Some people say that the 130th Division of the 54th Army of the People's Liberation Army is the ace division of the Chinese Army. Of course, if you look at who the first commander of the 54th Army was, Ding Sheng! Can he have bear soldiers under him?
Ding Sheng
The predecessor of the 130th Division was the Third Column of the Eighth Route Army in the central Hebei region, and its main components were the old Eighth Route Army, and its performance on the battlefield was quite impressive. After entering the Northeast, in October 1945, it was merged with other old Eighth Route troops to form the First Security Brigade of Liaoji Military Region, and the first brigade commander was called Ma Renxing.
In 1938, Ma Renxing secretly joined the Communist Party of China and led his troops to break away from the National Army, and successively served as the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the military division, and was one of the main regiments of the Eighth Route Army. It is a pity that he died in the Battle of Siping in June 1947, otherwise he would have become the founding general - at least a lieutenant general.
The 130th Division later grew into the main division of Siye, which was the best at blasting, with a tenacious style and the courage to fight tough battles. They fought from Siping to Liangguang and garrisoned Guangxi.
This is a unit created on the basis of the old Eighth Road
After the outbreak of the Korean War, the 130th Division returned to the northeast and was responsible for the northeast border defense.
In 1953, when the Korean War came to an end and the front-line troops began to rotate, the 130th Division rushed to North Korea to take over the position of the 115th Division of the 39th Army and deploy defenses in the area of Longtanli.
The 130th Division entered the Korean War
U.S. troops surrendered
Although negotiations at Panmunjom had begun at this time, the US-ROK coalition forces were still not giving up and wanted to make another last gain, so they concentrated their forces and launched a fierce attack on the defense area of the 130th Division.
Therefore, although the 130th Division rushed to a late gathering, it made a lot of gains in this evening gathering, and it ensured that the position in the Longtanli area was not lost.
Soon the Jincheng counterattack began, and the 130th Division, as one of the main attacking forces, used the Soviet-style equipment that had just been replaced, so that the U.S. army once again saw the terrifying firepower of the volunteers.
In the later period of the Korean War, the Volunteer Army changed its guns and began to suffer no more losses to the US and South Korean armies in terms of firepower
The 130th Division (in coordination with friendly forces) broke through the defense of the 4 main divisions of the ROK army from the front, annihilating more than 1,000 ROK troops, making the ROK army only hate why their parents only gave them two legs.
In 1958, after the 130th Division returned from the east coast of Korea with the 54th Army, it went to Tibet to participate in the counterinsurgency. In the counterinsurgency operation, the 130th Division captured alive the "commander of the Guardian Army" of the reactionary forces and actively maintained stability in Tibet.
Before the outbreak of the Sino-Indian border war, the 130th Division was engaged in agricultural production with hoes in the Ya'an area, farming, raising pigs, fishing, and so on.
Prepare the food that the pig is going to eat
The Sino-Indian self-defense counterattack began, so the 130th Division did not go on in the first stage.
The second phase was about to start, and Marshal Lin Biao, Minister of National Defense, suddenly remembered the 130th Division that was basking in the sun in Ya'an.
So the 130th Division put down its hoe, picked up its gun again, replenished some ammunition, and rushed to the Warong battlefield in the eastern section of Tibet as the main force, the opponent was the ace 11th Brigade of the Indian army, and the brigade commander was Lieutenant General Raul.
The Indian Army's ace 11th Brigade is not simple, it went to Europe to participate in World War II, has very rich combat experience, and has a full set of British weapons in its hands. At that time, it boasted that it would fight the 130th division and go home without knowing its mother.
Before the Indian army went to war, it was very awesome
The 130th Division scoffed at this, after all, we also directly wrestled with the US army on the Korean battlefield.
In this operation, the 130th Division chose to fight in close proximity, overcoming difficulties such as the lack of oxygen in the high mountains and the narrow terrain that was not easy to deploy, and they were able to touch their forward positions without the Indian army knowing it.
As soon as the guns rang out, the Indian army was stunned: Was this PLA lowered by the Buddha from heaven? In a short period of time, the Indian army was completely defeated by the 130 th Division, and more than 2,000 people were annihilated by the 130 Division in one day.
Battle of Walong
The Indian army obediently raised their hands and surrendered
The 130th Division has played a national and military prestige in this battle, who said that the 130th Division lost the ability to fight by feeding pigs?
Some netizens raised a question: Why do some articles say that the 160th Division is the only infantry division of the PLA that has participated in three foreign operations to resist US aggression and aid Korea, India, and Vietnam, and has won victories?
This is easy to understand, the 130th and 160th divisions are actually one army.
In November 1969, when the Zhenbaodao War began, the 130th Division was urgently withdrawn from Tibet to defend Henan, and was renamed the 160th Division of the Army in Huixian.
So the predecessor of the 160th Division was the 130th Division.
In the 70s of the last century, the 160th Division reluctantly changed from a first-line combat unit to a second-line unit in Henan, once again put down its gun, picked up a hoe, and began to participate in production and labor. Slowly, everyone forgot that there was also a unit in the PLA called the 130th Division or the 160th Division.
After the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam began in 1979, the manpower on the front line was a little tight.
At this time, the Central Military Commission suddenly remembered, don't we still have a unit called the 130 Division? Quickly check it out for me to see what this unit is doing now.
On a check, the 160th Division was feeding pigs, fishing, and basking in the sun.
Urgent assembly now!
So after a short period of equipment and ammunition replenishment, the 130th Division (160th Division) put down its hoe and picked up its gun, got on a green Jiefang brand truck, and quickly rushed from Henan to the Sino-Vietnamese border in Guangxi, becoming a main fist in the hands of General Xu Shiyou on the Eastern Front.
Ready
The 160th Division has been unarmored and returned to the field for many years, and many people are worried that it is quite old.
This kind of worry is actually unnecessary, and the actual combat results have proved that the 160th Division can still fight. In the Battle of Gaoping, the 160th Division conquered the Kuiwa area on the edge of Gaoping in one fell swoop and annihilated more than 300 Vietnamese troops, and in the subsequent Gaoping urban security war, more than 700 Vietnamese soldiers were annihilated one after another.
The Vietnamese army raised their hands and surrendered
So far, the 130th Division (160th Division) has participated in all the large-scale foreign wars since the founding of New China: the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the War of Self-Defense and Counterattack against India, and the War of Self-Defense and Counterattack against Vietnam, and they have all fought very beautifully!
Conclusion: In October 1998, with the progress of military reform, the heroic 160th Division was reorganized into the 160th Motorized Infantry Brigade. In October 2003, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) began a new round of structural adjustments, and the 160th Mobu Brigade was withdrawn. At this point, the 160th Division became history. There is no way to do this, the PLA can fight too many troops. Some people say that under the 71st Group Army of the Eastern Theater Army, there is not another 160 composite brigade? To be honest, this 160 composite brigade has basically nothing to do with the original 160 motorized infantry brigade and 160 infantry division.
71 Composite Brigade of the 160 Army