GUERRILLA ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH CHINA

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• Publication Date: August 6, 1951
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0uarrilla acstivStie re :rated frcii rer;ion aclu 3,en
, Troops of the East Kvangtung .People's Anti.Oom - iat a s
Salvation Army launched. an attack in the vicinity of H.0ngxn.i hg H iei
(115-490 24-04) on the night of 22 M'i ch 1951, During the enga ez; ut
they killed 90 Ca sts and captured app 1mately 20 rifler,,
One per of the North Kwangtwg People's Anti-Coa nmist and. Nat-lox' a1
Salvation Ax y? attacked ChencKi; u., : ou res?t of Lochang f1 z v>r, 25-0,2.?,,
on 15 March. They captured 20 Coommis is and 26 r?ffle e and tale to
food arehouses.
a quantity of rifle atnmunit ton., and a river boat. A Go rniunist offi.oe:
Lt, Colonel WANG Chen-pleng,,, 148 Division, 45 Army,, was ki:l ed in the
action
Chuchiang (113-a s 23- ) on the night of 2/. March. They 'took 20 ri
About 100 'suer r i..1las from the saw ariuy laid siege to S hinhsJ , out
d A group of 30 M n of the Central Kzrangtung Peoples `} s .far t-i-Coinrxvnist. and
National Salvation Army attacked Tihou villa. e;, northeast of Na.nha.l
-(113--08, 23--08), on 4 T beh. They captnared ';,w rifles and des dyed
Cori .unist wa.rehoiaee containing 1,000 pical of rice,
About 80 men of ulp0 I- fens unit of the Ge; a.ra,3 l a xagtang j_11(c~,"x 23.ri
force attacked the fort at uiehnen. in the engagpnient;a the guerril-
killed 26 Communists and e?aptu od 24 ri,.f1ea r and two .11ght ma-chine
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have 40r 9 men, General K AE is operations oonn nder i'. Kvax
2249). The Coninauni.sts lost about 1(X) men. The 11.3 oute akrIr i -1.3
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and more than tan mortars, launched an attack Or. s .nrel
t1?x the night of 23 Merck. abort 2,000 gaerxril].as unde : lAN
Chiri-shei in the 7-1. Route Arx y of x ar.>.gs pie a a anti comr nl. t
and National. Salvation AY' )',, equipped u h light and. heavy- ,h 5 r s
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N%&a,t.;i ona.i Salvation Aon: y engaged with about i,W Co a :ni.i t In the
i c1 ni ty its arxar.I;?, axz north ez at of Tura ,c aaa k} (9&;-2%, -,..C1.) o;a
It"" anc; 17 Feb-mar y. They killed 100 Comaanistst In a second
, ` , during which the town was epic O ~ on 2 , 4 arch, they k-1,30
pig r re Co hi aistsft
A Colua . of the Szechuan 21 CD (? ;'olxnu .Detachment) ..a dF e ts of ? the 3 CD of the South Yong
National Salvation Army, under CHIN Chia-: jang, on 19 z~~ z ^ ciz, whiles ? n.
:.route by boat from Yanglou (sic), north of ti;uhaimg (120-06, 30 531, tf.
if s aYiasanhu : n Talhu (120- 1- ), were Intercepted by the Comm &-,ni.st
Soochow Garrison Battalion, Five Comramists were killed,
Troops of General WU Shu.-lin of the 22 CD of the China Peoples :':..n?ti.-
Co rn unist and P at:..onal Salvation Army on 1 Febr a ry attacked L TYa an,
cast of yung,chia (i20 38, 28-01). They k1-1led 16 Com-awn.ists and captured
two, The same troops, sailing close to FanChe?arg Island, east of Juien
g 20-?'33;. 27.49), on 3 March encountered six Coz:, um st a,e t I s and lei,.Iled.
dyer 1,0 Corr mists., About 13? mom of the sane unit on. 3.6 T Vi is ch mot the
' : s amni st SS C:EI:CN,T-TUA off the suth of the oil Rive (P 20- ,, 283-
They captured the ves:iel and I .lied 14 Cemr""cazrists,
Co unist anti-guerrilla. tactics of et'.nc -rclement , pu A a7`i t and p ai f., o :~,~l
attacks proved mismsaessi'W against ikar;~illas in Ch sf1cngc The : 4 Tt;' &~ ~ t
therefore changed their positional approach to complete control of : ee'
area.,; countering? guerrilla scattered group tactics with siT..1wr r, Yo su
activities of the Kwangsi i'eopal& to A.nti --Conjmard>st and ;Ja.tio "
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Salvation m rti; s1 in J nuary and FebruaMry the following
At the end of 11950, a :;irab s`?.rbmrm,ai?.;t force attached about :I2N~000
troops operating in ',Mari ous his .- en !.' i su,.r t' 4. Ylc''r-n Kwan?ga a.7.. under a Xy 1" ix-
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sonai -1 command of YANG were engaged with the Cowunl a. Another e,.a l t,
31'r-Ut 4,000 Mel! `rim the 10 t` GlLu n fle .a M~ `ce k' - urr .(ai" UDY Meng,?^-h. ur,
na.~r~=,. e DTs"1=aj sra. ?1 ..C ?1 1 21) is c a ang z'nd. F sizmgh=-e...cc: (108-3..t
ar`;", their bas .,
On fl J .uaa.y, after assembling at Hsi, on, Luchat (l. '3??> a 2 2.) i siang '
hai.la, and uei.pi.ng - (liO?? 5, 23-24);? acout 20,(.W Conraux.ist ?.ea nthect
an rav:a,431-sa:r3 a ainst the mountainous dstrict of hwsigsi . Stiff combat
w atail going on between the Cozr.:mmn-Lsa: i a,nd e x.e.~. ent . of Y1Nu' s s,,: d heN
.e it is forces on 10 J mmry. A out 1iiAat time, hoe;weav?er, , shot F,eaj''e of ,,
m+.un -ion for?ced the guerrillas to withdraw toward Halujor and H
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of t'hiG force wra upr =tt n In Lungan (107-3116, 'U"-1,00,
ea . a ~.:~.cs.~z t (106-5r;. 23-13). C j " ebI nary about 300 mo-a of Ur in
... i* ..-1..i4 W at? .ached the Kua--,,e (1011-';12,21' area, killed 36 Con 'u:w" s ts J,
:Ave officers..,, and rapturini four rix'),z-s in ? ` )a,,-.,t''i s rhf,-ra, At? cote: , tI;F:'s
720 unifom v After k ~.:t.Y3t six wre C-a-m)rwan.1tat a who war o
.,y I..:.t:las yeti r aed ea:Pely their base
,~e::t c T1e 'asi. (10 36 26-48)., or 27 Jams : . In ' =r ,::~rzpra 1 ,-. Cozn
?z " r?m were d and o-_ the cv^a "?~`x c* p i?, p. d 27 L o
.u, ..,i y ki,....ec and 60 za~unr~~ c~~ ~ha:: : fa i11~?~.,r .., . : ?) , _ a io
rounds of rifle ailltlwni't1.on., and 23 s. ow:id: of 6Cmu, tl sm. n]_ v:ion .
The .1.3 EL) (sia ) cf t} 1. CD of Lh,r a e auuy attackeO .P&ntiew,;
? t `y t eaxz< 1. guerrilla. activities reported in. 'x{wangt g include
Guer ?1.: _:la demolished 11 Comanni t t:ransix).. {: veh .n rL -4C 2: -~ t?2) h.i_< way be-
tween 23 and. 27 s`? 'ch, They also captun d over 100 rtfles .from i':orirauni, t
civilian troops in Hu1e1l.uzmg and It n~r:dti~sa (114-3(), 23-23) district;a,,
of Ho a Hsiexz-H
I`.n. eastern. I:w ? tun;, 200 guerrillas attacked Cormunis' civilian troopo
XMII.3r Chinchzn.. They killed. 13 CoI mTJ1].tst o7''cers 45 r ' _+G:i ra,?].s
pistols and d ged four bridges on ;be. 9 ; zza ;
Between 26 and 29 perch, guem ill .s damaged telephone 1 c .? r-:. for 15
y .:1Ac; 1 the border of luiyang and Pao a.g:r fl-13-56, a2-32).
Guerrillas from. ea tern I wa tuzi rude a svrp 'ise att; ek :a r- the ..V-A.1.1
4:)f h ;,eng d.sien. (115.20, 22?-50) on -1.1 March,. They 3 1110cy 18 Cap: krz ..I..
took i1x prisoner and captured 17 rift Fps and pi stoic and. 253 rovnd3
r fleb ammunition.,
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