Research On The Eastern Expedition Of The Red Army In1936

The central red army still faced with many difficulties when they arrived innorthern Shaanxi in October1935. The red army who experienced a long trekcouldn’t get supplies in time because of the poor and occlusion of Shaanxi area, so thecombat effectiveness of army can’t recover. Jiang Jieshi arranged the deployment ofclearing the red army in the north west roundly, The Nationalist Party army blockadedShaanxi base all around. How to survival and development and achieve long-termstrategic goals under the proper conditions became the first problem which the redarmy must consider.The situation and the background of Eastern Expedition of the Red Army wasvery complicated and sensitive. The Communist Party of China (CPC) made thestrategic decisions of Eastern Expedition because of the aid of Soviet Union and thefurther invasion of Japan. It help the CPC win the political initiative that the slogan ofSetting up the Anti-Japanese national united front.The red army, Jiang Jieshi and Yan Xishan who were on behalf of differentpositions and angles gathered in shanxi after the battle of eastern expedition begun. Itcaused intricate military and political struggle and spin. In order to avoid any menacefrom the rear, the CPC strengthen the united front work with Zhang Xueliang andYang Hucheng in shaanxi after the main forces of the red army leave the northernshaanxi. It also laid the foundation for combining to the Anti-Japanese in the future.The red army retreated from Shanxi based on assession of the situation. Althoughthe red army couldn’t achieve the goals of connecting with the Soviet Union andestablishing base areas, strive for the possibility of joint fight against the Japanesewith Yan Xishan and Jiang Jieshi. It also was a good way to protect the red armyitself.Thus it can be seen that the eastern expedition of the red army was not a puremilitary action. We could get a deeper understanding of this history phase in anall-round way though all kinds of related links.