Battle of Jinzhou
Battle of Chinchow | |||||||
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Part of the Liaoshen Campaign of the Chinese Civil War | |||||||
People's Liberation Army launches final assault on Jinzhou | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Republic of China Army | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Fan Hanjie (POW) |
Lin Biao Luo Ronghuan Liu Yalou | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~150,000 | 250,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
20,000 deaths, 80,000 captured | 24,000 |
Battle of Chinchow (
Communist Party
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Background
Liaoshen Campaign is "to strive to capture Jinzhou in one week."[1]
Outside the city
To attack Chinchow, it was necessary for the PLA to clear away the Nationalist positions in the outskirts of Jinzhou. Between 8 and 13 October, the Communists captured all the Nationalist strongholds outside Jinzhou, which set up the final assault on 14 October. In the meantime, in the Battle of Tashan nine PLA divisions defeated eleven NRA divisions attempting to reinforce Jinzhou.
Final assault
The PLA massed 900 artillery pieces, and launched the final assault on Chinchow on 14 October 1948. The entire defensive line of Jinzhou was broken through soon after. Nationalist resistance ended the next day on 15 October.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Mao Zedong Military Anthology, Page 480-482
Bibliography
- Lary, Diana (2015). China's Civil War: A Social History, 1945-1949. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107294417.