Linnan Campaign
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The Linnan Campaign was one of the battles of the Eighth Route Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War
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As the Weinan Campaign was concluding, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army
followed up the victory by launching the Linnan Campaign with part of the strength of the Taihang Military Area Command and the South Hebei Military Command. In this campaign, they annihilated the main force of the 24th Group Army of the puppet troops led by Pang Bingxun
and Sun Dianying
which was entrenched in the southern Taihang Mountain area to the west of the Beiping-Hankou Railway.
The Linnan Campaign started at 0:30 am on August 18, 1943, and by 12:00 am the following day, all the puppet troops in the city were wiped out while the Japanese troops were besieged at Toudaoying. Starting from August 20, the Eighth Route Army exploited the military victory to press on, and recovered Dongyaoji, Lijiachang, Hebiji, Hejian
, Yuankang and other places. Afterwards, it repulsed the attack by over 1,400 Japanese reinforcing troops at Anyang
and Huixian
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In the Linnan Campaign, the Eighth Route Army claimed it annihilated over 7,000 Japanese and puppet troops, shot down one Japanese aircraft and captured some 80 enemy strongholds while the Eighth Route Army took 790 casualties.
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...
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As the Weinan Campaign was concluding, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army
Eighth Route Army
The Eighth Route Army was the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces that formed a unit of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China which fought the Japanese from 1937 to 1945. In contrast to most of the National Revolutionary Army, it was controlled by the Communist...
followed up the victory by launching the Linnan Campaign with part of the strength of the Taihang Military Area Command and the South Hebei Military Command. In this campaign, they annihilated the main force of the 24th Group Army of the puppet troops led by Pang Bingxun
Pang Bingxun
Pang Bingxun was a high-ranking nationalist commander who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army and Chinese Communist Army...
and Sun Dianying
Sun Dianying
Sun Diangying was one of the minor warlords during the Warlord Era.-Biography:...
which was entrenched in the southern Taihang Mountain area to the west of the Beiping-Hankou Railway.
The Linnan Campaign started at 0:30 am on August 18, 1943, and by 12:00 am the following day, all the puppet troops in the city were wiped out while the Japanese troops were besieged at Toudaoying. Starting from August 20, the Eighth Route Army exploited the military victory to press on, and recovered Dongyaoji, Lijiachang, Hebiji, Hejian
Hejian
Hejian is a county-level city in the Cangzhou prefecture, in Hebei province, China. In 2004, Hejian population was ca. 770.000 inhabitants and the city territory was...
, Yuankang and other places. Afterwards, it repulsed the attack by over 1,400 Japanese reinforcing troops at Anyang
Anyang
Anyang is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, People's Republic of China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively....
and Huixian
Huixian
Huixian is a city in Xinxiang, Henan, China. The city has over 100,000 inhabitants....
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In the Linnan Campaign, the Eighth Route Army claimed it annihilated over 7,000 Japanese and puppet troops, shot down one Japanese aircraft and captured some 80 enemy strongholds while the Eighth Route Army took 790 casualties.