Liberation War Records: Liberation of Xuzhou
by Lin Keke
About This Novel
On December 1, 1948, during the second stage of the Huaihai Campaign, Du Yuming's group of the Kuomintang abandoned Xuzhou and fled south. The East China Field Army took advantage of the situation and moved in to liberate this strategic hub of "the thoroughfare to five provinces" without any bloodshed. In this battle, more than 1,700 artillery pieces, 250 tanks and armored vehicles, and a large amount of military supplies were seized, cutting off the land retreat of the largest corps of the national army. The liberation of Xuzhou connected the East China and Central Plains liberated areas, laid the foundation for the encirclement of Du Yuming's group in Chenguanzhuang, and accelerated the victory of the Huaihai Campaign. Mao Zedong praised it as "the master key to the decisive battle on the southern front."
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