the battle of shaobo (邵伯战斗) was a battle fought in the shaobo (邵伯) region in central jiangsu, and it was a clash between the communists and the former nationalists turned japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists after world war ii, and it is a prelude to gaoyou campaign. the battle resulted in communist victory was one of the chinese civil war in the immediate post world war ii era.