152nd Division (People's Republic of China)

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152nd Division (1948–52)
1st Forestry Engineering Division (1952)
Active 1948.11 - 1952.8
Country People's Republic of China
Branch People's Liberation Army
Type Division
Role Infantry
Part of 39th Corps
Engagements Chinese civil war

The 152nd Division(Chinese :第152师) was created on November 1948 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army, issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948, [1] basing on the 7th Independent Division of the Northeastern Field Army, formed in January 1948.

Chinese language family of languages

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases not mutually intelligible, language varieties, forming the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the Han majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. About 1.2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.

Fourth Field Army

The Fourth Field Army was a military formation of the People's Liberation Army. It was formed during the Chinese Civil War by existing members of Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army stationed in Manchuria along with others, where they fought against the Republic of China government. The army also incorporated elements of the former Manchurian occupation forces, which included around 30 thousand Japanese troops. The army was commanded by Lin Biao, and it was involved in many crucial battles including the Liaoshen Campaign.

The division was a part of PLA 39th Corps, under which command it took part in the Chinese civil war.

In August 1952 the division was re-organized as 1st Forestry Engineering Division((Chinese :林业工程第1师), moving to Hainan for rubber plantation. In October the division was demobilized and became Hainan States Farms, now one of the biggest rubber production enterprise in the world.

Hainan Smallest and southernmost province of the Peoples Republic of China

Hainan is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. Hainan Island, separated from Guangdong's Leizhou Peninsula by the Qiongzhou Strait, is the largest and most populous island under PRC control and makes up the majority of the province.

As of its re-organization the division was composed of:

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References

  1. ↑ 《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队番号的规定》, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7254c7350100xb56.html
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