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 Huadong may refer to:
*East China (华东, ''Huádōng'')
* Huadong, Guangdong (花东), a town in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
* Huadong, Guangxi (化峒), a town in Jingxi, Guangxi, China
*Huadong Subdistrict, Huanghua (骅东街道), a subdistric ...
. 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
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...
, including the
Huaihai Campaign and
Shanghai Campaign
The Shanghai Campaign was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists for the control of Shanghai, the largest city in China in the latter stage of the Chinese Civil War, and resulted in the city being taken over by t ...
.
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, the division was temporarily transferred to under
29th Army Corps' control and garrisoned in
Nan'an, Fujian
Nan'an () is a county-level city of southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Quanzhou City and as of 2010, had a total population of 1,500,000. More than
4,000,000 overseas Chinese trace their ancest ...
. In April 1975 the division was attached to the
31st Army Corps again and moved to
Quanzhou
Quanzhou, postal map romanization, alternatively known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China. It is Fujian's largest metrop ...
,
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
.
In 1985, the division was renamed as 92nd Infantry Division() and reconstituted as a ''southern infantry division, category B'':
*276th Regiment was disbanded;
*261st Regiment was attached from the disbanding
87th Army Division.
The division was then composed of:
*274th Regiment
*275th Regiment
*261st Regiment
*Artillery Regiment
In November 1998 the division was reduced and reconstituted as 92nd Motorized Infantry Brigade().
In 2017 the brigade was reconstituted as 92nd Light Combined Arms Brigade(). It is now a maneuvering part of PLA
73rd Group Army[Global Security, 73rd Group Army, https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/73ga.htm]
References
*中国人民解放军各步兵师沿革, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_a3f74a990101cp1q.html
{{Structure of People's Liberation Army Ground Force since 2017
Infantry divisions of the People's Liberation Army