PLA Chinese Soldier Assessment by the PLA 26th Army

26th Army CCF Assessment

"A shortage of transportation and escort personnel makes if impossible to accomplish the mission of supplying the troops. As a result, our soldiers frequently starve. From now on, the organization of our rear service units should be improved."

"The troops were hungry. They ate cold food, and some only a few potatoes in two days. They were unable to maintain the physical strength for combat; the wounded personnel could not be evacuated. The firepower of our entire army was basically inadequate. When we used our guns there were no shells and sometimes the shells were duds."

"The coordination between the enemy infantry, tanks, artillery, and airplanes is surprisingly close. Besides using heavy weapons for the depth, the enemy carries with him automatic light firearms, which coordinated with rockets, launchers, and recoilless guns are disposed at the front lines. The characteristic of their deployment is to stay quietly under cover and open fire suddenly when we come to between 70 and 100 meters from them, making it difficult for our troops to deploy and thus inflicting casualties on us."

"The coordination between the enemy infantry, tanks, artillery, and airplanes is surprisingly close. Besides using heavy weapons for the depth, the enemy carries with him automatic light firearms, which coordinated with rockets, launchers, and recoilless guns are disposed at the front lines. The characteristic of their deployment is to stay quietly under cover and open fire suddenly when we come to between 70 and 100 meters from them, making it difficult for our troops to deploy and thus inflicting casualties on us."