Battle of Nanp ng Archipelago was a battle fought between the Chinese nationalists and the communists over the islands of Nanp ng Archipelago off the Cantonese coast during the Chinese Civil War and resulted in communist victory. Nanp ng Archipelago is located off coast of Shantou, and named after the largest island, Nanp ng island, the home of fishing community of more than 400 people. The archipelago was deemed not important for most part of the Chinese Civil War and the nationalist therefore did not deploy any troops on any of the island, and when Guangdong fell into the communist hands, the archipelago also fell. The communists believed the same thing the nationalists had believed and did not deploy any troops to the archipelago either after the nationalist withdraw, but small patrol teams of 2 to 3 were regularly sent to many of the islands.