How powerful was the PLA in Guangxi in the early days of liberation?

In order to eliminate bandits and consolidate the Xinmin regime, the struggle against bandits in Guangxi was launched in an all-round way from 1950 to 1. 165438+ 10 In June, the Guangxi Provincial Party Committee meeting emphasized the overriding central task, and identified Dayaoshan, 60,000 Mountain and 100,000 Mountain as key suppression areas in the province, and concentrated superior forces to suppress them. In February, 65438, the Central Military Commission transferred the 2nd 1 Corps to Guangxi, and the number of anti-bandits troops increased to 2nd Corps,17th Division,1Regiment, with nearly 200,000 people.

After seven months of large-scale military repression, mainly by regular troops, in 1 year, * * * wiped out 429,000 bandits from all walks of life, seized more than 4 1.7 thousand guns of various types, and seized more than 238,000 civilian guns at the same time. By the end of 1952, the three-year struggle against bandits had come to a successful end.