Taixing Campaign

Taixing Campaign was a series battles fought at the Taixing region in central Jiangsu, and it was a clash between the communists and the former s turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the s after World War II. The campaign was one of the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post World War II era, and resulted in victory.

Order of battle

Nationalists
*Temporarily Organized 19th Division of the 2nd Army
Communists
*Units of Central Jiangsu Military Region
*Local militias

Campaign

On September 8, 1945, units of communist Central Jiangsu Military Region assisted by the local militias decided to take the town of Taixing in central Jiangsu by force after the local defenders consisted of former s turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the s after World War II refused to surrender. Three days later, all nationalist strongholds outside the town had fallen into communist hands. At night of September 11, 1945, the communists launched their assaults on the town itself, and by 8:00 AM next morning, the communist secured the town after capturing more than four thousands defenders alive, including the commander Cai Xinyuan . In addition, the communists also captured 12 artillery pieces, over 140 machine guns and more than 2,700 firearms.