Campaign of The North China Plain Pocket

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
    • 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
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.

Read more about Campaign Of The North China Plain Pocket:  Prelude, Order of Battle, The Initial Stage, The Right Route, Left Route, The Eastern Route, Outcome

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