Site of the Battle of Liunan Victory

Site of the Battle of Liunan Victory

The Site of the Battle of Liunan Victory is located in Lanshan Township and Heping Township, Sanyuanpu Town, in the southern part of Liuhe County, adjacent to Tonghua County. It serves as a strategic barrier to the northwest of Tonghua City and is a critical passageway from the Songliao Plain into the Dongbian Dao region of the Changbai Mountains.

The Battle of Liunan Victory was a major triumph for our forces during the Four Defenses of Linjiang Campaign. In March 1947, in an attempt to reverse their defeats, the Nationalist forces deployed eleven divisions with a total of 100,000 troops to launch their fourth large-scale offensive against our Linjiang region. Zeng Kelin, Commander of the Third Column, and the Deputy Commander of the Fourth Column served as the overall commanders for this battle. An emergency meeting was held in Sanyuanpu to formulate the operational plan. The specific deployment was as follows: Our western forces, the Seventh Division, were stationed at Xiaochengzi (now Wudaogou) and Erdaogou (now Erdaogou Township), advancing via Xinglongtun (Lanshan Township) and making a flanking maneuver toward Xilan Mountain; the central forces, the Eighth Division, held the defensive line at Sanyuanpu to block enemy advancement and then launched an assault on Hongshi Town (now Heping Township); the eastern forces, the Tenth Division, advanced from Zhangjiajie (Heping Township) toward Hongshi Town, with a portion of their troops cutting off the enemy’s retreat route; the Ninth Division set up defenses at Ankou Town in the northern part of the battlefield to intercept reinforcements; the Eleventh Division and the Thirtieth Regiment of the Tenth Division of the Fourth Column guarded against threats from the Tonghua direction; the Thirty-Sixth Regiment of the Twelfth Division was stationed in Huanren to defend against enemy attacks from the south; and the Independent Second Division was positioned in Huinan to distract the enemy. The frontline command post was established at Sidao Gully (now part of Wudaogou Town).

On April 1, elements of the Eighth Division of the Third Column and the Tenth Division of the Fourth Column engaged the enemy at Waitou Lazi, pinning them down in the Hongshi Town area. On the 2nd, to prevent the enemy from fleeing eastward, our Eighth Division mounted a frontal defense, stalling their advance at Sanyuanpu. On the morning of the 3rd, our participating forces encircled the enemy from three directions. A 30-kilometer encirclement and annihilation battle unfolded with Zhujiajie at its center. Our Third Column’s Ninth Division held off the enemy’s Provisional 20th and 184th Divisions, which were attempting to reinforce from the south near Ankou Town. After three days and nights of fierce fighting, the entire 89th Division of the 13th Army and the 162nd Regiment of the 54th Army were completely annihilated. Nearly 8,000 enemy soldiers, including the deputy commander of the 89th Division, Zhang Xiaotang, were captured, while around 700 enemy officers below the rank of regimental commander were killed or wounded. A total of 16 artillery pieces, 33 rocket launchers, 266 light and heavy machine guns, over 3,000 firearms, 23 vehicles, 613 military horses, and 10 radios were seized. The Liunan Victory led to the complete destruction of the enemy's central forces, causing other attacking units to flee in panic. This secured a great strategic victory in the Four Defenses of Linjiang.

The Site of the Battle of Liunan Victory is a local base for Party history education.

Source: Party School of Liuhe County Committee