YC Chen wrote:Ok!
The next question is a little more difficult. Say something about these photos: When and where these photos were taken? Why these trucks were lined up like this?
These photos pertain to the Shuangduiji Pocket, in Anhui Province, sometime after December 15, 1948, when the pocket was finally reduced by PLA forces (who probably put many of those trucks back into service for their use). They often appear in mainland Chinese histories of the Huai-Hai Campaign.
The trucks, mostly of American manufacture, belong to the Nationalist Twelfth Army, a largely motorized force with its own armor contingent under Lt. General Huang Wei, ten divisions in four corps numbering 120,000 troops, encircled in this pocket from November 26-December 15, 1948 during the second of the three major encirclement battles of the epic Huai-Hai Campaign. Because the Central Plains terrain in this area was flat, the trucks were lined up to establish makeshift defensive perimeters, after they were drained of fuel to keep other vehicles running. Only a few thousand troops from the Twelfth Army escaped this pocket, and LTG Huang Wei was captured by PLA forces.
Hope this helps,
by Mischa on 27 Aug 2010 12:25 I at last can produce the correct answer.
