Fifth encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet

Fifth encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
Part of the Chinese Civil War
Date July 17, 1933 – November 26, 1934 Location Hubei–Henan–Anhui border region, China Result Nationalist victory •Red Army forced into retreat
Belligerents
Nationalist China	Chinese Red Army
Commanders and leaders
Chiang Kai-shek Li Jishen	Xu Xiangqian Zhang Guotao
Strength
50,000	7,000
Casualties and losses
10,000	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 Hubei–Henan–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.

See also

• Chinese Civil War
• Outline of the Chinese Civil War
• National Revolutionary Army
• Chinese Red Army
• Encirclement campaigns against the Eyuwan Soviet
  • First encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
  • Second encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
  • Third encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
  • Fourth encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet

References

Military History Research Department, Complete History of the People's Liberation Army, Military Science Publishing House in Beijing, 2000, ISBN 7-80137-315-4