116th Mechanized Infantry Division (People's Republic of China)

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116th Division (1948-52)
116th Infantry Division (1952-60)
116th Army Division (1960-85)
116th Mechanized Infantry Division (1985-)
Active1948–present
Country 
39th Army
Garrison/HQShenyang Military Region
EngagementsChinese Civil War, Korean War

The 116th Division was a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) during the Korean War with a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men.

History

The 116th Division was part of the

347th, and 348th Regiments.[1]

Korean War

The 116th Division was one of the first Chinese divisions to attack the

115th Division.[2]

Current

The formation appears to still be active with the

39th Group Army in the Northern Theater Command, as the 116th Mechanised Infantry Division.[3]

The division was involved with the rest of the 39th Army in the

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. On the evening of 3 June, Xu Feng, the division commander, switched to plain clothes and carried out his own reconnaissance of the city.[4] When he returned, he told subordinates "not to look for him" and went into the division's communications vehicle.[4] Thereafter, the division maintained radio silence and did not advance on Beijing, except for the 347th Regiment under Ai Husheng, which complied with orders and went to Tiananmen Square on 4 June.[4] On 5 June, the rest of the division was escorted by other units to the square.[4] Xu Feng was later disciplined for passive resistance.[4]

See also

  • People's Liberation Army at Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

References

  1. ^ Appleman, Roy E. (1992). "XXXIX The Big Question". South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. United States Army Center of Military History. p. 768. CMH Pub 20-2-1. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  2. ^ Gammons, Stephen L.Y. The Korean War: The UN Offensive, pg 28. United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  3. ISBN 978-0-89206-496-0
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  4. ^ a b c d e (Chinese) Fang Bing, "参与六四镇压军官公开事件真相" Voice of America 2002-05-30
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