Why is China's strategic missile force called the "Second Artillery Corps"?

In the early days of the Second Artillery Corps, after careful consideration, Premier Zhou decided to name it the Second Artillery Corps. That is, in recent years, due to the need of nuclear deterrence, the Second Artillery has appeared in front of the media many times. .

The Second Artillery Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (hereinafter referred to as the Second Artillery Corps) is a service with ground-to-ground strategic missiles as its main equipment and undertakes the strategic task of nuclear counterattack. Ground-to-ground strategic missiles include medium-range missiles (range 1000-3000 km), long-range missiles (range 3000-8000 km) and intercontinental missiles (range over 8000 km).

The ground-to-ground missile force of China People's Liberation Army was established at the end of 1957, and was then led by the artillery of the Central Military Commission. At the proposal of Premier Zhou Enlai, the Central Military Commission decided to set up a strategic missile force and named it the Second Artillery Corps. 1 in July, the leading organ of the Second Artillery Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was formally established, directly under the leadership of the Central Military Commission. Since then, the Second Artillery Corps has set up several medium-range, long-range and intercontinental missile units. 1984, the second artillery corps began to undertake combat readiness duty. At present, the Second Artillery Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army has advanced strategic missile equipment, mastered the corresponding command, control, communication and intelligence means, established a relatively complete combat, logistics and technical support system, and has the defensive combat capability under high-tech conditions, which has played a decisive role in defending the battlefield of the motherland.