Campaign Of The North China Plain Pocket
Major engagements in bold
- April 12 incident
- Encirclement Campaigns
- First
- Jiangxi
- Hubei-Henan-Anhui
- Honghu
- Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi
- Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet
- Second
- Jiangxi
- Hubei-Henan-Anhui
- Honghu
- Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi
- Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet
- Third
- Jiangxi
- Hubei-Henan-Anhui
- Honghu
- Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi
- Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet
- Fourth
- Jiangxi
- Hubei-Henan-Anhui
- Honghu Soviet
- Fifth
- v. Jiangxi Soviet
- Hubei-Henan-Anhui
- Long March
- Luding Bridge
- Intermission
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- Wannan
- Opening Campaign
- Yetaishan
- S. Jiangsu
- Baoying
- Yongjiazhen
- Tianmen
- Linyi
- Wuhe
- Yinji
- Huaiyin-Huai'an
- Xinghua
- Dazhongji
- Lingbi
- Zhucheng
- Lishi
- Pingdu
- Taixing
- Wuli
- Xiangshuikou
- Rugao
- Weiguangnuan
- Shicun
- North China Plain
- S. Tongpu Railway
- Datong Jining
- Shangdang
- Longhai
- Ruhuang
- Dingtao
- Linfu
- Zhengtai
- Datong-Puzhou
- Huaiyin–Huai'an
- Houma
- 1st Siping
- 2nd Siping
- Lüliang
- Linjiang
- Guanzhong
- 3rd Siping
- S. Baoding
- Niangziguan
- Tang'erli
- N. Baoding
- Nanlin
- Summer 1947, NE China
- Heshui
- Meridian Ridge
- N. Daqing River
- Autumn 1947, NE China
- Mt. Funiu
- Winter 1947, NE China
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- Gongzhutun
- Phoenix Peak
- W. Tai'an
- Linfen
- Zhouzhang
- Hebei-Rehe-Chahar
- Yanzhou
- Shangcai
- Liaoshen
- Changchun
- Jinzhou
- Tashan
- Battle of Jinan
- Menglianggu
- Huaihai
- Shuangduiji
- Pingjin
- Tianjin
- Jiulianshan
- Taiyuan
- Shanghai
- Lanzhou
- Ningxia
- Nanchuan
- Bobai
- Jianmengguan
- Bamianshan
- Tianquan
- Yiwu
- KMT Insurgency 1950-58
- Burma-China border
- Island campaigns
- Quemoy
- Denbu
- Nan'ao
- Hainan Island
- Dongshan
- Wanshan
- Nanpeng
- Nanri
- Nanpeng
- Dalushan
- Dongshan
- Yijiangshan
- Dachen
- Dong-Yin)
The Campaign of the North China Plain Pocket is also called the Breakout on the Central Plains (Zhongyuan Tuwei, 中原突围) by the Communist Party of China, and it was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War, resulting in successful communist breakout from the nationalist encirclement. The campaign marked the beginning of the full scale Chinese Civil War fought between the communists and the nationalists in the post World War II era.
The communist victory was largely contributed to their ability to surprise the nationalist with surprise movements and avoiding battle in locations with overwhelming Nationalist forces. In a sense, the Nationalist did not evenly distribute their forces, which created pocket holes in their encirclement. The Nationalist was also easily distracted by small Communist forces used to draw attention away from their main forces. The communist was able to locate the relatively weaker defended points of the Nationalist defense and break them. Communist also engaged in close quarter combat in order to limit the power of the Nationalist artillery and air force, making them less effective than they could have been.
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