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"Yue Wangye 岳王爷" (Chinese, roughly "Royal Highness Yue") – Yue Fei, military general who served the Southern Song dynasty, for his posthumous rank which became a household nickname " Yurufun " (Japanese, meaning roughly "droopy drawers") – Shimada Shigetaro , Japanese admiral in World War II [ 104 ]
The March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was adopted as the military anthem by the Central Military Commission on 25 July 1988. [259] The lyrics of the anthem were written by composer Gong Mu (real name: Zhang Yongnian; Chinese : 张永年) and the music was composed by Korea-born Chinese composer Zheng Lücheng .
Since 1988, the People's Liberation Army rank of shang jiang (上将: literally, "senior general") is translated as General. Hong Xuezhi (2nd time); Liu Huaqing
2nd Armored Brigade (People's Republic of China) – with 12th Group Army, Nanjing Military Region(now active as 2nd Heavy Combined Arms Brigade) [25] 3rd Armoured Division – with 39th Group Army, [26] (1950–2011) 4th Armoured Division (1998–2011), now 4th Armored Brigade; 5th Tank Division (People's Republic of China) 1967–98
In course of his career, Zhang gained a great number of nicknames, most of them derogatory: [30] "Dogmeat General" (狗肉將軍; Gǒuròu Jiāngjūn): [30] [31] The name was based on his preference for a Chinese brand of tonic known as "dogmeat", [32] or from his addiction to the high stakes gambling game pai gow, popularly known as "eating ...
The Military ranks of the Republic of China are the ranks used by the Republic of China Armed Forces. [ a ] The official military rank names in Traditional Chinese are identical across all different military branches , but their English translations may be different.
The Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council (AFIC) assigns [1] codenames for fighters and other military aircraft originating in, or operated by, the air forces of the former Warsaw Pact, including Russia, and the People's Republic of China. When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee ...
The People's Liberation Army Ground Force maintains close relationships with several paramilitary organizations within China, primarily the People's Armed Police (PAP) and the Militia (also known as the China Militia). Both of these paramilitary organisations act as a reserve force for the PLAGF during a time of national emergency such as war ...