Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

Flag of Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (simplified Chinese: 中国工农红军; traditional Chinese: 中國工農紅軍; pinyin: Zhōngguó Gōngnóng Hóngjūn), also known as the Chinese Red Army, or simply the Red Army, was group army under the command of the Communist Party of China.

History

The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was created on May 25, 1928 in the First Chinese Civil War. Between 1934 to 1935, the Red Army survived several campaigns led against by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and engaged in the Long March. By the time of 1934 Long March, numerous small units had been organized into three unified groups, the First Red Army (紅一方面軍), the Second Red Army (紅二方面軍) and the Fourth Red Army (紅四方面軍). The Third Red Army and Fifth Red Army in southern Kangsi under command of Bo Gu and Li De. During the anti-Japanese war was broken out on July 7, 1937. The communist military forces were nominally integrated into the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China forming the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army units.

• August 1, 1927: Nanchang Uprising

• 1927: Autumn Harvest Uprising

• 1930 to 1931: First Encirclement Campaign

• 1931: Second Encirclement Campaign

• July 1931: Third Encirclement Campaign

• 1932 to 1933: Fourth Encirclement Campaign

• 1933 to 1934: Fifth Encirclement Campaign

• 1934 to 1936: Long March

Main Leadership

First Red Army:

• General Zhu De
• Communist Party Director Mao Zedong

Second Red Army:

• General He Long and Xiao Ke
• Communist Party Director Ren Bishi and Guan Xiangying

Fourth Red Army:

• General Xu Xiangqian → Zhang Guotao
• Communist Party Director Chen Changhao and Liu Shiqi