The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest

The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest, 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.

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.

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.