Resisting the Constriction CCW (id:#60554)

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Guangchang, China 1934-04-11 (0 others)

Overview:

Driven from the cities, the Chinese Communist party had succeeded in establishing Soviet Territories in the countryside. Chiang Kai-shek was determined to eliminate them. After his first four failures, the "Fifth Battle of Encirclement" would be a more cautious constriction using tens of thousands of blockhouses, one ring built within cover of the previous. The Comintern Agent from Moscow, Otto Braun, urged construction of their own blockhouses to counter the Nationalist threat. The Red Army built poor earth and timber blockhouses. These would be tested by a KMT attack at Guangchang. A reinforced company was to hold a line of fortifications, and the main force would emerge from hiding and attack the KMT in the flank. The KMT led with air power and artillery.

Defender: Red Army (Elements of the 3rd Chinese Red Army)  

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