In 1998, why was the First Division of the 1st Army of Nanjing Military Region adapted into the Amphibious Infantry Division?
In the mid-1980s, the 1st Division of the 1st Army of the Nanjing Military Region emerged during the two mountains during the rotation battle, a heroic and model "hard bone warrior" Zhan Yaping emerged. Zhan Yaping's company is the " Hard Bones Sixth Company " with outstanding military achievements, and has also become a banner of the 1st Army.
▲"Hard Bones Soldier" Zhan Yaping
998, the 1st Division was adapted into an Amphibious Infantry Division. You may not understand why an infantry division was adapted into an amphibious infantry division? Regarding this issue, I will first introduce to you the glorious history of the 1st Division.
The 1st Division has a long history and can be traced back to the Red 2nd Legion, which was formed in July 1930. At that time, the Red 4 and Red 6 armies met in the Confucian Temple in Hubei Public Security Bureau and were organized into the Red 2 Corps. He Long and Zhou Yiqun served as military and political chiefs, with more than 10,000 troops in the entire army.
▲Zhang Zongxun during the Anti-Japanese War (first from left)
In August 1937, the Red 2nd Army was renamed the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. The brigade commander Lu Dongsheng ( did not take office, and later Zhang Zongxun was acting as ), deputy brigade commander Li Jingquan, and chief of staff Yao Zhe. The source of the joint regiments under the jurisdiction is as follows:
715th Regiment (formerly 4th Division of the Red 2nd Army);
716th Regiment (formerly 6th Division of the Red 2nd Army and 28th Army of the Red Army).
During the Anti-Japanese War, the 358th Brigade was successively expanded into the 358th Brigade of Zhang (Zongxun) and the 358th Brigade of Peng (Shaozu), the 1st Independence Brigade, and the 2nd Independence Brigade. In October 1946, the 358th Brigade, the 2nd Independent Brigade, and the Jinbei Field Army led the organs to be combined into the 1st Column of the Jinsui Field Army, and Zhang Zongxun and Liao Hansheng were appointed as military and political chief officers. The 1st Column of
participated in the Xihuachi, Yan'an defense battle , Qinghuabian, Yangmahe, Yulin and other battles, achieving brilliant results. In February 1947, the 1st Column was incorporated into the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Field Army. In July of that year, the Northwest Field Army was officially established, and the 1st Column was renamed the 1st Column of the Northwest Field Army.
▲Huang Xinting
In February 1949, the 358th Brigade of the 1st Column of the Northwest Field Army was renamed the 1st Division of the 1st Army, with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Regiments under its jurisdiction. Huang Xinting and Yu Qiuli were appointed as military and political chief officers. Among them, the second group of is the famous "He Long Group" . After the 1st Division of
was formed, the army joined the battles of Shaanxi Central Battle, Fuqi Battle , Lanzhou Battle , and the liberation of Xining. After the liberation of Xining, the 1st Army and Qinghai Provincial Military Region were carried out to suppress bandits.
In June 1952, the 3rd Army was withdrawn, and its subordinate units were jointly organized with the 1st Army. The adjustments were as follows:
1st and 3rd Divisions were jointly organized into the 1st Division;
2nd and 8th Divisions were jointly organized into the 2nd Division;
7th and 9th Divisions were jointly organized into the 7th Division.
After adjustment, all divisions of the 1st Army were organized by heavy-device divisions, and the 1st Division was no exception. The situation of each division was as follows:
under the jurisdiction of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments;
was formerly the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division, which was incorporated into the 1st Division Artillery Regiment (called the 301st Artillery Regiment from September 1953 to August 1969);
was formerly the 8th Regiment of the 3rd Division, which was incorporated into the 1st Division Chariot Regiment (later renamed the 206th Tank Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, which was transferred to the 11th Tank Division in October 1968).
In January 1953, the 1st Division was renamed the 1st Division of the Volunteer Army, and joined the army to participate in the Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea , which was affiliated with the battle sequence of the 19th Corps of the Volunteer Army. After entering North Korea, the 1st Army participated in the summer offensive campaign, and before the Korean War armistice, it killed 12,069 enemies.
▲After the armistice of war, the 1st Army temporarily stationed in North Korea. In October 1958, the 1st Army was ordered to return to China, and the military headquarters was stationed in Kaifeng, Henan, and was affiliated to Wuhan Military Region . Against this background, the 1st Division was stationed in Anyang, Henan.
In January 1961, the 1st Division became one of the first 10 combat readiness duty divisions in the entire army. In January 1964, the 6th Company of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division was awarded the honorary title of "Sixth Company of Hard Bones" by the Ministry of National Defense.
The 6th Company was a sharp knife in war years, and in peacetime, it was famous throughout the army for its "strong combat readiness thinking, strong combat style, strong military technology, and strong military and political discipline."
▲"Sixth Company of Hard Bones" Naming Conference
975, the 1st Army and the 20th Army changed their defenses and moved to Huzhou, Zhejiang, and transferred to Nanjing Military Region . In July 1984, the 1st Division followed the army to Yunnan to participate in the two mountains rotation battle, killing, injuring and capturing 4,548 enemies.
In June 1985, the 1st Division returned with the army, and a large number of heroes and individuals from various heroes emerged. Some of the lists are as follows:
2nd Regiment 3 "Stand to Hero Company";
1st Regiment 9th Company squad leader Huang Zhonghu "Combat Hero";
Deputy Instructor and Instructor of the 1st Company of the 3rd Regiment 3rd Regiment 3rd Regiment 3rd Regiment 3rd Regiment 3rd Regiment 3rd Regiment 3rd Regiment 6th Company was awarded the honorary title of "Hero Hard Sixth Company" by the Central Military Commission ( is the only company in the army that has been awarded honor twice ).
▲"Sixth Company of Hard Bones" Battle Flag
In September of the same year, the 1st Division was reorganized into the 1st Infantry Division of the 1st Army Army, and carried out the organization of the North A Motorized Infantry Division. The specific situation is as follows:
3's 1st, 2nd and 3rd Regiments;
Artillery Regiment ;
Tank Regiment (formerly tank regiment of the 1st Army Army);
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (formerly tank regiment of the 1st Army Army Army).
In August 1998, the 1st Division was rebuilt into an amphibious mechanized infantry division during the system adjustment. retained the 2nd Regiment, and the 1st and 3rd Regiments were combined into the 1st Regiment. The tank regiment was renamed the Armored Regiment .
After adjustment, the 1st Amphibious Surgery Division is under the jurisdiction of the 1st Amphibious Surgery Surgery 1st Regiment, 2nd Regiment, Artillery Regiment, Air Defense Regiment and Armored Regiment. In fact, the deep-seated reasons why the 1st Division was adapted into an amphibious staircase division can be understood as what are the advantages of an amphibious staircase division?
According to the author's verification, the advantages of amphibious infantry division are mainly as follows:
1. Make up for the shortcomings of the group army amphibious combat and improve the coordinated combat capabilities of multiple arms;
Although our army has Marine Corps , it belongs to the navy. If the Army wants to fight in concert with it, it has more or less disadvantages of many command levels and inconvenient coordination.
▲What can I do with the Marine Corps of the 1990s? Building an amphibious combat force exclusive to the army and enhancing the coordinated combat capability of multiple armies within the group organization is also one of the highlights of our army's system adjustment in 1998.
In addition, the Marine Corps' heavy weapon has a small proportion of equipment and few troops, and it is difficult to provide strong support to the army. The establishment of the amphibious invader division, with the main weapons and equipment, which exactly solved this problem.
2. The amphibious swordsman has strong firepower and strong penetration ability;
The main combat equipment of the amphibious swordsman is a 63A (or 63A1) amphibious tank. The 105mm main gun is equipped with very powerful and has strong stability. I won’t say much about the specific situation.
▲Ambulatory Infantry Division Some weapons and equipment are
In addition, if the anti-tank weapons within the amphibious Infantry Division are concentrated, it is probably equivalent to the force of one regiment. Such a firepower configuration is also quite considerable compared with other Infantry Divisions.
It should be noted that the artillery regiment belonging to the Amphibious Infantry Division is equipped with 122mm, 152mm, 155mm howitzer and 122mm rocket launcher , with a force of 4 to 5 battalions, and its firepower suppression ability is particularly outstanding.
3. Compilation balance, emphasizing maneuverability;
Amphibious stepper master is relatively balanced, taking into account the matching of each fire support point within the compilation. To this end, the Amphibious Infantry Division mainly creates multiple amphibious hybrid armored assault groups through the mixed formation of amphibious armored vehicles and infantry combat vehicle units, squads, amphibious tank units, and squads.
▲Ambulatory Infantry Division Main Battle Tank
This type of assault group has the advantages of long fire range and great power.Not only that, armored combat vehicles within the division-level system pay special attention to mobility:
water flooding speed is 12 kilometers per hour, and onshore maneuverability can reach about 40 kilometers per hour.
As for the maneuverability performance after entering a relatively flat depth of the terrain, this is an advantage that the Marine Corps does not have, and there is no need for the author to elaborate on it. The most important thing about
is that armored transport vehicle and infantry combat vehicles can support each other back to back, forming a firepower strike system that combines long and short, complements speed and slow, and takes into account both light and heavy, which can maximize the institutional organizational advantages of multiple arms in collaborative combat.
▲The former 1st Army's "Panhai Wave" training
Comprehensively, the 1st Division was adapted into an amphibious infantry division to optimize the army's military configuration, and can form a pattern of coordinated combat between multiple arms that combines light and heavy with the Marine Corps, which can achieve a huge impact.
In fact, the Infantry Division was adapted into the Amphibious Infantry Division, not the 1st Division. The 124th Division of the former Guangzhou Military Region's 42nd Army was also adapted into the Amphibious Infantry Division at the end of 2000. This is the off-topic.
Reference materials:
[1] "Hundred Battles of the Great Army (I) 1st Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army" (Reign · "Military History Lin");
[2] "Why can you be so tough? "Sixth Company of Hard Bones" gives the most ignited answer" (Central of the Communist Youth League);
[3] "Our army amphibious infantry division ranks among the forefront of the world and is suitable for the first wave of attacks" (Haiwen · "Ship Knowledge").
