CHINESE COMMUNIST ORDER OF BATTLE AND MILITARY INFORMATION EAST CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFII NTIAL~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
'FOR TiO REPORT
COI N'fF Y China
SUBJECT Chinese Communist Order of -Rattle
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DATE DISTR. 11. Sept 1951
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1, On 2 A Iu.;st 1951. 1,500 men of the 309 Reriment moved i _t0.. prenchc.,-a ,from , Jul an
.for garrison duty., Regiment^1 headquarters were in Chiawassu
One b.nttalion. -as in Ssuy1nztPmg (w7 = ; ) -nd one artillr-ry com_nany+
was in th.e China Merrhnnts Steamshi-* Navigation Cor,. any I ilding.
2. On 6 Aw;u,st S?tA Cheer head of the Chiahring (12o-45, 30.46) Com-.
rnissionbr's Office, went to F~inthu (121.02, )oJ42), Ch3ungte `120-26,
30-33) and. Tech'in y (120.06, 30-33) to insect local militier On 10 Aug-
ust he ^rrived at Huchoi. (12o-O6, 30-53) to give instructions to mngis-
trFte' m1 other Chinese Comrw-,;ist officials on : rr:ortant -points for a
r_arr:g9;~rz to exterminate guerrillas in that ares-:,.
3., On , 'u,k?iast; tl.To -1atoon . of the 312 llepinent, 104 Division, arrivpc3 at
Iuasmt, };l to reinforce troops in thpt -'rea,
4., In early August he,--dquarters of the 21 Garrison Reg tment of the :fast China
li} i.tr'ry Area Command and the 3 Battaliort of the re *iment c?Pre ''t Ch?uansh^
127 - z. 31,..13).. The 1 Bett lion ,.as on Cha-ngshan Island (1.22- , 30--44)
end the 2 B Atalior, on the Ssucx iao I ~l ads (122- 30- ) .
5. In early AuCust Re~-?d.iu 'rtere of the 103 Division and heedou~.rters of the
Cheki "rid; 5 r!i1itary District Command -a-ere in the former Che'd anr, Br-nk
-Buildin of Yenkux ;tienhsi^ng ( . , ).
6, In early Aug=ust r'is,,osition of regiments of the 103 Division ,...,s as follo-
The 307 ;tF ;ir^,-nt rr; s in the Chuflne,7u'nrh%1ao (120-46, 27-51) -^-rPa; the 303
lter'.irment vas Pt the mouth of the Ou River near Hu^nghu--
And Ch'itlou (122-05, 29?54); the 309 IBR-invent iae rt Juiau (120-38, 27-J9),
The cot:Uuricrti.ons con. any "nd investig'tirn cori ny of the 107v Jivirior:
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,'ere engaged in counter-espionege work in Wenchou. The 103 Division
was recruiting 200 men in Wenchou.
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8. The motor junk br.ttalion of the Chinese Communist 103 Division has
three junk comtmanies. Mach company has four platoons. The four Junks
of Number 11 Platoon were at CWumen (12117, 29-15)-
9. In early August the 310 Regiment, 101' Division, as still in Aochiang
(120- , 27- ). The artillery bettrlion directly under the 103
Division va.s in Loch?ing (120-57, 28-08) and had 6 motor junks. The
Wenchou Independent Battalion was in the Pilien (12033, 25..20) area..
10. On 13 August nine eomr -vies of the Wenchou Military District Commend
were continuing their ottemrt to encircle Nationalist guerrillas in
are,s northwest of Ch'ingt'ien (12o-17, 2f;-0'9).
11.> In mid-August, head iaartors of the 35 Army wits at 11uangrren (121-15, 2g-4i).
Heed,,uarters of the 101 Division end the 312 Regiment had recently moved
from Linhai (121-07, 25..53) to Haimen (121-25, 29-43). Headiuarters of the
6 Military District Commend was still in Linha., The main body of the
105 Division , ?p~s in Hungehi ao (121-25, 29-43).-
12. During the nights of 16 and 17 August elements of a ba.tt=lion of the
315 Regiment, 105 Division, stationed at Huangtaeo (121-06, 27.59)
made two ser,?rate rmids on Nation list-held Luchi and Ihsu Islands,
and captured four Nationalists and some ,,earcons.
13. Since 17 August the Chinyun (120-03, 28-39) Independent Battalion has
been atter.2r:-ting to capture Ntionalist guerrillas in the area south of
Chenghs i ang (j ig ), and south of Li shui (119-514., 29-29).
l?a During the night of 22 August the 7 ComrrnY, 315 Regiment, 105 Division,
arrived at Toufuyen ( _ q A ), et the northern tip of FIurngtaao IslfAnd,
in five motor junks, e^rrying ammunition, petrol, oil and lubricants,
end rations sufficient for three days.
15. On 6 August one division of the 25 Army lefty Wuling (f
Chinchi ^ng (118-31, 24-5b). . f ), south of
16. In early August six armed Chinese Communist motor Junks ere frequently
in the vicinity of Tungeh'inlo ( WC
d ), near Tungch'ung (1.1-9-52, 26-.33)
in en attempt to ambush small Nationalist gunboats.
17. In early August 5,000 men of a division of the 25 Army moved north from
Wenchou toward H?=ngchow.
1". TOn 12-13 August the 74 Division, 25 Army, moved north from Fukien via
MM1r en thou ,
19. On 1 August the Cheng:chou (117-1i2, 24-32) Military District Command acts-
v:ated tt~co guard br.ttrlions, each with 1,000 f-irly well eryul-eped men.
20. Authorities of the 10 Army Group ordered =n edvrnce v rty to select c
site for an advance command post at Changchou.2
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21. In mid-August the 253 Regimernt, 95 Division, was st-tioned in the
Viers -ao (1l7..36,, 214-36) ereao
=2a Units of the Fukien-KwPngtun; Border Column under LIU Yung=.?sheng 1w+ere
at Chem _ 0u (1i7-35, 24--o6), Yunhsi ao (117-15, 24-0l) , Ch, o n (11 j-12$
23-4)4) .and ' kin ;shin (117-31, 23'45)
23. lb. late July an artillery regiment of the Chinese Conti unist 3 Field Army
was in the Shanghai area, with one of its bpttallons on ChOungratn ? (IP'i-
26, 31-38) Island
Comment, =erhnp^ this refers to Rungch?iao (l21-26,
Comment. rrrviously the advance command r-ost of this army
groin w^.s =t Aar.^1 (l1'.301, 24-4o). It is not known ,.,hr-then this
frost has been ds'ctivaated
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iorruaer,t. Presumably this should he the two-? or M-5 tank,.
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In late July, 2,500 Chinese Comnunist troops were prer`?rinp to leave
Yantaung (120.52 32-( ?) by titer for Ci f nchiang (119 --2r, %2 '.2) A
In 1nte July hersdqunrtere of the 2 Tank Division, Srecia? Army Grout,
3 Field Army, ~~C s at the cite of the former Nation-=ll st Armored Force
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