People ' s Liberation Army The People ' s Liberation Army was the unified military force of the People ' s Republic of China , comprising both the ground units of the Chinese Army and naval forces of the Chinese Navy . It was involved in numerous battles during the Resource Wars , and ultimately retaliated with nuclear force during the last days of the Great War . Background . Resource Wars . The People ' s Liberation Army fought the United States in the Sino - American War , a conflict that led directly to the Great War , and by at least 2066 onward was led by Chairman Cheng . One of their most famous battles was the invasion of Anchorage , Alaska . They also defended the Chinese mainland and other captured provinces when the United States Armed Forces launched a counter - invasion in the form of the Yangtze and Gobi Campaign s . During the Resource Wars , the Navy sent a spy submarine to Point Lookout off the coast of the Eastern United States . However , an unspecified event caused the crewmen to ditch , eventually forcing them to send two spies in order to attempt destroying the sub before the Americans could get to it . The Army also had infiltrators in Washington , D . C . and had smuggled arms and ammunition into safehouses located in the D . C . area , indicating a plot or attempt to incapacitate the military capabilities of the United States . Great War and post - war . According to Dick Richardson of the Enclave , the Chinese might have been the ones to use a nuclear attack first , saying , " . . . and then those damn reds launched . . . " . It is believed they launched thousands of bombers and ICBMs that swept across the United States from west - coast to east , as according to Carol when questioned about the Great War in Underworld , " . . . we had some warning after the west coast dropped off the map . . . " While the People ' s Liberation Army mostly targeted major strategic objectives , such as West - Tek facilities and Washington , D . C . . Despite this , nuclear - powered subs off America ' s East Coast received orders to fire their full payload of SLBM ' s , with subs complying such as the " Yangtze - 31 " commanded by Captain Zao . After the Great War , the remaining Chinese remnants in the United States slowly withered out and died , becoming feral ghouls or barely eking out an existence in the post - apocalyptic wasteland as non - ferals . Nonetheless , Chinese infiltrators remained in the District of Columbia , taking shelter in Mama Dolce ' s processing factory . The Shi also survived on America ' s West Coast , and built a society around the salvaged remains of their submarine , referring to its central computer as " the Emperor . " Ghoulified Chinese remnants over 200 years following the Great War still inhabited Mama Dolce ' s food factory building in D . C . where the covert People ' s Republic of America operation and its radio broadcasts were still in effect , albeit with no further purpose . The American city of Pittsburgh also featured numerous smuggled Chinese weapons , with most of the Chinese infiltrators being killed just after the Great War . Appearances . The People ' s Liberation Army is mentioned in all " Fallout " games , but only appear in " Fallout 3 " , " Fallout 4 " and " " .