Second encirclement campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet

The second encirclement campaign against Jiangxi Soviet was a series of battles launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government in the hope of encircling and destroying the Jiangxi Soviet after the previous campaign had failed. The Red Army repelled the encirclement by launching their second counter-encirclement campaign, also called by the communists as the second counter-encirclement campaign at Central Revolutionary Base, in which the local Chinese Red Army successfully defended the Jiangxi Soviet against the Nationalist attacks from April 1, 1931, to May 31, 1931. Wang Ming's protégé Xiang Ying had reached the Jiangxi Soviet after the third planetary session of the sixth national conference of the Communist Party of China, and on January 15, 1931, the communist Jiangxi Soviet (Communist) Central Bureau for political administration and the Central Military Commission were formed. On March 23, 1931, communist forces withdrew to regions including Eternal Abundance, (Yongfeng, 永丰), Yue'an,, Yihuang and Nanfeng, at the northern border of the Jiangxi Soviet to regions in the south, including Guangchang, Shicheng, Ningdu and Ruijin.

While the first, second and third military encirclements were defeated by the First Front Red Army, they suffered massive losses: the Red Army was nearly halved, with most its equipment lost during Chiang and von Seeckt's Fifth Encirclement Campaign, utilizing fortified blockhouses.

The Red Army repelled the encirclement by launching their second counter-encirclement campaign, also called by the communists as the second counter-encirclement campaign at Central Revolutionary Base, in which the local Chinese Red Army successfully defended the Jiangxi Soviet against the Nationalist attacks from April 1, 1931, to May 31, 1931.

With the support of most commanders, Mao Zedong opposed both impractical strategies developed by the newly arrived protégés of Wang Ming.

In doing so, the Red Army successfully defeated the first and second encirclements.

Merely three weeks after the defeat of the second encirclement campaign, Chiang Kai-shek reached Nanchang on June 21, 1931 with his foreign military advisory delegations including military advisors from Great Britain, Germany and Japan.

In February 1931, Chiang Kai-shek named He Yingqing the acting commander-in-chief and deployed nineteen divisions totaling over 200,000 troops for the second encirclement.

In 1931, He was appointed as commander to lead Second Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet, but his troops suffered great losses, which was the beginning of the end of his reputation as a skillful commander.

The second encirclement campaign against Jiangxi Soviet was a series of battles launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government in the hope of encircling and destroying the Jiangxi Soviet after the previous campaign had failed.

The Red Army repelled the encirclement by launching their second counter-encirclement campaign, also called by the communists as the second counter-encirclement campaign at Central Revolutionary Base, in which the local Chinese Red Army successfully defended the Jiangxi Soviet against the Nationalist attacks from April 1, 1931, to May 31, 1931.

In February 1931, Chiang Kai-shek named He Yingqing the acting commander-in-chief and deployed nineteen divisions totaling over 200,000 troops for the second encirclement.

With the support of most commanders, Mao Zedong opposed both impractical strategies developed by the newly arrived protégés of Wang Ming. Wang Ming's protégé Xiang Ying had reached the Jiangxi Soviet after the third planetary session of the sixth national conference of the Communist Party of China, and on January 15, 1931, the communist Jiangxi Soviet (Communist) Central Bureau for political administration and the Central Military Commission were formed.

Wang Ming's protégé Xiang Ying had reached the Jiangxi Soviet after the third planetary session of the sixth national conference of the Communist Party of China, and on January 15, 1931, the communist Jiangxi Soviet (Communist) Central Bureau for political administration and the Central Military Commission were formed.

Wang Ming's protégé Xiang Ying had reached the Jiangxi Soviet after the third planetary session of the sixth national conference of the Communist Party of China, and on January 15, 1931, the communist Jiangxi Soviet (Communist) Central Bureau for political administration and the Central Military Commission were formed.

In the meantime, if the communists were to strike westward from the east, the Gan River would be a limit.

If the communists were to strike eastward from Rich Field (Futian, 富田) in the west, then not only there would not be any geographic limits, but regions in the border of Fujian and Jiangxi including Lichuan, Taining,, Jianning, would likely to fall into communist hands more easily, resulting in expanding the communist base.

If the communists were to strike eastward from Rich Field (Futian, 富田) in the west, then not only there would not be any geographic limits, but regions in the border of Fujian and Jiangxi including Lichuan, Taining,, Jianning, would likely to fall into communist hands more easily, resulting in expanding the communist base.

On March 23, 1931, communist forces withdrew to regions including Eternal Abundance, (Yongfeng, 永丰), Yue'an,, Yihuang and Nanfeng, at the northern border of the Jiangxi Soviet to regions in the south, including Guangchang, Shicheng, Ningdu and Ruijin.

On March 23, 1931, communist forces withdrew to regions including Eternal Abundance, (Yongfeng, 永丰), Yue'an,, Yihuang and Nanfeng, at the northern border of the Jiangxi Soviet to regions in the south, including Guangchang, Shicheng, Ningdu and Ruijin.

On March 23, 1931, communist forces withdrew to regions including Eternal Abundance, (Yongfeng, 永丰), Yue'an,, Yihuang and Nanfeng, at the northern border of the Jiangxi Soviet to regions in the south, including Guangchang, Shicheng, Ningdu and Ruijin.

On March 23, 1931, communist forces withdrew to regions including Eternal Abundance, (Yongfeng, 永丰), Yue'an,, Yihuang and Nanfeng, at the northern border of the Jiangxi Soviet to regions in the south, including Guangchang, Shicheng, Ningdu and Ruijin.