First encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet | |||||||
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Part of the Chinese Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Nationalist China | Chinese Red Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
He Chengjun (何成浚) Li Mingzhong (李鸣钟) |
Xu Xiangqian Zeng Zhongsheng (曾中生) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
100,000+ | 20,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
>10,000 | Low |
The first encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet was an encirclement campaign launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government against the Eyuwan Soviet, a Communist base located in the border region between Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces. The Fourth Red Army responded with its first counter-encirclement campaign and successfully defended the soviet. The Nationalist attacks lasted from November 1930 to 9 March 1931.