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Military Regions

Jinan Military Region	Cmdr: General Chen Binde; Political Commissar: Xu Caihou
Direct Control Units
River Crossing Regiment
Computer-warfare unit	500 specialists ***
Unidentified AD Brigade	Newly formed in 2000: S-300 KS-1A, type 95 SP-SAM-AAA
Unidentified Army helicopter Unit
EW Regiment
Special Operations formation
Ship transport formation
Unidentified Tactical SSM Brigade	M9 and M11 SSM
Unidentified Recon Unit
Changshan Garrison Division
Yantai Garrison Division
Qingdao Garrison Division	Additional Naval Security Guards (regiments) are stationed in Qingdao. Numbers may top 3000.
Large number of Unidentified Coastal Defense Regiments	Armored SSM sites are manned by Naval staff
Reserve Infantry Division	Shandong/Dezhou
Reserve Infantry Division	Henan/Kaifeng
Reserve Infantry Division	Shandong/Yantai
Reserve Infantry Division	Shandong/Jining

54 Group Army (54774) Xingxiang	Category A (Heavy)
127 Special Light Mobile Division at Luoyang	Includes the "Ye Ting" independent regiment; this unit was once commandeered by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen in GuangZhou during the Republican Revolutions of 1911. Designated as RDF.
162 Mechanized Infantry Division	Equipped with WZ551 IFV; included elements of the 135 inf div of the disbanded 55 GA. Designated as RDF.
160 Motorized Infantry Brigade at Zumadian	Was a division
7 Armor Division	Transfer to Beijing MR as 7 armor blue "enemy" Brigade.
Unidentified Armor Brigade
Army helicopter Unit
Unidentified Special Operation Units
Unidentified Artillery Brigade
Unidentified Anti-Tank regiment
Unidentified AD Brigade	S-300 KS-1A, type 95 SP AAA-SAM
Unidentified Engineering Regiment
Unidentified Communications Regiment
Unidentified EW Regiment
Unidentified NBC Battalion
Unidentified Recon Unit
Unidentified Transportation Regiment

20 Group Army (54631) Kaifeng	Category B; Was 1st division of the New Forth Army, during Sino-Japanese War; Took part in Korean war as second wave.
11 Armored Brigade	Was a division
54 motorized infantry Div	Transferred to PAP.
58 Special Light Mobile Brigade	Was a division; designated RDF, 172 regiment performed well during the Korean war.
60 Mechanized Infantry Brigade	Reinforced. Was a division.
Unidentified Artillery Brigade
Unidentified AA/SAM Artillery Brigade	Formed from ex-59 Division; S-300, KS-1 SAM
Unidentified Engineering Regiment
Unidentified Transportation regiment
Unidentified Recon Unit
Unidentified Communication Regiment
Unidentified NBC Battalion

26 Group Army (54685) Lalyang	Category B; took part in Korean War
8 Armored Division at Weifang	Type 98 MBT, the best of PLA, took part in the Oct 1,1999 troop review.
137 Motorized Infantry Division at Leiyang	ex 46 Group Army which was disbanded in 1985.
199 Motorized Infantry Brigade	Was a division, ex 67 Group Army, which was deactivated in year 1999. Designated as the main fighting force of the 26 GA.
8 Artillery Division at Weifang	Identified as unknown arty bgd in v. 1.0
76 Air Defense Brigade	Not listed in v. 1.0, HQ-7 SAM
Unidentified Engineering Brigade
Unidentified Communications Regiment
Unidentified Transportation Regiment

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