Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Dabieshan

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Campaign to Suppress Bandits in
Dabieshan, China
Result
Communist
victory
Belligerents
Flag of the National Revolutionary Army
Flag of the National Revolutionary Army
National Revolutionary Army
PLA
PLA
People's Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Flag of the ROC
Flag of the ROC
Wang Xian 汪宪
Fan Xun 樊迅
Flag of the PRC
Flag of the PRC
Wang Shusheng 王树声
Strength 17,000+ 30,000Casualties and losses 15,400 Minor

Campaign to Suppress Bandits in

communist victory. This campaign was part of Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China
.

Order of battle

Nationalist (17,000 total):

Communist (30,000 total):

  • 71st Division of the 24th Army
  • 126th Division of the 42nd Army
  • Two garrison brigades of the Northern Anhui Military District
  • Three regiments of the Henan Military District
  • Independent 3rd Division of Hubei Military District
  • Units of
    Huanggang
    Military Sub-District

Campaign

In order to eradicate the 17,000 strong People's Self-Defense Army of the

Senior General
in 1955. On August 10, 1949, the communists made up their strategy in attacking the enemy in three fronts: east, west and south.

On September 5, 1949, communists launched their simultaneous attacks on the nationalist guerrilla mostly consisted of bandits and the nationalist stronghold Golden Camp, (Jinzhai, 金寨) county fell into the communist hands on the same day. The bandits attempted to fight a guerrilla war in smaller formations and communists countered by eliminating their adversary's guerilla bases in regions including Liangban (两畈) precinct of Golden Camp, (Jinzhai, 金寨), Green (青) precinct of Shangcheng (商城) county, Muzi Shop (木子店) of Macheng (麻城) county,. Communists in the eastern front attacked regions around Golden Camp, (Jinzhai, 金寨) county and Gushi (固始). On September 30, 1949, the nationalist guerrilla headquarter in Hat Top Mountain (Maodingshan 帽顶山) 30 km to the south of Golden Camp, (Jinzhai, 金寨) was discovered by a detachment of the communist 71st Division, who immediately attacked and annihilated the nationalist guerrilla consisted of mostly bandits. Soon after, another 1,700 bandits under the command of nationalist commanders Zhang Lianhe (张连合) and Wang Yaonan (汪耀南) were completely annihilated by the communists. The nationalist commander-in-chief Wang Zongxian (汪宪及) and the first deputy commander-in-chief Fan Xun (樊迅) of the local nationalist guerrilla command were both captured alive.

In the meantime, communist force at the northern front concentrated attack in the region to the south of Shangcheng (商城) county, annihilated more than a thousand local bandits, including their commander, Feng Chunbo (冯春波). Communist force at the southern front concentrated on the regions including Golden Camp, (Jinzhai, 金寨), Hemp City (Macheng, 麻城) county, and Luotian (罗田), annihilated over 1,200 bandits under the command of Zhou Xiangbo (周香波) and Rao Guodong,(饶国栋). By the end of November 1949, over 12,000 nationalists had been killed or captured, and nationalist force with strength over 100 troops no longer existed in the region, and the large scale military operation had thus turned into mop up operations of much less scale, with much increased political and propaganda pressure, which lasted until the end of the campaign.

Conclusion

In March 1953, the Campaign to Suppress Bandits in

Dabieshan
ended with communist victory. In addition to completely annihilating over 15,400 nationalist guerrilla troops, the communists also succeeded in capturing 81 artillery pieces, 13,883 firearms, and large amount of supplies.

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