Chapter 17 7. Inventory

In this battle, all the commanders and fighters of the Shanxi-Sui and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei military regions fought bravely for nearly 50 days, inflicting a severe blow on Fu Zuoyi's army, and eliminated the new 26th division of the 67th army, the 91st regiment of the new 31st division, and the soldiers of the 4th cavalry column. 1 detachment; including Fu Zuoyi's direct line troops and newly recruited bandits and puppet troops, with a total of more than 12,000 people; regained 6 Fengzhen, Jining, Taolin, Liangcheng, Helin, and Zhuozi Mountains in the Suidong area The county seat liberated the Suiyuan area with a population of 600,000.The suffering Suiyuan people affectionately called the "Jin-Chahar-Hebei and Jin-Sui forces" the "Bodhisattva Army".

From a military point of view, although this campaign failed to fully achieve the expected goal, it was a tie in terms of annihilating the enemy's vital forces.However, after all, it dampened the spirit of Fu Zuoyi's army, forcing Fu Zuoyi's troops to retreat on the Guisui and Baotou lines, and stick to their nests.For the newly liberated Zhangjiakou base of the CCP, the threat from the west was alleviated, and a favorable foundation was laid for the subsequent development of the Suidong and Yanbei liberated areas. More importantly, this battle prevented Fu Zuoyi's troops from driving eastward. This smashed the Chiang Kai-shek clique's plot to cut off the link between the Northwest and the North China Liberated Areas. appearance is extremely important.

In this sense, the victory of the Suiyuan Campaign and the victories of the Shangdang and Handan battles achieved by the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region complement each other, and they have effectively cooperated with the negotiations of the representatives of the Communist Party of China in Chongqing, promoted the signing of the armistice agreement, and encouraged Learned how the soldiers and civilians in the Liberated Areas defended the fruits of victory in the War of Resistance and crushed the victory confidence of the Kuomintang invading army.