The guerrilla groups of 1946-1949 had transformed themselves into battalions, then into regiments, and now began to take their final shape as 10,000-man divisions.
The first series of five divisions-the Divisions 304, 308, 312, 316, and 320-was created in 1950, soon to be followed by a so-called "351st Heavy Division" of the Soviet artillery division type and composed of two artillery regiments and one combat engineer regiment. The Viet-Minh felt ready to throw the French into the sea.
