First Field Army Chronicle of Campaigns

Author: Xu Fulu
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: The smoke of the Anti-Japanese War had not yet cleared when a decisive battle that would determine the fate of China first emerged in the Northwest. Peng Dehuai volunteering for duty, Mao Zedong's perilous journey, the rise and fall of Hu Zongnan, known as "the Northwest Giant" and a trusted relative of the Jiang family, as well as the ultimate downfall of the Northwest local strongman Ma Jiajun, added to the brutality and mystery of the Northwest in the mid-20th century. This book begins with the Sino-Communist Chongqing negotiations and Hu Zongnan's offensive against the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, then describes the literary portrayal of the entire turbulent historical process as the People's Liberation Army's field army units defend Yan'an, move south and north, achieve three victories in three battles, and engage in battles such as Shajiaodian, Yichuan Wazi Street, Xifu, Libei, Xi'an, Fumei, Pingliang, and Lanzhou, until liberating Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai, and advancing into Xinjiang. It presents a magnificent scroll of poetic history intertwined with heroic deeds.