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Project Blue Sword-B | |||||||
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Part of the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
China | Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
zh:黄俊杰 (139th division commander) Ma Quanbin (WIA) (1st commando team leader) Qi Zhenwu † (2nd commando team leader) |
General vi:Vũ Lập Brigadier general Đỗ Thanh Trì (313th division commander) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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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]