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
Liaoshen Campaign, the battalion attacked General
Liao Yaoxiang's headquarters. Then it fought in the
Pingjin Campaign and Battle of Hainan Island.
Korean War
The 118th Division was a military formation of the
People's Volunteer Army
The People's Volunteer Army (PVA) was the armed expeditionary forces deployed by the People's Republic of China during the Korean War. Although all units in the PVA were actually transferred from the People's Liberation Army under the order ...
(Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)) during the
Korean War with a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men. It was a component of the
40th Army
The 40th Army (, ''40-ya obshchevoyskovaya armiya'', "40th Combined Arms Army") of the Soviet Ground Forces was an army-level command that participated in World War II from 1941 to 1945 and was reformed specifically for the Soviet–Afghan War fro ...
, consisting of the
352nd,
353rd, and
354th Regiments.
118th division was the first unit engaged with UNC in Korean war. On 25 October 1953, it and 120th division encountered ROK 1st and 6th divisions in
Battle of Onjong
The Battle of Onjong ( ko, 온정리 전투), also known as the Battle of Wenjing (), was one of the first engagements between Chinese and South Korean forces during the Korean War. It took place around Onjong in present-day North Korea from 25 ...
, and destroyed 6th division. Then this division attended
Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River
The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River (), also known as the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on, was a decisive battle in the Korean War, and it took place from November 25 to December 2, 1950, along the Ch'ongch'on River Valley in the northwestern part of N ...
and
Battle of Hoengsong
The Battle of Hoengsong, also known as Hoengsong Counteroffensive ( zh, 橫城反擊戰) was a battle during the Korean War that took place between February 11–15, 1951. It was part of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) Fourth Phase Offe ...
.
In the first period of
Chinese Spring Offensive, 118th division undertook the mission to defeat
ROK 6th Division
The 6th Infantry Division (Hangul: 제6보병사단, Hanja: 第六步兵師團) is a military formation of the Republic of Korea Army.
Structure
*Headquarters:
**Headquarters Company
**DMZ Patrol Company
**Air Defense Company
**Anti-Tank Company
...
and open a gap between
US Marine 1st Division
The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).
It is th ...
and
US 24th Infantry Division on the direction of Kapyong—Mokdong-ri. 118th division's attack started on the dusk of 22 April 1951 and overran ROK 6th division within six hours, then its vanguards, ''3rd battalion, 354th regiment,'' reached Mokdong-ri on 23 April, 24:00, accomplished the division's mission, and engaged with
British 27th Brigade in
Battle of Kapyong
The Battle of Kapyong (or Gapyeong) ( ko, 가평전투, 22–25 April 1951), also known as the Battle of Jiaping (), was fought during the Korean War between United Nations Command (UN) forces—primarily Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand ...
.
Current
The unit is part of the
80th Group Army in the
Northern Theater Command Ground Force, as the 118th Medium Combined Arms Brigade.
PLA Ground Forces
References
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Infantry brigades of the People's Liberation Army