Lanzhou Campaign

000 Lanzhou Campaign

Lanzhou Campaign
1949	Communist victory
Lanzhou Campaign was a series battle fought between the nationalists and the communists for the control of the largest city in northwestern China during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in the communist victory.The fall of Lanzhou cost the nationalists more than 42,000 troops, nearly half of the total nationalist force in the northwestern China. The fall of the largest city in northwestern China to the PLA completely demoralized the nationalists and triggered a disastrous domino effect: after taking Lanzhou, the 62nd Army of the XVIII Corps and the communist I Corps without its 7th Army continued its push toward Xining, and from August 28, 1949, thru September 5, 1949, the communist I Corps had crossed the Yellow River at Yongjing in Gansu and Xunhua in Qinghai, and took Minhe, and Hualong, threatening Xining. Ma Bufang and his only son Ma Jiyuan fled to Chongqing by air, and Xining fell to the PLA on September 5, 1949. The remaining 2,000 survivors of Ma Bufang's troops surrendered to the PLA after they fled to Huangzhong and Haiyan regions, and the entire Qinghai province fell to the PLA by the mid of September, 1949. Beiping Radio announced the capture of Lanzhou on August 27, 1949.

Lanzhou Campaign

1949

Communist victory

Lanzhou Campaign was a series battle fought between the nationalists and the communists for the control of the largest city in northwestern China during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in the communist victory.The fall of Lanzhou cost the nationalists more than 42,000 troops, nearly half of the total nationalist force in the northwestern China. The fall of the largest city in northwestern China to the PLA completely demoralized the nationalists and triggered a disastrous domino effect: after taking Lanzhou, the 62nd Army of the XVIII Corps and the communist I Corps without its 7th Army continued its push toward Xining, and from August 28, 1949, thru September 5, 1949, the communist I Corps had crossed the Yellow River at Yongjing in Gansu and Xunhua in Qinghai, and took Minhe, and Hualong, threatening Xining. Ma Bufang and his only son Ma Jiyuan fled to Chongqing by air, and Xining fell to the PLA on September 5, 1949. The remaining 2,000 survivors of Ma Bufang's troops surrendered to the PLA after they fled to Huangzhong and Haiyan regions, and the entire Qinghai province fell to the PLA by the mid of September, 1949. Beiping Radio announced the capture of Lanzhou on August 27, 1949.