74th Group Army

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74th Group Army
第七十四集团军
People's Liberation Army Ground Force sleeve badge.svg
Active1949-present
CountryFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China
AllegianceFlag of the Chinese Communist Party.svg Chinese Communist Party [1]
BranchGround Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Type Group army
Part of Southern Theater Command Ground Force
Garrison/HQ Huizhou, Guangdong
Engagements World War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Sino-Vietnamese War
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Huang Xucong
Political commissarMajor General Liu Hongjun
Notable
commanders		 Wu Kehua
Li Zuocheng
Insignia
NATO Map Symbol 74th Group Army NATO Map Symbol.svg

The 74th Group Army (Chinese :第七十四集团军; pinyin :Dì Qīshísì Jítuánjūn), Unit 31661, formerly the 42nd Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 74th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of two assigned to the nation's Southern Theater Command. [2]

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History

During the Korean War, the Army was part of the People's Volunteer Army (Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)) XIII Army Group. It was composed of the 124th, 125th, and 126th Divisions. [3]

During the Korean War, the 42nd Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Wu Ruilin. [4]

Major CPV forces did not enter Korea until the night of Oct. 16, 1950, when the 124th Division, of the 42nd Army of the XIIIth Army Group crossed the Yalu River opposite Manp'ojin. [5] On the 16th it started on foot from Manp'ojin, marching southeast through Kanggye and Yudam-ni to Hagaru-ri. From there its advanced elements proceeded to the point south of the Changjin Reservoir where they met the ROK 26th Regiment on 25 October. The remainder of the division moved up to the point of contact and joined in the battle near Sudong against the U.S. 1st Marine Division troops that replaced the ROK 26th Regiment. [6]

The 42nd Army and the 38th Army were pouring through the broken South Korean lines to Eighth Army’s east and threatening to envelop the entire force. [7]

The west flank units of this army, elements of the 125th Division, overlapped into the Eighth Army zone and apparently constituted the enemy force that dispersed the ROK 7th Regiment below Ch'osan at the end of October 1950. [8]

In October 1952 the 46th Army replaced the 42nd Army and they were rotated back to China.

Organization

The 74th Group Army appears to comprise six combined-arms maneuver brigades, which includes one heavy (armored), one medium (mechanized), two amphibious and two light (motorized) brigades, each brigade leads four combined-arms battalions. These combined arms brigades are the PLAGF's basic operational unit, likely following the United States' and later Russia's transition from division-centric warfare to brigade-centric warfare. The 74th Group Army also commands six combat support brigades. [9]

Since 2017, the 74th Group Army commanded the following subordinate units. [10]

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  3. ↑ Appleman, Roy E. (1992) [1961]. "Chapter XXXIX The Big Question". South to the Nakton, North to the Yalu. United States Army in the Korean War. United States Army Center of Military History. p. 768. CMH Pub 20-2-1. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Chinese Lieutenant General Wu Ruilin, Activities in Korean War
  5. ↑ Korean War FAQ, from CenturyChina.com
  6. ↑ Appleman, Roy E. (1992) [1961]. "Chapter XXXVI The Big Question". South to the Nakton, North to the Yalu. United States Army in the Korean War. United States Army Center of Military History. p. 719. CMH Pub 20-2-1. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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  9. ↑ Army Techniques Publication (ATP) 7-100.3: Chinese Tactics (PDF). Washington D.C.: Headquarters, Department of the Army (United States). 2021. p. 35. ISBN   9798457607118.
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