From Defense To Offense-Research On The Southwest Shandong Campaign

From June 30 th,1947 to July 28 th,the Chinese Communist Party in the southwest of Shandong province,north to the Yellow River,south to the Longhai Railway,west to Heze and east to the Grand Canel,fought a massive annihilation campaign against the army of the Kuomintang,which is known as the Southwest Shandong Campaign.After 28 days of continuous fighting,the Chinese Communist Party won the victory.They wiped out nine and a half brigades of regular army and four integrated divisions of the Nationalist Party,totaling more than 56000 people.The victory of the campaign opened the way for the People's Liberation Army to march into the Central Plain and leap into the Dabie Mountains,and also marked the prelude of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's shift from strategic defense to strategic offensive.For the research on the Southwest Shandong Campaign,this paper takes a different perspective that is different from the previous research.And it is no longer limited to analyzing the experience and significance of the battle of the Southwest Shandong Campaign,furthermore analyzing the international and domestic background of the war,the comparison of the war situation and the specific operational process of the war.In addition,it also has special operations on the use of the war and the intelligence of hidden front,the former for migrant workers,local armed forces,and many other factors analysis and argument,in order to more comprehensive and in-depth study of the Southwest Shandong Campaign.The Southwest Shandong Campaign marks a watershed in the history of China's liberation war.The campaign in Southwest Shandong was a large-scale battle of annihilation,covering Yuncheng Campaign,Dingtao Campaign,Liuyingji Campaign and Yangshan Campaign.The Southwest Shandong Campaign is called a watershed,not only because it is the first large scale active offensive of the Chinese Communist Party since the civil war began,but also because the campaign attracted the attention of the Kuomintang successfully,to some extent,it alleviated the pressure of the northwest battlefield.Moreover,because of the Southwest Shandong Campaign,it opened the way to the Dabie Mountains.Therefore,it made the Chinese communist troops into the central plains hinterland and led the war to the KMT-controlled area,and even it threatened the national government's rule.Consequently,it lays a solid foundation for the nature of the country's war of liberation victory.