Second encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet

Second encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
Part of the Chinese Civil War
Date April 1931 – July 1931 Location Hubei–Henan–Anhui border region, China Result Communist victory
Belligerents
Nationalist China	Chinese Red Army
Commanders and leaders
Chiang Kai-shek	Xu Xiangqian Zeng Zhongsheng (曾中生)
Strength
100,000+	20,000
Casualties and losses
10,000+	Low

The second encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet was an encirclement campaign launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government against the Eyuwan Soviet, a Communist base located in the border region between Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces. The Fourth Red Army responded with its second counter-encirclement campaign and successfully defended the soviet. It lasted from April 1931 to July 1931.

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
  • Third encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
  • Fourth encirclement campaign against the Eyuwan Soviet
  • Fifth 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