Fourth Encirclement Campaign Against Jiangxi Soviet - Order of Battle

Order of Battle

Nationalist order of battle (totaling over half a million):

• Left front commanded by Cai Tingkai:
  • 19th Route Army in Fujian consisted of six divisions and a brigade
• Right front commanded by Yu Hanmou:
  • Six divisions and a brigade stationed in southern Jiangxi and northern Guangdong
• Central front totaling more than 160,000 commanded by Chen Cheng (Chiang’s own troop):
  • 1st Column commanded by Luo Zhuoying stationed in the regions of Yihuang (宜黄) and Yue’an (乐安):
    • 11th Division
    • 52nd Division
    • 59th Division
  • 2nd Column commanded by Wu Qiwei (吴奇伟) stationed in the regions of Fuzhou (抚州) and Dragon Bone’s Crossing (Longgudu, 龙骨渡):
    • 10th Division
    • 14th Division
    • 27th Division
    • 90th Division
  • 3rd Column commanded by Zhao Guantao (赵观涛) stationed in the regions of Golden Stream (Jinxi, 金溪) and Marginal Bay (Huwan, 浒湾):
    • 5th Division
    • 6th Division
    • 9th Division
    • 79th Division
  • Reserve of Central Front:
    • 43rd Division
• Counterguerrilla garrisons stationed at regions of Southern City (Nancheng 南城), Southern Abundance (Nanfeng, 南丰), Yue’an (乐安), Chongren (崇仁), and Eternal Abundance (Yongfeng, 永丰)
  • 5 Divisions and 2 Brigades
• Wings of RoCAF
• Other nationalist forces mobilized to build and man the blockade lines.

Communist order of battle

• 1st Front Army of Chinese Red Army totaling over 70,000:
  • 1st Legion
  • 3rd Legion
  • 5th Legion
  • 11th Army
  • 12th Army
  • 21st Army
  • 22nd Army