Battle of Eastern Henan explained

Partof:the Central Plains War
Date:August 14, 1930
Place:Longhai, eastern Henan
Result:Central Army victory
Combatant1:National Revolutionary Army Central Army
Combatant2:anti-Chiang forces
Commander1:Gu Zhutong
Shangguan Yunxiang
Wang Jun
Commander2:Sun Dianying

The Battle of Eastern Henan was between the Central Army of Chiang Kai-shek and those of Sun Dianying, a Henan native and ally of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan. Sun's forces attacked the Longhai railway line, a stronghold on the eastern provincial border of Henan. The railway linked the cities of Kaifeng, Zhengzhou and Luoyang.

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