Liberation War Documentary: Liberation of Kunming
by Lin Keke
About This Novel
On December 9, 1949, Lu Han, chairman of the Yunnan Province of the Kuomintang, led an uprising and announced the peaceful liberation of Kunming. The Kuomintang's 8th Army and 26th Army counterattacked and attacked the city. The insurgent troops fought bloody battles with the Yunnan-Guangxi-Guizhou border column for six days and nights (the "Kunming Defense Battle") until the leading troops of the Second Field Army rushed to rescue the siege. On February 20, 1950, Chen Geng led the Fourth Corps to hold an entry ceremony and officially took over the important southwest border town. This battle shattered Chiang Kai-shek's "Southwestern Counterattack Base" plan, preserved the thousand-year-old city and the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway hub, and provided strategic support for the liberation of Tibet. It is known in history as "the red flag rolled three times, and the spring city changed to a new sky."
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