Chapter 10 9. Inventory

In this battle, 31,000 regular troops and more than 50,000 militiamen were gathered in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Liberated Area, and the Kuomintang Yan Xishan army and subsequent reinforcements who invaded Taihang and Changzhi, the hinterland of the Taiyue Liberated Area, totaled 38,000 people, except for 3,000 people. Except those who fled and collapsed, the rest were all wiped out. The glorious victory of the People's Liberation Army in the battle of Shangdang poured a bucket of cold water on Chiang Kai-shek's feverish mind.This battle broke the ambition of Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan to quickly occupy the whole of North China, disrupted the schedule of the Kuomintang civil war, strengthened our party's favorable position in the Chongqing negotiations, and forced Chiang Kai-shek to sign the " Double Ten Agreement".

Mao Zedong spoke highly of the victory of this battle: "In the middle of Taihang Mountain, Taiyue Mountain, and Zhongtiao Mountain, there is a foot basin, which is the Shangdang area. In that foot basin, there are fish and meat. Yan Xishan sent 13 divisions To rob. Our policy has been set long ago, that is, tit for tat, fighting for every inch of land. This time we are 'right' and 'fighting', and we are 'right' and 'fighting' very well. That is Said, wipe out all 13 of their divisions. Their attacking army totaled 38,000 people, and we dispatched 31,000 people. Their 38,000 people were wiped out 35,000 people, 2,000 escaped, and 1,000 were scattered. Such a battle , and continue to fight."

Commander Liu Deng’s command of the Shangdang campaign was not only praised by our high command, but even the Kuomintang’s relevant reports and war history, the evaluation of the Shangdang campaign had to admit that our army was “good at maneuvering, striving for the initiative everywhere; , flexible and quick; well-planned and thorough in order; good at waiting for opportunities, cleverly winning by surprise"; "After controlling the Shangdang area, return to the division-Ping-Han line, block the north to receive the national army in Hebei Province, and benefit from the freedom to use troops and influence Strategy is really the big one.”

The Battle of Shangdang was a major battle fought by our army against the Kuomintang army, and it was the first battle to defend the fruits of victory in the War of Resistance.In fact, this battle opened the prelude to the great war of liberation.Therefore, it has written an important page in the glorious history of the Chinese People's War of Liberation.