Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains

Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains
Part of Chinese Civil War
Date October 29, 1947 – November 25, 1947 Location Western Henan, China Result Communist victory
Belligerents
National Revolutionary Army	People's Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
unknown	Chen Geng Xie Fuzhi
Strength
60,000	60,000
Casualties and losses
12,000	unknown

The Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains (伏牛山东麓战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II for the control of western Hubei and the border areas of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi provinces. The campaign resulted in the communist victory.

In mid October 1947, the nationalists had gathered forces included the V Corps centered at Luoyang at the east, and the Reorganized 1st Division and the Reorganized 36th Division at Tongguan County at the west for the preparation to reopen the Longhai railway transportation / communication line by first surrounding and then annihilating the communist force led by commander Chen Geng (陈赓) and political commissar Xie Fuzhi. On October 20, 1947, the communist high command ordered Chen Geng (陈赓) and Xie Fuzhi to split their force into three: one part would remain along the railroad to distract the enemy, and the other would strike southern Shaanxi. The third part, the main force, should cross the railroad to push southward, and would strike regions included Nanzhao (南召), Wuyang (舞阳), and Fangcheng (方城) in western Hubei to establish new bases. To carry out this strategy, Chen Geng (陈赓) and Xie Fuzhi decided to launch the Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains.

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