The Huaihai Campaign, called "Xu Bang Battle" by the Kuomintang, was a strategic offensive campaign against Kuomintang troops by the East China Field Army and the Central Plains Field Army of the China People's Liberation Army in Xuzhou as the center, Haizhou (Lianyungang) in the east, Shangqiu in the west, Lincheng in the north (now Xuecheng in Zaozhuang City) and Huaihe River in the south during the Liberation War.

The Huaihai Campaign began on 1948 1 1 6/and ended on 1949 1 0/0/0. Liu Zhi, the general headquarters of Xuzhou Anti-Banditry, commanded five regiments, 22 armies, 56 divisions and one regiment of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.

Huaihai Campaign is the second of the three major campaigns, and it is also the battle with the heaviest sacrifice, the largest number of enemy annihilation, the greatest political influence and the most complicated war style.

The Huaihai Campaign was a decisive strategic decisive battle between the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Kuomintang Heavily Armed Group (KMT) under the condition that the troops and equipment were not dominant, and finally ended in an all-round victory of the PLA. The PLA won such a brilliant victory under the condition that its troops and equipment were not dominant and the battlefield situation was complicated and changeable, which was the result of the correct decision of the Central Military Commission and the General Front Committee, the close cooperation of Hua Ye and Nakano, the heroic fighting of commanders and soldiers and the full support of the people.