Post by Woodard on Jan 2, 2008 15:06:24 GMT -5
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The North Korean invasion force attacked the south on June 25, 1950 consisted of a total of ten divisions, an armored brigade, an armored regiment, and two independent regiments, 150 tanks, over 600 artilleries, and 196 aircraft (including 40 fighters and 70 bombers). The North Korean divisions included the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th (later renamed as the 12th), 10th, 13th, and the 15th Divisions. Out of these divisions, three were former Chinese communist IV Field Army divisions, each had the following structure: the division headquarter, a political directorate, a supply directorate, a medical directorate, a security battalion, an artillery battalion, a training / military police group, a propaganda /psychological warfare group and three infantry regiments. Each regiment was consisted of three battalions and each battalion was consisted of three infantry companies, a machine gun company, an engineering company, a security company, an artillery company, an antitank gun company, and a mortar company. Kim Il-sung spent over 13.8 million rubles to purchase Soviet weaponry to arm his invasion force, which was paid in the form of 9 tons of gold, 40 tons of silver and over 15,000 tons of minerals, but all former former ethnic Korean soldiers of Chinese communist IV Field Army carried their own weapons and additionally, the former units of Chinese communist IV Field Army were also transferred to North Korean with all of the weapons. The three former Chinese divsions were:
5th Division: former 164th Division of the Chinese communist IV Field Army. The commander, Li Deshan (ÀîµÂɽ), a veteran of Eighth Route Army and former member of Communist Party of China, was also the political commissar. When the division reached to North Korea on July 20, 1949, its number totaled 10,821. Weaponry broght with them included 5,279 rifles, 588 handguns, 321 light machine guns, 104 heavy machine guns, 206 submachine guns, 8 anti-tank rifles, 32 grenade launchers, 67 50-mm mortars, 87 60-mm mortars, 26 mortars with calibre of 81-mm or greater, 12 Anti-tank guns, 1 infantry support gun, 3 other artillery pieces, 3,456 bayonets, and 734 horses.
6th Division: former 166th Division of the Chinese communist IV Field Army. The commander, Fang Fushan (·½»¢É½), a veteran of Eighth Route Army and former member of Communist Party of China, was also the political commissar. When the division reached to North Korea on July 20, 1949, its number totaled 10,320. Weaponry brought with them included: 6,046 rifles, 722 handguns, 281 light machine guns, 91 heavy machine guns, 878 submachine guns, 69 grenade launchers, 31 50-mm mortars, 91 60-mm mortars, 33 mortars with calibre of 81-mm or greater, 10 Anti-tank guns, 3 mountain gun, 3 other artillery pieces, 1,833 bayonets, and 945 horses.
7th (later renamed as the 12th) Division: former 156th Division of the Chinese communist IV Field Army, with additional ethinc Korean soldiers from the 139th, 140th, and 141th Divisions of the Chinese communist IV Field Army. The commander, Cui Ren (´ÞÈÊ), a veteran of Eighth Route Army and former member of Communist Party of China, was also the political commissar. When the division reached to North Korea on April 18, 1950, its number totaled more than 14,000. The weaponry brought into North Korea was greater than that of the other two divisions due to its larger size.
With the exception of the 2nd and 3rd divsions, which mostly consisted of forme-Soviet Union trained North Korean troops, all other North Korean divisions had at least a former regiment of the Chinese communist IV Field Army, and in addition to the three former Chinese divisions, most of commanders were former commanders of the Chinese communist IV Field Army, such as:
Commander of the 2nd Division Cui Xian (´ÞÏÍ) and chief-of-staff Xu Bo (Ðí²¨)
Commander of the 3rd Division Li Yingdi (ÀîÓ¢ïá) and chief-of-staff Zhang Pingshan (ÕÅƽɽ)
Commander of the 4th Division Li Quanwu (ÀîȨÎä)
The North Korean invasion force attacked the south on June 25, 1950 consisted of a total of ten divisions, an armored brigade, an armored regiment, and two independent regiments, 150 tanks, over 600 artilleries, and 196 aircraft (including 40 fighters and 70 bombers). The North Korean divisions included the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th (later renamed as the 12th), 10th, 13th, and the 15th Divisions. Out of these divisions, three were former Chinese communist IV Field Army divisions, each had the following structure: the division headquarter, a political directorate, a supply directorate, a medical directorate, a security battalion, an artillery battalion, a training / military police group, a propaganda /psychological warfare group and three infantry regiments. Each regiment was consisted of three battalions and each battalion was consisted of three infantry companies, a machine gun company, an engineering company, a security company, an artillery company, an antitank gun company, and a mortar company. Kim Il-sung spent over 13.8 million rubles to purchase Soviet weaponry to arm his invasion force, which was paid in the form of 9 tons of gold, 40 tons of silver and over 15,000 tons of minerals, but all former former ethnic Korean soldiers of Chinese communist IV Field Army carried their own weapons and additionally, the former units of Chinese communist IV Field Army were also transferred to North Korean with all of the weapons. The three former Chinese divsions were:
5th Division: former 164th Division of the Chinese communist IV Field Army. The commander, Li Deshan (ÀîµÂɽ), a veteran of Eighth Route Army and former member of Communist Party of China, was also the political commissar. When the division reached to North Korea on July 20, 1949, its number totaled 10,821. Weaponry broght with them included 5,279 rifles, 588 handguns, 321 light machine guns, 104 heavy machine guns, 206 submachine guns, 8 anti-tank rifles, 32 grenade launchers, 67 50-mm mortars, 87 60-mm mortars, 26 mortars with calibre of 81-mm or greater, 12 Anti-tank guns, 1 infantry support gun, 3 other artillery pieces, 3,456 bayonets, and 734 horses.
6th Division: former 166th Division of the Chinese communist IV Field Army. The commander, Fang Fushan (·½»¢É½), a veteran of Eighth Route Army and former member of Communist Party of China, was also the political commissar. When the division reached to North Korea on July 20, 1949, its number totaled 10,320. Weaponry brought with them included: 6,046 rifles, 722 handguns, 281 light machine guns, 91 heavy machine guns, 878 submachine guns, 69 grenade launchers, 31 50-mm mortars, 91 60-mm mortars, 33 mortars with calibre of 81-mm or greater, 10 Anti-tank guns, 3 mountain gun, 3 other artillery pieces, 1,833 bayonets, and 945 horses.
7th (later renamed as the 12th) Division: former 156th Division of the Chinese communist IV Field Army, with additional ethinc Korean soldiers from the 139th, 140th, and 141th Divisions of the Chinese communist IV Field Army. The commander, Cui Ren (´ÞÈÊ), a veteran of Eighth Route Army and former member of Communist Party of China, was also the political commissar. When the division reached to North Korea on April 18, 1950, its number totaled more than 14,000. The weaponry brought into North Korea was greater than that of the other two divisions due to its larger size.
With the exception of the 2nd and 3rd divsions, which mostly consisted of forme-Soviet Union trained North Korean troops, all other North Korean divisions had at least a former regiment of the Chinese communist IV Field Army, and in addition to the three former Chinese divisions, most of commanders were former commanders of the Chinese communist IV Field Army, such as:
Commander of the 2nd Division Cui Xian (´ÞÏÍ) and chief-of-staff Xu Bo (Ðí²¨)
Commander of the 3rd Division Li Yingdi (ÀîÓ¢ïá) and chief-of-staff Zhang Pingshan (ÕÅƽɽ)
Commander of the 4th Division Li Quanwu (ÀîȨÎä)
