Fifth encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet explained

Conflict:Fifth encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
Partof:the Chinese Civil War
Place:HubeiHenan–Anhui border region, China
Date:July 17, 1933 – November 26, 1934
Result:Nationalist victory •Red Army forced into retreat
Combatant1: Nationalist China
Combatant2: Chinese Red Army
Commander1: Chiang Kai-shek
Li Jishen
Commander2: Xu Xiangqian
Zhang Guotao
Strength1:50,000
Strength2:7,000
Casualties1:10,000
Casualties2:4,000+

The fifth encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet was an encirclement campaign launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government against the Eyuwan Soviet, a Communist base in the HubeiHenan–Anhui border region. It was met by the 25th Red Army's fifth counter-encirclement campaign. As with the fourth campaign, this campaign ended in a Nationalist victory. The 25th Red Army decided in mid-November 1934 to abandon the soviet area and head westwards, joining the Long March.

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References

Military History Research Department, Complete History of the People's Liberation Army, Military Science Publishing House in Beijing, 2000,