First Encirclement Campaign Against The Honghu Soviet
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The first encirclement campaign against the Honghu Soviet was an encirclement campaign launched by the Chinese
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that was intended to destroy the
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Honghu Soviet and its
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. The Red Army successfully defended their soviet republic against the
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attacks from early December 1930 to the end of January 1931.


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References

*Military History Research Department, ''Complete History of the
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Military Science Publishing House
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