Overview of China's seven military regions and their responsibilities in defense areas

1. Lanzhou Military Region

　　Jurisdiction: Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Qinghai. The troops are mainly deployed in Baoji, Lintong, Urumqi, Tacheng, Kashgar and other places.

Combat Missions and Operational Areas: There are three main combat missions: First, to cooperate with the Beijing Military Region in defending against the invasion of the enemy in the north, and the tasks of the troops in Baoji and Lintong lie in this; The second is to curb Xinjiang independence, ensure Xinjiang's internal stability, and at the same time deter and eliminate reactionary forces from Central Asia, which are mainly undertaken by Xinjiang's agricultural reclamation divisions. The third is to form a protection for Pakistan, which can achieve military aid to Pakistan and deter India if necessary, and at the same time ensure that China has Pakistan as an outlet to the sea when the sea transportation line is blocked by the United States. Therefore, from the point of view of the operational area, it is also mainly divided into three parts, and the defense of the north is mainly in the territory of Inner Mongolia, the vast area of the Xinjiang border line, and the Sino-Pakistani border.

　　Combat Methods and Weapon Configuration: From the point of view of the joint defense operations of the Beijing Military Region against the north, the deployment of troops in the Beijing Military Region and the deployment of troops in the eastern part of the Lanzhou Military Region form China's most important line of defense, and the Daxing'an Forest, Yanshan Mountains, Luliang Mountains, and Qinling Mountains are the last barriers against invasion from the north. Therefore, the eastern strength of the Lanzhou Military Region is also mainly mechanized operations, supplemented by mountain defense operations. The deployment within Xinjiang is clearly not aimed at the outside world, but at the domestic level. Therefore, judging from the allocation of weapons, the Lanzhou Military Region is also weak in the west and strong in the east. In terms of the earliest operational intentions, once China and the Soviet Union went to war, the vast areas of Xinjiang and most of Inner Mongolia and Gansu would also have to be abandoned, and fighting against the mountains was the magic weapon for the Chinese army to defeat the strong with the weak.　　

　　Judging from the disposition of weapons, large-caliber artillery is the mainstay, tank warfare is still dominated by the Beijing Military Region, and the Lanzhou Military Region is responsible for the strategic task of covering and attacking and encircling the area.

2. Beijing Military Region

　　Jurisdiction: Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin. The troops are mainly deployed in Shijiazhuang, Zhangjiakou and Taiyuan.

Combat Missions and Operational Areas: The Beijing Military Region has only one combat mission, that is, to resist the full-front attack launched by Russia from Outer Mongolia. Moreover, there is not much defensive terrain available on the Sino-Mongolian border, and if it is lost, China will be completely defeated. Therefore, the combat mission of the Beijing Military Region is the most important among the seven major military regions in the country, and its main operational area is the entire territory of Inner Mongolia. The core may be the Zhangjiakou area.

　　Combat mode and weapon configuration: Mainly based on the joint operation of large corps. Therefore, the Beijing Military District has the highest degree of mechanization in the country, and it has to face the attack of the most elite Russian troops. In the 60s and 70s, there were millions of soldiers on the Sino-Soviet border, and the main defense force was the Beijing Military Region. The infantry mainly relied on favorable terrain such as mountains and powerful artillery for positional defense, while mechanized troops such as tanks had to carry out mobile defense in Inner Mongolia. With the ability to effectively make up for China's lack of tank performance, the Qiang-5 ground attack aircraft was a product of that time, mainly to launch a delayed attack and attrition operations against the enemy's mechanized troops from afar. Therefore, from the point of view of weapon configuration, there are mainly heavy tanks, large-caliber artillery, various types of anti-aircraft firepower, and combat aircraft, and air combat aircraft are equally important and ground attack aircraft.

3. Shenyang Military Region

　　Jurisdiction: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning. The troops were mainly deployed in Changchun, Jinzhou and Liaoyang.

Combat Missions and Operational Areas: The Shenyang Military Region has two main operational missions, one is to defend against the enemy of the Soviet Union (Russia) attacking from the north, and the main operational area is to fight in the northeast. Moreover, once the war starts, China will abandon the vast area of Heilongjiang and the Sanjiang Plain, lure the enemy into depth, and take advantage of the favorable terrain of the Great Khing'an Forest and the Changbai Mountains to attack and annihilate from both sides. This is to fully absorb the lessons of the rapid collapse of the Japanese Kwantung Army in World War II.

　　The second task is to assist the DPRK, contain the US military, and create a military balance with the US and ROK forces together with the DPRK. The main theater of operations will be on the territory of the DPRK. It can be seen from the deployment of troops that the main combat units of the Shenyang Military Region are deployed in an area less than 300 kilometers away from the DPRK-China border, and the density is quite high. It is similar to the deployment of the national army in the Liaoshen Campaign. The focus of its defense was on the mountains in the eastern part of the northeast. At the same time, the Shenyang Military Region is also the most important barrier to prevent the enemy from entering the customs from the northeast, and Jinzhou is the most important military location.

　　Combat mode and weapon configuration: Mainly based on the joint operation of large corps. To this end, it is necessary to first understand who China's main fighting opponent in the northeast is, undoubtedly Russia. Russia's mechanized combat units were unrivaled in the world, and they were able to completely annihilate hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army in just a few weeks, which no country could do during World War II. Therefore, the combat mode of the Shenyang Military Region is mainly supplemented by tank mechanized units, and artillery units are mainly engaged in flank defensive operations. Delay and deplete the Russian army's offensive, and take advantage of the shortcomings of its long supply lines to deliver a fatal blow, so the Sino-Russian battle in the northeast will not be carried out on the border line, but will inevitably be launched in the Sanjiang Plain, using the river network to limit the combat advantages of Russia's large tank forces and mechanized troops.

　 Therefore, from the point of view of weapon configuration, there are mainly medium tanks (suitable for the soft soil of the Sanjiang Plain, and heavy tanks are of little use in the northeast), large-caliber artillery, various types of anti-aircraft firepower, and combat aircraft, mainly air combat aircraft, supplemented by ground attack aircraft.

4. Chengdu Military Region

　　Jurisdiction: Tibet, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou. The troops are mainly deployed in Kunming, Chongqing and Nyingchi,

Combat Missions and Operational Areas: There are two main combat missions of the Chengdu Military Region: one is to fight against India, contain India on the side, and form invisible support for Pakistan; The second is to protect Burma, control Southeast Asia, and ensure China's last economic route (once China is at odds with the United States and the Soviet Union at the same time, maritime transportation and the Silk Road are blocked, such as during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the only remaining passage is Burma). supporting North Korea to contain and defend the United States, Japan, and South Korea; Support Pakistan to contain India, and support Myanmar to control Southeast Asia. It can also be seen that Pakistan and Burma were China's main foreign transportation routes when they were blocked by the United States and the Soviet Union.

　　Combat Methods and Weapon Configuration: Judging from the combat mission of the Chengdu Military Region, it must independently assume the threat from the southwest. Due to the limitations of the military strength and geographical environment of neighboring countries, large-scale operations are not very likely, and the requirements for the quality of individual soldiers are higher, and the requirements for personnel are higher than those for weapons. Therefore, it is estimated that the military units of the Chengdu Military Region are composed of squads, and the training is probably the hardest except for the marines. Dispersed operations related to each other are the main form of combat arms in this military region, and unlike the Northern Military Region, which attacks in the form of fists, this military region will mainly attack and fight in the form of a net.　

　　Chongqing's troop deployment is estimated to be a mobile force that can be coordinated at any time with combat missions in the direction of India or Burma. Therefore, from the perspective of combat weapon configuration, the requirements for individual weapons are higher, individual rocket launchers, sniper rifles, machine guns, etc., are equipped with GPS positioning systems in squads to act in conjunction with other infantry squads.

5. Guangzhou Military Region

　　Jurisdiction: Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Hainan. The troops are mainly deployed in Liuzhou and Huizhou.

　　Combat Missions and Operational Areas: There are two main combat missions: one is to respond to the military threat to Southeast Asia formed by the Kunming garrison of the Chengdu Military Region, and to form pressure on Southeast Asian countries, which are mainly completed by the troops stationed in Liuzhou; The other was the landing and anti-landing operations, which were mainly to draw lessons from the Opium War and the fall of Guangzhou, and were mainly completed by the troops stationed in Huizhou. Judging from the area of operations, operations against Southeast Asia will be mainly completed outside the borders.

　　Combat mode and weapon configuration: The combat mode is similar to that of the Chengdu Military Region, but because of the coastal area, the requirements for coastal defense are also relatively high, and unlike the Chengdu Military Region, which attaches importance to plateau and mountain operations, it attaches more importance to jungle operations. The garrison in Liuzhou is the best in China's jungle operations, and at the same time, the combat capability of the marines of the Guangzhou Military Region should also be quite strong. If he fights alone, the soldiers of the Guangzhou Military Region and the soldiers of other military regions PK, I don't think they will be his opponents. Like the Chengdu Military Region, the Guangzhou Military Region has no opponents for large-scale operations, so the mode of operation is the same as that of the Chengdu Military Region, which is also a network of joint operations, and this network is smaller than the one used by the Chengdu Military Region.　

　　Judging from the configuration of weapons in combat, it is basically similar to that of the Chengdu Military Region, but it is estimated that more attention is paid to the allocation of light weapons and special weapons. At the same time, special attention was paid to the construction of anti-aircraft firepower.

6. Nanjing Military Region

　　Jurisdiction: Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian. The main forces were deployed in Tong'an, Nanchang, Hangzhou and Xuzhou.

　　Combat Missions and Operational Areas: The combat missions of the Nanjing Military Region Army are correspondingly much simpler, mainly landing and anti-landing operations. In the past, China did not attach much importance to landing operations, but it only began to attach importance to Taiwan independence when it became so fierce that its key task was to land on islands, including surface landings and airborne landings. The purpose is obvious. The area of operations is also apparently not on the mainland, which will mainly make Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands. There is no war in the Taiwan Strait, and the only thing that is done with Taiwan is containment, and what is really possible in the future is the battle for the Sulphur Islands.

　　Combat mode and weapon allocation: Determined by the combat mission and the operational area, the Nanjing Military Region's combat mode is certainly a landing war, which is composed of large landing ships and large transport ships, and its main task is to complete the landing operation and control the island under the cover of the air force and navy. Therefore, it can also be seen that the air force equipped with the Nanjing Military Region has quite strong air-to-sea combat capability, and the Su-27 deployed in Wuhu and the Flying Leopard deployed in Hangzhou are precisely to ensure the effectiveness of the successful landing operation. At the same time, the combat strength of the East China Sea Fleet also provided an effective guarantee for the landing station of the army of the Nanjing Military Region.

　　Therefore, in addition to the Air Force and the East China Sea Fleet, the main armament of the Nanjing Military Region's army is amphibious tanks, paratrooper vehicles, and airborne tanks. Therefore, the vanguard of foreign operations must be the land forces of the Nanjing Military Region, and the land forces of other military regions are of little use except for the Guangzhou Military Region, which can form a countermeasure in Tainan.

7. Jinan Military Region

　　Jurisdiction: Shandong, Henan. The main forces are deployed in Weifang, Kaifeng and other places

　　Combat Missions and Operational Areas: The combat missions of the Jinan Military Region are the most intriguing. Mobile combat is the primary purpose of the Jinan Military Region. The main task of the Jinan Military Region is to intervene in the operation. For example, the selection of the Sino-Russian "forced quarantine" military exercise in Shandong is a case. As a matter of fact, the Shandong Military Region is responsible for part of the defense of the Korean Peninsula, so the airborne capability of the Jinan military and ground should be the best in the country. When necessary, the Jinan Military Region can also form troop support for a war in the Taiwan Strait or a sulfur ball operation. Therefore, the operational area of the Jinan Military Region is not limited.

　　Combat mode and weapon configuration: The Jinan Military Region's mobile capability, which is mainly airborne, is the strongest among the seven major military regions. Unlike other northern services that emphasize heavy equipment and southern armies that emphasize light troops, the Jinan Military Region Army emphasizes high attack capability with high mobility in between. Judging from the distribution of firepower, it is certainly the Lanzhou Military Region and the Shenyang Military Region, headed by the Beijing Military Region, that the strongest Military Region, the Chengdu Military Region and the Guangzhou Military Region are the weakest, and that the Jinan Military Region is somewhere in between.

　　The main weapons and equipment are mainly large transport planes and airborne equipment, and airborne tanks and airborne armor are the main direction of the construction of the Jinan Military Region.

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