The Liaoshen Campaign was one of the "three major battles" in the Liberation War in modern Chinese history, starting on September 12, 1948 and ending on November 2, 1948, lasting a total of 52 days.
This group of photos was taken by Jack. Burns, who photographed the city of Shenyang in January 1948 for us, gave us the opportunity to understand the scene of the city of Shenyang, which had been surrounded by our People's Liberation Army on the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign.
January 1948, Shenyang.
Nationalist soldiers conducted military training with a cannon mounted on the ground where the ice and snow had been shaved.
A soldier holding a bayonet-mounted rifle was in the first place outside the city.
Nationalist soldiers stabbed their bayonets into the firewood on mule carts to find out if there were "enemy troops" hiding inside.
A Kuomintang officer reprimanded a group of female prisoners, falsely accusing them of being for the enjoyment of the "enemy."
In fact, they were found to take pictures to "put on a show", and the smile on their faces had already betrayed them.
These two "prisoners of our army" play chess to show that they have received "leniency" and "kindness", and they are also called for "showmanship"
A driver dumped a tired mule on the main road in Shenyang.
A retired veteran drinks millet bean porridge at a relief station set up by the American Baptist Church
Soldiers conduct military training in knee-deep snow
In the snow-covered fields, Nationalist soldiers marched on defense.
A Kuomintang supply army marched into the city of Shenyang, which was already seriously "threatened."
In a barracks compound, workers are making uniforms.
On September 12, 1948, the Liaoshen Campaign began. On October 14, 1948, the Tapping Jin Group launched a general offensive. After 31 hours of fierce fighting, Jinzhou was conquered on the 15th, annihilating more than 100,000 defenders, capturing Fan Hanjie and Lu Junquan, commander of the 6th Corps, and completely closing the gate for the Northeast Nationalist Army to withdraw from land to Guannei. After Jinzhou was captured, Zeng Zesheng, commander of the Kuomintang 60th Army trapped in Changchun, led more than 26,000 people to revolt on October 17, 1948 under the strong military pressure and political struggle of the Northeast Field Army. On the 21st, Changchun declared its peaceful liberation.
From October 29, the Northeast Field Army took advantage of the victory to march eastward and successively liberated Xinmin, Fushun, Liaoyang, Anshan, Haicheng and other outlying strongholds in Shenyang. On November 2, 1948, Shenyang, the largest heavy industrial city in northeast China, was liberated, and more than 130,000 defenders were annihilated. On the same day, Yingkou was liberated. The Liaoshen Campaign ended in victory.