Second Battle of Guangzhou explained

Partof:the Chiang-Gui War
Date:May 17–21, 1929
Place:Guangzhou, Guangdong
Result:Guangdong Army victory
Combatant1:Guangdong Army
Supported by:
Nationalist government
Combatant2:New Guangxi clique
Commander1:Cai Tingkai
Commander2:Bai Chongxi
Strength2:at least 1 Brigade
Casualties2:1 Brigade commander captured

The Second Battle of Guangzhou was fought between the rival armies of the Liangguang region in Southern China as part of the internal conflicts within the Kuomintang leading up to the Central Plains War. The previous month, the New Guangxi clique had fought the Sichuan clique at the Battle of Yichang in Hubei. The forces of the New Guangxi clique attacked Guangzhou from both their home province of Guangxi as well as Jiangxi. Guangdong forces captured a brigade commander of the New Guangxi clique's army.

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