The Battle of Nan'ao island (Nan'ao Dao, 南澳岛战斗/南澳島戰鬥) took place between the nationalists (Kuomintang) and the communists. Nan'ao Island (Nan'ao Dao, 南澳岛) of Swatow (now known as Shantou) remained in the nationalist hands after Guangdong fell into communist hands. On February 23, 1950, the 121st division of the 41st Army of the People's Liberation Army attacked the island. Faced with such overwhelming enemy, the defenders stood no chance and after eight hours of fighting, the communists succeeded in wiping out the entire nationalist garrison and thus taking the island. 27 nationalist troops were killed, and 1348 were captured, including the nationalist local commander, the deputy commander-in-chief of the 1st Cantonese Column Wu Chaojun (吴超骏/吳超駿), and the deputy commander of the nationalist 58th division Guo Mengxiong (郭梦熊/郭夢熊). A total of 1304 firearms were also captured.
The nationalist defeat proved that it was impractical to hold on to the outlying islands that were at the doorstep of the enemy but far away from any friendly bases, just like the Wanshan Archipelago Campaign would have done later. As the battle had shown, once the defenders learned that it was impossible to have any reinforcement, the morale completely collapsed and most of the defenders abandoned their weapons and attempted to hide after merely suffering 27 fatalities, and the enemy spent most of the 8 hours fighting in mop-up operations to round up the demoralized defenders. Although holding on to a distant island may have propaganda value, any initial political and psychological gains would be negated by the fallout after the inevitable defeat and the loss.
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battle, island, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, september, 2014, learn, when. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message 23 25 N 117 06 E 23 42 N 117 10 E 23 42 117 10 Battle of Nan ao IslandPart of the Cross Strait conflictDateFebruary 23 1950LocationNan ao Island Guangdong ChinaResultCommunist victoryBelligerents Republic of China People s Republic of ChinaCommanders and leadersWu Chaojun 吴超骏 POW Strength1 375around 7 000Casualties and losses27 killed1 348 capturedMinor The Battle of Nan ao island Nan ao Dao 南澳岛战斗 南澳島戰鬥 took place between the nationalists Kuomintang and the communists Nan ao Island Nan ao Dao 南澳岛 of Swatow now known as Shantou remained in the nationalist hands after Guangdong fell into communist hands On February 23 1950 the 121st division of the 41st Army of the People s Liberation Army attacked the island Faced with such overwhelming enemy the defenders stood no chance and after eight hours of fighting the communists succeeded in wiping out the entire nationalist garrison and thus taking the island 27 nationalist troops were killed and 1348 were captured including the nationalist local commander the deputy commander in chief of the 1st Cantonese Column Wu Chaojun 吴超骏 吳超駿 and the deputy commander of the nationalist 58th division Guo Mengxiong 郭梦熊 郭夢熊 A total of 1304 firearms were also captured The nationalist defeat proved that it was impractical to hold on to the outlying islands that were at the doorstep of the enemy but far away from any friendly bases just like the Wanshan Archipelago Campaign would have done later As the battle had shown once the defenders learned that it was impossible to have any reinforcement the morale completely collapsed and most of the defenders abandoned their weapons and attempted to hide after merely suffering 27 fatalities and the enemy spent most of the 8 hours fighting in mop up operations to round up the demoralized defenders Although holding on to a distant island may have propaganda value any initial political and psychological gains would be negated by the fallout after the inevitable defeat and the loss See also editOutline of the Chinese Civil War Outline of the military history of the People s Republic of China National Revolutionary Army History of the People s Liberation Army Chinese Civil War Battle of Nanpeng Archipelago on smaller islands in the same county References editZhu Zongzhen and Wang Chaoguang Liberation War History 1st Edition Social Scientific Literary Publishing House in Beijing 2000 ISBN 7 80149 207 2 set Zhang Ping History of the Liberation War 1st Edition Chinese Youth Publishing House in Beijing 1987 ISBN 7 5006 0081 X pbk Jie Lifu Records of the Liberation War The Decisive Battle of Two Kinds of Fates 1st Edition Hebei People s Publishing House in Shijiazhuang 1990 ISBN 7 202 00733 9 set Literary and Historical Research Committee of the Anhui Committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference Liberation War 1st Edition Anhui People s Publishing House in Hefei 1987 ISBN 7 212 00007 8 Li Zuomin Heroic Division and Iron Horse Records of the Liberation War 1st Edition Chinese Communist Party History Publishing House in Beijing 2004 ISBN 7 80199 029 3 Wang Xingsheng and Zhang Jingshan Chinese Liberation War 1st Edition People s Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House in Beijing 2001 ISBN 7 5033 1351 X set Huang Youlan History of the Chinese People s Liberation War 1st Edition Archives Publishing House in Beijing 1992 ISBN 7 80019 338 1 Liu Wusheng From Yan an to Beijing A Collection of Military Records and Research Publications of Important Campaigns in the Liberation War 1st Edition Central Literary Publishing House in Beijing 1993 ISBN 7 5073 0074 9 Tang Yilu and Bi Jianzhong History of Chinese People s Liberation Army in Chinese Liberation War 1st Edition Military Scientific Publishing House in Beijing 1993 1997 ISBN 7 80021 719 1 Volum 1 ISBN 7 80021 961 5 Volum 2 ISBN 7 80021 963 1 Volum 3 ISBN 7 80137 093 7 Volum 4 and ISBN 7 80137 095 3 Volum 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Battle of Nan 27ao Island amp oldid 1220072485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
