Liberation War Documentary: Liberation of Hengyang
by Lin Keke
About This Novel
In October 1949, the Fourth Field Army launched the Battle of Hengbao, targeting Hengyang, the core of Bai Chongxi's "Hunan-Guangdong Defense Line". Lin Biao made a three-pronged advance with an army of 450,000, and completed the strategic encirclement on October 8, annihilating all 47,000 troops including the elite 7th Army of the Guangxi Clan, and liberating Hengyang. This battle was the first example of the "big roundabout and big encirclement" tactic, which shattered the Kuomintang army's "Southwestern Joint Defense" plan and captured 402 artillery pieces and 176 cars. The liberation of Hengyang caused the remaining enemies in central China to collapse, clearing the way for the liberation of Guangzhou two weeks later. Mao Zedong telegraphed the commendation: "If you break through one point, the whole situation will be alive."
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