Liberation War Documentary: Liberation of Shijiazhuang
by Lin Keke
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In November 1947, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army launched the Battle of Shijiazhuang under the command of Nie Rongzhen. The People's Liberation Army concentrated three columns and pioneered the "tunnel blasting and infantry and artillery coordination" tactics. After six days and nights of attack, they captured Shijiazhuang, the strategic hub of North China, on November 12, wiping out more than 24,000 enemy defenders. This battle was the first time that the People's Liberation Army captured a large city heavily fortified by the National Army, smashing the Kuomintang's attempt to divide the North China Liberated Area and connecting the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Liberated Areas. Zhu De praised it as "an example of capturing a big city" and accumulated valuable experience for subsequent urban battles.
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