118th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China)

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118th Division (1949-53)
118th Infantry Division (1953-60)
118th Army Division (1960-85)
118th Motorized Infantry Division (1985-98)
118th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (1998-2017)
118th Medium Combined Arms Brigade (2017-)
Pingjin Campaign
Battle of Onjong
Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River
Battle of Kapyong

Chinese Civil War

During Chinese Civil War, this division was known as 7th division, 3rd column, Northeast Field Army and was an element of the 3rd column, nicknamed 'whirlwind column'. On 30 September 30 – 1 October 1947, the 7th Division and 8th Division covered 120 kilometers and encircled Kuomintang 116th Division in Weiyuanbao. On 2 October, the 7th Division annihilated the 116th Division with the assistance of the 8th Division, the action the origin of the distinction as Rainstorm Troops. In the

Pingjin Campaign
and Battle of Hainan Island.

Korean War

The 118th Division was a military formation of the

40th Army, consisting of the 352nd, 353rd, and 354th Regiments.[1]

118th division was the first unit engaged with UNC in Korean war. On 25 October 1950, it and 120th division encountered ROK 1st and 6th divisions in Battle of Onjong, and destroyed 6th division.[2] Then this division attended Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Hoengsong.

In the first period of

British 27th Brigade in Battle of Kapyong.[3]

Current

The unit is part of the 80th Group Army in the Northern Theater Command Ground Force, as the 118th Medium Combined Arms Brigade.[4]

References

  1. ^ Appleman, Roy E. "Chapter 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 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  2. OCLC 46926874.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  3. OCLC 46926874.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  4. ^ PLA Ground Forces Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
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