Project Blue Sword-B

Project Blue Sword-B
Part of the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)
Date14 October 1986
Location
Songhu Ling, Wenshan County, Yunnan, China
Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
 China  Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
China zh:黄俊杰
(139th division commander)
China Ma Quanbin  (WIA)
(1st commando team leader)
China Qi Zhenwu 
(2nd commando team leader)
Vietnam General vi:Vũ Lập
Vietnam Brigadier general Đỗ Thanh Trì
(313th division commander)
Units involved

People's Liberation Army

  • 5th Company, 416th Infantry Regiment
  • Electronic Countermeasures Detachment
  • 56 artillery batteries

Vietnam People's Army

  • 1st Battalion, 122nd Regiment, 313th Division
  • 313th Division Artillery Group
  • 168th Artillery Brigade
  • 457th Artillery Regiment
  • 150th Artillery Regiment
Strength
207 500+
Casualties and losses
22 killed
56 wounded[1]
304 casualties

On 14 October 1986, the Lanzhou Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched a raid operation called the Project Blue Sword-B (Chinese: 蓝剑-B计划) or the Operation Blue Sword-B (Chinese: 蓝剑-B行动)[2][1] during the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts to capture several Vietnamese People's Army (VPA) strongholds near Lao Shan.[3]

  1. ^ a b "中越两山战役之蓝剑-B行动:最后歼灭多名越军的他,已经壮烈牺牲". Sohu (in Chinese). 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Operation Blue Sword B, China's first live broadcast of the war against Vietnam, the martyrs roared before they died: save the captain first". Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ 沈听雪 (30 May 2017). "老山炼狱:78名突击队员血洒高地的兰剑-B战斗". 搜狐.