Battle of Wuzhou
| Battle of Wuzhou | |||||||
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| National Revolutionary Army | New Guangxi clique | ||||||
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Chen Jitang Liu Jianxu |
Li Zongren Zhang Fakui Tang Shengming | ||||||
The Battle of Wuzhou took place from January 25 to January 30, 1930. The location was in the eastern part of Guangxi, China. It was one of the civil war battles that took place within the National Revolutionary Army. The battle was the reinvention of Li Zongren after the defeat of the Chiang-Gui War and the prelude to the middle of the Central Plains War. Of the two warring parties in the Battle of Wuzhou, one was the Guangdong Army Chen Jitang Division, which was converted into the Central Army Eighth Route Army, and the other was the army of the New Guangxi clique commanded by Li Zongren.
Background
In 1929, the Chiang-Gui War, which broke out for more than half a year, gradually came to an end. The defeat of Li Zongren and his colleagues gradually faded the influence of the New Guangxi clique's army. However, the leftward tilt of the Guangxi government and other factors led Li Zongren to return to the New Guangxi clique's power center. During the Sanshui battle that broke out at the end of December 1929, the New Guangxi clique's army lost many strongholds. Li Zongren took advantage of the situation to accept the New Guangxi clique's army and rename it to protect the party and save the country, regaining control of the New Guangxi clique's army. In early January 1930, after the Shanxi Army, a branch of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, officially launched its troops against the central government of China, the New Guangxi clique's army, which was also dependent on the National Army, began deployment. On January 15, the New Guangxi clique's army, under Li Zongren, Huang Shaohong, Bai Chongxi, and Zhang Fakui, jointly counterattacked and successfully occupied Guiping, Guangxi, an important city. Two armies, including those of Yu Hanmou and Cai Tingkai, who supported the Central Army of the National Revolutionary Army, resisted in Pingle County, Lipu, Guangxi, and Xiuren, but were still fighting in Guiping, losing Guiping and Yulin, Guangxi.
Course of Events
On January 20, Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Central Government of the Republic of China, assigned He Yingqin from Hankou to Hunan to meet with the leader of the Hunan Army, He Jian. On January 25, all the Central Army forces gathered in Wuzhou to prepare for a decisive battle with the New Guangxi Army. On January 26, Liu Jianxu and other units of the 19th Division of the Fourth Army of the Central Army, who supported the Central Army, drove from Hunan to Guangxi, and waged a fierce battle with Tang Shengming (younger brother of Tang Shengzhi), a member of the New Guangxi Army. Subsequently, Liu Jianxu's army won and entered the vicinity of Wuzhou. They joined to support Chen Jitang's Eighth Route Army. On January 30, Li Zongren and Zhang Fakui reunited; heavy forces attacked Wuzhou, and fought fiercely with the Guangdong army in Rongxu. Because the defending Guangdong Army was supported by the Hunan Army, the Guangdong Army supporting the Central Army still held Wuzhou after a few days of fierce fighting. However, until February 2, the Hunan Army on the periphery re-launched its attack, and Wuzhou remained under siege with several sporadic battles.
References
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