Conclusion
On April 23, 1950, Haikou fell. In the early morning of April 24, 1950, the second wave of the communist landing forces arrived at the Celestial Tail Harbor (Tianwei, 天尾), and joined their comrades in pursuit of the retreating nationalists on three fronts. The communist eastern front consisted of the 119th and 120th Divisions of the 40th Army, the 128th Division of the 43rd Army, the 3rd Division and the Independent Regiment of the Qiongya Column who all advanced with the objective of capturing regions including Jiaji, Wanning (万宁) and Lingshui (陵水) in Haikou and Wenchang. The communist central front consisted of the 127th and 129th Division of the 43rd Army, and the objective was to capture the regions of Beili (北黎) and Basuo (八所) in Chengmai. The communist western front consisted of the 118th Division of the 40th Army and units of the 43rd Army, which pursued the nationalist troops that were retreating westward.
By April 30, 1950, Yulin (榆林) and Sanya at the eastern front fell. By May 1, 1950, Beili and Basuo fell into the hands of the communist 43rd Army and the 1st Division of the Qiongya Column. A regiment of the 90th Division and the 286th Division of the nationalist 4th Army were completely destroyed while covering the retreat of other nationalist units in the last battle of the campaign. The communists achieved complete victory at the end.
The communists achieved victory in Hainan despite having little experience in amphibious warfare and the PLA was able to restore the morale after similar unsuccessful attacks at Jinmen and Dengbu in fall of 1949. Communist casualties totaled 4,500 while nationalist losses are estimated around 33,000. The remainder of the nationalist troops retreated to Taiwan.
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