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
Chang Wanquan
(Deputy Commander of 139th ID )
Ma Quanbin  (WIA)
(1st commando team leader)
Qi Zhenwu 
(2nd commando team leader)
General Vũ Lập
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
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) during the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts to capture several Vietnamese People's Army (VPA) strongholds near Lao Shan.