Conflict: | First encirclement campaign against the Honghu Soviet |
Partof: | the Chinese Civil War |
Place: | Honghu, Jingzhou, China |
Date: | Early December 1930 – end of January 1931 |
Result: | Communist victory |
Combatant1: | Nationalist China |
Combatant2: | Chinese Red Army |
Commander1: | Xu Yuanquan |
Commander2: | He Long |
Strength1: | >22,000 |
Strength2: | 5,000 |
Casualties1: | 5,000+ |
Casualties2: | 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.