Taixing Campaign

Taixing Campaign

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Taixing Campaign
partof=Chinese Civil War
place=Jiangsu, China
date=September 8, 1945 - September 12, 1945
result=Communist victory
combatant1=

combatant2=

commander1= Cai Xinyuan 蔡鑫元
commander2= ?
strength1= 6,500
strength2= > 10,000
casualties1= 2000+ killed
4,000+ captured alive
casualties2= ?|

Taixing Campaign (泰兴战役) was a series battles fought at the Taixing (泰兴) region in central Jiangsu, and it was a clash between the communists and the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists after World War II. The campaign was one of the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post World War II era, and resulted in communist victory.

Order of battle

Nationalists
*Temporarily Organized 19th Division of the 2nd ArmyCommunists
*Units of Central Jiangsu Military Region
*Local militias

Campaign

On September 8, 1945, units of communist Central Jiangsu Military Region assisted by the local militias decided to take the town of Taixing (泰兴) in central Jiangsu by force after the local defenders consisted of former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists after World War II refused to surrender. Three days later, all nationalist strongholds outside the town had fallen into communist hands. At night of September 11, 1945, the communists launched their assaults on the town itself, and by 8:00 AM next morning, the communist secured the town after capturing more than four thousands defenders alive, including the commander Cai Xinyuan (蔡鑫元). In addition, the communists also captured 12 artillery pieces, over 140 machine guns and more than 2,700 firearms.

ee also

*List of Battles of Chinese Civil War
*National Revolutionary Army
*History of the People's Liberation Army
*Chinese Civil War

References

*Zhu, Zongzhen and Wang, Chaoguang, "Liberation War History", 1st Edition, Social Scientific Literary Publishing House in Beijing, 2000, ISBN 7801492072 (set)
*Zhang, Ping, "History of the Liberation War", 1st Edition, Chinese Youth Publishing House in Beijing, 1987, ISBN 750060081X (pbk.)
*Jie, Lifu, "Records of the Libration War: The Decisive Battle of Two Kinds of Fates", 1st Edition, Hebei People's Publishing House in Shijiazhuang, 1990, ISBN 7202007339 (set)
*Literary and Historical Research Committee of the Anhui Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, "Liberation War", 1st Edition, Anhui People's Publishing House in Hefei, 1987, ISBN 7212000078
*Li, Zuomin, "Heroic Division and Iron Horse: Records of the Liberation War", 1st Edition, Chinese Communist Party History Publishing House in Beijing, 2004, ISBN 7801990293
*Wang, Xingsheng, and Zhang, Jingshan, "Chinese Liberation War", 1st Edition, People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House in Beijing, 2001, ISBN 750331351X (set)
*Huang, Youlan, "History of the Chinese People's Liberation War", 1st Edition, Archives Publishing House in Beijing, 1992, ISBN 7800193381
*Liu Wusheng, "From Yan'an to Beijing: A Collection of Military Records and Research Publications of Important Campaigns in the Liberation War", 1st Edition, Central Literary Publishing House in Beijing, 1993, ISBN 7507300749
*Tang, Yilu and Bi, Jianzhong, "History of Chinese People's Liberation Army in Chinese Liberation War", 1st Edition, Military Scientific Publishing House in Beijing, 1993 – 1997, ISBN 7800217191 (Volum 1), 7800219615 (Volum 2), 7800219631 (Volum 3), 7801370937 (Volum 4), and 7801370953 (Volum 5)


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