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6. What delayed Mao's decision to travel south after the Huaihai campaign?

  • He wanted to capture Beijing despite no military importance
  • He wanted to give time for his forces to regroup
  • He wanted to give Chiang a head start
  • He wanted to access the success of his campaign

7. How many Nationalist troops were there at the beginning of the civil war?

  • 7.5 million
  • 10 million
  • 5 million
  • 15 million

8. Where did Chiang flee to?

  • Thailand
  • Taiwan
  • Japan
  • Korea

9. How many troops did Chiang send to defend the vital railway link at Jinzhou at the start of the Liaoshen campaign?

  • nearly 250,000
  • 250,000 exactly
  • over 250,000
  • 500,000

10. What did the communists do to weaken the Nationalist's superior air power?

  • Mao authorized communist pilots to repair and use damaged Nationalist planes
  • Torture key pilots into providing the Communists with essential intelligence
  • Destroyed the airstrips
  • Received anti-air guns from USSR

11. How did the Nationalists become weakened from within?

  • All of the above
  • Constant failures damaged morale of infantry
  • Increased Desertion
  • Many top ranking commanders became moles for the communists