Second stage Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China

after witnessed separate enemy offensives , learning communist 1st column , 2nd column remained @ zhangwu, chen cheng believed communist force no longer concentrated , had opportunity launch counterattack. 5 nationalist armies deployed @ shenyang, xinmin , tieling ordered attack westward shenyang, hoping relieve faku (法库) destroying communist 1st column, 6th column, , 10th column. nationalist push begun on january 1, 1948, in 3 fronts:

the newly organized 3rd army , newly organized 6th army in north
the newly organized 1st army , 71st army in middle
the newly organized 5th army along 43rd division , 195th division in south.

learning news of nationalists sending out reinforcement, communists planned concentrate total of 7 columns destroy weakest nationalist southern front:

the communist 1st column, 4th column, , 10th column deployed north , northwest of shenyang prevent other nationalist fronts reinforcing southern front
the communist 6th column engaged nationalist troops in southern front , lured enemy princess village (gongzhutun, 公主屯) region.
the communist 2nd column, 3rd column , 7th column penetrated deep behind nationalist line, surrounding enemy.

not willing risk losing territory, chen cheng divided force half: half of force relieve besieged southern front, while remaining half continue push faku (法库). communist resistance greater nationalists had expected, resulting in neither half had enough strength needed complete missions. on january 5, 1948, communist trap completed , full-scale assault on besieged enemy launched. 2 days later on january 7, 1948, nationalist southern front devastated, commander of newly organized 5th army , commanders 43rd division , 195th division captured alive communists. learning news of defeat of southern front, nationalist reinforcements faku (法库) , southern front both withdrew shenyang , tieling.

taking advantage of new victory, communist 1st column , 8th column continued push westward, taking xinli village (新立屯) destroying nationalist 26th division of 49th army during attempt flee. communist 9th column, meanwhile, took panshan (盘山) destroying nationalist 184th division of 60th army. however, continuous offensives exhausted communist supply , besieged faku (法库) remained firmly in nationalist hand. due continuous defeats, chiang kai-shek had hold military conference readjust nationalist strategies on january 10, 1948, flying shenyang nanjing, , replaced chen cheng wei lihuang. in order strengthen nationalist force in northeast china, nationalist reorganized 54th division transferred shandong jinzhou. while chen cheng left northeast china chiang kai-shek, new nationalist commander-in-chief in northeast china wei lihuang preparing worst: giving jilin city , changchun when necessary, while hold on shenyang got.