The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest (Chinese: 大进军席卷大西南), also known as The Liberation of Southwest China, is a 1998 Chinese epic war film directed by Song Yeming and Zhu Jianming and written by Lu Zhuguo. The film stars Fu Xuecheng, Lu Qi, Gu Yue, and Zhao Hengduo. The film is about the war between the Communist troops and the KMT troops in southwest China during the Chinese Civil War.
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Plot
In September 1949, after the three major campaigns (Liaoshen Campaign, Huaihai Campaign and Pingjin Campaign), the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has basically achieved control over the provinces and cities of mainland China, the KMT troops are evacuated to Chongqing, Mao Zedong and Zhu De plan to make a final battle against the Kuomintang, soon the war in southwest China's Sichuan, Chongqing break out, the People's Liberation Army defeat the KMT troops, the KMT troops is forced to retreat to Taiwan.
Cast
Main
Fu Xuecheng as Liu Bocheng
Lu Qi as Deng Xiaoping
Gu Yue as Mao Zedong
Zhao Hengduo as Chiang Kai-shek
Supporting
Xu Guangming as Hu Zongnan
Wang Fengbin as Song Xilian
Wang Lanwu as Li Da
Gao Changli as He Long
Liu Huaizheng as Zhu De
Peng Zhidong as Wang Tiehan
Hu Xilong as Chen Kefei
Wang Jingwen as Zhong Bin
Qin Zhao as Chiang Ching-kuo
Wang Hui as Luo Lie
Yang Ciyu as Liu Wenhui
Ding Jingyi as Deng Xihou
Weng Xianqiao as Zhang Qun
Zhao Zhi as Li Wen
Li Guohua as Luo Guangwen
Guan Shouyi as Pei Changhui
Tang Gaoqi as Zhang Boying
Yao Jude
Release
The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest was released in China on September 24, 1998.