Page "Chinese Civil War" Paragraph 48

The capture of large KMT formations provided them with the tanks, heavy artillery, and other combined-arms assets needed to prosecute offensive operations south of the Great Wall.

By April 1948 the city of Luoyang fell, cutting the KMT army off from Xi ' an.

Following a fierce battle, the CPC captured Jinan and Shandong province on September 24, 1948.

The Huaihai Campaign of late 1948 and early 1949 secured east-central China for the CPC.

The outcome of these encounters were decisive for the military outcome of the civil war.