The Great Victory in Hunan and Hubei: Liberation and Suppression of Bandits

This book includes: 1. The Campaign to Liberate Western Hubei: The Fourth Field Army launches a second campaign in Western Hubei; the People's Liberation Army lays a net to encircle and annihilate Song Xilian; the 47th Army successfully captures Yichang; armies from every direction encircle and wipe out the remnants of the enemy in Western Hubei. 2. Suppressing banditry in Hubei: Hubei launches a campaign to suppress bandits; soldiers from Enshi eliminate bandit gangs operating along the Sichuan-Hubei border; an independent regiment subdues the bandit chief in Baokang; Wang Shusheng personally directs the campaign; the new government faces harassment by bandits; the military and civilians join forces to wipe out armed bandits; the bandit suppression force quells the Jiu Liping uprising; soldiers from the military region stamp out banditry in Xingshan. 3. The Hengbao Campaign begins: The Central Committee assigns the mission to the Fourth Field Army; our forces strike straight into the enemy's “heart”; the 135th Division annihilates the enemy's elite force; soldiers from several regiments join forces to liberate Dayong, and more.