The First Battle After Locking the Door and Beating the Dogs - Remembering the Jinzhou Battle of the Liaoshen Campaign

Author: Wu Xueling
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book vividly and authoritatively introduces the Jinzhou Campaign with rich historical materials. In the autumn of 1948, General Fan Hanjie, commander of the Jinzhou Command Post of the Kuomintang army, led over 100,000 troops of the Sixth Corps and other units to hold Jinzhou, relying on high ground outside the city and tall buildings in the urban area. Chiang Kai-shek also formed the Western Advance Corps and the Eastern Advance Corps from the defending forces in Shenyang and the naval transport troops from Huludao, aiming to fully relieve the crisis in Jinzhou and secure this strategic location. The Northeast People's Liberation Army implemented the strategy of "Attacking Jinzhou and Intercepting Relief Forces." After clearing the outer strongholds of Jinzhou, they launched a full-scale assault at 10:00 on October 14th. After breaching enemy lines with fierce artillery fire, the two groups—Southern and Northern—advanced rapidly into the city under artillery cover and tank support, followed by tactics such as infiltration, division, and encirclement to penetrate deep into enemy territory, ultimately annihilating the defenders. Meanwhile, as the People's Liberation Army captured Jinzhou, the Eastern Advance Corps of the Kuomintang was halted in the Tashan area. After six days of fierce fighting, they eliminated over 6,000 enemy troops, with their positions remaining unshaken. The Western Advance Corps was also blocked in the Zhangwu and Xinlitun areas. In the Jinzhou Campaign, the People's Liberation Army captured nearly 90,000 Kuomintang troops led by Fan Hanjie and destroyed 15 aircraft. The capture of Jinzhou laid a solid foundation for the People's Liberation Army to completely eliminate the Kuomintang forces in Northeast China.