First encirclement campaign against the Honghu Soviet
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| First encirclement campaign against the Honghu Soviet | |||||||
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| Part of the Chinese Civil War | |||||||
.png) Location of Honghu, Jingzhou | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Nationalist China |
 Chinese Red Army | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Xu Yuanquan | He Long | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| >22,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5,000+ | Light | ||||||
The first encirclement campaign against the Honghu Soviet was an encirclement campaign launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government that was intended to destroy the Communist Honghu Soviet and its Chinese Red Army. The Red Army successfully defended their soviet republic against the Nationalist attacks from early December 1930 to the end of January 1931.
See also
- List of battles of the Chinese Civil War
- National Revolutionary Army
- People's Liberation Army
- History of the People's Liberation Army
- Chinese Civil War
References
- Military History Research Department, Complete History of the People's Liberation Army, Military Science Publishing House in Beijing, 2000, ISBN 7-80137-315-4
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