Posted on 04/12/2017 7:41:01 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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Chinese Military: Battle Preparation Order to all 5 Military Districts due to Crisis in Korean Peninsula
Lee Jae-jun
2017-04-12
“Preparing to deploy additional 25,000 troops to N. Korean border where 150,000 troops had massed”
[Seoul=Newsis] Lee Jae-jun reporter = According to Apr. 12 report of Oriental Daily News in Hong Kong, in addition to the Northern Military District bordering on N. Korea, Chinese military issued battle preparation order to the remaining four Military District in response to potential crisis in Korean Peninsula as U.S. is ready to use military force due to N. Korea’s nuclear and missile launch provocations.
Quoting the Information Center for Human Rights & Democracy, a Hong Kong-based human right group, the news site reported that the entire Northern Military District went into level-4 battle preparation status yesterday as well as many units in Central, Eastern, Southern, and Western Military District as N. Korean situation is becoming tense.
According to the Information Center, 25,000 troops from 77th Motorized Infantry Brigade of 26th Army Group stationed in Weifang, Shandong Province, 196th Motorized Infantry Brigade under 65th Army Group of Central Military District in Tianjin, 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade of 1st Army Group of Eastern Military District in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, 40th Infantry Brigade of 14th Army Group of Southern Military District in Kunming, Yunnan Province, and 9th Armored Brigade of 47th Army Group of Western District in Lintong, Shaanxi Province are ready for long-distance deployment toward the Sino-N. Korean border when ordered.
It will take 12 days for 40th Infantry Brigade to reach the border, 11 days for 9th Armored Brigade, 9 days for 3rd Infantry Brigade, 6 days for 196th Infantry Brigade, and 4 days for 77th Infantry Brigade.
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On what justification or pretext that would satisfy the rest of the civilized world? There is none.
And at what cost? Millions of lives would be lost if China tried to take over South Korea. It would literally result in the political collapse of China as a nation state.
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