Fourth Encirclement Campaign
Part of the Chinese Civil War
Date December 1931 - March 21, 1932 Location Jiangxi province Result Red Army victory
Combatants
National Revolutionary Army	Chinese Red Army
Commanders
Chiang Kai-shek Chen Cheng Cai Tingkai	Zhu De Mao Zedong Wang Ming Zhou Enlai Bo Gu Li De
Strength
Around 500,000	70,000
Casualties
30,000	?

The Fourth Encirclement Campaign (Chinese: 第四次围剿) was the fourth campaign launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government in hope to destroy the Red Army in Jiangxi. The Nationalist headquarter in the provincial border of Jiangxi-Guangdong-Fujian organized nearly 400,000 men, and prepared for another major encirclement on the Jiangxi Soviets. As a response, the Jiangxi Soviet launched the Fourth Counter Encirclement Campaign (Chinese: 第四次反围剿). Although the Red Army achieved victory once again, their counter encirclement was not as successful as the previous ones this time, and the Red Army suffered considerable damage. Combatants Chinese Nationalists Chinese Communists Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Strength 4,300,000 (July 1946) 3,650,000 (June 1948) 1,490,000 (June 1949) 1,200,000 (July 1946) 2,800,000 (June 1948) 4,000,000 (June 1949) The Chinese Civil War (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese... 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Nationalist

Chen Cheng was in charge of twelve divisions of Chiang Kai-shek's direct lineage, a total of 160,000 men. They were divided into three columns, and were assigned to attack from the central route, the main point of the assault. Cai Tingkai was in charge of the 19th Route Army and Fujian Stationed troops was assigned to attack from the left route while Yu Hanmou, a Cantonese warlord who defected to Chiang Kai-Shek would lead his troops was assigned to attack from the right route. They were responsible on clearing the Red Army to coordinate with the operations of Chen Cheng in the central route. Near the end of January 1933, Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Nanchang to command the encirclement. The Cantonese warlord Chen Jitang was ordered to attack from south, but he was much more concerned of keeping his own turf than fighting the communists for Chiang, and as a result, the 100,000 troops Chen Jitang committed did not move into positions until end of the campaign, and once learned the failure of the fourth encirclement, Chen Jitang's troops were immediately withdrawn at a rate faster than any other nationalist forces. Chen Cheng (陳誠 Chén Chéng) (January 4, 1897 - March 5, 1965), was Vice President (1960 - 1965) and Premier (March 7, 1950 - June 7, 1954; June 30, 1958 - December 15, 1963) of the Republic of China and Chairman of Taiwan Province (1948). ... Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen. ... Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen. ... January is the first month of the year and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Nanchang (Chinese: 南昌; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. ... This October 2006 does not cite its references or sources. ...

Communist

After the Jiangxi Soviet achieved victory in the Third Counter Encirclement Campaign, they went on and launched several offensives in nearby cities and expanded their stronghold. The First Area Red Army was expanded to three Army Group with a total of 70,000 men. Under the command of Zhu De and Zhou Enlai, the main force of the Red Army was mainly active in the Lichuan region. Zhu De Zhū Dé (朱德, Wade-Giles: Chu Teh, zi: Yùjiē 玉阶) (December 1, 1886 – July 6, 1976) was a Chinese Communist military leader and statesman. ... Zhou Enlai (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chou En-lai) (March 5, 1898 – January 8, 1976), a prominent Communist Party of China leader, was Premier of the Peoples Republic of China from 1949 until his death in January 1976, and Chinas foreign minister from 1949 to... Lichuan is a city in Hubei province in China. ...