Fourth Phase
On the morning of 30 December 1930, the 18th Division of the nationalist 9th Route Army began their push toward Five Gates Ridge from Dragon Hill, headed by the 52nd brigade. Around 09:00, the most important battle of the First Counter Encirclement Campaign began at Short Separation, east of Dragon Hill, with elements of the Chinese Red Army firing the first shot.
Read more about this topic: First Encirclement Campaign Against Jiangxi Soviet
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