Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Shiwandashan

Nationalist: • Anti-communist National Salvation Army at the Border Region of Guangdong and Guangxi Communist: • A regiment of the Longzhou Military Sub-District • 129th Division • 134th Division ==Battles==

After the Nationalist retreat, the Nationalist troops left behind joined the local bandits in the region of Shiwandashan (十万大山) under order to continue the fight against their common communist enemy in the form of guerrilla / insurgency warfare. Thus, thousands of local cadres and progressive elements came into harm's way. On November 14, 1950, Mao Zedong sent out a telegram, setting a time limit of six months for "bandit suppression" operations in Guangxi. According to Mao, "Guangxi's anti-banditry work is the worst among all provinces in the country, and the reason must be serious shortcomings in its leadership methods..." In early December 1950, communist force consisted of a regiment of the communist Longzhou Military Sub-District, the communist 129th Division and the communist 134th Division were tasked to eradicate the nationalists in the region. The original communist plan of attacking on December 20, 1950, was forced to be carried out early on December 13, 1950, when the intelligence revealed that the nationalists planned to withdraw to Vietnam. After three days of travel, the communists succeeded in besieging the nationalist within the Chinese border. The nationalists attempt a futile breakout by sending out a small force to sneak out of the encirclement and cross the border, but the entire 80 member strong force was annihilated by the communist regiment of the Longzhou Military Sub-District in the region to the north of Jiute (九特). The remaining nationalists attempted to flee eastward, but they were annihilated by the enemy at the Taiping (太平) Mountain region. The battles afterward became eradication operations on small scales. By February 1951, the communist victory was complete. ==Conclusion==

In late December 1950, Wei Xiuying (韦秀英), Commander-in-Chief of the local "Yue-Gui Border Region People's National Salvation Army", was located through intelligence channels and eliminated in Nahou Village, Dalü Town, Fangcheng. After being killed by the People's Liberation Army, the Kuomintang posthumously awarded her the rank of Colonel and enshrined her in the Martyrs' Shrine in 1971 (Republic of China Year 60) with the memorial tablet number of "K6-13". By February 1951, the campaign concluded with communist victory, with nationalist commanders either killed or captured, including the aforementioned Wei Xiuying, the commander-in-chief, and Wei Yuzhuang (韦雨庄), the director of the nationalist Anticommunist National Salvation Committee. The 31,000 strong nationalist guerrilla in Shiwandashan (十万大山) was completely annihilated. In addition, the communists also captured 58 pieces of artillery, 33 machine guns, 39,844 firearms, and 3 radio sets. ==See also==