Group Army

A Group Army (集團軍), is a major form of Chinese military organization, and is equivalent to field army or army group in other militaries. A Group Army usually exercises command over two or more field armies, or several corps, and other lesser units. The People’s Liberation Army has 18 Group Armies.

By the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the National Revolutionary Army had organized 40 Group Armies. These were roughly equivalent to a field army in other military terminology.

[edit] PLA Group Armies and their headquarters

1st Group Army (Zhejiang, Nanjing Military Region)

12th Group Army (Jiangsu, Nanjing Military Region)

13th Group Army (Chongqing, Chengdu Military Region)

14th Group Army (Kunming, Chengdu Military Region)

16th Group Army (Jilin, Shenyang Military Region)

20th Group Army (Henan, Jinan Military Region)

21st Group Army (Shaaxi, Lanzhou Military Region)

24th Group Army (Hebei, Beijing Military Region)

26th Group Army (Shandong, Jilin Military Region)

27th Group Army (Hebei, Beijing Military Region)

31st Group Army (Fujian, Nanjing Military Region)

38th Mechanized Group Army (Beijing, Beijing Military Region)

39th Mechanized Group Army (Liaoning, Shenyang Military Region)

41st Group Army (Guangxi, Guangzhou Military Region)

42nd Group Army (Guangdong, Guangzhou Military Region)

47th Group Army (Shaanxi, Lanzhou Military Region)

54th Group Army (Henan, Jinan Military Region)

63rd Group Army (Shanxi, Beijing Military Region)

65th Group Army (Hebei, Beijing Military Region)

Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed. ,1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung , Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.