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The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

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APPENDIX A - CHAPTER 11<br />

LOGISTICS MODERNIZATION TIMELINE<br />

Civil War—people’s war within liber<strong>at</strong>ed areas—<br />

local support (voluntary <strong>and</strong> involuntary)—multigener<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

equipment <strong>and</strong> weapons (scavenged <strong>and</strong><br />

acquired)—light infantry basis—peasant conscription<br />

army—ingenuity, but lack of professionalism.<br />

Korean War—ill prepared, ill equipped <strong>and</strong> unable<br />

to respond to challenges mainly because of politics<br />

<strong>and</strong> Mao’s leadership from Beijing (chain-of-comm<strong>and</strong><br />

problem).<br />

1952—Premier Zhou Enlai <strong>and</strong> acting Chief of<br />

Staff Nie Rongzhen advoc<strong>at</strong>ed the cre<strong>at</strong>ion of a joint<br />

logistics system (integr<strong>at</strong>ed support system) following<br />

avoidable defe<strong>at</strong>s during the Third Campaign<br />

(December 31, 1950). 1<br />

Soviet Union influence—evolutionary vice revolutionary<br />

change of equipment <strong>and</strong> weapons<br />

Cultural Revolution<br />

1979 Vietnam Border War<br />

1980s—U.S. flirt<strong>at</strong>ion; back to Union of Soviet Socialist<br />

Republics (USSR); logistics force structure reductions<br />

<strong>and</strong> reorganiz<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

• <strong>PLA</strong>N elimin<strong>at</strong>es three fleet logistics departments<br />

(1985) 2<br />

• Airborne airfields begin supplying <strong>PLA</strong>AF airborne<br />

divisions <strong>and</strong> regiments<br />

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