THE PLA’S EVOLVING OUTLOOK ON URBAN WARFARE: - LEARNING, TRAINING, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TAIWAN - MILITARY LEARNING AND

The necessity of technolog- the capital of the Northern Song dynasty, in 1126 ical and organizational adaptations contributed to BCE was an inflection point of the era and marked the PLA’s evolution from its origins as the CCP’s milestone in military technology as one of the earli- Red Army. [...] ORG APRIL 2022 MILESTONES IN THE The Chinese Civil War CCP’S HISTORY WITH The founding of the Red Army was the outcome of a military action centered upon a city: the Nanchang URBAN WARFARE Uprising on August 1, 1927, a date commemorated by the PLA to this day.16 The Nanchang Uprising occurred through subversion: Nationalist units that 1927: T he Red Army, the precursor to had secretly joined with. [...] paign that assured Communist victory in the Chinese Civil These names and flags are used to War.50 The Huaihai Campaign this day; the successors to these units focused on the Nationalist head- are now elements of the Eastern Theater Command, quarters at Xuzhou and was the largest military the “war zone” that would oversee a potential inva- engagement at the time since World War II.51 The sion of T. [...] that end, the PLA displayed discipline upon enter- ing the city, which was praised by CCP leaders at the time and is recalled in modern remembrances of the PRC Intervention battle, which is also described as a “miracle.”63 in the Korean War The PLA’s years of learning through fighting in The PLA’s subsequent experience with urban urban combat played a critical role in the CCP’s warfare occurred du. [...] 121 The adaptation of armored vehicles pointed to the Israeli military’s use of the SkyLite to the demands of urban operations remains a focus of B mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which can the PLA, as described in several studies concentrating be hand-carried, as an example of a cheap system on options for the design and employment of armored that has proven capable and impactful.114 vehicles.