History of chemical defense forces

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the Eighth Route Army set up a chemical defense team at 1939 China People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. In the late period of the Liberation War, the seventh, ninth and thirteenth columns of the East China Field Army set up chemical defense units respectively. After the founding of New China, the People's Liberation Army of China set up a chemical defense unit with 1950, successively set up leading institutions and colleges, set up chemical defense departments at all levels, and set up chemical defense, fire-breathing, smoke-exhausting detachments and detachments to continuously improve equipment and enhance chemical defense support capabilities.

19 15 In the spring, Germany set up A 10 Bureau in the Ministry of War to conduct toxic gas tests, and reorganized 3 1 Engineering Corps into a "toxic gas release group". In April, it carried out the first large-scale gas attack on the British and French Coalition forces. The British army immediately set up the 1 chemical brigade, and carried out a poisonous gas attack on the German army in September. Other warring parties have also established chemical units and detachments.

At first, the military medical department was responsible for the protection of toxic gases. With the development of chemical weapons and protective measures, before the end of the war, the leading bodies of chemical soldiers and anti-virus units were set up in major participating countries. Before and after the Second World War, chemical weapons have developed to be mainly projected by artillery, rocket soldiers and aviation, and chemistry participates in the organization and directly undertakes the task of use.

1945 July 16, the great destructive power caused by the successful test explosion of the American atomic bomb and the subsequent atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan attracted great attention from all countries in the world, and the chemical defense forces also took on the task of protecting nuclear weapons and developed into independent arms of the military to protect nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. After the appearance of nuclear weapons, chemical soldiers expanded their tasks and improved their preparation and equipment. The organization of chemical soldiers varies from country to country.

The chemical defense force of China People's Liberation Army is an important part of the synthetic army, and it is the technical backbone of the army to prevent nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and can undertake the task of using and protecting incendiary weapons. When the battle is needed, it can also undertake the task of casting smoke screens to ensure the combat action of the troops.

The specialized arms of the China People's Liberation Army responsible for chemical defense are called chemical defense forces, also known as chemical defense forces. It consists of anti-chemical, fire-breathing, and smoke-making troops and detachments. Carry out nuclear observation, chemical observation and chemical and radiation reconnaissance.

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the Japanese invaders used chemical weapons to attack the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians many times. 1939, the Eighth Route Army set up an anti-chemical team in China People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to train anti-chemical backbones, organize and guide troops to carry out anti-drug education and take simple protective measures. In the late period of the Liberation War, the 7th, 9th and13rd columns of the East China Field Army set up chemical defense units respectively. After the founding of New China, in order to meet the needs of operations under modern conditions, the ability of chemical defense support has been improved. After the establishment of our army's chemical defense force, after training in previous nuclear tests and exercises under the condition of nuclearization, it has fully played the role of chemical defense support in previous wars to defend the motherland, made contributions to improving the combat capability of the synthetic army under modern technical conditions, and became the technical backbone and independent arms of our army to undertake the task of chemical defense support.