西南地区的剿匪斗争被邓小平称为“西南的’淮海战役”’。西南地区是全国解放较晚的地区。蒋介石在面南面临崩溃的前夕，一面组织正面抵抗，一面开办“游击干部”训练班，派遣大量特务、发展西南地区土匪武装，匪情为全国最严重地区之一。云南境内有土匪148股，滇南匪特统一组织为“ The struggle against banditry in southwest China was called ”the battle of Huaihai in the southwest“ by Deng Xiaoping. Southwest China is a region where the liberation of China is relatively late. On the eve of the south-east collapse, Chiang Kai-shek organized a positive resistance and set up a ”guerrilla cadre“ training class to send a large number of special agents to develop banditry in the southwestern region. The banditry is one of the most serious areas in the country. There are 148 bandits in Yunnan territory, and the unified organization of Yunnan bandits is ”