From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Shiwandashan
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Shiwandashan
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Shiwandashan Battles
Part of Chinese Civil War After the nationalist retreat, the nationalist troops left
behind joined the local bandits in the region of Shiwan-
Date December 13, 1950 - February 1951
dashan (十万大山) under order to continue the fight
Location Dongshan Island, Fujian, China against their common communist enemy in the form of
guerrilla / insurgency warfare. In early December, 1950,
Result Communist victory
communist force consisted of a regiment of the com-
Belligerents munist Longzhou Military Sub-District, the communist
129th Division and the communist 134th Division were
tasked to eradicate the nationalists in the region. The
original communist plan of attacking on December 20,
National Revolutionary Army 1950 was forced to carried out early on December 13,
People’s Liberation Army
1950 when the intelligence revealed that the nationalists
Commanders and leaders planned to withdrew to Vietnam. After three days of
travel, the communists succeeded in besieging the na-
tionalist within the Chinese border. The nationalists at-
tempt a futile breakout by sending out a small force to
Wei Xiuying 韦秀英 ? sneak out of the encirclement and cross the border, but
Wei Yuzhuang 韦雨庄 the entire 80 member strong force was annihilated by
Strength the communist regiment of the Longzhou Military Sub-
District in the region to the north of Jiute (九特). The
31,000+ 14,000
remaining nationalists attempted to flee eastward, but
Casualties and losses they were annihilated by the enemy at the Taiping (太
平) Mountain region. The battles afterward became erad-
31,000+ Minor
ication operations on small scales. By February 1951, the
communist victory was complete.
The Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Shiwandashan (十
万大山剿匪) was a counter-guerrilla / counterinsur-
gency campaign the communists fought against the Conclusion
Kuomintang guerrilla left behind after the nationalist
By February, 1951, the campaign concluded with commu-
regime withdrew from mainland China. The campaign
nist victory, with nationalist commanders either killed
was fought during the Chinese Civil War in the
or captured, including Wei Xiuying (韦秀英), the
post-World War II era in the region of Shiwandashan
commander-in-chief of the nationalist Anticommunist
(十万大山, literally meaning Ten Thousand Great Moun-
National Salvation Army at the Border Region of Guang-
tains) in Guangxi at the China-Vietnam border and re-
dong and Guangxi, and Wei Yuzhuang (韦雨庄), the di-
sulted in communist victory. This campaign is part of
rector of the nationalist Anticommunist National Salva-
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Guangxi, which in turn,
tion Committee. The 31,000 strong nationalist guerrilla
was part of Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and
in Shiwandashan (十万大山) was completely annihilat-
Southern China.
ed. In addition, the communists also captured 58 pieces
of artillery, 33 machine guns, 39,844 firearms, and 3 radio
Order of battle sets.
Nationalist:
• Anticommunist National Salvation Army at the See also
Border Region of Guangdong and Guangxi
• List of battles of the Chinese Civil War
Communist:
• National Revolutionary Army
• A regiment of the Longzhou Military Sub-District
• History of the People’s Liberation Army
• 129th Division
• Chinese Civil War
• 134th Division
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