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Nanjing Military Region
The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covered all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai. It also covered Taiwan, which is claimed by the People's Republic of China but administered by the Republic of China. The final head of the region was Cai Yingting. This region is now part of the Eastern Theater Command. The 60th Corps was active in the Nanjing Military Region until disbanded in late 1985. In 2005, the International Institute for Strategic Studies listed the formation with an estimated 250,000 personnel, three group armies (1st, 12th, and 31st Group Armies), two armoured, one mechanised infantry, three motorised infantry, and one artillery division. There were also one armoured, four motorised infantry, two artillery, three anti-aircraft brigades, plus an anti-tank regiment. The headquarters for the East Sea F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PLA Military Region
A theater command (战区) is a multi-service formation of China's People's Liberation Army subordinated to the Central Military Commission (China), Central Military Commission. Theater commands are broadly responsible for Military strategy, strategy, Military operation plan, plans, Military tactics, tactics, and Military policy, policy specific to their assigned area of responsibility. In wartime, they will likely have full control of subordinate units; in peacetime, units also report to their service headquarters. The services retain administrative and "constructive" control. There are 5 theater commands: Eastern Theater Command, Eastern, Southern Theater Command, Southern, Western Theater Command, Western, Northern Theater Command, Northern, and Central Theater Command, Central theater commands, organized by a geographical basis. Overview In 2016, the seven military regions of the China were reorganized into the present five theater commands and the term "military region" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Sea Fleet
The Eastern Theater Command Navy (东部战区海军, ETCN) is a formation of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and the naval component of the Eastern Theater Command. The ETCN was reorganized from the East Sea Fleet (ESF) by 2016. Currently Wang Zhongcai is the commander of the ESF and Mei Wen it's political commissar. History The PLAN was formed toward the end of the Chinese Civil War. In March 1949, Zhang Aiping of the Third Field Army was ordered by the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Chinese Communist Party to create a naval force from the field army. Zhang's only previous naval experience was organizing an irregular riverine force near Hongze Lake in 1941 and leading it in a successful campaign against local bandits. The PLAN was created on 21 April when Zhang established the East China Military Region Navy, or East China Navy (ECN), with a thirteen-member headquarters, and he was formally appointed by the CMC as the ECN's commander and commissar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Air Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 10th Bomber Division or 10th Air Division (10th AD, , Unit 94810) of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is an air formation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The 10th Bomber Division has been accorded the honorary titles of "Model Bomber Group" () and "Red Banner Division" () and is the PLAAF's unit of choice to send to international skills competitions. As one of only three bomber divisions of the PLAAF and the only bomber division assigned to the Eastern Theater Command Air Force, the 10th Bomber Division is almost certainly responsible for providing strategic bombing support capabilities to a potential conflict in the East China Sea including Korea, Japan, or, principally, one involving Taiwan. History The 10th Bomber Division was established on 17 January 1951 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province as only the second bomber unit in the People's Republic of China following the creation of the 8th Bomber Division less than two months before. Like the 8th Bombe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Fighter Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 3rd Fighter Aviation Division was a formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Initially established in 1950. PLAAF fighter divisions generally consist of about 17,000 personnel and 70-120 aircraft. The division is currently headquartered in Wuhu Air Base, Anhui. The 3rd Division is considered the most elite division in the PLAAF. Until 2017, the 9th Brigade was known as the 1st Flying Brigade of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Fighter Aviation Division, at which time the division was abolished and the surviving 7th, 8th, and 9th regiments beneath it were reorganized into independent fighter brigades. Thus the 9th Fighter Brigade was established. Notable members *Wang Hai *Fan Wanzhang * Sun Shenglu *Zhao Baotong * Liu Yudi *Zhang Jianping References See also * People's Liberation Army Air Force * People's Liberation Army * List of Chinese aircraft * List of Airbases in the PLAAF This is a list of air bases operated by the People's Liberat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Liberation Army Air Force
The People's Liberation Army Air Force, also referred to as the Chinese Air Force () or the People's Air Force (), is the primary aerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAAF controls most of the PLA's air assets, including tactical aircraft, large airlifters, and strategic bombers. It includes ground-based air defense assets, including national early-warning radars, and controls the People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps, Airborne Corps. The PLAAF traces its origins to the establishment of a small aviation unit by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1924, during the early years of the Republic of China. This initial group comprised nine cadets who trained under the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government Aviation Bureau, with further advanced training in the Soviet Union. Despite initial resource constraints, including a lack of aircraft and airfields, the CCP's Central Military Commission (China), Central Military Commission (CMC) established foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Artillery Brigade (People's Republic Of China)
Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system Places * 3rd Street (other) * Third Avenue (other) * Highway 3 Music Music theory *Interval number of three in a musical interval **Major third, a third spanning four semitones **Minor third, a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones **Neutral third, wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third **Augmented third, an interval of five semitones **Diminished third, produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone *Third (chord), chord member a third above the root *Degree (music), three away from tonic **Mediant, third degree of the diatonic scale **Submediant, sixth degree of the diatonic scale – three steps below the tonic ** Chromatic mediant, chromatic relationship by thirds *Ladder of thirds, similar to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
92nd Motorized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic Of China)
The 92nd Division () was created in February 1949 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,. basing on the 38th Division, 13th Column of the Huadong Field Army. Its history can be traced to the New 6th Division, Jiaodong Military District, formed in March 1947. The division was part of the 31st Corps. Under the flag of the 92nd Division, it was engaged in several major battles in the Chinese Civil War, including the Huaihai Campaign and Shanghai Campaign. In July 1950, Artillery Regiment, 92nd Division was activated, which was later renamed as 372nd Artillery Regiment in 1953. In April 1960 the division was renamed as 92nd Army Division (). It was then composed of: *274th Regiment *275th Regiment *276th Regiment *372nd Artillery Regiment In June 1969, 372nd Artillery Regiment was renamed as Artillery Regiment, 92nd Army Division. From November 1969 to April 1975, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st Motorized Infantry Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 91st Division () was created in February 1949 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,. basing on the 37th Division, 13th Column of the Huadong Field Army. Its history can be traced to the New 5th Division, Jiaodong Military District, formed in February 1947. The division was part of the 31st Corps. Under the flag of the 91st Division, it was engaged in several major battles in the Chinese Civil War, including the Jinan Campaign, Huaihai Campaign and Shanghai Campaign. During the Battle of Jinan, its 271st Regiment was the second regiment breached into the city of Jinan, which later received the honorific title of the ''Second Regiment of Jinan''() In July 1950, Artillery Regiment, 91st Division was activated, which was later renamed as 371st Artillery Regiment in 1953. In April 1960 the division was renamed as the 91st Army Division (). It was then composed o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
86th Motorized Infantry Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 76th Division () was created in February 1949 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948, basing on the 22nd Division, 8th Column of the Huadong Field Army. Its history can be traced to the 4th Division of Shandong Military District, formed in August 1945. The division was then a part of 26th Corps. Under the flag of 76th it took part in several major battles during the Chinese Civil War. In November 1950 the division entered Korea with the Corps HQ as a part of the People's Volunteer Army, consisting of the 226th, 227th, and the 228th Regiments. During its deployment in Korea, the division took part in the 2nd, 4th and 5th Offensive of the PVA, and suffered heavy losses during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. In June 1952 the division pulled out of Korea and stationed in Shandong. From 1952 to 1960 the division was named as 76th Infantry Division(). In September 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Armored Division (People's Republic Of China)
2nd Division may refer to the following military units: Infantry divisions *2nd Division (Australia) *2nd Canadian Division * 2nd Division (Colombia) *2nd Infantry Division (France) * 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (France) *2nd Division (Estonia) (1918–40) *2nd Division (German Empire) (1818–1919) *2nd Division (Reichswehr) (Germany, 1920–34) *2nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany *2nd Naval Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany *2nd Mountain Division (Wehrmacht), Germany *2nd Guards Infantry Division (German Empire) * 2nd Flak Division, Germany *2nd Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece) *2nd (Rawalpindi) Division, British Indian Army before and during World War I *2nd Infantry Division (India) *2nd Division (Iraq) (1930s–2003; 2005–2014) *2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina", Kingdom of Italy * 2nd CC.NN. Division "28 Ottobre", Kingdom of Italy * 2nd Infantry Division "Sforzesca", Kingdom of Italy *2nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) *2nd Guards Division (Imperial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
