The 14th Army was an army level formation of the People's Liberation Army.
14th Corps
14th Corps () was activated on February 14, 1949 basing on 4th Column of
Zhongyuan Field Army
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and defecting
Republic of China Army 110th Division. The corps commander was
Li Chengfang, political commissar -
Lei Rongtian.
The Corps was composed of the
40th, the
41st, and the
42nd Divisions.
During the
Chinese Civil War, the corps took part in
Guangdong Campaign
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and
Xichang Campaign
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History
The Qiongdu were the local peop ...
. From March 1950 the corps stationed in Yunnan province until its inactivation.
In 1959, elements from the corps took part in the crackdown on
1959 Tibetan uprising
The 1959 Tibetan uprising (also known by other names) began on 10 March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which had been under the effective control of the People's Republic of China since the Seventeen Point Agreemen ...
.
14th Army Corps
In April 1960, the corps was renamed as 14th Army Corps (). By then the corps was composed of:
*116th Artillery Regiment
*39th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
*
40th Army Division
**118th Infantry Regiment
**119th Infantry Regiment
**120th Infantry Regiment
**320th Artillery Regiment
*
41st Army Division
**121st Infantry Regiment
**122nd Infantry Regiment
**123rd Infantry Regiment
**321st Artillery Regiment
*
42nd Army Division
**124th Infantry Regiment
**125th Infantry Regiment
**126th Infantry Regiment
**322nd Artillery Regiment
In late 1969, 116th Artillery Regiment and 39th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment were renamed as Artillery Regiment, 14th Army Corps, and Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 14th Army Corps, respectively.
Shadian Incident
In July 1975, 14th Army Corps, especially its 42nd Army Division, took part in the crackdown on
Shadian incident
The Shadian incident () was an uprising of Muslim Hui people during the Chinese Cultural Revolution which ended in a military-led massacre. The massacre took place in seven villages of Yunnan Province, especially at the Shadian Town of Gejiu ...
as the main assault force, during which the PLA killed over 1000
Hui Muslim fighters with a loss of over 120 KIA.
Known units/elements from 14th Army Corps took part in the incident:
*124th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Army Division;
*126th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Army Division;
*Reconnaissance Company, 14th Army Corps;
*Artillery Regiment, 14th Army Corps, which shelled the town of Shadian with
152 mm gun-howitzers;
*Flamethrower Company, Engineer Battalion, 14th Army Corps.
Sino-Vietnamese War
From February to March 1979, the 14th Army Corps took part in the
Sino-Vietnamese War. During the 25-day-long campaign, the army corps thrust 48-80 km into the Vietnamese territory, seized the city of
Lào Cai and secured the bridgehead across the
Red River.
In 1982, Tank Regiment, 14th Army Corps was activated.
In April 1984 the army corps launched the
Battle of Laoshan and the
Battle of Zheyinshan
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.
14th Army
In September 1985 the army corps was reorganized as 14th Army (). The army was then composed of:
*Communications Regiment
*Engineer Regiment
*
31st Infantry Division - a ''southern motorized infantry division'' unit;
*
40th Infantry Division - a ''southern motorized infantry division'' unit;
*
41st Infantry Division - a ''southern infantry division, catalogue B'' unit;
*
42nd Infantry Division - a ''southern infantry division, catalogue B'' unit;
*Tank Brigade - merged from Tank Regiment,
11th Army Corps and Tank Regiment, 14th Army Corps;
*Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade
In September 1992 42nd Infantry Division was disbanded.
In October 1996, 41st Infantry Division was transferred to
People's Armed Police
)
, abbreviation = PAP ("People's Armed Police") CAPF ("Chinese Armed Police Force"), formerly abbreviated''Wujing'' ( zh , s = 武警 , p = Wǔjǐng , l = Armed Police , labels = no ), or WJ as on vehicle license plates
, patch ...
's control as
41st Armed Police Mobile Division.
In 1998, Tank Brigade, 14th Army was renamed as Armored Brigade, 14th Army.
In late 2011, Armored Brigade, 14th Army was redesignated as 18th Armored Brigade.
In late 2013, both the 31st Infantry Division and 40th Infantry Division were split into two brigades. The army became an "all-brigade" formation.
From 2014 to 2016, the army was composed of:
*18th Armored Brigade
*
31st Mechanized Infantry Brigade
*32nd Motorized Infantry Brigade
*
40th Motorized Infantry Brigade
*42nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade
*Artillery Brigade
*Anti-Aircraft Brigade
*11th Army Aviation Regiment
*Communications Regiment
*17th Engineer Regiment
*NBC Defense Regiment
*86th Pontoon Bridge Regiment.
In April 2017 the army was inactivated. Most of its compositions were inherited by
75th Army.
References
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Military units and formations established in 1949
Military units and formations disestablished in 2017