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The Memorial of the “Seven Battles, Seven Victories” of the Central Jiangsu Campaign is located in Hai’an County of the prefecture-city Nantong 南通.&#160;The seven battles between the Nationalist forces commanded by General Li Mo’an&#160;李默庵&#160;&#160;(1904-2001) and the Communist Central China Field Army&#160;华中野战军&#160;led by&#160;Su Yu&#160;粟裕&#160;(1907-1984) and Tan Zhenlin&#160;谭震林&#160;(1902-1983)&#160;took place&#160;in central Jiangsu province, respectively in Xuanjiabao&#160;宣家堡&#160;and Taixing 泰兴, south Rugao 如皋南, Hai’an 海安, Libao&#160;李堡, Dingyan&#160;丁堰&#160;and&#160;Linzi林梓, Shaobo&#160;邵伯, as well as Rugao&#160;如皋 and Huangqiao&#160;黄桥.&#160;Formally known as the Central Jiangsu Campaign&#160;苏中战役, these battles have been referred to as “Seven Battles, Seven Victories” 七战七捷 in Communist propaganda. Starting on July 13, 1946, shortly after the truce between the Nationalists and the Communists broke down in June, and ending on August 31, it was a major campaign at the beginning of the full-scale Civil War (1945-1949).Picture 1: Su Yun in the Central Jiangsu Campaign, 1946The Nationalist forces, boasting a 120,000-strong army, intended to capture Huaiyin&#160;淮阴&#160;(today’s Huai’an 淮安), the administrative center of the Su-Wan (Jiangsu-Anhui) Border Base 苏皖边区&#160;, which was located close to Shanghai and Nanjing, the latter being the capital of the Nationalist government. The Communists army with its 30,000 soldiers, on the other hand, aimed to wipe out the enemy as many as possible and scout for military strategies for coming campaigns. In the end, the Nationalists captured Huaiyin at the cost of more than 40,000 casualties. The military victories of the Communists are generally attributed to their flexible military tactics that concentrated on attacking one part of the enemy at a time and to the support it obtained at its base area, where the local people were readily mobilized for help on the front line and in logistics.&#160;Built in 1986, the Memorial covers an area of 21,000 square meters, consisting of monuments, an exhibition hall, a garden for National Defense Education, and a square. With its hundreds of historical objects and documents as well as calligraphies of Communist leaders, the Memorial offers a reconstruction of the process of the Central Jiangsu Campaign. The Monument to the “Seven Battles, Seven Victories” of the Central Jiangsu Campaign&#160;苏中七战七捷纪念碑&#160;was built in 1988 (featured image). Its 27-meter height and shape of a bayonet symbolize the historical and military significance of these battles.&#160;&#160;In the garden for National Defense Education canons, tanks, and planes used by the Communist armies at various historical periods are on display.&#160;Picture 2: An eight-episode TV Series Seven Battles, Seven Victories was produced in 1995The Memorial was selected as a key heritage site of Jiangsu province 江苏省重点文化保护单位 in 1995 and declared one of the national patriotism education bases&#160;全国爱国主义教育基地&#160;in 2005.&#160;Bibliography:Lew, Christopher R. (2009):&#160;The Third Chinese Revolutionary Civil War, 1945-49: An analysis of Communist strategy and leadership. London: Routledge.&#160;Li Mo’an&#160;李默庵&#160;(1995):&#160;Li Mo’an’s Memoir on the Twentieth Century 世纪之履：李默庵回忆录. Beijing: Zhongguo wenshi chubanshe. (Chapter 22).Li Xiaoxiao (2012): “Su Yu (1907-1984)”, in: China at War: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Li Xiaobing. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. 429-431.Su Yu&#160;粟裕&#160;(1988): Su Yu's Memoir on War 粟裕战争回忆录. Beijing: Jiefangjun chubanshe. 353-395. (Chapter 10)List of Pictures:Featured Image: Monument to "Seven Battles, Seven Victories"&#160;of&#160;the Central Jiangsu Campaign. Source:&#160;&#160;National and Provincial Key Heritage Sites in Nantong 南通市国、省重点文物保护单位&#160;official site:&#160;https://web.archive.org/web/20111019131729/http://www.nantong.gov.cn/art/2010/9/4/art_19779_566278.htmlPicture 1: Su Yu in the Central Jiangsu Campaign. Source: Wikipedia:&#160;https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/苏中战役