How many troops of the People's Liberation Army participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea?

As we all know, there are 27 corps in the Volunteer Army. They are: 1st Army, 12th Army, 15th Army, 16th Army, 20th Army, 21st Army, 23rd Army, 24th Army, 26th Army, 27th Army, 36th Army, 37th Army, 38th Army, 39th Army, 40th Army, 42nd Army , 46th Army, 47th Army, 50th Army, 54th Army, 60th Army, 63rd Army, 64th Army, 65th Army, 66th Army, 67th Army, 68th Army.

And The People's Liberation Army has a total of 70 armies in the history. This article discusses a question that has never been sorted out. How many armies have participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea?

This article is mainly to sort out the situation of the PLA field army entering North Korea and participating in the war. The military area troops, arms, and logistics units are not included in the statistics. Personal ability is limited, statistics may not be perfect, keep this article for people who need it to inquire. And the purpose of my collation of this article, from the left in the front row of the previous article

: Li Zhimin, Peng Dehuai, Zhou Chunquan, Hong Xuezhi

1. Span3span Northwest Military Region and First Field Army

1 Army was in 1953 In January, it was renamed the 1st Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers to enter the Korean War. At this time, the 1st Army was actually a national defense heavy armored army adapted from the original 1st Army and 3rd Army. The 1st Army, 1st Division and 3rd Division were combined into 1 Division, and the 1st Army, 2nd Division and 3rd Army and 8th Division were combined into 2nd Division. , The 7th Division of the 3rd Army and the 9th Division were combined into the 7th Division. In fact, both the 1st Army and the 3rd Army of the People's Liberation Army participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. It is worth mentioning that before the 3rd Army merged with the 1st Army, in November 1950, the temporary 1st Regiment was formed with 2427 people, with the 26th Regiment Commander Yang Ping as its head and the 19th Regiment Deputy Commander Shen Weifan as the deputy commander. In late December, he entered North Korea to participate in the war.

In addition to the 1st Army, the situation of the Northwest Military Region and the other units of the First Field Army is as follows:

The 2nd Army was ordered to liberate Xinjiang, and then took on the task of border defense and suppression of bandits, and failed to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

In March 1951, the 4th Army drew 1 battalion from each of its subordinate divisions to form a temporary regiment to participate in the war in North Korea, and was dispersed and added to the Volunteer Army.

The 5th Army was originally Xinjiang’s National Army,It was reorganized into the People's Liberation Army in January 1950, and did not enter the Korean War.

The 6th Army, like the 2nd Army, also marched into Xinjiang, taking on the tasks of defending the frontiers and suppressing bandits, and did not enter the DPRK to participate in the war.

Volunteer Anti-aircraft Artillery

7th Corps, before the 19th Corps entered the court, 3648 people were transferred to the Corps. Later, its 19th Division was reorganized into the 5th Division of the Span3span Railway Corps in 1952, and entered the Korean War in January 1953. The 20th Division was reorganized into the 7th Artillery Training Base in November 1950, and in August 1952 it was reorganized as the antiaircraft artillery 65th Division to join the war in North Korea. The 21st Division was reorganized into the 4th Artillery Training Base in October 1950. In the same month, the 31st Artillery Division was formed with a part of this division. In March 1951, it entered the Korean War. In January 1951, based on the 62nd Regiment of the division, the 32nd Artillery Division and Artillery 405 and 406 Regiments were formed. On May 20, 1951, the 405 and 406 Regiments entered the DPRK and were assigned to the 9th Regiment. In addition, in February 1951, the 58th and 60th Regiments of the 20th Division and Qingdao Liuting Base were combined into the 16th Air Division. In January 1953, it entered the Korean War. It can be seen that all the 7 Army troops participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

The 8th Army, as early as May 29, 1949, the establishment has been revoked. However, its 22nd Division entered the DPRK in November 1951 to supplement the 20th Corps. Some of the staff of the 22nd Division and its 65th Regiment totaled more than 1,800 people into the 68th Corps. They were added to the 202nd Division, the 606th Regiment and the 204th Division, the 612th Regiment; some cadres, some companies and the 64th Division of the 22nd Division. Regiment replenishes the 201st Division of the 67th Corps; some cadres, some companies, and the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 66th Regiment replenish the 200th Division of the 67th Corps; some cadres of the division and regiments, some companies and the 2nd Battalion and Division of the 66th Regiment The teaching team and guard battalion were added to the 199th Division of the 67th Army; the rest were added to the 67th Army straight.

The 9th Army was also adapted from the Xinjiang Kuomintang uprising troops and did not enter the Korean war.

In addition, there are three independent armies in the Northwest Military Region, all of which are the Kuomintang uprising units. As described in the previous article, the 1st Independent Army was reorganized into the 33rd Artillery Division to join the war in North Korea.

Peng Dehuai’s First Field Army was responsible for entering Tibet and defending the frontier.Not many troops participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. A total of 6 armies entered the Korean war.

Second, Southwest Military Region and Second Field Army

Right 1 Deng Hua, Right 2 Chen Geng, Right 3 Peng Dehuai, Right 5 Gan Siqi, Right 7 Wang Zhengzhu

10 Army, incorporated into its 29 divisions The 15th Army of the Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River on March 25, 1951. After the 29th Division was transferred to the 15th Army, the 10th Army received an order on February 11, 1951 to be transferred to the 184th Division of the 62nd Army, ready to enter the Korean War. Later, due to changes in circumstances, the 10th Army was left to serve as the frontline defense of Tanggu to Jinzhou . In July 1951, 2 platoons were drawn from each department and each company to form 3 supplementary regiments, with a total of 5,400 people. Lu Yanshan served as the division commander, Shi Zicai served as the political commissar, led the troops into the DPRK, and supplemented the 3rd Corps and the 19th Corps. .

The situation of the 11th Army is similar to that of the 10th Army. Its 31st Division is incorporated into the 12th Army of the Volunteer Army. In addition to the 31st Division, the 11th Army also mobilized 2 rows of more than 3,600 people from each company to supplement the 12th Army. The 182 division of the 61st Army was replenished, and before the 10th Army left Sichuan, it rushed to North China to prepare for the war in North Korea. Later, due to changes in circumstances, he did not enter the DPRK, but formed a temporary 19th regiment with 7,376 people to supplement the 12th Volunteer Army. In October 1952, the headquarters of the 11th Army was reorganized into the headquarters of the 5th Army. Its 32 division was incorporated into the Volunteer Army and the 16th Army entered the Korean war, and the 33rd division entered the Korean war as an independent division. It can be said that all members of the 11th Army participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

Needless to say, the 12th Army is a participating unit of the 3rd Corps of the Volunteer Army. Among the 36 divisions that remained in Sichuan, the 106 regiment was renamed the 102 regiment and incorporated into the 34 division to participate in the war. Later, the 108 regiment was transferred to the 33 division and followed the 33 division to participate in the war.

Huang Jiguang is a fighter of the 9th Division from Sichuan.

13th Army, a total of 5 batches of more than 9,600 people entered the Korean war. Among them, on June 15, 1951, 1335 people from 37 divisions, 1315 people from 38 divisions and 39 divisions were transferred to form a supplementary trainer.Re-enter the volunteer army. On November 10, the army guard regiment was transferred (missing 2 battalions), 37 divisions 700 people, 38 divisions 300 people, a total of 2500 people, added to the 15th army.

The 14th Army, at the beginning of 1951, mobilized 4590 officers and soldiers to form a supplementary trainer, and set off in July to supplement the volunteer army.

The situation of the 15th Army has been mentioned before. The 29th division was added, and the 43rd division remained in Yunnan and did not participate in the war.

The 16th Army, as early as March 1951, was ordered to leave Guizhou and go northward, preparing to enter North Korea. Its 48th Division stayed in Guizhou and supplemented the 186th Division of the 62nd Army. On July 7, a total of 3646 people from 90 organizational platoons were transferred to form two regiments. The 2nd Battalion of the 46th Division’s 148th Regiment and the 2nd platoons of 2056 people from the other companies constitute a regiment. The 47th Division and the 186th Division have 40 platoons of 1590 people as a regiment, and they are added to the volunteers. On September 14, the 47th Division entered North Korea and assigned it to the 9th Corps to undertake the task of building fortifications for the east coast anti-landing operation. By December, the 47th Division returned to Jianjian. In November 1952, the 186 division was withdrawn and joined the 32 divisions of the 11th Army. In December, the entire army entered the Korean war.

The 17th Army, in February 1951, its 51 division transferred more than 2,400 cadres and soldiers to form the 20th regiment, which entered the Korean war in July. In addition, in January 1953, the 17th Army’s 49th Division, 146th Regiment, 50th Division, 150th Regiment, 51st Division and 152th Regiment, were combined into the 6th Division of the Railway Corps. Span3span Zunyi, Dushan, Zhenyuan three military divisions were transferred to form a division. The Ministry, entered the DPRK in September 1953, did not participate in the war, but also participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

Volunteer Army Military Station Hospital

The 18th Army is tasked with marching into Tibet. However, it is worth mentioning that the 16th, 17th, and 18th Army mobilized 2436 people in January 1950 to form a temporary 21 regiment, and set off in April to join the war in North Korea. The Guizhou Military Region, which was composed of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Army units, also organized 5,450 volunteers from the 6th Regiment, one telephone company with 100 people, two health clinics with 310 people, and one logistics team with 580 people to join the war. Therefore, the 18th Army also has troops to participate in the resistance to US aggression and aid to Korea. The volunteers of the 63rd Army 187 Division 559 Regiment Reconnaissance Company, the second-level combat hero Cai Jintong, turned out to be the 18th Army.

After the 19th Army was reorganized into the Shaanxi Military Region in 1952, a total of 15,000 troops were dispatched to the DPRK, mainly logistics troops.

The 58th Army was withdrawn as early as July 1949, and it did not participate in the Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

The 60th Army is a volunteer army, so I won’t mention it.

Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping’s Second Field Army consisted of 10 troops who entered the war in North Korea. Except for the 58th Army, every other army has joined the war.

3. East China Military Region and the Third Field Army

The 20th Army, 21st Army, 23rd Army, 24th Army, 26th Army, and 27th Army are all volunteer troops, so I won't mention it.

22nd Army. In December 1950, its 66th division was reorganized into the 12th Air Force Division in , Xiaoshan, Zhejiang. The 197th and 198th regiments were reorganized into the 34th and 36th aviation regiments. The 12th Air Division entered the Korean War in March 1952. In January 1951, part of the 66th Division, the 196th Regiment and Battalion Organization, the 12th Regiment of Air Force Bombers, and the 12th Supply Group were combined to form the 10th Air Force Division. On September 26, 1951, the 10th Air Division led 28 regiments into the Korean war. Another part of the 66th division transferred tanks to the 1st and 3rd divisions to form tank units. From March to November 1951, the divisions of the 1st Tank Division entered the Korean War, and entered the Korean War for the second time on January 22, 1953. On June 17, 1952, the 3rd Tank Division was renamed the 3rd Tank Division, led by the 5th and 6th Regiments, the motorized artillery regiment , and the field artillery battalion entered the Korean war.

The 25th Army, its 73rd Division was transferred to the 23rd Army, and followed the 23rd Army into the Korean War in September 1952. The 74th Division was transferred to the 24th Army, and the 223th Regiment of the 75th Division was transferred to the 74th Division and renamed the 221 Regiment. In September 1952, it also entered the Korean War with the 24th Army. By the way, the 71st Division of the 24th Army did not enter the DPRK. The division headquarters and the 211 and 213 regiments were reorganized into the Kong 15th Division. In October 1951, they entered the DPRK and participated in the war. It should be noted that the 21st Army, the 22nd Army, the 23rd Army, the 24th Army, and the 25th Army formed a temporary regiment in 1951, namely the 22 regiment, the 23 regiment, the 24 regiment, the 25 regiment, and the 26 regiment. Volunteer army.

The 28th Army in April 1951,Deployed 2,413 cadres and soldiers, formed a temporary 27 regiment to replenish the volunteer army.

Air Force’s MiG-15 fighter

29th Army, its 86th Division 257 Regiment and 95th Division 283 Regiment based on the organization of the 17th Air Division, entered the Korean war in March 1952.

The 30th Army was revoked in January 1950. The 88th Division was transferred to the 26th Army of the Volunteer Army, and the 89th Division was transferred to the 20th Army of the Volunteer. The 90th Division began to be transferred to the 27th Corps of the 9th Corps, but in June 1950, the division was withdrawn and most of the division was transferred to the Air Force. On June 19, 1950, it was changed to the first aviation unit of the Air Force—the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Air Force. Brigade. In November 1950, it was renamed the 4th Division of the Air Force and entered the war as the first batch of air force units. The 269th Regiment of the 90th Division was reorganized into the 21st Regiment of the 7th Artillery Division. In October 1951, it entered North Korea to fight. The 30th Army also basically participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

The 31st army, in April 1951, mobilized 2,427 cadres and soldiers, and formed a temporary 28 regiment to supplement the volunteer army.

The 32nd Army, the 94th Division was transferred to the 27th Army of the Volunteers. On February 14, 1951, based on the 95th Division Headquarters and the 284th and 285th Regiment Headquarters, the 14th Air Division was established in Nanyuan, Beijing, under the jurisdiction of the 40th and 42nd Regiments. In November, it entered the Korean war. The 86th Division of the 29th Army was initially reorganized into the 11th Air Division, and was ordered to enter the Korean War twice, but was cancelled later. The second 86th Division and the 96th Division formed later merged to form the 7th Division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Railway Engineering Division on May 30, 1952. The original 286th and 287th regiments of the 96th Division were reorganized into the 19th and 20th regiments of the 7th Railway Engineering Division. In late November 1952, the 7th Division of the Railway Corps entered the Korean War.

Volunteer Army Railway Corps

The 33rd Army and the 34th Army are the Kuomintang uprising troops. As mentioned in the previous article, some troops are incorporated into the 63rd and 65th Divisions of the Antiaircraft Artillery, the 3rd Artillery Division and the 10th Air Division Enter the North Korean war.

The 35th Army was also the Kuomintang uprising unit, the Wuhua Cultural Department of the Jinan Campaign Uprising. The last article omitted to say that a small number of troops of this army were incorporated into the 65th Anti-aircraft Artillery Division to participate in the Korean war.

It should be pointed out that in November 1950, the 5th Brigade of the East China Military Region was reorganized into the 2nd 101st Division.On May 15, 1952, the 101st Division was reorganized into the 3rd Division of Agricultural Construction. In January 1953, the 3rd Agricultural Construction Division was reorganized into the 10th Division of the Volunteer Railway Corps and entered the Korean War.

Chen Yi , Su Yu’s Third Field Army, a total of 16 troops entered the Korean war, each of which has troops.

Fourth, the Central South Military Region and the Fourth Field Army

Hong Xuezhi in the Korean battlefield

Volunteers 38, 39, 40, 42, 46, 47, 50, and 54 army will not be mentioned.

41 army, in November 1950, more than 2500 people were transferred to form a temporary 7 regiment, which was added to the volunteer army. Afterwards, the 366 regiment of the 122nd Division entered the Korean Empire in 1952 and re-entered the 45th Division of the 15th Army.

43 army, formed the 8th regiment in November 1950, with a total of 2474 people, with Zhu Qianbiao as the political commissar and Fan Cundao as the deputy head. In March 1951, he entered North Korea to make up for the volunteer army. In addition, the Artillery Regiment of the 43rd Army was transferred to the 8th Artillery Division as the Artillery 48 Regiment in February 1950, and entered the Korean War in November 1951.

The 44th Army and the 45th Army were later combined into the 54th Army. This is a volunteer army, so I won't mention it.

This is the first batch of domestically-made A3 102mm rocket launchers equipped by the Volunteers to enter the DPRK. It is not the Katyusha of the 21st Division of the Rocket Artillery. In previous articles, readers were always confused, so let me explain by the way.

48 Army, its 142 division went to the northeast to be reorganized into the 5th training base of artillery in November 1950, and its subordinate units were changed to 61 and 62 divisions of antiaircraft artillery, 1 antiaircraft artillery regiment, 6 antiaircraft artillery independent battalions, and entered the DPRK Join the war. The 143th Division was reorganized into the 21st Division of the Rocket Artillery, and the original 3 infantry regiments were expanded into 5 artillery regiments. In April and July 1951, it entered the Korean war. The 430 regiment of the 144 division and the 424 regiment of the 142 division exchanged their numbers, and they were also changed to anti-aircraft artillery to join the war in North Korea. Basically all of the 48th Army entered the DPRK.

49th Army, after its 146th Division was reorganized into the 5th Artillery Division in June 1952,The 438 regiment entered the DPRK to supplement the volunteer army. In addition, a logistics branch was formed to join the war in the first batch of North Korea.

51 army, 52 army , 53 army are all Kuomintang uprising units, Zhang Zhen and Chen Mingren have been introduced in the previous article. Both the 51st Army and the 52nd Army entered Korea, especially the 214th Division of the 52nd Army was reorganized into the 9th Division of the Volunteer Railway Corps.

The 55th Army was later formed by part of the 48th Army, 49th Army, 52nd Army, and 53rd Army, and did not participate in the Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

In addition to the formed army, other independent units in the four fields entered the Korean war.

The 151st Division of the 38th Army did not follow the 38th Army into the DPRK, but after being reorganized into the 11th Public Security Division in April 1952, the 32nd Public Security Regiment entered the Korean War in December.

The 155th Division of the 42nd Army, the division was reorganized into the 8th Artillery Division, the first batch to join the war in North Korea.

Korean soldiers in the People's Liberation Army

156 Division, 4,500 Korean officers and soldiers returned to Korea and were incorporated into the 12th Division of the People's Army.

The 160th Division of the 47th Army, which was changed to the 1st Division of the Public Security Forces in November 1950. On November 1, 1952, he entered North Korea and participated in the war.

164 division, also one of the three Korean divisions, later the 5th Division of the People's Army.

165 division, which was later assigned to the North China Military Region as an independent 208 division. In September 1950, the division organization was reorganized into the 9th Air Division. 2 regiments of the subordinate units were incorporated into the 66th army and 1 regiment into the 67th army.

166 division, Korean division, later the 6th Division of the People's Army. The 2nd 166th Division, the 5th Cavalry Division, was reorganized in March 1952, and its subordinate teams were reorganized into the independent 7th, 8th, and 9th regiments of the Northeast Military Region, of which 7 regiments entered the DPRK and joined the volunteers.

The 2nd 167th Division of the 50th Army. This was the Sichuan Kuomintang uprising unit. It was withdrawn. The personnel were assigned to the 150th Division and entered the Korean War.

168 division, in July 1950, its 504 regiment with 1948 members were incorporated into the 38th army, and 3 infantry battalions were added to the 39th, 40th, and 42nd army. It should be noted that the division and division headquarters and the 503 regiment and the 504 regiment were reorganized into the 7th Air Division, 21st Regiment and the 8th Air Division and 22nd Regiment.The 8th Air Division participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in October 1951, and the 22 regiment, which bombed Yamato Island in November. In addition, in October 1952, the 168th Infantry Division belonged to the Artillery Regiment, the Independent War Artillery Battalion and the Regimental Artillery Battalion jointly formed the anti-tank 412th and 413th Regiments. They entered the Korean War and were subordinate to the 31st Artillery Division. The

169 division was withdrawn in August 1950 and its personnel were added to the 38th Army.

170 division, in July 1950, 6 battalions were added to the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 42nd armies. In November, the division was reorganized into the 6th Air Division. In December 1951, he entered North Korea to participate in the war.

171 division, its 511 regiment was added to the 39th army in July 1950.

The former Liangguang Column took a group photo of the students in the Nanjing Military Academy. The army also had a large number of cadres and soldiers entering North Korea to participate in the war. The military division dispatched the 4th regiment, the Guangxi Yulin Military Division dispatched the 16th regiment, and the Zhujiang Military Region dispatched the independent 16 regiment (that is, the 4 regiments of the Guangdong and Guangxi Columns. Before the entire regiment was dispatched, 700 volunteers from the 2nd Battalion and the column had entered the DPRK. Participate in the war) and so on.

The Fourth Field Army of Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan entered the Korean War with a total of 15 troops. Although some of the formed army did not participate in the war, the independent divisions participated in the war. In fact, the Four Fields were also the field troops with the most troops.

5. North China Military Region and North China Field Army

The 36, 37, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 68 armies are all volunteer troops, so I won't mention it.

61st Army, its 181st division was transferred to the 60th Army of the Volunteer Army to fight in North Korea. In addition, before the 60th Army set off, the 61st Army supplemented the 60th Army with a large number of cadres and soldiers.

62 Army, after its 186 division was transferred to the 11th Army to prepare to enter North Korea to participate in the war, the 556 Regiment and the 557 Regiment were dismantled and added to the volunteer army. In addition, like the 61st Army, a large number of cadres and soldiers were added to the 60th Army.

Volunteer army searchlight unit Volunteer army searchlight unit

69 army, its 205 division 614 regiment was reorganized into the North China Military Region Air Defense Command searchlight regiment in September 1950,In 1952, he entered North Korea to fight, that is, the Volunteer Army Searchlight 411 Regiment. After the 206 Division was reorganized into the Air 5 Division in December 1950, its units were incorporated into the 66th, 67th, and 68th Army. The 207th Division was withdrawn in March 1949, and the troops were incorporated into the 205th and 206th Divisions. Most of the 69th Army participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

The 70th Army was reduced to the 207th Division of the Independent Infantry of the North China Military Region in 1949. The original 209th Division was adapted to the 17th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment. In December 1950, it was expanded to the 64th Anti-aircraft Artillery Division with the 430th Regiment of the 144 Division. Entered North Korea to fight in February.

In addition, the North China Military Region's Independent 209 Division Division and its regiments were reorganized into the Kong 3 Division. In October 1951, they entered the Korean War.

Nie Rongzhen’s North China Military Region and North China Field Army consisted of a total of 12 troops participating in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and there were quite a lot of troops participating in the war.

VI. Conclusion

To sum up, a total of 59 troops from the 70 armies of the People's Liberation Army participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. This does not include other arms.

About the author: Wang Zhengxing, a special military observer of the Xinhua News Agency’s Lookout Think Tank, and a former officer of a field unit of the People’s Liberation Army. There is a unique understanding of war action. His book ", this is the war " was recommended in two phases in the Phoenix TV "Eight Minutes" column in May and June 2014. His public name is also "This is the war", welcome to pay attention to

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