Zhoucun–Zhangdian Campaign
Zhoucun-Zhangdian Campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Chinese Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
unknown |
Xu Shiyou Tan Zhenlin | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
40,000 | 45,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
38,000 | unknown |
The Zhoucun–Zhangdian Campaign (
Prelude[edit]
In the beginning of 1948, the Nationalists in Shandong were forced to adopt a new defensive posture to strengthen the defense of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway. In February, 1948, the Nationalist Reorganized 12th Division guarding the western section of the Qingdao–Jinan Railway was redeployed to Yanzhou (兖州), and its original task was reassigned to the Nationalist Reorganized 32nd Division and other Nationalist units. The Communists decided to deploy their 13th Column to threaten the Nationalists in Qingdao so that they could not reinforce Nationalists elsewhere, and to concentrate units from their 7th Column, 9th Column, Bohai Column, and units from the Communist central Shandong and Bohai military districts to launch an offensive in the regions of Zhou's Village and Zhang's Hotel to dislodge the Nationalists.
Order of battle[edit]
Defenders: Nationalist order of battle:
- Army-sized Reorganized 12th Division
- Army-sized Reorganized 32nd Division
- Other units
Attackers: Communist order of battle:
- Units from the 7th Column
- Units from the 9th Column
- Units from the Bohai Column
- Units from the Bohai Military District
- Units from the central Shandong Military District
Campaign[edit]
Units of the Communist 7th Column and 9th Column secretly marched westward from Ye (
Outcome[edit]
The Nationalists lost over 38,000 troops in this defeat, and the important Qingdao–Jinan railway transportation and communication line was severed. Additionally, fourteen cities and towns had fallen into Communist hands, and the Communists were able to combine their two separate bases in central Shandong and the coastal region into a single larger one.
See also[edit]
- Outline of the Chinese Civil War
- National Revolutionary Army
- History of the People's Liberation Army
References[edit]
General references[edit]
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