, and the 13th Corps was revoked.
Northeast Frontier Defense Forces mobilization meeting.
Volunteer Army 9th Corps: In November 1950, the 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army led the 20th, 26th, and 27th Corps to participate in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and was renamed the 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers. Song Shilun and Wang Jian'an successively served as commander and political commissar. In April 1955, the 9th Corps designation was revoked.
The 3rd Corps of the Volunteer Army: In February 1951, the Central Military Commission decided to transfer 3 armies from the Southwest Military Region to form the 3rd Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers, which governed the 12th, 15th, and 60th Corps. The 3rd Corps entered North Korea on March 17 and participated in the war to resist US aggression and aid. In January 1955, the 3rd Corps withdrew from North Korea and returned to China to take over Soviet defense in the brigade area and renamed the 3rd Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In October 1959, the 3rd Corps was renamed the brigade guard area. Chen Geng, Xu Shiyou, and Zeng Shaoshan served as commanders successively, and Chen Geng (concurrently) and Du Yide successively served as political commissars.
Volunteer Army 19th Corps: In February 1951, the 19th Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army led the 63rd, 64th, and 65th Corps to participate in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and was renamed the 19th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers. Yang Dezhi, Han Xianchu, and Huang Yongsheng served as commanders successively, and Li Zhimin and Kuang Fuzhao successively served as political commissars. In March 1958, the number of the 19th Corps was cancelled when it evacuated from North Korea and returned to China.
Volunteer Army 19th Corps Commander Yang Dezhi (first from right) and political commissar Li Zhimin (first from left) commanded a forcibly crossing the Linjin River.
Volunteer Army 20th Corps: In June 1951, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s 20th Corps led the 67th and 68th Corps to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and was renamed the 20th Corps of the Chinese People’s Volunteers. Yang Chengwu, Liang Xingchu (on behalf), Zheng Weishan (on behalf), and Yang Yong served as commanders successively, and Zhang Nansheng and Wang Ping successively served as political commissars. In March 1958, the leadership of the 20th Corps withdrew from North Korea and returned to China. It was responsible for the establishment of missile test range institutions and the organization of missile tests. The Corps designation was revoked.
The 23rd Corps of the Volunteer Army: In September 1951, the 23rd Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army led the 36th and 37th Corps to North Korea, incorporated into the Chinese People's Volunteers, and performed the task of repairing the airport. Dong Qiwu served as the commander, and Gao Kelin served as the political commissar. In November of the same year, he left North Korea and returned to China. In December 1952, the 23rd Corps designation was revoked.
The Chinese People's Volunteers participated in the 27th army (in order of entry into the DPRK):
Volunteer Army 38th Army: Former 4th Field Army. Army commander Liang Xingchu and Jiang Yonghui (on behalf), political commissar Liu Xiyuan and Wu Dai (on behalf). Jurisdiction over the 112th, 113th, and 114th Divisions. On October 19, 1950, he entered North Korea in the first batch and participated in the first to fourth battles, the consolidation of the position in the spring and summer of 1952, the tactical counterattack in the fall, and the preparations for the anti-landing operations in the spring of 1953. He returned to China on July 10, 1953.
In the second battle, the 113th Division of the 38th Corps of the Volunteers pursued the US army in Longyuan.
Volunteer Army 39th Army: former 4th Field Army unit. Commanders Wu Xinquan and Zhang Yecheng (representing), political commissars Xu Binzhou, Li Xuesan, and Shi Ying (representing). Jurisdiction over the 115th Division, the 116th Division, and the 117th Division. On October 19, 1950, he entered the DPRK in the first batch, participated in the first to fifth battles, consolidated position operations in the spring and summer of 1952, and tactical counterattacks in the fall. He returned to China on May 7, 1953.
Volunteer Army 40th Army: Former 4th Field Army. Commander Wen Yucheng, political commissar Yuan Shengping. Jurisdiction over the 118th, 119th and 120th divisions. He entered North Korea on October 19, 1950 and participated in the first to fifth battles and preparations for anti-landing operations in the spring of 1953. Returned to China in July 1953. In the first battle of
, the Volunteers' 40th Corps chased and wiped out the South Korean Army in Liangshuidong, northwest of Onjeong.
Volunteer Army 42nd Army: former 4th Field Army unit. Commander Wu Ruilin, political commissar Zhou Biao, Guo Chengzhu. Jurisdiction over the 124th Division, the 125th Division, and the 126th Division. Entered the DPRK on October 19, 1950, participated in the first to fourth battles, the summer and autumn defensive battles of 1951, and the consolidation of positions in the spring and summer of 1952. He returned to China on October 30, 1952.
Volunteer Army 66th Army: former North China Military Region troops. Commander Xiao Xinhuai, political commissar Wang Zifeng. Jurisdiction over the 196th, 197th, and 198th Divisions. He entered Korea on October 25, 1950 and participated in the first to fourth battles. He returned to China on April 10, 1951.
Volunteer Army 50th Army: former 4th Field Army unit. Commander Zeng Zesheng, political commissar Xu Wenlie. Jurisdiction over the 148th Division, the 149th Division, and the 150th Division. He entered North Korea on October 26, 1950, participated in the first to fourth battles, and returned to China on April 12, 1951 to rest. In early July of the same year, he re-entered the DPRK and served as a defense and repair airport task on the west coast of North Korea. He returned to China on April 19, 1955.
Volunteer Army 20th Corps: former 3rd Field Army unit. Commander Zhang Yixiang, political commissar Zhang Yixiang (concurrently), Tan Youming. Jurisdiction over the 58th Division, 59th Division, 60th Division and 89th Division. Entered North Korea on November 7, 1950, participated in the second and fifth battles and defense of North Korea's east coast. He returned to China on October 11, 1952.
Volunteer Army 27th Army: former 3rd Field Army unit. Commander Peng Deqing, political commissar Liu Haotian and Zeng Ruqing. Jurisdiction over the 79th, 80th, 81st and 94th Divisions. The army entered North Korea on November 12, 1950, and participated in the second and fifth battles and the 1951 summer and autumn defense campaign. He returned to China on October 14, 1952.
Volunteer Army 27th Corps 80th Division surrounded and wiped out the US 7th Infantry Division 31st Regimental Combat Group.
Volunteer Army 26th Army: former 3rd Field Army unit. Commander Zhang Renchu, political commissar Li Yaowen. Jurisdiction over the 76th, 77th, 78th and 88th Divisions. He entered Korea on November 19, 1950 and participated in the second, fourth, and fifth battles and the 1951 Summer and Autumn Defense Campaign. He returned to China on June 5, 1952.
The 64th Army of the Volunteer Army: was the original 1st Field Army. Commanders Zeng Siyu and Tang Zian, political commissars Wang Zhao and Huang Wenming. Jurisdiction over the 190th, 191st, and 192nd divisions. He entered the DPRK on February 16, 1951, and participated in the Fifth Battle, the Defensive Campaign in the Summer and Autumn of 1951, and the Consolidation of Positions in the Spring and Summer of 1952. He returned to China in August 1953.
The 63rd Army of the Volunteer Army: was the original 1st Field Army. Commander Fu Chongbi, political commissar Long Daoquan. Jurisdiction over the 187th, 188th, and 189th divisions. Entered the DPRK on February 17, 1951, participated in the fifth battle and consolidated the position in the spring and summer of 1952. Returned to China in September 1953.
The 65th Army of the Volunteer Army: was the original 1st Field Army. Commander Xiao Yingtang, political commissar Wang Daobang, post commander and political commissar Wang Daobang. Jurisdiction over the 193rd, 194th and 195th Divisions. Entered the DPRK on February 22, 1951, participated in the Fifth Battle, the Defensive Campaign in the Summer and Autumn of 1951, the Consolidation of Position Operations in the Spring and Summer of 1952, and the tactical counterattack in the fall. He returned to China in October 1953.
Volunteer Army 60th Corps: former 2nd Field Army unit. Commander Wei Jie and Zhang Zuliang, political commissar Yuan Ziqin. Jurisdiction over the 179th division, the 180th division, and the 181st division. Entered the DPRK on March 17, 1951, participated in the Fifth Battle, the 1953 Summer Counterattack and the Z1z Jincheng Battle . Returned to China in September 1953.
Volunteer Army 12th Corps: former 2nd Field Army unit. Commander Zeng Shaoshan, political commissar Li Zhen. Jurisdiction over the 31st Division, the 34th Division, and the 35th Division. Entered the DPRK on March 21, 1951, participated in the Fifth Battle, Summer and Autumn of 1951Defensive tactics, consolidating positions in the spring and summer of 1952 and counterattack in the fall of tactics and preparations for the Shangganling campaign and in the spring of 1953. He returned to China on April 25, 1954.
The 15th Army of the Volunteer Army: was the original 2nd Field Army. Commander Qin Jiwei, Li Chengfang (generation), political commissar Gu Jingsheng. Jurisdiction over the 29th Division, the 44th Division, and the 45th Division. Entered the DPRK on March 25, 1951, participated in the fifth battle, the spring and summer of 1952 to consolidate the position, the autumn tactical counterattack and the Shangganling battle, the spring of 1953 anti-landing operations preparations. Returned to China in May 1954.
The 15th Army Commander Qin Jiwei (second from left) and the 15th Army Chief of Staff Zhang Yunyu (third from left) studied combat plans at the military command post of the Battle of Shangganling.
Volunteer Army 47th Corps: former 4th Field Army unit. Commanders Cao Lihuai and Zhang Tianyun, political commissars Li Renlin, Liu Xianquan, and Chen Fahong (on behalf). Jurisdiction over the 139th, 140th, and 141st divisions. Entered the DPRK on April 11, 1951, and participated in the 1951 summer and autumn defense campaign and the spring of 1953 Shangpu defense against Dongshan. He returned to China on September 24, 1954.
The 67th Army of the Volunteers: The 67th Army of the original North China Military Region. Commanders Li Xiang and Qiu Wei, political commissar Kuang Fuzhao. Jurisdiction over the 199th Division, the 200th Division, and the 201st Division. He entered the DPRK on June 21, 1951, and participated in the 1951 Summer and Autumn Defense Campaign, the 1953 Summer Counterattack Campaign and the Jincheng Campaign. He returned to China on September 29, 1954.
Volunteer Army 68th Army: former North China Military Region troops. Commander Chen Fangren, political commissar Li Chengrui. Jurisdiction over the 202nd Division, the 203th Division, and the 204th Division. He entered the DPRK on June 24, 1951, and participated in the 1951 summer and autumn defensive campaigns, the spring and summer of 1952 to consolidate positions and fall tactical counterattacks, the 1953 summer counterattacks and the Jincheng campaign. He returned to China on April 9, 1955.
Volunteer Army 36th Army: former North China Military Region troops. Commander Wang Jianye (on behalf), political commissar Kang Jianmin. Jurisdiction over the 106th Division and the 107th Division. Entered the DPRK on September 7, 1951, and was mainly responsible for the emergency repair, maintenance and security tasks of the airport. Returned to China on November 30, 1951.
Volunteer Army 37th Corps: former North China Military Region troops. Commander Zhang Shizhen, political commissar Shui Rong. Jurisdiction over the 109th and 110th Divisions. Entered the DPRK on September 7, 1951, and was mainly responsible for the emergency repair, maintenance and security tasks of the airport. Returned to China on November 30, 1951.
The 23rd Army of the Volunteer Army: was originally the 3rd Field Army. Commanders Zhong Guochu and Wu Ruishan, political commissars Lu Sheng and Xie Fulin. Jurisdiction over the 67th Division, the 69th Division, and the 73rd Division. He entered North Korea on September 5, 1952 and participated in the summer counterattack in 1953. Returned to China in March 1958.
Volunteer Army 24th Army: former 3rd Field Army unit. Commander and political commissar Pi Dingjun and Zhang Zhen (on behalf). Jurisdiction over the 70th Division, the 72nd Division, and the 74th Division. He entered North Korea on September 12, 1952, and participated in the 1953 Summer Counterattack and the Battle of Jincheng. He returned to China in October 1955.
Volunteer Army 46th Corps: original 4th Field Army unit. Commander Xiao Quanfu, political commissar Wu Baoshan. Jurisdiction over the 133th, 136th, and 137th divisions. He entered North Korea on September 15, 1952 and participated in the summer counterattack in 1953. He returned to China in October 1955.
Volunteer Army 16th Corps: former 2nd Field Army unit. Commanders Yin Xianbing and Pan Yan, political commissars Chen Yunkai and Dai Runsheng. Jurisdiction over the 32nd, 46th and 47th Divisions. He entered North Korea on December 28, 1952 and participated in the preparations for the anti-landing operations in the spring of 1953 and the counterattack in the summer. Returned to China in April 1958.
In June 1953, the main force of the 16th Corps of the Volunteer Army organized Butan and marched towards the 38th parallel defense area.
Volunteer Army 1st Army: former 1st Field Army unit. Commanders Huang Xinting and Tang Jinlong, political commissars Liang Renjie and Yan Jinsheng. Jurisdiction over the first division, the second division, and the seventh division. He entered North Korea on January 22, 1953 and participated in the summer counterattack in 1953. He returned to China in October 1958.
Volunteer Army 54th Army: former 4th Field Army unit. Commander Ding Sheng, political commissars Xie Ming and Xie Jiaxiang. Jurisdiction of the 130th Division, the 134th Division, and the 1st35 divisions. He entered North Korea on February 2, 1953, and participated in the preparations for the spring anti-landing operations in 1953, the summer counterattack and the Jincheng battle. Returned to China in July 1958.
Volunteer Army 21st Army: former 3rd Field Army unit. Commanders Wu Yongxiang and Xie Zhenhua, political commissars Xie Fulin and Wu Rongfeng. Jurisdiction over the 61st Division, 62nd Division, and 63rd Division. He entered North Korea on March 14, 1953, and participated in the preparations for the anti-landing operations in the spring of 1953, the summer counterattack and the Battle of Jincheng. Returned to China in July 1958.
Other services and special forces units:
Volunteer Army Air Force: On December 21, 1950, 1 group of the Volunteer Army Air Force, the first group stationed in the forward base. In March 1951, the Volunteer Air Force Command was established, with Liu Zhen as its commander (later by Nie Fengzhi). At the same time, based on the Volunteer Air Force Command, the Sino-Korean Air Force Joint Command was formed. In July, the Volunteer Air Force bomber command post and attack aircraft command post were formed. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Air Force had 10 fighter divisions (4th, 3rd, 2nd, 14th, 6th, 15th, 17th, 12th, 18th, 16th divisions, 21 regiments in total), Two bomber divisions (the 8th and 10th divisions) fought in action, and more than 26,000 sorties were dispatched.
Volunteer Artillery: consists of two parts: reserve artillery and team artillery. The artillery command organization was called the Artillery Command when it entered the DPRK, Wan Yi was the commander (not yet in office), and Qiu Chuangcheng was the political commissar. On January 18, 1951, it was renamed the Artillery Command Post and Kuang Yumin served as the director. In April 1953, the commander of the Gao Cun Trust Artillery Command Post, Liu He served as a political commissar. Before the Korean armistice in July 1953, the reserve artillery had 10 divisions (the first, second, third, seventh, and eighth artillery divisions, the 21st and 22nd rocket artillery divisions, and the 31st and 32nd anti-tank artillery divisions. , 33rd Division) a total of 46 regiments, a total of more than 14,900 guns of various types.
Volunteer Artillery Position.
Volunteer Anti-aircraft Artillery: The anti-aircraft artillery command post was established in December 1951, with Wu Changchi as its commander. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Anti-aircraft Artillery units participated in the battle successively including 5 field anti-aircraft artillery divisions (61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, and 65th divisions), 64 independent battalions, 21 regiments and 10 urban anti-aircraft artillery units. Independent Battalion, 5 Searchlight Battalions, 2 Air Surveillance Groups, 1 Radar Battalion.
Volunteer anti-aircraft artillery positions.
Volunteer Armored Forces: began to enter the DPRK in March 1951, and successively formed the Volunteer Armored Force Command Post with the 1st Tank Division and the 3rd Tank Division. The directors were Huang Huxian and Zhao Jie. In January 1953, the Volunteer Army Panzer Corps Command Post was renamed the Panzer Corps No. 1 Command Post, which was responsible for commanding the armored forces fighting on the front battlefield. At the same time, the second command post of the armored force was formed, which was responsible for the anti-landing combat mission on the west coast of North Korea. In the spring of 1953, the Volunteer Armored Corps fighting in Korea consisted of 2 tank divisions, 1 tank regiment, 1 artillery regiment, 2 independent tank regiments, and 4 divisional tank self-propelled artillery regiments.
The Volunteer Army tank unit took an oath before the attack.
Volunteer Army Engineers: is divided into independent engineer units and team-owned engineer units. When the Volunteer Army entered the Korean Empire in October 1950, there was only one regiment of the independent engineering unit, and there were very few engineering units. On October 31, a volunteer army engineer command post was formed, with Chen Zhengfeng as the director. In July 1952, the engineer command post was changed to the engineer command, and Tan Shanhe served as commander and political commissar. By the end of the war, the independent engineering unit increased to 15 regiments and 2 battalions, and was equipped with construction machinery and standard pontoon bridge equipment.
In the anti-strangulation battle, the volunteer army engineering units actively repaired roads and bridges.
Volunteer Railway Soldiers: On November 5, 1950, the 1st Division of the first batch of railway troops entered the DPRK to take on the task of repairing the Manpu (Manpu-Xipu) railway in northern North Korea and the Yalu River Bridge. In February 1951, the Volunteer Army Railway Emergency Repair Command Post was formed, with Li Shouxuan as the director. In August, the China-North Korea Joint Railway Transport Command was established. He Jinnian concurrently served as commander and Zhang Mingyuan concurrently served as political commissar. During the war, the Volunteer Railway Corps consisted of 4 divisions, 1 directly affiliated bridge regiment, 1 directly affiliated independent regiment, and 6 railway engineers.110,000 people entered the DPRK to perform rush repairs and rush construction tasks.
The Volunteer Railway Corps rushed to repair the railway.
Volunteer Army Logistics Force: is the unified organization of the Volunteer Army's logistics supply. In June 1951, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army Rear Service Command was established to manage all logistics organizations and facilities in North Korea, organize and command the volunteer army's supply, transportation, sanitation and rear air defense For matters such as security, security, and order maintenance, the deputy commander of the Volunteer Army Hong Xuezhi concurrently served as the commander, and Zhou Chunquan served as the political commissar. By October 1951, the Volunteer Army’s rear service force had grown to 6 branches, 28 major stations, 4 guard regiments, 9 battalions, 13 automobile regiments, 27 baggage transport stretcher regiments, 3 highway engineering groups, 39 There are a military station hospital, 4 artillery battalions, 3 communication battalions, and 8 transportation battalions, with a total of more than 140,000 people (excluding logistics personnel below the military). It is also accompanied by a public security division, an infantry division, 6 engineer regiments, and 8 artillery battalions, including approximately 80,000 people.
Volunteer army logistics transport unit truck.
Volunteer Army Public Security Forces: entered the Korean War in October 1950. The first batch of troops to enter North Korea was the 54th Regiment of the 18th Division of the Public Security, which was assigned to the logistics department of the Volunteer Army, and was responsible for the guarding of rear depots and warehouses, as well as the escort, loading and unloading of combat materials. During the war, the public security forces had a total of 2 divisions, 13 regiments, and several units that entered the North Korean war. They successfully completed air surveillance, traffic maintenance, rear security, guarding prisoners and guards, suppressing bandits, shoals, shelter, and picketing.
Volunteer Naval Forces: In January and February of 1953, the Navy sent two hydrographic survey teams and one naval radar station to North Korea. In March, the navy leadership sent 36 commanders to North Korea to set up the naval operations office of the Volunteer Army West Coast Command, which was later changed to a naval command post, with Zhang Xuesi, deputy chief of staff of the Navy, as the commander. At the same time, the navy deployed 2 coastal artillery companies and 1 mine-laying team to prepare for anti-landing operations on the west coast of North Korea. In addition, a pre-programmed speedboat brigade and a maritime patrol boat brigade are on standby in Qingdao. At the beginning of the establishment of the People’s Navy, the coastal defense forces were still using Japanese-made artillery.
