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and did not consider it a victory, but a draw instead, and continued their offensive on other fronts. On September 7, 1931, they succeeded in destroying an entire brigade of the nationalist 9th Division in the region of Laoyingpan (老营盘), and on September 15, 1931, another brigade of the nationalist 9th Division and the entire nationalist 52nd Division were completely destroyed by the communists in the region of Fangshiling (方石岭). The nationalist commander of the 52nd Division,
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Taking the opportunity, communists counterattacked, and the only nationalist offensive still remaining was successfully checked when the nationalist 60th Division and 61st Division were forced to be on the defensive and abandoned all offensive attempts. Communists were not satisfied with this success
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Realizing the communist main force was moving eastward, the nationalist troops moving southward and westward were ordered to move eastward on August 9, 1931, in an attempt to sounding the communist main force in the region to the east of Junbu (君埠). The communists ordered their 12th Army (missing its
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joining together into a larger one, covering twenty-one counties totaling more than fifty square kilometers, with permanent residents totaling more than two and half a million. The communist success paved the way for the communist base to later expand to its ultimate size with population over three
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via Wan'an (万安), and then to strike eastward from the west to sever the nationalist communication/supply lines while the main nationalist force was trapped deep inside the communist base. As the main communist force moved toward Futian (富田), its intent was discovered by the nationalists and the
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by quietly passing a ten kilometer-wide gap in the nationalist encirclement in the mountain. Half a month later, nationalists chasing the communist 12th Army realized they were after the wrong target and abandoned the chase. As the over stretched nationalist forces attempted to regroup, the
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communists already had plenty of time to rest and regrouped already, and the nationalist morale dropped to a new low while their supplies had run out. Realizing further fighting was impossible, nationalists were forced to abandon their plans by starting to withdraw in early September, 1931.
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to fool nationalists. The main communist force, meanwhile, swiftly moved to the region of Liantang (莲塘) at the night under the cover of the darkness on August 4, 1931 via passing through a twenty-kilometer gap in the nationalist lines between the nationalist divisions commanded
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in the west, and facing the nationalist forces in the east, south and north. The communist high command decided to change their strategy by breaking through in the center and move eastward to the regions of Liantang (莲塘), Liangcun (良村), and Huangbi (黄陂).
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was still viewed by many communists as the supreme commander, his positions had already been actually reduced significantly since the last encirclement campaign, and it was only because
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and annihilated. The communists, in turn, decided to avoid direct clash with main nationalist force but instead, attack the weaker ones by outflanking the nationalists.
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immediately ordered his troops to simultaneously attack southward from north and westward from east, so that communists would be forced onto the eastern bank of
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35th Division) of the Chinese Red Army to move toward Yue'an (乐安) to lure the nationalists northeastward, while the communist main force secretly returned to
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Capitalizing on their victory, communists launched their offensives into the nationalist dominated regions, further expanding their communist base in
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and waited their opportunities to counterattack. By the end of July 1931, nationalists had discovered that the communist main force had withdrawn to
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On July 1, 1931, the nationalists began their offensive. The communists had not fully recovered yet from the last encirclement campaign and
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nationalist 11th and 14th Division reached Futian (富田) ahead of the communists, resulting in the communist main force being blocked by the
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In order to hide their true objective, the 35th Army and the 35th Division of the 12th Army of the
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on June 21, 1931 with his foreign military advisory delegations including military advisors from
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emerged victorious. The encirclement stopped because the Japanese launched the
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To achieve their goal, communists planned to strike Futian (富田) from
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third counter-encirclement campaign at the Central Revolutionary Base
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named as the commander-in-chief of the left flank army group, and
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pretended to be the communist main force and moved towards the
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53rd Division commanded by Li Yunheng (李韫珩) would station at
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Other nationalist forces mobilized as the second line units.
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Newly Organized 14th Brigade commanded by Zhou Zhiqun (周志群)
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34th Brigade of the 12th Division commanded by Ma Kun (马昆)
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as the commander-in-chief as the right flank army group.
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and traveled more than five hundred kilometers back to
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Counterguerrilla garrisons in the regions including
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1st Cavalry Division commanded by Guan Shuren (关树人)
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