Nanjing Military Region

The Nanjing Military Region (Chinese: 南京军区) was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai. It also covers Taiwan, which is claimed by the People's Republic of China but administered by the Republic of China. The head of the region was Cai Yingting. This region is now part of the Eastern Theater Command.

In 2005, the International Institute for Strategic Studies listed the formation with an estimated 250,000 personnel, three group armies (1st, 12th) and 31st Group Armies), two armoured, one mechanised infantry, three motorised infantry, and one artillery division.^[1] There were also one armoured, four motorised infantry, two artillery, three anti-aircraft brigades, plus an anti-tank regiment.

The headquarters for the East Sea Fleet were located within the region, at Ningbo.

Tentative order of battle 2013

Dennis J. Blasko's 'The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century' listed formations within the Nanjing MR as:^[2]

• 1st Group Army (Huzhou, Zhejiang)
• 12th Group Army (Xuzhou, Jiangsu)
  • 34th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Chuzhou (Sanjie)), Anhui
  • 36th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Xinye, Jiangsu)
  • 179th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Nanjiang, Jiangsu) ('Linfen Brigade')
  • 2nd Armored Division (Xuzhou, Jiangsu)
  • Artillery Brigade (Xuzhou, Jiangsu)
  • Air Defence Brigade (Huai'an, Jiangsu)
• 31st Group Army (Xiamen, Fujian)
  • 86th Motorized Infantry Division (Fuzhou, Fujian)
  • 91st Motorized Infantry Division (Zhangzhou, Fujian)
  • 92nd Motorized Infantry Brigade (Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian)
  • Amphibious Armoured Brigade (Zhangzhou, Fujian)
  • 3rd Artillery Brigade (Quanzhou, Fujian)
  • 13th Air Defence Brigade (Xiamen, Fujian)
  • 10th Army Aviation Regiment (Xiamen, Fujian)
  • Flying Dragon Special Operations Dadui (Zhangzhou, Fujian)
• Shanghai Garrison
  • Two coastal defence brigades
• Other Units subordinate to MD or MR
  • 31st Pontoon Bridge Brigade, Jiangsu MD

List of commanders

General Xu Shiyou

• Xu Shiyou
• Ding Sheng
• Nie Fengzhi
• Xiang Shouzhi
• Gu Hui
• Chen Bingde
• Liang Guanglie
• Zhu Wenquan
• Zhao Keshi, 2007−12
• Cai Yingting, 2012−16

Nickname

Organizations affiliated with the Nanjing Military Region often use the nickname "frontline" (Chinese: 前线; pinyin: qiánxiàn; literally: "front line"), including the Frontline Performance Troupe (Chinese: 前线文工团) and the People's Frontline (Chinese: 人民前线) newspaper.

References

Sources

• Blasko, Dennis J. (2013). The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781136519970. 

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