炮兵是我军陆军的最大兵种,被誉为“战争之神”。1951年4月,毛泽东主席为炮兵题词:“为建设强大的人民炮兵而奋斗”。炮兵是我军建立最早的兵种之一。南昌起义的部队中就有炮兵。1928年5月,红军第四军就建立了一个炮兵连。1931年5月,红军第一个炮兵团成立;1938年2月,八路军第一个炮兵团成立。抗战末期,我军第一个炮兵学校——延安炮校成立,郭化若任校 Artillery is our army’s largest branches, known as “the god of war.” In April 1951, Chairman Mao Tse-tung wrote an inscription for artillery: “Striving for building a strong people’s artillery.” Artillery was one of the earliest branches of our military. Nanchang Uprising troops have artillery. In May 1928, the Fourth Army of the Red Army established an artillery company. May 1931, the Red Army’s first artillery regiment was established; February 1938, the Eighth Route Army first artillery regiment was established. At the end of the war of resistance against Japan, the first artillery school in our army, the Yan’an Artillery School, was established