The People's Liberation Army in the history of the top ten classic battles introduced

Time: January 19, 1935 - March 31st.

Location: Chishui River at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou.

The two sides: the Red Army on the one side; 8 divisions of Zhou Hunyuan and Wu Qiwei on the Kuomintang side, 3 divisions of the Xiang Army, 3 brigades of the Yunnan Army, 12 brigades of the Sichuan Army, 3 divisions of the Gui Army, 3 divisions of the Qian Army.

Results: killed and wounded more than 2,400 enemies, captured more than 3,000, and got rid of the enemy's siege.

Significance: an example of combining firm determination in battle with flexible action in battle; an example of winning many with few and winning the strong with the weak; the battle was Mao Zedong's masterstroke; Mao Zedong's military thought has since matured.

2. The Great Victory of Zhiluozhen

Time: November 20, 1935 - November 23rd.

Location: Zhiluo Town, northern Shaanxi Province.

The two sides: the 1st and 15th legions of the Red Army; five divisions of the Nationalist Northeastern Army.

Results: killed more than 1,000 enemies, captured more than 5,300, seized more than 3,500 guns.

Chairman Mao: the battle of Zhiluozhen "gave the Party Central Committee a foundation ceremony for the task of placing the base camp of the national revolution in the northwest."

3, Pingxingguan victory

Time: September 25, 1937 - September 27th.

Location: Pingxingguan, southwest of Lingqiu County, Shanxi Province.

The two sides: the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army; a part of the 21st Brigade Regiment of the 5th Division of the Japanese army, Seishiro Itohei.

Results: Killed more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers and destroyed all supply vehicles.

Significance: The first major victory of the Eighth Route Army after its departure from the anti-Japanese battlefield in North China, and also the first major victory of the Chinese army since the outbreak of the National War of Resistance, which broke the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army.

4, the Hundred Regiments War

Time: August 20, 1940 - December 5th.

Location: North China.

The two sides: 105 regiments of the Eighth Route Army; Japanese pseudo-army.

Results: killed and wounded Japanese 35th Division Infantry Brigade Commander; more than 20,000 people below Major General Sakata Taijiro, more than 5,000 pseudo-military, captured more than 280 Japanese and more than 180,000 pseudo-military.

Significance: opened up a new situation in the battlefield behind the enemy, and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army's "cage policy" and the dream of "quickly resolving the events in China".

5. Liao-Shen Battle

Time: September 12, 1948 - November 2, 1948, the Battle of Liao-Shen.

Location: Northeast battlefield.

The two sides: the Northeast Field Army; the Northeast "Generalissimo" Wei Lihuang Group.

Results: The Northeastern "Generalissimo" and its 4 corps, 11 army headquarters, 36 divisions and local troops totaled 472,000 people were annihilated, and 186 officers above the rank of major general of the Nationalist Army were captured.

Significance: The victory in the Liao-Shen Battle seized the strategic opportunity to make the Northeast Field Army a powerful strategic mobile force and the Northeast Liberation Area a consolidated strategic rear.

6. Battle of Taiyuan

Time: October 5, 1948-April 24, 1949

Location: Taiyuan.

The two sides: the North China Field Army of the People's Liberation Army (PLA); the Jin warlords of the Kuomintang.

Results: more than 100,000 defenders were annihilated, and the last bastion of Kuomintang reactionary rule in North China was uprooted.

Significance: The victory in the Battle of Taiyuan marked the liberation of the whole province of Shanxi, ending the 38-year-long rule of Yan Xishan over the province. The liberation of Taiyuan marked the complete liberation of North China and pushed forward the process of the War of Liberation of the whole of China.

7. Battle of Huaihai

Time: November 6, 1948 - January 10, 1949

Location: the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The two sides: East China and Central Plains field armies; a part of the main force of the Kuomintang's Liu Pair Group.

Results: 555,000 enemies were annihilated.

Significance: The Battle of Huaihai was the largest of the three battles in the strategic decisive battle, which fundamentally shook the rule of the Kuomintang reactionaries and greatly accelerated the process of victory in the War of Liberation. Mao Zedong was pleased to point out that the victory of the Huaihai Campaign not only stabilized the situation north of the Yangtze River, but also basically resolved the situation of the whole country.

8. Pingjin Battle

Time: Nov. 29, 1948 - Jan. 31, 1949

Location: North China.

The two sides: Northeast Field Army, North China Military Region; Fu Zuoyi Group.

Results: annihilated 520,000 enemies

Significance; The Battle of Pingjin was the last of the three decisive battles of the Chinese People's Liberation War. The victory of the Pingjin Battle made the ruling foundation of the Kuomintang fundamentally shaken, and laid a consolidated foundation for the victory of the War of Liberation in the whole country.

9. The Battle of the Crossing of the Yangtze River

Time: April 21 - May 2, 1949

Location: the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The two sides: the Second and Third Field Armies and a part of the Fourth Field Army; the Kuomintang Army Tang Enbo and Bai Chongxi groups.

Results; annihilation of 11 army headquarters and 46 divisions of the Kuomintang Army **** more than 430,000 people.

Significance: the Battle of the Crossing of the Yangtze River was the beginning of the marching operations to the whole country following the three major battles. Its victory laid the foundation of victory for the People's Liberation Army to continue its great march to the southeast, south China and southwest.

10, the Battle of Jincheng

Time: July 13, 1953 - July 27th.

Location: the area south of Jincheng in the Eastern Front Battlefield of the Anti-U.S.-Republic of Korea.

The two sides: Chinese People's Volunteer Army; "United Nations Army".

Results: the Volunteers broke through the enemy's four divisions 25 kilometers in one fell swoop; the defensive front, breaking into the enemy's depth of 15 kilometers, recovering 167 square kilometers of land, killing, wounding and capturing the enemy of more than 61,300 people.

Significance: the last battle of the war against the United States and North Korea, a powerful contribution to the realization of the Korean armistice.