Introduction to the Battle of Xiushuihezi: In early February 1946, the Northeastern Kuomintang Army used 4 art equipment divisions from Beining Road (Beiping to Shenyang) Goubangzi to Xinmin Line, to the south side of the railway to Liaozhong, An attack was launched in the direction of Faku in the north in an attempt to expel the democratic coalition forces, maintain the Beining Road transportation line, and create conditions for the occupation of Shenyang. The headquarters of the Northeastern Democratic Alliance decided to concentrate its superior forces to annihilate the first section of the Kuomintang army advancing northward and attack its offensive arrogance. On February 11, when the 266th Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 265th Regiment of the 89th Division of the 13th Army of the Kuomintang Army, the division's mountain artillery company, and the transportation company entered Xiushuihezi, the Democratic Alliance Army Headquarters took advantage of its outstanding isolation and ordered the New Fourth Army 3 The 7th Brigade of the Division, the 1st Division of the Shandong Military Region, the 1st Regiment of the 1st Security Brigade and other units used 3 regiments to provide reinforcements and 4 regiments to attack to implement encirclement and annihilation. At dusk on the 13th, two regiments of the 7th Brigade launched an attack from the southeast and southwest, and two regiments of the 1st Division launched an attack from the north and northwest. They first captured peripheral positions such as Hupi Mountain and Beishan, and then invaded the village and launched fierce street fighting. The battle ended on the morning of the 14th and the enemy was completely wiped out. At the same time, the blocking reinforcements annihilated the first section of the 2nd Division of the 52nd Army of the Kuomintang Army. In this battle, the Northeast Democratic Alliance Force annihilated more than 1,600 Kuomintang troops and seized more than 30 cannons, more than 100 light and heavy machine guns, more than 800 rifles, more than 200 cars and other military supplies.

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