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Third encirclement campaign against the Honghu Soviet
Part of the Chinese Civil War
Location of the Honghu (Lake Hong) Soviet
Date Early September 1931 – May 30, 1932 Location Honghu, Jingzhou, China Result Communist victory
Belligerents
Nationalist China	Chinese Red Army
Commanders and leaders
Xu Yuanquan	He Long Xia Xi
Strength
>45,000	15,000
Casualties and losses
Near 10,000	4,000

The third encirclement campaign against the Honghu Soviet was an encirclement campaign launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government that was intended to destroy the communist Honghu Soviet and its Chinese Red Army in the local region. The Red Army successfully defended their soviet republic against the Nationalist attacks from early September 1931 to 30 May 1932.^{[citation needed]}

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