Liberation War period, they galloped in the vast northern territory, participated in the Liao-Shen Battle and Ping-Jin Battle, purged the Inner Mongolia grassland bandits, for the birth of the new China to establish a great success. After the founding of New China, they participated in the National Day military parade three times, and accepted the review of the party and state leaders.
In the period of anti-American aid to North Korea, they also for the Korean battlefield transportation and training horses, support the front line. 60 years have passed, when the "hoofs step on the city broken, sword waving ghosts and gods" heroes have reached the old age, but their legend has long been remembered in the grassland people's hearts.
"Eight. After the uprising, when the pseudo-Manchukuo Army Xing'an School of the uprising students formed the Wangmiao Civilian Police Brigade, this Civilian Police Brigade is the predecessor of the first division of the Inner Mongolia Cavalry later, then the Civilian Police Brigade was expanded to Civilian Police, the Civilian Police Brigade and the expansion of the East Mongolia People's Autonomous Army Cavalry Division, the early stage of the victory in the war, the prairie herdsmen's sons and daughters hold the horses of their own homes to enlist! Join the army, several brothers and even father and son, uncle and nephew to join the army together in many cases. They grew up with horses, horsemanship is very good, after a short period of military training will be able to master the horse shooting, killing, charging and other actions. It is the support of the grassland people, so that the Inner Mongolia Revolutionary Armed Forces grew and expanded into five cavalry divisions.
April 3, 1946, the history of the revolution in Inner Mongolia has an important significance of the "four three meeting" held in Chengde, the meeting ended the history of Inner Mongolia has long been divided situation. After the "April 3 meeting", the three cavalry divisions of the East Mongolian People's Autonomous Army was canceled, collectively known as the Inner Mongolia People's Self-Defense Army. In September of the same year, Zhuosuotu alliance cavalry column was established in Chifeng. In this way, the Inner Mongolian People's Armed Forces developed into five divisions, one column, **** more than 20,000 people. Among them, in addition to the guard regiment is infantry, the rest are all cavalry. in January 1948, the Inner Mongolia People's Self-Defense Army unified integration, renamed the Inner Mongolia People's Liberation Army, under the jurisdiction of the cavalry first, second, fourth, eleventh and sixteenth divisions, as well as Zhuo Sotu League Column, the guard regiment, the third regiment of independent cavalry and the Ninth Regiment, and in May of the same year, the People's Armed Forces Department and the Department of the Military Depot was also set up. In September of the same year, the 4th Cavalry Division and the Zhuo League Column merged into the 10th Cavalry Division, and in November, the Xicha Military Region was established to unify the command of the 11th Cavalry Division and the 16th Cavalry Division in combat.
September 1948, the liberation war in the first of the three battles - Liao-Shen Battle opened. The main force of the 1st Cavalry Division was ordered by the Northeast Field Army Headquarters to block Liao Yaoxiang's corps. They fought for 52 days in the blockade of Hujiawupeng and Qingtianbao. Troops participated in the battle valiantly and tenaciously, with the enemy to the death, and successfully completed the task. Hujiawopeng blockade is the prelude to the battle of Montenegro, but also the first division of the cavalry in the history of the war is the most intense, the most brutal one of the position holding station.
On October 23, 1948, at about 3:00 a.m., the Hujiawopeng blockade was fought.
Enemy 2O7 division three brigades under the cover of heavy artillery and aircraft, to my cavalry first division a group of HuJiaWuSheng defense position launched a fierce attack. In the 52 days and nights of the Liao-Shen Battle, the first and second divisions of the Inner Mongolia Cavalry always cooperated with the Northeast Field Army to fight in the forefront, and successfully accomplished the tasks they were assigned to, contributing to the liberation of the entire Northeast.
During the Liberation War, the Inner Mongolia Cavalry participated in the Liao-Shen and Ping-Tsin Battles, making great sacrifices and contributions to the liberation of Northeast and North China. The first two divisions of the Cavalry, the first, second and third divisions of the Inner Mongolia Cavalry were mainly engaged in the Northeast battlefield and participated in the Summer Offensive, Autumn Offensive and Winter Offensive of 1947 with the Northeastern Liberation Army (UNLI) troops, while the 16th and 11th divisions cooperated with the North China battlefield.In September 1948, the first and second divisions of the Cavalry were instructed to take part in the Liao Shen battlefield in the blocking of Montenegro and Dahu Mountain area and the siege of Changchun and the liberation of the battle of Shenyang. In the same month, the first and second divisions were ordered to take part in the Battle of Liao Shen and the siege of Changchun and the liberation of Shenyang. The first time he was in the city, he was in the city's capital, and he was in the city's capital, but the second time he was in the city's capital, he was in the city's capital. The newest addition to the list is a new one, a new one, a new one, a new one, a new one.
Cavalry has the characteristics of fast, mobile, flexible, brave, good at battle reconnaissance, long-distance raiding, movement defense, and chasing the enemy. Compared with infantry, cavalrymen not only can fight on foot, but also specialize in shooting and stabbing on horseback. Mongolian cavalry warriors were proficient in horsemanship, and they could do anything on the horse after they got on the horse. At that time, in order to avoid the enemy's air attack, the cavalry troops often daytime concealment, night marching, in the rapid march in a night even can run more than 200 kilometers. In night march, hundreds or thousands of cavalry troops, as long as the foremost man and horse awake, everyone else can sleep while riding, the horses will follow the order of the queue, there will never be a horse fall behind. At that time, the valiant cavalry warriors with sabers and machine guns ran long distances across the vast grasslands, like divine soldiers, catching the enemy off guard and terrifying them. When fighting with the Kuomintang, the general of the Kuomintang troops, faced with the rout, helplessly told his subordinates, "Don't run away, there are 50,000 Mongolian cavalrymen outside, you will be wiped out by them if you run out." At that time, the prisoners of war also claimed, "We are afraid of the Mongolian cavalry troops with big swords.
From May 1, 1947 to April 30, 1949, the Inner Mongolia cavalry troops fought with the Kuomintang's regular army and local troops 633 times, killing, wounding and capturing 19,875 people, capturing 69 guns, 132 light and heavy machine guns, 8,359 long and short rifles, 1,203 rounds of artillery shells, 6,893,575 rounds of bullets, 2,082 horses, and destroying an enemy plane.
In May 1949, the Inner Mongolia People's Liberation Army was formally organized into the Chinese People's Liberation Army sequence, renamed the Inner Mongolia Military Region, under the jurisdiction of the cavalry first to five divisions, the former 10th Division was renamed the third division, the former 11th Division was renamed the fourth division, the former 16th Division was renamed the fifth division. The Inner Mongolia Cavalry was a fast-moving unit that rode in the east as far as Changchun and Shenyang, and in the west as far as the Sui-Menggu wilderness. In the liberation war period, they purged the bandits, stabilized social order, and fought outside the area with the field army units, leaving a monumental reputation in the history of the Chinese revolution.
In June 1952, the cavalry division's number was withdrawn, the formation of the military sub-district, the remaining part of the cadres transferred to the Ulanchab League and other local party and government organs, into the local socialist revolution and socialist construction work, most of the soldiers demobilized and returned to their hometowns to participate in the production of agriculture and animal husbandry, the cavalry division to complete the glorious historical mission.
In 1952, the five cavalry division downsizing combination of the People's Liberation Army Division 5, under the thirteenth regiment, fourteen regiments, fifteen regiments of three cavalry regiments, under the North China Military Region. 1954 to the leadership of the Inner Mongolia Military Region. 1957 abolished the division headquarters, three regiments of the regiments to the leadership of the resident military sub-districts. 1964 to restore the fifth division of the cavalry, under the three cavalry regiments. 1969 to the People's Liberation Army Division 5, under the original. Adapted for the People's Liberation Army garrison 34th division, the same year was changed to the Beijing military region garrison second division. 1976 new artillery regiment. 1981 formed the eighth regiment of the garrison. So far the division under the jurisdiction of the fifth, six, seven, eight guard regiments and artillery regiments, directly under the tank battalion, anti-aircraft battalion. 1985 December streamlining and reorganization of the brigade, under the jurisdiction of four guard battalions, an artillery battalion. 1992 May guard the second brigade withdrew from the formation of the completion of his historical mission.