New Fourth Army and Eighth Route Army Fail in Attack on Han Deqin's Remnants at Caodian
About a month after the Battle of Huangqiao, the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army, with ten regiments, proactively attacked Han Deqin's remaining forces at Caodian. The assault failed to succeed; Liu Shaoqi telegraphed that casualties were about 2,000 and the expenditure was heavy.