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PLA Rocket Force 69 Base

The 69th base of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Army is located in Jingyu County, Baicheng City, Jilin Province. The predecessor was the contract tactical training base of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Army.

The predecessor of the base was the Eighth Test Department (Northeast Test Site) of the 20th Training Base of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission (Northwest Integrated Missile Test Base), which was completed in August 1970.

In the summer of 1964, China decided to develop medium- and long-range surface-to-surface missiles as soon as possible. The Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense, while presiding over the demonstration of the technical approach to the development of medium- and long-range surface-to-surface missiles, proposed to break through the multi-stage rocket technology through the development of Dongfeng-4. Later, it was decided to use two-stage rockets for mid-range and long-range surface-to-surface missiles: the first stage was based on the mid-range surface-to-surface missile Dongfeng III, with minor modifications; the second stage was a newly designed rocket.

In May 1965, the Central Special Committee approved the development of medium and long-range surface-to-surface missiles. Since the Northeast Proving Ground was not completed at that time, the first two tests of Dongfeng No. 4 were conducted at the twentieth training base for short-range tests. The first of these was November 16, 1969, when the missile self-destructed and the test failed; the second was successful on January 30, 1970. In 1971, China formed the first Dongfeng 4 missile unit and transferred it to Qinghai Province (Dachaida Dam and Xiao Chaida Dam) and other bases in northwest China, closer to the Soviet Union.

The construction of the Northeast Proving Ground began in April 1967. The Northeast Proving Ground was completed in August 1970. On November 23, 1970, the Northeast Proving Ground conducted the first Dongfeng IV long-range flight test, but due to a failure similar to the first short-range test, the first-stage rocket pre-signal was not sent, the second-stage rocket did not ignite, and the missile flew After the first-level propellant was exhausted and shut down, it destroyed itself in the air. Zhou Enlai immediately instructed: "We must sum up our experience, make persistent efforts, and strive to play well next time." On November 15, 1971, the second long-range test of Dongfeng No. 4 at the Northeast Proving Ground was successful.

In June 1975, the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission decided to streamline and reorganize the army. The National Defense Science and Technology Commission proposed an adjustment plan for the establishment of the twentieth training base system. On September 28, 1975, the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army issued a notice, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, the 20th training base was withdrawn, and the first, fourth, fifth, sixth test department, seventh work area, and The Eighth Test Department was successively reorganized into the 20th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th test and training bases, under the direct leadership of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission. Among them, the twentieth, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth test training bases are at the military level, and the twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth test and training bases are at the division level.

On October 29, 1975, the Central Military Commission appointed the main leaders of the test and training bases. This adjustment changed the eighth test department of the twentieth training base to the twenty-eighth test and training base of the Chinese People's Liberation Army , which still belongs to the National Defense Science and Technology Commission system. Xia Bing served as commander, and Yang Tongshan served as political commissar.

The Dongfeng IV missile 02 batch 3 group made a lot of improvements to enhance the missile's survivability and performance. In May 1975, the central government approved the Dongfeng IV to increase the storage method of flat holes and the launching method of the trailer pad. On August 2, 1980, for the first time, a successful launch was carried out using a turret launch method. During the flight test, a nuclear warhead "cold" test was also conducted. On August 5, 1980, the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission sent congratulatory messages to the base. On October 31, 1980, the second towed field test was successful again.

In 1982, the National Defense Science and Technology Commission and other units were merged into the National Defense Science and Industry Commission, and the base was transferred to the National Defense Science and Industry Commission. Later, he was transferred to the Second Artillery Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and became the contracted tactical training base of the Second Artillery Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA 96451 Unit).

Tang Tianzhi, Chief of Staff of the Second Artillery Contract Tactical Training Base in March 2002, led a group of young people to build a multi-level, omnidirectional and three-dimensional battlefield network, and developed and developed a simulated laser precision strike system and a reconnaissance surveillance system Thus, the "Information Blue Army" was built. The newly revised "Outline of Military Training and Assessment" was approved by the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and was officially issued in July 2008. Since January 1, 2009, the whole army and armed police forces have been trained according to the new outline. According to the requirements of the new outline, the base actively explored new training models and carried out the construction of an "informatized blue army" and combat laboratory. The white paper "China's National Defense in 2008" mentioned that the Second Artillery "deeply carried out training in base, simulation, network and actual combat, explored the characteristics of training in complex electromagnetic environments and integrated training of missile bases, and developed a new generation of networked Significant progress has been made in the construction of a simulation training system, the "Informative Blue Army" and the combat laboratory."

In December 2015, the Second Artillery Corps of the People's Liberation Army was renamed the People's Liberation Army Rocket Army. The base was subsequently renamed the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Army Contract Tactical Training Base.

On April 18, 2017, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State President, and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission ** met the heads of the newly adjusted 84 military units in the Bayi Building in Beijing, and issued instructions to each unit; Xu Qiliang, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, read out the order and decision issued by the Chairman of the Central Military Commission on the adjustment and formation of military arms and units and military-level units of the provincial military district system. In this adjustment and formation of military units, based on the 54th base of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Army, the sixty-sixth base of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Army was adjusted and formed.