Liberation War Documentary: Liberation of Handan
by Lin Keke
About This Novel
In October 1945, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army launched the Handan Campaign (Ping-Han Campaign) under the command of Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping. Facing the three Kuomintang armies advancing north along the Ping-Han Railway, the People's Liberation Army lured the enemy deep and set up an ambush south of Handan. After ten days of fierce fighting, more than 15,000 enemy troops were wiped out, prompting Gao Shuxun, deputy commander of the 11th Theater Command of the National Army, to lead an uprising of 10,000 troops on the battlefield. This battle shattered the Kuomintang's strategic attempt to open up transportation lines in North China, consolidated the core of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan liberated area, and won the key initiative for the CCP's strategic deployment in North China. It was hailed as "the first self-defense counterattack victory after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War."
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